Robert L. Findling, M.D.
Dr. Findling is the Director of the Division of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He is also a Professor
of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Findling earned
his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University and went to medical school
at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Findling did a joint residency-training
program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai
Hospital in New York City. He is board certified in all three specialties.
Dr. Findling’s research endeavors have focused on pediatric psychopharmacology and
psychotic disorders in the young. He has extensive experience in pharmacokinetic
studies of psychotropic agents in pediatric patients. Dr. Findling has been honored
with numerous awards and has received international recognition as a clinical investigator.
Dr. Findling’s research is also supported in part by the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention, the St. Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio and the pharmaceutical
industry. In addition, Dr. Findling is a member of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Work Group on Research.
Craig B.H. Surman, MD
Dr. Craig Surman is the Scientific Coordinator for the Adult ADHD Research Program
of the Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Massachusetts
General Hospital, and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Surman completed a residency in Psychiatry at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry
Residency Training Program in Boston, as well as a fellowship in Neuropsychiatry
at the Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
also in Boston.
Dr. Surman’s research strives to improve the assessment and treatment of ADHD in
adulthood, and to better characterize the impact of ADHD as well as its relationship
to illnesses that are often comorbid with ADHD in adulthood.
Richard H. Weisler, MD
Richard H. Weisler, MD has been in private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina,
since 1980 where his group follows more than 2,000 patients with a mixture of psychiatric
problems. He is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at University of North Carolina
(UNC) Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he also serves as chairman of the Board
of Visitors for the department of psychiatry. Dr. Weisler also is adjunct associate
professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center
in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Weisler received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in New Orleans,
Louisiana and received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. The Consumers’ Research Council of America named Dr. Weisler one
of America’s top psychiatrists for 2002–2003 and he has consistently been named
one of the Best Doctors by his peers. His research and work frequently have been
featured on national television and radio shows, as well as in several magazines.
Dr. Weisler is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
He has been the principal investigator in approximately 200 clinical trials. Dr.
Weisler has authored or coauthored more than 50 journal articles and book chapters
on bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), social phobia, dementia, pharmaco-economics, and generalized anxiety
disorders. In addition, he has been very actively involved in the development of
many of the currently approved and investigational treatments for bipolar disorder,
major depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social phobia, PTSD,
generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dementia, sleep disorders
and migraine. He has also conducted research in the areas of neuroimaging and the
genetics of psychiatric disorders.
A very popular lecturer both nationally and internationally, he has presented well
over a 1,000 invited lectures, grand rounds and case conferences on topics related
to psychiatric disorders and their treatment.