Maureen Dymek-Valentine, Ph.D.

Email:  maureen_dymek@med.unc.edu
Phone:  (919) 966-7553

Education:

B.S., magna cum laude, Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Internship, Clinical Psychology/Behavioral Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Psychology/Eating Disorders, University of Chicago


Summary Statement:
Dr. Dymek-Valentine is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.  She is currently chief psychologist for the inpatient Eating Disorders Unit and a psychotherapist in the outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic.  As Course Director for “Eating Disorders Treatment and Research”, she lectures to Psychiatry Residents and Psychology Interns.  She also provides supervision to Psychology interns and graduate students.  She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Behavioral Medicine, as well as the Academy for Eating Disorders, for which she serves on the Scientific Program Committee.


Representative Publications:

1. le Grange, D, Lock, J & Dymek, M. (2003) Family based therapy for adolescents with bulimia nervosa. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 57, 237-251.
2. Johnsen, L., Dymek, M, leGrange, D & Alverdy, J. (2003). Weight concerns and binge eating in obese African American, Latina, and Caucasian females. Obesity Research, 1, 1002-1009.
3. Buser, A., Dymek-Valentine M, Hilburger, J .& Alverdy, J (2004) Outcome following gastric bypass surgery: Impact of past sexual abuse. Obesity Surgery, 14, 170-174.
4. Dymek-Valentine, M., Hoste, R, Alverdy, J. (2004) Binge eating disorder in morbidly obese patients evaluated for gastric bypass: SCID versus QEWP. Eating and Weight Disorders, 9, 211-217.
5. Green, A, Dymek-Valentine, M, leGrange, D, Pyluk, S, Alverdy, J. (2004). Psychosocial outcome of gastric bypass surgery for patients with and without binge eating. Obesity Surgery. 14, 975-986.
6. Griffith, R., Dymek, M., Atchison, P., Harrell, L., and Marson, D. (2005). Medical decision-making capacity in two neurodegenerative disorders: Mild AD and PD with dementia. Neurology, 65, 483-486.
7. Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L. ,Chen, E., Munoz, D., Fischer, S., Dymek-Valentine, M., Alverdy, J & le Grange, D. (2006). Pre-Surgery Binge Eating Status: Effect on Eating Behavior and Weight Outcome after Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery, 16 (9) 1198-1204.
8. Shapiro, J., Reba-Harrelson, L., Dymek-Valentine, M., Woolson, S., Hamer, R., Bulik, C. (2007) Feasibility and acceptability of CD-ROM-based cognitive-behavioural treatment for binge-eating disorder. European Eating Disorders Review, 15,175-184.
9. Chen, E., Bocchieri-Ricciardi, L., Munoz, D., Fischer, S., Katterman, S., Roehrig, M., Dymek-Valentine, M., le Grange, D., & Alverdy, J (2007). Depressed mood in class III obesity predicted by weight-related stigma. Obesity Surgery, 17, 669-671.
10. Fischer S, Chen E, Katterman S, Roerhig M, Bochierri-Ricciardi L, Munoz D, Dymek-Valentine M, Alverdy J, le Grange D. (2007). Emotional eating in a morbidly obese bariatric surgery-seeking population. Obesity Surgery, 6, 778-784.
11. Munoz DJ, Chen E, Fischer S, Roehrig M, Sanchez-Johnson L, Alverdy J, Dymek-Valentine M, le Grange D. (2007). Considerations for the use of the Beck Depression Inventory in the assessment of weight-loss surgery seeking patients. Obesity Surgery, 8, 1097-1101.
12. Shapiro JR, Pisetsky EM, Crenshaw W, Spainhour S, Hamer RM, Dymek-Valentine M, Bulik CM. (2008). Exploratory study to decrease postprandial anxiety: Just relax! International Journal of Eating Disorders,