George Tesar, MD

Appointed
1993

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychiatry
Boston, MA USA
1984

Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychiatry
Boston, MA USA
1983

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1980

Internship - Cleveland Clinic
Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1978

Medical Education - Mayo Medical School
Rochester, MN USA
1977

Undergraduate - Yale University
Philosophy & Psychology
New Haven, CT USA
1973

Professional Highlights

• Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, since 1993
• Director of Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center
• Director of General Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (as of 7/1/2009)

Certifications

• Internal Medicine
• Psychiatry

Specialty Interests

AD(H)D, adult psychoparmacology, anxiety, anxiety and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, consultation liaison psychiatry, consultation psychiatry, coping with general and medical illness and specific medical illness, Depression, depressive disorders, emergency psychiatry, generalized anxiety, heart brain medicine, mood and anxiety disorders, mood disorders, Panic Disorder, psychiatric issues in epilepsy, psychosomatic medicine (consultation liaison psychiatry), social anxiety disorder, treatment of anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder, epilepsy and behavior, epilepsy and behavior research interest, psychosis, Schizophrenia, telemedicine

Awards & Honors

• 2001 Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award for ability to combine sensitivity and compassion with knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine
• 2002 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
• 2002 Best Doctors in America
• 2001 Member, American College of Psychiatrists
• 2005 Teacher of the Year, awarded by Cleveland Clinic Psychiatry Residents
• 2005 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
• 2008 Best Poster Award. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting

Memberships

• American Medical Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
• American College of Psychiatrists
• Ohio Psychiatric Association

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