Dr. Kardaras is an Ivy-League educated psychologist, a best-selling author, an internationally renowned speaker, and one of the country’s foremost experts on mental health, addiction and the clinical and social impacts of the digital age. He is the Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Omega Recovery in Austin, Texas and a Clinical Professor at Stony Brook Medicine in NY where he specializes in teaching the neurophysiology and treatment of addiction and mental health. Dr. Kardaras is also a founder at Blue Light Health, a start-up digital platform designed to treat digital natives with online mental health services.

Dr. Kardaras is the author of the best-selling “Glow Kids” (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), the seminal book on screen-effects (“Glow Kids” has now been translated into 13 languages) and is also the author of the recently released “Digital Madness: How Social Media is Driving our Mental Health Crisis” (St. Martin’s, 2023). He has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, Good Morning America, the CBS Evening News, CNN, FOX & Friends, NPR, Good Day New York and in Esquire, New York Magazine and Vanity Fair, and has written for TIME Magazine, Scientific American, Psychology Today, Salon and FOX News. He was featured on the 2019 A&E TV series “Digital Addiction” and the Amazon documentary “Screened Out”.

Considered a pioneer in issues related to the digital age and technology’s impact on mental health, education and our society, he's been an in-demand speaker on the subject for both national news media and as a keynote speaker at both national and international mental health and/or education conferences; he has presented in London, Athens, New Zealand, Maui, and has worked with both state legislators and Congress to help enact digital media legislation to protect children and teens.