Dr Daniel Le Grange is a world leader in treatment research for adolescent eating disorders. He holds the title of Distinguished Professor at the University of California San Francisco, where he is a Benioff UCSF Professor in Children's Health and the Director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Departments of Psychiatry (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Pediatrics (Division of Adolescent Medicine).

Dr Le Grange is also an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago and a Visiting Professor at the Berlin Institute of Health Stiftung Charite.

Dr Le Grange has been the principal investigator on many randomized clinical trials in the US and Australia over the past 20 years. A well-respected and highly acclaimed leader in his field, he helped develop Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for adolescent anorexia and bulimia nervosa. He also wrote the therapist's guides, Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach, and Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach, both used globally.

During his illustrious career, Dr Le Grange has produced an immense body of work. He has authored or co-authored over 650 manuscripts, books, book chapters and abstracts, and his focused scholarship has been translated into 10 languages. On Expertscape, Dr Le Grange is ranked one of the world's top three experts on anorexia nervosa.

As a tribute to his achievements, Dr Le Grange was elected a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders in 2002. In addition, he is Associate Editor for the Journal of Eating Disorders and the European Eating Disorders Review.