Russell E. Scheffer, MD Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Wichita, KS

Dr. Scheffer is Chair and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. He is board certified in Child, Adolescent, and General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Scheffer has been acknowledged as one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005.

Dr. Scheffer received his MD from the University of Kansas Medical Center and holds an undergraduate degree in Human Biology from the University of Kansas. His postgraduate and fellowship training include an internship and residency in General Psychiatry at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA; as well as a fellowship in Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry and Research Training in the Psychobiology of Psychotic Illnesses at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA.

Prior to coming to the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita in June 2007, Dr. Scheffer served as associate professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, held the Chucker Airing Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was the division director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and was medical director of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

His research interests include psychopharmacology, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, ADHD, depression, pharmacogenomics, and biological markers. Dr. Scheffer has published numerous articles, books, and chapters.

As a member of the military, he served at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, and U.S. Army Reserves, Health Professions Scholarship Program. He served his military obligation at Fort Hood, TX, and Fort Gordon, GA.

Dr. Scheffer was born in Aurora, CO, and grew up in Salina, KS. After nearly two decades away he is happy to be back home in Kansas.

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