Peter F. Buckley, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia

Peter F. Buckley, MD, is a professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Dr. Buckley completed his medical degree, residency in psychiatry, and schizophrenia fellowship at University College Dublin, School of Medicine in Ireland. His career in psychiatry has focused on the many aspects of schizophrenia, including treatment strategies and the management of treatment refractory schizophrenia, brain imaging, and the pharmacological management of comorbid conditions such as depression, substance abuse, and aggression.

Dr. Buckley is senior author of a textbook of psychiatry and editor/co-author of six specialist books on schizophrenia. He has also written twenty-six book chapters and more than 125 journal articles. He is a referee for twenty-eight medical and psychiatric journals and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Dual Diagnosis and also serves on the editorial boards of five other journals. Dr. Buckley also serves on many boards and committees, including the scientific council of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the executive committee of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, and the board of trustees of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. He is an examiner on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Buckley is the recipient of several awards and research grants, including the Lilly Schizophrenia Reintegration Award, one Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Administrative Psychiatry Award for 2004 from the American Psychiatric Association.