James Frederick Leckman is an American child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst[1] and the Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine,[2] recognized for his research in Tourette syndrome (TS) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).
Leckman obtained degrees in chemistry and philosophy from the College of Wooster in 1969,[1] and his MD from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 1973.
[3] After interning in San Francisco[3] at the United States Public Health Service Marine Hospital for two years (1973–1974), Leckman worked at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in adult psychiatry (1974–1976), before completing his residency in psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine in 1979.
He is a world-renowned child psychiatrist and patient-oriented clinical investigator with unique expertise in the evaluation of Tourette's syndrome and early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder.
[2] In 2002, he was named a "Highly Cited Researcher" by the American Society for Information Science and Technology.