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.
Larry Culpepper, M.D., M.P.H.
Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH, is Professor of Family Medicine and the founding Chairman
of the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr.
Culpepper also is Chief of Family Practice at Boston Medical Center. He received
his MD degree from Baylor College of Medicine and his MPH degree from Boston University.
An active researcher, Dr. Culpepper has conducted federally funded studies of depression
and anxiety, otitis media, and school-based and community interventions to improve
pregnancy outcomes and to prevent teen pregnancies. Recently, he served as the principal
investigator of an AHRQ funded developmental center for patient safety research
devoted to the study of problems affecting low income and minority vulnerable populations
in ambulatory care settings, and is a co-investigator of the Primary Care Anxiety
Project, a study of the course of anxiety disorders in primary care settings. Dr.
Culpepper’s department operates a large hospitalist inpatient service, obstetric
and newborn service, and provides leadership to a network of 15 community health
centers involving over one million visits annually. It also is responsible for Boston
University’s Student Health Service and for the Boston University Medical Center’s
Occupational Health Service.
He has served as President of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG),
and Chairman of the Research Committee of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
(STFM). Dr. Culpepper is a Primary Care Fellow of the federal Health Resources and
Services Administration, and has chaired or served as a member of research grant
review committees for five NIH and other federal agencies. He has served on six
federal expert panels for consensus committees or evidence-based centers. He founded
and is the Chairman of the Board of the Rhode Island Public Health Foundation. He
is a member of The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and the Anxiety Disorders
Association of America Scientific Advisory Boards. He is the editor of the Primary
Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. In 1997 he received
the NAPCRG-STFM Career Research Award, and in 1998 was elected to the Institute
of Medicine.
Raul R. Silva, M.D.
Raul R. Silva, MD, is the Executive Director of Rockland Children’s Psychiatric
Center. He is also Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine in New York City. In addition,
he is the Vice Chairman of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at
NYU School of Medicine. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Director in the Division
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and
in charge of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital Center, also in
New York City. He is board certified in general, child and adolescent psychiatry.
He completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University’s
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center where he became the director of service. He
also completed a psychopharmacology research fellowship at New York University Medical
Center.
Dr. Silva has authored and coauthored over 180 publications and abstracts primarily
devoted to psychopharmacology. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator
for 21 research projects in his field. Dr. Silva is the recipient of several honors
and awards, including the Mentor of the Year Award presented by Saint Luke’s/Roosevelt
Hospital Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is listed in Who’s
Who Among Rising Young Americans and Who’s Who in America. Dr.
Silva completed his second term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is currently on the Editorial
Board of Current Pediatric Reviews. He is also an Associate Editor for
both the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and Psychiatric
Quarterly.