Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Clinical Professor
Primary Appointment:
Psychiatry
Additional Title:
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Director, Sports Psychiatry Program
Location:
110 South Paca Street, 4N-149
Phone (Primary):
(443) 416-6368
Phone (Secondary):
(410) 328-1815
Fax:
(410) 461-0526
Education and Training
EDUCATION
1974 B.S. Biology, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
1978 M.D. University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Mobile, Alabama
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION & TRAINING
Internship (medical)
1978-79 Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia
Residency (psychiatry)
1979-82 Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia
Biosketch
Dr. David McDuff is a nationally known addiction, trauma, and sports psychiatrist and a retired Army Colonel. He holds faculty appointments at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine in Baltimore (clinical professor) and the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda (adjunct associate professor). He is the founder of the University of Maryland’s Division of Alcohol & Drug Abuse and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship and Sports Psychiatry Programs and has three times been selected by Baltimore Magazine as it Top Doc in Addiction Psychiatry. He is an active clinician, teacher, speaker, and writer who has given more than 100 lectures at national and international conferences and published 70 journal articles, book chapters & reviews, manuals and monographs including his highly regarded book entitled “Sports Psychiatry: Strategies for Life Balance & Peak Performance (2102, American Psychiatric Press) whic is now published in three languages (English, Korean, Portuguese). He is one of America’s leading Sports Psychiatrist serving as the team psychiatrist and mental skills trainer for the Baltimore Orioles (1996-present) and Ravens (1996-2013) and as the performance medicine physician for the Indianapolis Colts (2015-2018). In 2018, he was one of only 23 indivicuals worldwide selected to serve on the International Olympic Committee's Consensus Panel on Mental Health in Elite Athletes and is now one of only 8 individuals worldwide serving on the IOC's Mental Health Workgroup focused on promoting mental health awareness and screening in elite athletes. The work of the IOC Consensus Panel and Work group was documented in June 2019 in a 2 volume edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. McDuff has been married since 1978 to Marie Sanders McDuff and has four children and six grandchildren. For additional information on his work with athletes see his Sport’s Psychiatry & Psychology website (www.mdsports.net).
Research/Clinical Keywords
Addiction Psychiatry Trauma Psychiatry Sports Psychiatry Performance Medicine
Highlighted Publications
McDuff D, Cohen M, Blais L, Stevenson W, McWilliams E (2008)Trauma Recovery Services For Psychiatric Inpatients. Journal of Psychological Trauma 7(1):1-15.
McDuff D & Garvin M. (2016) Working with Sports Organizations & Teams. International Review of Psychiatry dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2016.1212820
McDuff DR, Morse E, White RK. Professional and Collegiate Team Assistance Programs: Services and Utilization in Clinics in Sports Medicine. Edited by Toffler I & Morse E, Elsevier Inc 2005. Volume 24, Issue 4, 943-958.
McDuff DR, Baron D. Substance Use in Athletics: A Sports Psychiatry Perspective in Clinics in Sports Medicine. Edited by Toffler I & Morse E, Elsevier Inc 2005. Vol24, Issue
McDuff DR. Adjustment and Anxiety Disorders in Athletes in Sports Psychiatry, Edited by Currie A & Owen B, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2016)
McDuff DR: Sports Psychiatry: Strategies for Life Balance & Peak Performance. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Washington DC, April 2012.
Stillman MA, Glick ID, McDuff DR, Reardon CL, Hitchcock ME, Fitch V, & Hainline B. Psychotherapy for mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes: a narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019;53:767-771.
McDuff D, Stull T, Castaldelli-Maia JM, Hitchcock M, Hainline B, Reardon C. Recreational and ergogenic substance use and substance use Disorders in elite athletes: a narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;533:754-760.
Han DH, McDuff D, Thompson D, Hitchcock M, Reardon, C, Hainline B. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders in elite athletes: a narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:741-745.
Currie A, McDuff D, Johnston A, Hopley P, Hitchcock M, Reardon C, Hainline B. Management of mental health emergencies in elite athletes: a narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:772-778.
Derevensky J, McDuff D, Reardon C, Hitchcock, Hainline, B, Richard J. Problem gambling and associated mental health concerns in elite athletes: a narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:761-766.
Reardon C, Hainline B, Aron C, Baron D, Baum A, Bindra A, Campriani N, Castadelli-Maia JM, Currie A, Derevensky J, Glick I, Gorczynski P, Gouttegarge V, Grandner M, Han DH, McDuff D, Montjoy M, Polat A, Purcell R, Putukian M, Rice S, sills A, Stull T, Swartz L, Zhu LJ, Engebretsen L. Mental health in elite athletes International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019). British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:667-699.
