Walter Bockting, PhD, LP
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Magnacare (National)
- Quality Health Management
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Walter Bockting, PhD, LP
Walter Bockting, PhD, LP, is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Program for the Study of LGBT Health at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia Psychiatry and the Columbia University School of Nursing. His research interests include identity development across the lifespan, transgender health, and LGBTQ+ aging. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the New York Community Trust, and a number of other private foundations. He is currently the Principal Investigator of three large NIH-funded studies: Project AFFIRM, a longitudinal, multi-site study of transgender identity development across the lifespan; Convoy Q, examining the role of social networks in cognitive aging of LGBTQ+ adults and their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts; and a new investigation of the quality of life of trans and gender nonbinary individuals following gender-affirming surgery.
Bockting is an internationally known expert in gender-affirming healthcare as well as in the mental health and psychosocial adjustment of transgender, gender non-binary and gender-diverse children, adolescents, adults, and their families. He is the Editor of six volumes on gender and sexual health, and has published more than one-hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals. Bockting is a past president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and a past president and Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. In 2010-11, Bockting served on the Institute of Medicine Committee of the National Academies whose work culminated in the IOM Report on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding. Bockting's work at CUIMC focuses on combining research, clinical practice, education and training, and innovative policy development to promote the health of LGBTQI+ individuals and their communities.
Expertise
Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia
Gay/Lesbian Counseling
Gender Identity
Identity Disorders
LGBTQ Mental Health
Psychosomatic Medicine
Sexual Behavior Disorder
Sexual Development
Sexual Disorders
Sexual Dysfunctions Counseling
Sexual Orientation Issues
Education
Fellowship: University Of Minnesota Medical Center
Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Titles & Positions
Co-Director, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry
Director, Columbia Gender Identity Program
Director, Program for the Study of LGBT Health
Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing)
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Fellowship: University Of Minnesota Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 1988: Post-Doctoral Clinical/Research Fellow, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School
- 1996: Helping Professional of the Year, City of Lakes Crossgender Community
- 2006: Fellow, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
- 2008: Best Documentary Short Film, FilmOut San Diego, for “Coming Out Trans” (Producer)
- 2011: University Innovations, in appreciation of commitment to research and innovation at the University of Minnesota
- 2015: Faculty Research Fellow, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
- 2020: Distinguished Sexual and Gender Health Revolutionary, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School
Titles & Positions
- Co-Director, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry
- Director, Columbia Gender Identity Program
- Director, Program for the Study of LGBT Health
- Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing)