Michael McKee, PhD is a Research Scientist in the Anxiety Disorders Clinic of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Trained in the use of cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) by such leaders in the field as Dr. Gail Steketee, Dr. Richard Heimberg, and Dr. Marsha Linehan, among others, Dr. McKee specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders. 

Dr. McKee is a cognitive-behavioral research therapist for National Institute of Mental Health-funded projects studying the effectiveness of CBT in the treatment of social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hypochondria. He also supervises the work of pre-doctoral trainees and postdoctoral fellows at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic.

Dr. McKee has extensive experience with the treatment of a range of behavior problems, and maintains a private practice in Scarsdale, New York.

Formerly, Dr. McKee was Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University from 1993 to 2000, where he treated patients and taught trainees in the ambulatory services department at the Westchester Division of New York Presbyterian Hospital.