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Brian Fuehrlein, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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Director, Psychiatric Emergency Room, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Contact Info

Psychiatry

VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave

West Haven, CT 06516

United States

About

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Director, Psychiatric Emergency Room, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Biography

Dr. Fuehrlein graduated from the M.D. Ph.D. program at the University of Florida in 2008, adult psychiatry residency program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2012 and addiction psychiatry fellowship at Yale University in 2013. He is currently an Associate Professor and the director of the psychiatric emergency room at the VA Connecticut. Dr. Fuehrlein has a strong interest in medical student and resident education, particularly surrounding addiction psychiatry and serves on multiple local and national committees in this role. In 2017 he was awarded the Irma Bland award for excellency in psychiatry resident education through the APA. In 2018 he was awarded the Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator and Role Model. He is also passionate about emergency psychiatry and substance use disorders and has presented and published his work surrounding opioid use disorder in the emergency room setting. In 2019 he was inducted into the American College of Psychiatrists, an organization that recognizes excellence in clinical practice, research, academic leadership, or teaching.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Associate Professor on Term
    Primary

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Education & Training

Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry
Yale University (2013)
Residency
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2012)
MD
University of Florida (2008)
PhD
University of Florida, Biomedical Engineering (2006)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Brian Fuehrlein's published research.

Publications

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2020

2014

2013

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Nancy C. A. Roeske Teaching Award

  • honor

    Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award

  • honor

    Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching

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Mailing Address

Psychiatry

VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave

West Haven, CT 06516

United States