Program Director, CL Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Weinrieb completed his residency in adult psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital of NY Medical College in Greenwich Village, NY in 1991. He then spent 2 years as a Fellow in the Penn-VA Center for the Study of Addictions. He joined the faculty in 1993 and served as Medical Director of the Treatment Research Center for 7 years. Dr. Weinrieb became interested in the interface between transplant and addiction medicine and was the first consultant psychiatrist for Penn's liver transplant team. This work led him to become an NIH and VAMC grant funded investigator focusing his interests on the treatment of psychiatric and addictive disorders in solid organ transplant patients. His primary clinical and research interests focus on liver transplantation for people with Alcohol Use Disorders. Dr. Weinrieb has been the recipient of a number of research and teaching awards, including the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania. He was the Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the Psychiatric Emergency Evaluation Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from 2006-2016 and is currently Chief Psychiatric Consultant for the Penn Transplant Institute and the founder and Program Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Penn VAMC. In 2016, Dr. Weinrieb founded and directs the first psychiatric clinic in the U.S. providing outpatient longitudinal care for transplant patients. He thoroughly enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduates, medical students, dental students, advanced practice nursing students, psychiatry and neurology residents.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CST
Friday, November 10, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
WEBB FELLOW: Through the Lens of Our Patients – Disparities in Organ Transplant
Friday, November 10, 2023
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST
