Professor and Chair
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University
Dr. Raymond Ownby is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Nova Southeastern University where he is also a Professor in the Public Health and Biomedical Informatics Programs. He completed his undergraduate education at Ohio University where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and completed his medical education at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Doctors in America and is board certified in Adult Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Clinical Neuropsychology, and Neuropsychiatry. He has published more than 200 research articles and has been the recipient of several research grants from the National Institutes of Health. He was awarded the NSU Provost’s Research Award in 2014. He was formerly the director of the Memory Disorders Program at the University of Miami.
His current research includes two projects funded by the National Institutes of Health. These include the development of a mobile app targeting older individuals with low health literacy, and is designed to help them improve their ability to manage chronic health conditions. The other project investigates whether the use of transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with computer-based cognitive training can improve cognitive problems in persons 50 years of age and older with HIV infection.