Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
- Professor and Vice-chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
Biography
Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH, is Professor and Vice-chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry. He also has joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine Health Policy & Management and Mental Health.
Dr. Rabins received a BA in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1969. He went on to earn his MD from Tulane University in 1973 and his MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health in 1974. After a psychiatry residence at the University of Oregon, he completed a one year fellowship in consultation/liaison and neuropsychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has been on the faculty there since 1978.
Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric disorders in older persons. His current research focuses on the effectiveness of current therapies for Alzheimer disease, the development of measures of quality of life in persons with Alzheimer disease, and care of patients with late stage dementia. Dr. Rabins is the author of more than 230 articles and book chapters. He is co-author of The 36 Hour Day, first published in 1981, Practical Dementia Care published in 2000, and Getting Old Without Getting Anxious, which was published in February 2005.
Education
- Tulane University School of Medicine, MD
- Tulane University School of Medicine, MPH
- University of Florida, BA