James LockMD, PhD

Psychiatry and mental health

Eric Rothenberg, MD Professor; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Senior Associate Chair; Director, Stanford Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program

Stanford Medicine

James Lock, MD, PhD
James Lock

Professional background

James Lock, MD, PhD, is the Eric Rothenberg, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford Medicine and directs the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program. He is board-certified in psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry and is a leading researcher of family-based treatment for eating disorders.

Clinical focus

  • Eating disorders
  • Family-based treatment
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry