Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Westermeyer completed medical school and psychiatry residency at the University of Minnesota, with an interim in family practice and general medicine-surgery in Laos. Prior to becoming Chief of the Psychiatry Service at MVAMC six years ago, he had been on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for two decades and was professor and Chair of Psychiatry at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center for 3 years.
His interests include alcoholism-addictions psychiatry, epidemiology, treatment efficacy and outcome, and sociocultural psychiatry. Dr. Westermeyer has led numerous research projects and provides mentoring to many prospective researchers. A prodigious author and sought-after lecturer, Dr. Westermeyer is involved in psychiatric organizations on local, national, and international levels.
Educational Summary:
University of Minnesota - School of Medicine - M.D., 1961
University of Minnesota School of Medicine - MPH, 1970
University of Minnesota School of Medicine - Ph.D, 1970
Residency in Psychiatry – University of Minnesota, 1967-70
Relevant Prior Experience:
Chief, Psychiatry Service and Director, Mental Health PSL, 1992-present
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, 1992-present
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1989-92
Staff Psychiatrist, University of Minnesota, 1970-89
Responsibilities/Activities in this Residency:
Course director, Resident didactics
Lecturer, Resident didactics
Research/Scholarly Interests:
Psychiatric epidemiology
Treatment outcome research
Cultural psychiatry
Health Services Research