Biography
Marc D. Feldman, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, the University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was formerly Vice Chair for Clinical Services at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) and Medical Director of UAB’s Center for Psychiatric Medicine. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, he is the author of 90 peer-reviewed, published articles in the professional literature. Dr. Feldman is an international expert in Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, and malingering, and his credits include the following four books:
- Feldman MD, Ford CV. Patient or Pretender: Inside the Strange World of Factitious Disorders, New York: John Wiley & Sons; paperback edition; Dutch edition published by Uigetgeverij Wreldbibliotheek bv, The Netherlands; Farsi edition published as Bimar ya bimarnama, published by Nashre Paykan, Tehran, Iran; Japanese edition published by Hara-Shobo Company, Japan
- Feldman MD, Eisendrath SJ (eds). The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
- Feldman MD, Feldman JM. Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
- Feldman MD. Playing Sick: Untangling the Web of Factitious Disorder, Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, and Malingering, New York: Routledge Press; German edition (Wenn Menschen krank spielen) published by Verlag Ernst Reinhardt Gmbh
Dr. Feldman’s work has been the subject of stories in more than 200 magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today. Among Dr. Feldman’s television and radio appearances are Good Morning America, Larry King, Dateline, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, Court TV, CNN, Discovery Health, MSNBC Nightly News, Fox News, CBC News, CBS News, Donahue, and National Public Radio.