Robert M Rohrbaugh MD

Professor of Psychiatry; Deputy Chair for Education and Career Development, Department of Psychiatry; Residency Program Director, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Office of International Medical Student Education, Yale School of Medicine

Biographical Info

A graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Psychiatry residency program, Dr. Rohrbaugh has been a member of the Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty since 1988. Dr. Rohrbaugh's clinical, educational and research interests have been at the interface of geropsychiatry and medicine. He has been Chief of the Psychiatry Consult service at VA-Connecticut and developed the geropsychiatry service and the psychiatry primary care clinic at VA-Connecticut. He has been active in medical student and residency education and has served as the Clerkship Director and Director of Medical Studies for medical student education and as Associate Program Director before assuming the Program Director role in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Rohrbaugh was named Deputy Chair for Education and Career Development, extending his role in education to faculty in the department. Most recently, Dr. Rohrbaugh has become interested in education of medical students and residents in international settings and has been named Director of the Office of International Medical Student Education.

International Activity

• Post graduate medical education
  Changsha, China (2006)
  Education Consultant to Xiangya School of Medicine in development of a hospital system wide residency education program
• Undergraduate Medical Education
  Changsha, China (2006)
  Development of Clinical Electives for fourth and fifth year medical students

Education & Training

B.A.

Franklin and Marshall College (1978)

M.D.

Yale University (1982)

Residency

Yale University, Psychiatry (1982 - 1986)

Fellowship in Geropsychiatry

Yale University, Psychiatry (1986 - 1988)

NIMH Fellowship in Clinical Research

Yale University, Psychiatry (1986 - 1988)

Honors & Recognition

• Alvin Feinstein Award for Exemplary Teaching of Clinical Skills
  Yale School of Medicine (2009)
• Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residency
  American Psychiatric Association (2005)
• Nancy C.A. Roeske Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
  American Psychiatric Association (2002)
• Malcolm Bowers Award for Excellence in Teaching PGY II Residents
  Department of Psychiatry (2002)
• Steven Fleck Faculty Award as Exemplary Physician and Clinical Teacher
  Department of Psychiatry (2000)
• VA National Undersecretary's Award for Innovative Programs Integrating Mental Health, Primary Care and Geriatrics
  VA (2000)
• National Psychiatric Endowment Fund Fellow
  Laughlin Foundation (1986)
• Yale Psychiatric Residents Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
  Psychiatry Residents Association (1998)
• Yale Psychiatric Residents Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
  Psychiatry Residents Association (1994)
• Phi Beta Kappa
  (1978)
• Yale Psychiatric Residents Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
  Psychiatry Residents Association (1993)
• Sandoz Award for Thesis in Biological Psychiatry
  Yale School of Medicine (1982)
• Laughlin Award for Merit
  Department of Psychiatry (1986)

Professional Service

• Yale China Association (2009)
• Association of American Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (2005)
• Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (2005)