Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc.  Dr. Koenig completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical Center.  He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and is on the faculty at Duke as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine.  Dr. Koenig is co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with over 250 scientific peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and 28 books in print or in preparation.  He is editor of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, and is founder and editor-in-chief of Science and Theology News.  His research on religion, health and ethical issues in medicine has been featured on over 50 national and international TV news programs (including The Today Show and Good Morning America), 80 national or international radio programs, and hundreds of newspapers and magazines (including cover stories for Reader's Digest, Parade Magazine, Newsweek, and Time). Dr. Koenig has given testimony before the U.S. Senate concerning the benefits of religion and spirituality on health, and has been interviewed by James Dobson on Focus on the Family and by Robert Schuller on the Hour of Power.

1.  Koenig HG, George LK, Meador KG (1997).  Use of antidepressants by non- psychiatrists in the treatment of hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients. American Journal of Psychiatry 154:1369-1375

2.  Koenig HG, George LK, Peterson BL, Pieper CF (1997).  Depression in medically ill hospitalized older adults: Prevalence, correlates, and course of symptoms based on six diagnostic schemes.  American Journal of Psychiatry 154:1376-1383

3.  Koenig HG, George LK, Peterson BL (1998).  Religiosity and remission from depression in medically ill older patients.  American Journal of Psychiatry 155:536-542

4.  Koenig HG, Kuchibhatla M (1998).  Use of health services by hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients.  American Journal of Psychiatry 1998; 55:871-877

5.  Koenig, H. G. (2002).  An 83-year-old woman with chronic illness and strong religious beliefs.  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 288 (4): 487-493

6.  Koenig HG (2003).  Religion, spirituality and medicine: An American physician’s response. The Medical Journal of
Australia 178:51-52.

7.  Koenig HG (2003). Religion, spirituality and mental health: History, research, and clinical applications. Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 13(2/3):55-62

8.  Koenig HG (2004).  Religion, spirituality and medicine.  Research findings and implications for clinical practice.  Southern Medical Journal 97:1194-1200

9.  Koenig HG (2004).  Taking a spiritual history (invited commentary).  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 291:2881

10.  Koenig HG, George LK, Titus P, Meador KG (2004). Religion, spirituality, acute hospital and long-term care use by older patients.  Archives of Internal Medicine 164:1579-1585