Dr. Martin Binks is Clinical Director and CEO of Binks Behavioral Health PLLC. His professional activities include consultation services for the development of evidence-based obesity and health promotion programs in healthcare, research and corporate wellness environments. Dr Binks also offers psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and motivational and life coaching services to adult and adolescent patients at his Durham NC offices.
 
Dr. Binks received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fairleigh Dickenson University, trained at the Bronx VA Medical Center and completed pre and postdoctoral training in behavioral medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is formerly Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, at Duke University Medical Center where he served as Director of Behavioral Health, Research, and New Business and Strategic Alliances at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center.  Dr Binks has worked extensively in the areas of obesity, health & wellness promotion, neuropsychology, substance abuse treatment, issues of adolescence and family dynamics, post-traumatic stress disorder and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Binks has authored and co-authored multiple research publications and the book The Duke Diet.
Dr Binks has an ongoing funded research program. His research interests include internet and other technology-based healthcare delivery, obesity treatment, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, and overall health promotion. He serves as a reviewer on several scientific journals and is a regular contributor to multiple health websites and media outlets.

Dr. Binks contributes to healthcare provider education through his work with students and trainees and by lecturing nationally in the areas of obesity management and behavioral medicine. Dr Binks is currently active in several leadership positions at the national scientific organization The Obesity Society. Dr Binks has also been a contributor with the Army National Guard Decade of Health and Wounded Warriors programs and is a member of several corporate advisory boards.