Medical Center Psychiatrist Wins Award for Book on Workplace Violence
Medical Center Psychiatrist Wins Award for Book on Workplace Violence
Michael R. Privitera, M.D., M.S., associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will receive the 2012 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, which is given for an outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry.
Privitera, director of the Psychiatry Consultation Service at the Medical Center, edited Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings and wrote several chapters in the book, which offers practical suggestions for the prevention and control of violence in the healthcare workplace that many consider at an epidemic level.
The Guttmacher award, established in 1967, is sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
Privitera, a Medical Center faculty member since 1983, will receive the award in May at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Philadelphia, where he also will give a lecture. In a letter, James Scully, M.D., chairman of the board of the American Psychiatric Foundation, praised Privitera for his leadership and “outstanding achievements” in the field of psychiatry.
Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings is aimed at clinicians, administrators, law enforcement professionals, educators and insurance and pharmaceutical officials. Writers of chapters in the book include Medical Center faculty members and professionals as well as experts from the University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland, and consultants from across the country and Australia.
Jane Lipscomb, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., director of the Work and Health Research Center at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Nursing, calls the book a “platform for action.”
“Dr. Privitera has brought together a cadre of expert “big thinkers,” representing a range of perspectives and experiences, that has the potential to curb the tide of violence acted out in our healthcare settings and ultimately save lives, careers, and the healthcare industry,” Lipscomb writes in the book’s forward.
Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings was published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
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Michael R. Privitera, M.S., M.D. Bio.
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box PSYCH
Rochester, New York 14642
> Current Appointments
Associate Professor – Department of Psychiatry, Ambulatory Services (SMD) – Primary
> Awards & Honors
Irma Bland MD Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents 2009
Friend of Residents Award – (URMC Psychiatry Resident Class) 2009
Best Doctors in America 2007 – 2009
Top Psychiatrists in America 2006
Best Doctors in America 2005
URMC, Dept of Psychiatry Excellence in Clinical Care Award 2005
Sidney Rubin, MD Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Residency 2004
Sidney Rubin, MD Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Residency 2001
Mary Lou Meyers, MD Award for Excellence in Medical Student 1999
Best Doctors In America 1998
Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD Award for Excellence in Medical Student 1997
Fellow (now called 1995
Sidney Rubin, MD Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Residency 1986
Sandoz Award in Psychopharmacology 1983
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | (SUNY @ Buffalo, of Medicine) 1979
> Specialties
Psychosomatic Medicine – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
> Education
MD | Medicine | Univ at Buffalo SUNY School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1979
MS | Arts & Sciences | SUNY Coll at Buffalo 1975
BA | Biology | Northwestern University 1974
> Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Residency in Psychiatry at Strong Memorial Hospital- GME Office 09/01/1981 – 06/30/1983
Internship in Psychiatry at University of Michigan Hospitals 09/01/1979 – 06/30/1981
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* The above story is adapted from materials provided by University of Rochester Medical Center
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