Tanya Murphy, MD, MS

Dr. Murphy was Director of the University of Florida’s (UF) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Program and Medical Director of Children’s Services from 1994 to 1997. From 1995 to 2008, Dr. Murphy was Director of the UF Child Neuropsychiatric Disorder Clinic. During this time, she was also Medical Director of the UF Autism Unit (1998-2000) and Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2005-2008). Teaching positions at UF included Instructor with the Department of Psychiatry (1994-1995) Assistant Professor (1995-2002) and Associated Professor (Tenured; 2002-2008) with the UF Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Murphy is a member of the National Tourette Syndrome Association Medical Advisory Board and the Regional Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Scientific Advisory Board. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Anxiety Disorders of America, the Movement Disorders of America, and the Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Murphy joined the faculty at USF iin 2008. She is currently a Professor with the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, and holds the Maurice A. and Thelma P. Rothman Endowed Chair of Developmental Pediatrics.

Education & Training

Scholarly Activity

Dr. Murphy is an author on over 100 peer-reviewed papers. Areas of scholarly interest include:

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Role of infections in disorder onset
• Tourette Syndrome
  • Pharmacological and psychological treatments
• Tic Disorders
• Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders

Selected Publications

Murphy TK, Bengtson MA, Tan JY, Carbonell E, Levin GM. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in the Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Review. International Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2000 Aug; 15 Suppl 2: S47-63.

Murphy TK, Goodman WK, Ayoub EM, Voeller KS. On defining Sydenham chorea: Where do we draw the line? Biological Psychiatry 2000, 47:851-857

Murphy TK, Goodman WK. Neuropsychiatric Disorders: The Neuroimmunological Link? CNS Spectrums, 2001 May; 6 (5): 378.

Murphy TK, Goodman WK, Torres BA, Yang M. Measurement of T cell subsets in neuropsychiatric exacerbations. Workshop symposia abstracts of the VIth International Congress of Neuroimmunology, Edinburgh, Scotland. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 2001 Sept 3-7; 118:146.

Murphy TK, Petitto JM, Voeller KKS, Goodman WK. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Is there an Association with Childhood Streptococcal Infections and Altered Immune Function? Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2001 Oct; 6(4):266-76.

Murphy TK, Benson N, Zaytoun A, Yang M, Braylan R, Ayoub E, Goodman WK. Progress Toward Analysis of D8/17 Binding to B Cells In Children With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and/or Chronic Tic Disorder. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 2001 Nov 1; 120 (1-2):146-51.

Murphy TK, Sajid M, Soto O, Shapira N, Edge P, Yang M, Lewis MH, Goodman WK. Detecting pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder and tics. Biol Psychiatry, 2004 Jan 1; 55(1):61-8.