Dr. Knable has a broad range of experience in clinical psychiatry and has recently completed a 15-year tenure as Medical Director of Clearview Communities, a 32-bed therapeutic community for young adults with persistent mental illnesses. He has also served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry a Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and provided care in a variety of other outpatient and forensic settings. After receiving undergraduate and medical degrees at Ohio University, he trained in Psychiatry at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and in Neurology at George Washington University Hospital and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Knable was a Clinical Associate at the National Institute of Mental Health from 1992–1998 where his research focused on severe mental illnesses. He was then Medical Director or Executive Director of The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) from 1998-2008. At SMRI Dr. Knable started the Drug Development Program, which supplied capital to early-stage pharmaceutical companies working on novel approaches to mental illness and oversaw more than 250 clinical trials in academic settings. Dr. Knable is the author of more than 80 publications on various aspects of neuropsychiatric disease including “Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Parents, Families and Providers.” Dr. Knable serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University. Dr. Knable has also served on a variety of non-profit, corporate and advisory boards. These include the Treatment Advocacy Center ( www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org ), the Stanley Medical Research Institute, the Sylvan C. Herman Foundation, and the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health.
