| Arnold E. Andersen, M.D. Adjunct Instructor |
Main Office Address
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone 319-356-1354
Fax 319-356-2587
E-mail: arnold-andersen@uiowa.edu
Education and Government Service
1964 | B.A. | Cornell University |
1968 | M.D. | Cornell Medical School |
1968-1969 | Medicine Internship | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital |
1969-1970 | Psychiatry Residency | New York Hospital-Westchester Division |
1975-1976 | Psychiatry Residency | Johns Hopkins Hospital |
1974-1975 | Clinical Psychiatry Investigator Fellowship | National Institutes of Mental Health |
1970-1974 | Public Health Service |
Professional Interests
- Eating Disorders, especially integrative treatments and outcome
- Brain imaging and mechanisms of hunger, satiety, fear and anxiety
- Males with eating disorders
- Cross-cultural psychiatry
- Medical complications of eating disorders
- Residency and medical student education
Selected Publications
Watson, T. and A. E. Andersen. A Critical Examination of the Amenorrhea and Weight Criteria for Diagnosing Anorexia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2003; 103:175-82.
Andersen AE, Watson T, Schlechte J. Osteoporosis and osteopenia in men with eating disorders. Lancet. 2000; 355(9219): 1967-1968.



