College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

Peter Buckley, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Medical College of Georgia
August, GA

Peter F. Buckley, MD, is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry and Associate Dean for Leadership Development at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

Dr. Buckley immigrated to America in 1992 after completing his medical degree and postdoctoral training at the University College Dublin School of Medicine in Ireland. His thesis was on the subject of neuroimaging and neurodevelopment in schizophrenia. Before joining the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Buckley was Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio and served as Medical Director at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare System (NBHS), the adult state psychiatric services for Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio.

Henry Nasrallah, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience
Director of Schizophrenia Research Program
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Henry Nasrallah is a widely recognized psychiatrist, educator and researcher. He received his BS and MD degrees at the American University of Beirut (AUB).  Following his psychiatric residency at the University of Rochester and neuroscience fellowship at the NIH, he served as a faculty member at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Iowa before assuming the chair of the Ohio State University Department of Psychiatry for twelve years.  In 2003, he joined the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as Associate Dean and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience .

Dr. Nasrallah is the Director of the Schizophrenia Program, and his research focuses on the neurobiology and psychopharmacology of schizophrenia and related disorders including bipolar disorder. He has published over 350 scientific articles and 400 abstracts, as well as 11 books. He is Editor-In-Chief of two journals (SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH and CURRENT PSYCHIATRY) and is the co-founder of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS).  He has been board-certified in both adult and geriatric psychiatry.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology [ACNP], Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and past President of the Cincinnati Psychiatric Society and the

American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, and is currently the President of the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Education and Research Foundation.  He has twice received the NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award and was recognized as the U.S. Teacher of the Year by The Psychiatric Times.  He has received over 75 research grants  and is listed in several editions of the book “Best Doctors in America”.

Dr. Buckley conducts research on the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia. He is author of a textbook on psychiatry and has edited seven specialist books on schizophrenia, as well as published widely in major psychiatric journals with over 250 book chapters, articles, and abstracts.  Buckley is also Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses and of the Journal of Dual Diagnosis.  Dr Buckley is on the editorial board of six other journals.  Dr Buckley has been a contributor to several expert consensus guidelines and is a federally funded investigator in the treatment of schizophrenia.  Dr Buckley is chair of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders and late life review committee of the National Institute of Mental Health.  Dr Buckley is on the board of several professional organizations, is a member of the Scientific Board of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, is a subcommittee member of a gubernatorial task force for mental health in Georgia, and is listed in Best Doctors in America. He is the recipient of several awards for his work, including an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the 2006 Georgia Psychiatrist of the Year Award.  Dr. Buckley is also the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Administrative Psychiatric Award for his work on State-University Collaborations.