Teri Pearlstein, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She has been Director of the Women's Behavioral Health Program at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island since 1996. She was the Director of the Women's Treatment Program at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island from 1990-2000. Dr. Pearlstein received her B.A. in Mathematics from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and her M.D. from New York University School of Medicine. She completed both her internship in internal medicine and residency in psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Dr. Pearlstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and is a member of several professional societies including the International Association for Women's Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association, North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rhode Island Medical Women's Association, and the Rhode Island Psychiatric Society. She is the current Treasurer of the International Association for Women's Mental Health and the current Secretary-Treasurer of the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has served as principal investigator on numerous research studies, is a member of several journal editorial boards, and is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts in her areas of research interest which include premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postpartum disorders, perimenopause, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and other mental health disorders in women.