Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Dr. Myers is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn NY and a former Vice Chair Education and Director of Training in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is the author or co-author of nine books and over 150 articles, book chapters, letters, book reviews and 8 videotapes covering a range of topics in psychiatry. His three most recent books are “Becoming a Doctors’ Doctor: A Memoir”, “Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned from Their Families and Others Who Cared” and “The Physician as Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals” (co-authored with Dr Glen Gabbard).
Dr Myers is a past president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of both the CPA and the American Psychiatric Association. He is also a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in England.
Dr Myers is a specialist in physician health. He was in half time private practice for 35 years until 2008. For the last 20 years his practice was limited to the treatment of medical students and physicians – and their families. He serves on the Advisory Board to the Committee for Physician Health of the Medical Society State of New York. Passionate about physician health advocacy, he writes a bimonthly blog on physician health for Psych Congress Network.
He lectures extensively throughout North America and beyond. His website is: www.michaelfmyers.com
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM US Eastern Time