Alan Breier, MD
Raymond E. Houk Professor of Psychiatry
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NB 200D
PSYC
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Indianapolis, IN - PubMed:
Bio
Schizophrenia is one of the most severe and puzzling disorders in all medicine. Advances in brain imaging, genomics and translational sciences has led to the brink of major breakthroughs in understanding the cause of schizophrenia and the development of innovative therapeutics for its treatment. Central Indiana offers an ideal professional environment to accelerate the acquisition of new knowledge that will ultimately benefit the countless patients in our State and around the world.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | MD | University of Cincinnati |
| 1975 | BA | University of Toledo |
The primary research focus involves testing innovative therapeutics for schizophrenia and elucidating the underlying disease processes of psychotic disorders. Genetic analyses and brain imaging are used in these studies.
Supervises medical students and psychiatry residents in the clinical care of patients with early stage schizophrenia at the Prevention and Recover Center for Early Psychosis (PARC) located in Eskenazi Hospital