Positions and Honors
2006-present Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
2003- 2006 Vice Chairman for Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1992- present Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1999-present Co-Director, University Insomnia and Sleep Disorders Clinic Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1992-present Director, Medical Student Education (Human Behavior Course, Psychiatry Clerkship, and Electives), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
1997-2003 Associate Director of Fellowship Program in Sleep Disorders, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
1995-2003 Coordinator, Clinical Education Committee, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1990-94 Director, Psychiatric Emergency Service, Denver Veterans’ Administration Medical Center
1978-93 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1974-93 Director, Colorado Psychiatric Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Service and Observation Unit
1989-92 Medical Director, Employees’ Counseling Service, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1990-91 Teacher, Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
1978-86 Director of Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1982-84 Assistant Dean, Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1980-83 Vice Chairman, Medical Board, University Hospitals, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1972-7 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1972-74 Associate Director, Emergency Psychiatric Service, Colorado Psychiatric Hospital
Honors – Academic
Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2003 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2003
Herbert S. Gaskill Award for Best Psychoanalytic Essay: The Boy Who Knew Too Much, awarded by the Denver Psychoanalytic Society, 1990
Honors in History and German, New York University, 1964
Honors - Teaching
Chancellors Teaching Recognition Award, 2008
Kaiser Permanente Outstanding Clinical Sciences Teacher of the Year, 2007
Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the Medical Student Council, University of Colorado School of Medicine, May 1998
Outstanding Basic Science Teacher of the Year Award, Medical Student Council, University of Colorado School of Medicine, May 1996
Bridge to the Future Award for Innovation in Education, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, May 1995
Fifth Annual Roeske Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association, 1995
Faculty Marshall, selected by Graduating Class of 1995, University of Colorado School of Medicine, May 1995
Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the Medical Student Council, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1994
Eighth Annual Eleanor Steele Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Resident Class of 1989
Gordon H. Deckert Lectureship Award, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 1988
Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Resident Class of 1987
Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Resident Class of 1985
Third Annual Eleanor Steele Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Resident Class of 1984
Honors – Publications
The Roy M. Dorcus Award, The Best Clinical Paper Published During 1993: MPD & Iatrogenesis: The Cautionary Tale of Anna O. The Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, October 1994
First Place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1989, Sensitive Emergency Management of Rape Victims, Emergency Medicine Reports, July 1988 (with Barbara Dwyer)
First Place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1988, Safe Strategies for Recognizing and Managing Violent Patients, Emergency Medicine Reports, October 1987 (with Barbara Dwyer)
First Place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1987, Recognizing Anxiety Disorders and Facilitating Early, Specific Care, Emergency Medicine Reports, September 1986 (with Barbara Dwyer)
First Place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1986, The Suicide Crisis, Emergency Medicine Reports, July 1985 (with Barbara Dwyer)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Director, Medical Student Education
1. Pre-clinical psychiatry sequence
2. Clerkship
3. Electives
4. Psychiatry interest group
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Medical Director The Boulder Community Sleep Disorders Center, Boulder Community Hospital
Outpatient psychiatric practice, Anschutz Medical Campus
SELECTED EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Weissberg M, Dubovsky S: Assessment of Psychiatric Emergencies in Medical Practice. Prim Care, 4 (4) 651-60, December 1977
Zimet C, Weissberg M: The Emergency Service: A Setting for Internship Training. Psychother: Theory Res Pract,
16 (3) 334-36, 1979
Weissberg M: Emergency Room Medical Clearance: An Educational Problem. Am J Psychiatry, 136 (6) 787-90, June 1979
Weissberg M, Fryer GE, Krugman RD: Educational Parity in University and Rural Training Sites. J Med Edu, 60 (1) 68, January 1985
Weissberg M: Weaknesses in Emergency Psychiatric Education: A Solution. J Psychiatric Education, 12 (2) 134-37, Summer 1989
Richardson R, Lowenstein S, Weissberg M: Coping with the Suicidal Elderly: A Physician’s Guide. Geriatrics, 449, September 1989
Weissberg M: The Meagerness of Physicians’ Training in Emergency Psychiatric Intervention. Acad Med, 65 (12)
747-50, December 1990
Weissberg M: Emergency Psychiatry: A Critical Educational Omission. Ann Intern Med, 114 (3), February 1991
Weissberg M, Kick S, McCort EB, Barley G: Educational Collaboration with Other Specialties, in Kay J, Silberman E, Pessar L, Handbook of Psychiatric Education and Faculty Development. American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington DC. 1999, Chapter 16, pp. 335-349
Weissberg, MP, O’Brien-Gonzales, A, Barley, G: Medical Students' Ability to Self-Reflect Over Time. Poster ADMSEP Meeting, Santa Fe, NM June, 2000
Buzan R, Weissberg M: Suicide: Risk Factors and Prevention in Medical Practice. Ann Rev Med, 43:37-46, April 1992
Weissberg M: Multiple Personality Disorder and Iatrogenesis: The Cautionary Tale of Anna O. Int J Clin Expol XLI, No 1, 15-34, January 1993
Weissberg M : Less is More; the case for “basic” psychiatry and the medical student log. Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 67, (2) Summer, 1996mme
Weissberg M, Sakai J, Mioyshi T, Fryer E. Medical Student Risk-taking Attitudes and Behaviors and Self-perceived Influence on Medical Practice. Medical Education 2006; 40:722-729r 1996 00-013959 1996 Human Sciences Press, Inc
Books Reite M, Weissberg M, Ruddy J: Clinical Manual for the Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (2009)
Weissberg MP: The First Sin of Ross Michael Carlson. New York, Delacorte Press, 1992 (Paper Dell 1993)
Dubovsky SL, Weissberg MP: Clinical Psychiatry in Primary Care. Baltimore, Williams/Wilkins, 3rd Ed, 1986
Weissberg MP: Dangerous Secrets: Maladaptive Responses to Stress. New York, W.W. Norton, 1983