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Paul E Keck, Jr., MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Psychiatry, and University of Cincinnati College of medicine. Dr. Keck is also Co-Director of the Biological Psychiatry Program, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The Biological Psychiatry Program conducts research regarding the oncology, biology, and course of illness, genetics, and treatment of bipolar disorder. In addition, the Program is a center for the study of new medicines to treat mood, anxiety, psychotic, eating, psychosomatic and impulse control disorders.
A graduate of Dartmouth College, Dr. Keck received his MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. He served his internship in Internal Medicine at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and completed his residency training in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA. Dr. Keck remained on faculty at McLean and Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in 1991.
Research, Publications, Presentations
Dr. Keck is the author of over 350 scientific papers and abstracts in leading medical journals. He has also contributed over 90 reviews and chapters to major psychiatric textbooks. Dr. Keck is the editor of the book Managing Depressive Symptoms in Schizophrenia. He serves on the editorial boards of 6 journals. He also served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Workgroup to Develop Practice Guidelines of Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorders and currently serves on the APA Institute for Research and Education.
Grants, Awards & Honors
Dr. Keck is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Gerald Klerman Young Investigator Award from the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA); the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI); the Philip Isenberg Teaching Award from Harvard Medical School; the Nancy C A Roeske Certificate for medical student education from the American Psychiatric Association; the Wyeth-Ayerst AADPRT Mentorship Award; two Communicator Awards for Continuing Medical Education; the Outstanding Physician Partner Award of the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine; and two Golden Apple Teaching Awards from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Future Projects
Dr. Keck and his colleagues are studying new treatments for people with bipolar disorder. | 