Wayne L Creelman, MD

My name is Wayne Creelman, MD. I was born in Connecticut and have had a lifelong interest in biology, religion and philosophy. I received my undergraduate degrees in biology, philosophy and theology from Boston College, where I graduated magna cum laude. I taught at Boston College High School for a year before attending Georgetown University School of Medicine. Finishing an internship at Hartford Hospital (Connecticut), I went on to complete a psychiatric residency at the Institute of Living, where I founded the Psychopharmacology Consultation Service and served as an assistant service chief. While a resident at the Institute, I also worked at Yale University and with David Gross, MD.

From 1982 until 1986, I was an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, as well as teaching faculty and residency training program mentor and module director in psychopharmacology at the Institute of Living. After this, I assumed a position as a clinical assistant and then clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine (1986-94). Afterward, I transitioned to Tulane University to finish my degree in health management in the Tulane School of Public Health. I directed psychopharmacology at the Maine Medical Center for eight years. At Maine, I was chief of psychopharmacology, director of psychiatric research and an administrator of both the inpatient and outpatient divisions. In addition to clinical and administrative work in psychiatry, I also successfully conducted several phase three drug trials in psychopharmacology.

I was then recruited to Buffalo, New York, where I held the progressive positions of corporate medical director/COO of the BryLin Hospitals, chairman of the department of psychiatry at the Millard Fillmore Health System and president/corporate medical director of the Western New York Behavioral Medicine and Psychotherapies, PLLC. An associate clinical professorship at the State University of New York allowed for resident supervision and psychopharmacology teaching. In addition to my leadership in the department of psychiatry and the medical center, I built a successful psychiatry and addictions program at BryLin with 10 full-time and 30 part–time physicians in my department. I led JCAHO survey preparation and oversaw all clinical, administrative, managerial, research and educational activities. I also mentored medical directors, psychiatric residents and other health professionals.

Prior to joining the University of Florida faculty in September of 2006, I was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, psychiatry clerkship director at the Grand Rapids Campus, behavioral medical director for Care Choices HMO of Michigan and EVP/chief medical officer at the Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. Again, in keeping with my interest in both medicine/biology and religion/philosophy, I was named chief integrity officer.

As a professor in the department of psychiatry, I split my time between supervising residents and teaching psychopharmacology in the UF Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at the UF Health Shands Medical Plaza and serving as the medical executive director at the Northeast Florida State Hospital in Macclenny, overseeing the clinical operations of a 600+ bed state psychiatric facility with the executive oversight of 196 full-time clinical/administrative employees. This is a very important state of Florida position, which I have expanded in scope from clinical care to improve training of UF College of Medicine medical students, UF psychiatry residents and UF forensic fellows.

As a result of my efforts in integrating my role as medical executive director at Macclenny with those at the UF College of Medicine, I was appointed professor & chief of the UF Division of Community Psychiatry. I have also been a UF Health Shands Teaching Hospital attending in Gainesville, where I see private patients and am the attending of a very popular psychiatry resident teaching clinic. I am proud to announce my colleagues, and I recently published a book called, “Don’t Take Away My Adderall.”