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Robert P. Chayer, MD is the Chucker Aring Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition to his academic and leadership responsibilities, Dr. Chayer provides clinical services at Children’s Wisconsin the Milwaukee campus.
Dr. Chayer graduated from the University of Illinois with degrees in biology and psychology before attending medical school at Rush University in Chicago. He completed his general psychiatry residency training at the Medical College of Wisconsin, serving as Chief Resident during his final year. He then pursued fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry, also at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Prior to returning to the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2006 to join the faculty, Dr. Chayer spent 12 years in private practice in the Milwaukee area and provided psychiatric treatment to children who had experienced trauma within the foster care system across a variety of clinical settings.
Dr. Chayer previously served as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the former St. Michael’s Hospital in Milwaukee. Since joining the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he has completed the Leadership Development Program for Physicians in Academic Health Centers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Titles
- Psychiatrist
Certifications
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
Education
- 1987, Rush Medical College (Chicago, IL), MD
Residencies
- 1992, Medical College of Wisconsin - PSYCHIATRY
Fellowships
- 1994, Medical College of Wisconsin - CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY (PSYCHIATRY)
Awards
- Chucker Aring Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 2013
- Best Doctors in America
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