Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD, is an American psychoanalyst and the current medical director/CEO of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts as well as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. His principal interests and research lie in studying the neurobiological bases of social cognition, particularly in relation to autism spectrum disorders and change in response to psychotherapy. He is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychoanalytic Association and the Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Research Society.