Oberstar, Joel V MD

Joel V. Oberstar, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Associate Director Residency Training and Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Joel V. Oberstar, M.D., joined the faculty in 2006 after completing the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Originally, from Chisholm, Minnesota, he attended college at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and biology with distinction. Dr. Oberstar attended the first two years of medical school at the University of Minnesota-Duluth prior to completing his clinical training at the University of Minnesota Medical School, graduating with his Doctorate in Medicine in 2001.

Dr. Oberstar subsequently pursued three years of general psychiatry training at the Brigham and Women¿s Hospital/Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, he returned to Minnesota to complete two years of fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry, after which he joined the faculty.

Educational Summary:

• 1993-1997 B.A., Hamline University
• 1997-2001 M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School
• 2001-2004 Residency, General Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
• 2004-2006 Fellowship, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School

Teaching Responsibilities/Activities:

• Supervisor, Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows on Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
• Lecturer, General Psychiatry Residency & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
• Course Director, Fellowship Module in Administrative Psychiatry
• Member, Fellowship Faculty Education Advisory Committee
• Member, General Psychiatry Residency Training Committee

Honors/Awards:

• 1997 Phi Beta Kappa, Hamline University
• 1999 Lampson Award (Outstanding Male Sophomore Medical Student), University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine
• 2005 Presidential Scholar Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Research/Scholarly Interests:

• Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders in Children/Adolescents
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Telepsychiatry

Selected Publications:

• Oberstar JV, Anderson EM, Jensen JB. Cognitive and Moral Development, Brain Development, and Mental Illness: Important Considerations for the Juvenile Justice System. William Mitchell Law Rev. 2006;32(3):1051-61.
• Hill KP, Oberstar JV, Dunn ER. Zolpidem-Induced Delirium with Mania in an Elderly Woman. Psychosomatics. 2004;45(1):88-9.
• Oberstar JV, Bernstein GA, Thuras PD. Caffeine Use and Dependence in Adolescents: One-Year Follow-up. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2002;12 (2):127-135.
• Oberstar JV. Intersection of Psychiatry, Politics, and Public Service: Congressman Jim McDermott, M.D. Psychiatry News. 2002;37(1):17.
• Oberstar JV. Touch Where It Hurts. Acad Psychiatry. 2002;26(2):131.
• Oberstar JV. Internet Valuable. Psychiatry News. 2001;36(18).
• Oberstar JV, Boulger JG, Crouse BJ, Huntley TE. Practicing Physicians Perceptions of Risk Adjustment and Health Policy Formation in Minnesota. Minn Med. 1999;82(3):43-48.
• Oberstar JV. Physician-Legislators: Physicians Practicing Public Service. JAMA. 1999;281(9):862.