Mardi Horowitz

Mardi Horowitz, MD, is a tenured Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. He obtained his medical degree from UCSF in 1958 and completed residency training in Medicine at the same institution.

• Education: MD (1958), University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Horowitz specializes in the intersections of traumatic experiences, personality development, and psychotherapeutic change, with expertise in psychodynamic therapy, psychoanalysis, and stress response syndromes. His research spans trauma processing, defense mechanisms, and identity redefinition after loss, as evidenced by his 1990-2022 publications.

Recent publications focus on trauma/stressor-related disorders (2022), DSM-5 classification (2011), and prolonged grief disorder (2009). These works reflect his lifelong contributions to trauma research, grief counseling, and psychotherapeutic theory.

Scientific Awards:
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
• American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Life Fellow (2003)
• American College of Psychoanalysts Fellow (1986)

Horowitz provides clinical consultations, forensic expertise, and psychoanalytic psychotherapies. He has developed assessment tools like the Impact of Event Scale and contributed to genetic risk counseling (2001) and media-based psychotherapy education (2010). His work bridges clinical practice, academic research, and psychiatric nomenclature development.