John D Gartner Bio

John Gartner is a part-time assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, received his Ph.D in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, and completed his post-doctoral training at New York Hospital- Cornell Medical School. His work has been published in the Washington Post, Chicago-Sun Times, Baltimore Sun, Worth and Talk, as well as numerous scholarly journals.

His book, The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness And (A Lot Of) Success In America, was featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Newsweek, and covered by business publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur. Dr. Gartner has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including CNN and ABC News. The Hypomanic Edge was featured in the Sunday New York Times annual "Year in Ideas" issue as one of the most "original, exciting and innovative ideas of 2005."

His second book, In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography was named by Booklist, official publication of the American Library Association as one of the best books of 2008. In that book, Dr. Gartner coined a new term, psycho-journalism, for his innovative method of combining investigative journalism with psychological expertise.

Dr. Gartner is also an experienced therapist with a private practice in Baltimore and Manhattan, where he specialized in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder. and depression.