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Prof.
Michael Feuerstein, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP
Prof. Michael
Feuerstein is Professor of Medical and Clinical
Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at
the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland.
In 1994 he developed the first military clinical psychology
PhD program in the nation at the request of the US Congress
and has served as its Director for the past 16 years.
The program has trained many of the military¡¦s leaders
in clinical psychology. He is the author of 115 scientific
publications, 27 chapters in professional books and
7 books including the first textbook in Health Psychology
published in 1986. His research, clinical and consulting
work is best described as the application of the bio-psychosocial
model to complex health problems. His efforts over the
past 30 years have been focused on the development of
novel approaches to improving function secondary to
limitations due to chronic illness. He was the Founder
and Director of The Pain Treatment Center and the Center
for Occupational Rehabilitation at the University of
Rochester Medical Center. At that time he launched a
scientific journal that devoted to advancing knowledge
related return to work, work rehabilitation and work
disability. Over the past 17 years this international,
multidisciplinary, peer- reviewed journal has become
the flagship journal in the field of occupational rehabilitation.
He continues to serve at its Editor-in-Chief. |
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