Dr. Robert M. is a board-certified psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in psychopharmacology and comprehensive psychiatric care across highly diverse clinical settings. His career spans inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, public sector mental health, academic medical centers, and university-based health systems, where he has treated populations ranging from individuals with chronic and treatment-resistant mental illness to high-functioning academic and professional communities, including Ivy League students. Dr. Robert M. has extensive expertise in advanced medication management and is highly experienced in the use of anxiolytics, antidepressants, atypical antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers. He regularly manages complex and treatment-resistant cases and is comfortable navigating diagnostic uncertainty to arrive at accurate, evidence-based treatment plans. His clinical work includes consultation-liaison psychiatry and collaborative care across medical specialties, including trauma, burn, and oncology services. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Robert M. has held numerous academic and teaching appointments. He currently serves as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, where he mentors trainees. His prior academic roles include Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and faculty appointments at Columbia University, SUNY Binghamton, and Cornell Weill Medical College. He has also served as a collaborating physician for psychiatric nurse practitioners in university health systems, contributing to the training and development of advanced practice providers. Dr. Robert M. is a published author with contributions to peer-reviewed psychiatric literature and has received multiple honors for academic excellence and contributions to the field of psychiatry. Areas of Expertise • Advanced Psychopharmacology • Treatment-Resistant Mood and Anxiety Disorders • Chronic and Severe Mental Illness • Collaborative and Integrated Psychiatric Care • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry • Geriatric Psychopharmacology • University and Campus-Based Mental Health • Public Sector and Academic Psychiatry • Diagnostic Clarification and Complex Case Management Philosophy of Collaboration: Dr. Robert M. believes that the highest quality psychiatric care emerges from thoughtful collaboration and open clinical dialogue. He values working closely with nurse practitioners, physicians, therapists, and multidisciplinary teams to establish the most accurate diagnoses and effective treatment plans. He fosters a collegial, supportive environment where questions are encouraged and viewed as essential to good medicine, emphasizing shared decision-making, mutual respect, and continuous learning in the service of patient-centered care.

Board Certifications

adult psychiatry