Additional Publication Citations
McDuff DR. Adjustment and Anxiety Disorders in Athletes in Sports Psychiatry, Edited by Currie A & Owen B, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2016)
McDuff DR, Garvin M, & Thompson D. “Sports Psychiatry for Baseball” in Sports Psychiatry: ISSP Manual of Sports Psychiatry edited by Glick I, Kamis D, & Stuhl T. Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK (2018)
McDuff DR, Garvin M, & Thompson D. “Sports Psychiatry for Football” in Sports Psychiatry: Sport by Sport edited by Glick I, Kamis D, & Stuhl T. Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK (2018)
Garvin M, & McDuff D. “Sports Psychiatry for Lacrosse” in ISSP Manual for Sport Psychiatry edited by Glick I, Kamis D, & Stuhl T. Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK (2017)
Glick I, Giegerich M, & McDuff D. “Sports Psychiatry for Basketball” in ISSP Manual for Sports Psychiatry edited by Glick I, Kamis D, & Stuhl T. Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK (2018)
Markser VZ, Bar KJ, & McDuff D. “Sports Psychiatry for Soccer” in ISSP Manual for
Clinical Specialty Details
Sports & Performance Psychiatrist for Sports Teams and performance medicine physician and mental skills trainer for adolescents and adults for athletic teams, athletes, actors, singers, and dancers
Awards and Affiliations
HONORS, AWARDS
1978 Meyer Award in Neurosurgery, University of SouthAlabamaCollege of Medicine
1981 Chief Resident, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
1982 Visiting Senior Resident Award (Columbia Presbyterian Hospital), Eisenhower Army Medical Center
1984 Armed Forces Reserve Medal
1985 Overseas Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal
1986 Meritorious Service Medal (1st OLC)
1988 Army Commendation Medal
1991 National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1st OLC), Kuwait Liberation MedalCombat Medical Badge
1992 Wendell Muncie Award Maryland Psychiatric Society
1994 Military Psychiatry Teaching Award, Uniformed ServicesUniversityBethesda, Maryland
1994 Fellowship, American Psychiatric Association
1995 Baltimore Magazine's Top Doc in Addiction
The Best Doctors in America: SE Region
1995 Walter Weintraub Teacher of the Year Award, University of Maryland Psychiatry Residency Program
1997 Baltimore Magazine’s Top Doc in Addiction
1998 Best Doctors in America: SE Region
2000 Patricia McIntyre Outstanding Physician Award, National Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency-MD Chapter
2002 Baltimore Magazine’s Top Doc (Psychiatry)
Med Chi Distinguished Service Award (Chair of Addictions)
2003 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2009 Best Doctors in America-National
2011 Virginia Huffer Post-Graduate Teaching Award
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Department of Psychiatry
2013 Best Doctors in Maryland, Baltimore Business Journal
2015 Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2016 Graduation Speaker, Univ of Maryland Psychiatry Residents & Fellows
2018 International Olympic Committee's Consensus Panel on Mental Health in Elite Athletes, Lausanne, Switzerland
2019 International Olympic Committee's Wrokgroup on Mental Health Awareness and Screening in Elite Athletes, Lausanne, Switzerland
In the News
McDuff DR. “BrainBall” quoted in article in ESPN Magazine
by Shaun Assael, Jan 2007
McDuff DR. “A Few Seconds of Panic” by Stefen Fastis (2008) quoted as his mental skills trainer while a kicker at the Denver Broncos Camp in 2006-chap 9 (pages 141-144)
McDuff DR,Moore Lenny. “What Are They Thinking? Connecting with Your Teens” Article on a Substance Abuse Awareness Program in the Westminister Eagle Nov 2008.
McDuff DR. “Stopping Makes Sense-Vince Young might not be cut out for the NFL-and that’s OK” by Stefan Fatsis Slate on Line; 17 Sept 2008.
McDuff DR. “Charger’s Kaeding explains the lonely life of a kicker, looks to rebound” by Stefan Fatsis, Sportsillustrated.cnn.com; 29 Jan 2010.
McDuff DR. “A Light in the Darkness” by Pablo Torre Sports Illustrated June 21, 2010McDuff DR. “Dangerous Minds” by Pablo Torre Sport Illustrated. 15 August 2011
McDuff DR. “Managing Pre-race anxiety in sprinters & distance runners” The Runaround on ESPN Radio. Brad Jaeger & Greg Jubb-Hosts. 18 August 2012 www.therunaroundradio.com
McDuff DR. “Could Flacco Fall Victim to the Sports Illustrated Curse” Jean Marabella, Baltimore Sun, Jan 17, 2013
McDuff DR. “Color Run to Draw 25,000 to Camden Yards” Chris Kaltenbach Baltimore Sun, May 10, 2013
McDuff DR. “Lessons in Losing” Karen Finucan Clarkson, Washington Parent Apr 2014
McDuff DR. “Maryland Overdose Response Program for Opioids” Video for the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Administration-Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene & Howard County Health Department, June 2014, http://www.ezcasts.com/eStreamingMedia/MDHoward/
McDuff DR. “Overview of Co-occurring Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents” Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene/University of Maryland Baltimore Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry” June 2014, www.mdbehavioralhealth.com
McDuff DR. Pros or Amateurs, Athletes Gain Experience from Sports Psychiatrist’s Presence. Psychiatric News, on line 15 August 2016
McDuff DR. Early Specialization in Youth Sports. Interview in Howard County Times January 2017 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/howard-magazine/ph-mg-ho-multiple-sports-young-athletes-20170104-story.html
McDuff DR. The Struggle: stress & mental health issues in professional sports. Interview by Max Gavovitch in Medium.com https://medium.com/@mgabovit/the-struggle-8568f9bf679
Pillay S & McDuff D. Mind games: how football players and coaches can sharpen their minds by “unfocusing.” Coach and AD Nov/Dec 2018 http://digital.coachad.com/i/1043972-november-december-2018/37? Plus a review https://www.greenriverstar.com/story/2018/12/12/opinion/lifelong-learning-staying-realistic-and-un-focusing/5697.html
Fadel H & McDuff DR Sports psychiatry mentoring program in action. International Society of Sports Psychiatry Newsletter & Juiz de Fora Brazil Newspaper
Links of Interest
www.mdsports.net
www.marylandpsychcenters.net