William Meller, M.D.
Associate Professor
He is the Associate Director of Psychiatry Residency Training. Graduated from Medical School at the University of Minnesota and finished his adult psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the University of Iowa before returning to join the faculty of the University of Minnesota in 1988.
His major clinical interest is the treatment of severe affective disorders and his main research interests revolve around the neuroendocrinology of depression. Recent publications include “Luteinizing hormone pulse characteristics in depressed women” for The American Journal of Psychiatry (investigating the hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis and a possible association between depression and infertility); in collaboration with Dr. Carrie Borchardt, “Symptoms of affective disorder in pre-adolescent vs. adolescent inpatients” in the Journal of Adolescence and “Comorbidity of major depression and conduct disorder” in the Journal of Affective Disorders. His training interests include teaching primary care providers to appropriately recognize and treat major depressive disorder.
Educational Summary:
University of Minnesota - School of Medicine - M.D., 1982
Residency in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Iowa, 1982-86
Relevant Prior Experience:
Associate Program Director, Residency Training Program, 1994-present
Director, Consultation-liaison Service, 1997-present
Responsibilities/Activities in this Residency:
Associate Program Director
Consultation-liasion supervisor
Residency Training Committee
Course director, Resident didactics
Lecturer, Resident didactics
Research/Scholarly Interests:
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Email: melle001@umn.edu