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Department of Psychiatry

Robert Pierattini, M.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry

Contact Information

E-mail: Robert.Pierattini@uvm.edu
Office Location: Department of Psychiatry, 1 South Prospect Street, MS 446AR6, Burlington, VT 05401

Education

May 1978  Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, B.A. (summa cum laude), Biology
1976-77 Durham University, Durham, England, Biology and Philosphy of Science
1982 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, Epidemiology
1982-1986 University of Vermont and Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Resident in Psychiatry
1985-1986 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Clinical Psychopharmacology Fellowship

Academic Appointments

2002 Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1995 - 2002 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1994 - 1995 Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1989 - 1993 Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1986 - 1989 Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Awards and Honors

2005 Bruce A. Gibbard Memorial Award, Vermont Psychiatric Assocaiation
2002 Psychiatry Residents Appreciation Award
1994 Psychiatry Residents Award for Excellence in Teaching
1985 - 1986 Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
1982 Lange Award for Outstanding Achievement, Yale University School of Medicine
1976 Rotary Foundation Fellowship for International Understanding
1978 Edwin Scott Linton Prize in Biology, Washington and Jefferson College
1978 Phi Beta Kappa, Washington and Jefferson College
1978 Valedictorian, Washington and Jefferson College

Publications

Medical School Thesis, "Assessment of the Effect of Chloroform in Drinking Water on the Incidence of Bladder, Colon, and Rectum Cancer in Residents of Hartford and Bridgeport, Connecticut," Yale University of Medicine, 1982

"Medical Complications of Alcoholism" and "Physical Findings Associated with Alcoholism" in Fassler, David (ed.), The Alcoholic Patient:  Emergency Medical Intervention.  Gardner Press, New York, 1992.

Hughes, John & Pierattini, Robert.  "An Introduction to Pharmacology for Mental Disorders" in Grabowski, John (ed.), Psychopharmacology:  Basic Mechanisms and Applied Interventions.  American Psychological Associated, 1992

To view more of Dr. Perattini's publications, please visit PubMed.