Jorge Srabstein, MD has been an attending psychiatrist at Children’s National Hospital since 1998. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Distinguished Life Fellow of The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Srabstein obtained his medical degree from University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, in 1966. His postgraduate education and training included a Residency in Pediatrics at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and at  Baltimore City Hospitals (presently known as Hopkins Bayview Hospital), followed by a fellowship in Neonatology at McMaster University School of Medicine and at George Hospital University Hospital and a residency in General Psychiatry and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

From 1974 to 1977, Dr Srabstein was the Director of Neonatology at George Washington University Hospital, and during this time he developed his interest on the effects of stress during pregnancy as well as the quality of mother infant interaction

During the period of 1977 to 1988, Dr Srabstein has served on active duty, as a United States Army Medical Officer reaching the rank of Colonel in 1988. During his military service he advocated for the mental health needs of military dependent youth and families, by developing and chairing the Committee on Military Child Psychiatry within the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The United States Department of the Army has recognized Dr. Srabstein’s contribution to the education and training of military psychiatrists, as a Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, by awarding him the Meritorious Service Medal.

For the past twenty years Dr, Srabstein has been involved, at Children’s National Hospital, in clinical and advocacy work to prevent, detect and treat the health problems associated with bullying and other forms of maltreatment occurring across social settings and along the life span. Dr Srabstein has developed efforts to raise national and international awareness about the nature, toxicity of bullying and other forms of maltreatment, and the need for its prevention and detection, through legislative testimonies, conferences, and publications, including a book entitled “. Bullying, Impact on Health, and Beyond: Exploring the Spectrum of Maltreatment” published in May 2024 by Oxford University Press.