Dr Jeffrey Lackner received his PsyD in 1992 from Rutgers University after graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and the College of William and Mary. He received his B.A. from Emory University. He is currently Professor of Medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine of the University at Buffalo where he is Chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine. He is a pioneer in the development and testing of cognitive behavioral therapy for painful medical disorders including IBS. Dr Lackner’s award-winning research has been funded by major grants from the National Institutes of Health beginning in 1999. He has published extensively in international medical and behavioral science journals. He is an active clinician in the clinical arm of the division’s Behavioral Medicine Clinic and teaches principles of behavioral science to medical students, fellows, and undergraduates.