About Dr. Tyson

Dr. Tyson has been treating eating disorders for more than 20 years. After his Family Practice residency, he completed a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine, during which he had his first clinical training in eating disorders. Later, while Director of Clinics for the Adolescent Medicine Section, Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, he began to focus on eating disorders as a specialty. Since then Dr. Tyson has expanded his interest and involvement in this field. He is an active member of National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), the International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), and the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) and has presented at all of those organizations' national meetings. Advocating for those with eating disorders has been a priority for him and he has worked to develop legislation in the state of Texas to mandate insurance coverage for eating disorders. He helped write the insurance guidelines for NEDA and is a member of the AED Advocacy Committee. In addition, Dr. Tyson was a catalyst for the formation of the Austin Eating Disorder Specialists and helped initiate and supports the Austin Foundation for Eating Disorders, a local advocacy group. He was a founding partner of Cedar Springs Austin, an outpatient treatment center. As an adjunct assistant professor in Health Education at the University of Texas, he teaches to both undergraduate and graduate classes about eating disorders and other adolescent issues. Dr. Tyson trains residents in both Family Practice and Pediatrics and nurse practitioner students in the care of eating disorders and his other areas of special interests-adolescent medicine and sports injuries and rehabilitation.