Stephan Zipfel is Director of the Centre of Excellence for Eating Disorders (KOMET), University of Tuebingen, Germany & Past-President of the German College of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM) and President Elect International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM).

He was trained at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, the Royal Free Hospital London, UK and the Department of Psychological Medicine and the University of Sydney, Australia, in Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy.

Currently Stephan's research focuses on: a) Eating disorders and obesity, b) chronic pain disorders and somatoforme disorders (including IBS), c) neurobiology of placebo response, d) Psychooncology, e) refugee mental health (incl. posttraumatic stress disorders) and f) education research.