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CURRICULUM VITAE

Robert P. Chayer MD
Chief, Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Division of Pediatric Psychiatry

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital
8915 W Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
1983 B.S., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, IL
1987 M.D., Rush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago, IL

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
1987 - 1988 Research Assistant, Treatment Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
1988 - 1989 Intern, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1989 - 1991 Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1991 - 1992 Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1992 - 1994 Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
2006 - Present Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2007 - 2008 Division Transition Team; Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - Present Chief Psychiatrist, Ethan Allen School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - 2010 Interim Medical Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - 2010 Interim Division Director Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Milwaukee, WI
2010 - Present Division Director Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Milwaukee, WI
2010 - Present Medical Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2006 - Present Attending Physician, Pediatric Consultation, Liaison Psychiatry Service (Psychiatry Residents- 3rd year, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows 1st and 2nd years), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - Present Attending Physician, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic (3rd and 4th Year Medical Students, Pediatric Residents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, 1st and 2nd Fellows), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Course Co-Director, Transition to Practice Seminar (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, 1st and 2nd years), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2009 - 2010 Course Co-Director, Transition to Practice Seminar (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, 1st and 2nd years), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1999 - 2001 Vice Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
2001 - 2005 Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
2005 - 2006 Vice Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
1994 - 1996 Independent Contractor - Child and Adolescent Services, St Mary's Hill Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
1995 - 2006 Independent Contractor, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services, St. Michael Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
1995 - 1996 Independent Contractor -Day Treatment Program, Charter Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
1995 - 2006 Independent Contractor - Child and Adolescent, Outpatient Services, Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2005 - 2007 St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - Present Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
General Psychiatry and Neurology
1995
2015
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board
2008
2018
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
Harvard School of Public Health
11/2009
None
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin License
30371
1989
2011
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1980 Phi Eta Sigma
1992 Undergraduate Teaching Award, MCW Department of Psychiatry

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1988 - Present State Medical Society
1988 - 1994 American Medical Association
1988 - Present American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2009 - Present American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Society of Professors

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
2006 - 2010 Academic Psychiatry

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2009 - 2010 Behavioral Health Operational Steering Committee, Children's Hospital and Health System
2010 Co-Chair Behavioral Health Retreats, Children's Hospital and Health Systems

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Review of Current Treatment of Depression in the Pediatric Population, Best Practices in Pediatrics, Winter, 2008
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
2008 - Present Clinical Leadership Group, Department of Psychiatry
2008 - Present Departmental Leadership Group, Department of Psychiatry
2009 - Present Faculty Council
2010 - Present Executive Steering Committee, Department of Psychiatry
 
Hospital
1999 - 2007 Member, Credentials Committee, St. Michael's Hospital
2003 - 2006 Chairman, Credentials Committee, St. Michael's Hospital
2003 - 2007 Executive Committee Member, St. Michael's Hospital
2009 - Present Professional Health Committee, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2006 - Present Supervisor, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic (M-3)
2006 - 2009 Supervisor, Psychiatric Consult Liaison Service (M-3)
 
Resident and Fellow Education
1996 - 1997 Psychotherapy Supervisor, General Psychiatry Residency
2002 - 2006 Supervisor Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Clinic Second Year, General Psychiatry Residents
2006 - Present Psychotherapy Supervisor, Psychopharmacology Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
2007 Co-facilitator Transition to Practice Seminar
2009 - 2010 Co-facilitator Transition to Practice Seminar
 
Graduate Student Education
2007 - Present Psychopharmacology Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor,
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Graduate Student Education
Ethan Allen School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Post-doctoral Psychology Internship
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
 
 
Clinical Programs
2007 - 2008 Targeted improved Clinical Access to Outpatient Psychiatric Services at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
2007 - 2008 Targeted Low Satisfaction scores from clinical referral sources and developed communication tools and outreach.
2008 - Present Worked at CHW to develop support for sustainable financial model to expand clinical services and improve division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as destination of choice for Faculty and Learners.
2008 - 2009 Worked with Division Faculty to maintain Child Psychiatry outpatient clinic volumes in the context of a reduction of the faculty by one third.
2010 - Present Successfully recruited an additional faculty member to target community access issues
 
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
1998 - Present Boy Scouts of America, Multiple Adult Leadership positions. Current - Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 398 Whitefish Bay WI
2010 Served as the only Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the 100th Anniversary National Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington DC.
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Diane M. Witt, C Sue Carter, Robert Chayer and Kenneth Adams, Patterns of behavior during postpartum oesterus in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster, Animal Behaviour, 1990, vol. 39, p 528-534
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Principles: Growth, Development, Psychodynamics, and Personality Theory and Treatment. Chapters 1 and 6 from A USMLE Step 2 Review of Psychiatry by Appleton & Lange (10th Ed.) 1994