Scott Steele, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor

Dr. Scott Steele received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Arkansas and attended medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. During medical school, he pursued combined M.D./Ph.D. training and earned his Ph.D. in the Brain Imaging Research Center, where his research applied computational models of emotion regulation to human behavioral and functional brain imaging data. Upon graduation he completed medical residency training in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During this time he developed clinical expertise in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder and also conducted brain imaging research on impulsivity in young adults seeking mental health treatment. After finishing residency he joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS and he sees patients in PRI’s Walker Family Clinic, where he is the founding director of the Bipolar Disorder Program. He also conducts functional brain imaging research in patients with mood instability, examining correlates of impulsivity and emotional problems. His goal to improve our understanding of these problems and their related psychiatric conditions, such as bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and develop new tools to aid in assessment and treatment monitoring.