Emory psychiatrist as divisive as hes gifted - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

He’s “Dr. Bling-Bling” or a “brilliant physician.” An “arrogant academic bully” or an “extraordinary leader.”

Whether Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff is “an asset to our state and country,” as former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn has said, or “a shill” for pharmaceutical companies, as a former boss described him — few seem to have neutral opinions.

Nemeroff, 59, a psychiatrist at Emory University, is an internationally recognized expert on depression whose résumé spans 215 pages.

He has treated some of Atlanta’s top business leaders, including Ted Turner, retired CNN head Tom Johnson and the late J.B. Fuqua, whose family has given $10 million to Emory to study and treat depression. Under Nemeroff’s leadership, Emory’s psychiatry department pulled in more than $22 million in National Institutes of Health grants just last year.

But along the way, Nemeroff has drawn criticism for the lucrative speaking and consulting fees he’s accepted from drug companies whose products he has both reviewed and promoted. Some critics even say his science has been compromised, though defenders dispute that.

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