Robert M. Weinrieb - Faculty Biosketch

Robert M. Weinrieb, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Attending Physician, Chief Psychiatric Consultant to the Penn Transplant Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Psychosomatic Medicine) Fellowship (ACGME accredited), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center

Founder of Penn Medicine Total Recovery Outpatient Program for Liver Transplant Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders, Penn Presbyterian Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Planning committee and clinical support for Integrated Liver transplant Engagement And Recovery Network (ILEARN), Co-Located, integrated Alcohol Use Disorders clinic for Hepatology and Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Psychiatry

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
c/o Ms. Kathy Kratowicz
2 Dulles, Liver Transplant
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6178

Office: 215-662-2858
Fax: 215-662-2244

Email:
robert.weinrieb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Links
University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VA Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
State University of New York at Buffalo , 1982.
M.D.
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1987.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry , St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center New York City, New York, 1987-1988.
Resident in Psychiatry , St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center New York City, New York, 1988-1991.
Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Treatment Research Center and The Philadelphia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center of the Center for the Studies of Addiction, University of Pennsylvania, 1991-1993.

Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1993.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Added Qualifications in Substance Abuse , 1995.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Added Qualifications in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Psychosomatic Medicine), 2006.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Added Qualifications in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Psychosomatic Medicine), 2016.

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Selected Publications

Nguyen L, Forte A, Malat G,Liu X, Rivera J, Christopher C, Samudralwar R, Ilori T, Bleicher M, Redfield RR III, Weinrieb R, Bloom RD, Dunn TB, Trofe-Clark J : Program Evaluation of Pharmacist-Performed Medication Adherence Assessments in Candidates for Living Donor Kidney Transplant. Progress in Transplantation. Rebecca P Winsett, PhD (eds.). Sage, 34(3): 141-147, August 2024.

Goswami-Banerjee A, Weinberg E, Coraluzzi L, Bitterman T, Nahas J, Addis S, Weinrieb R, Serper M: A tailored virtual program for alcohol use disorder treatment among liver transplant candidates and recipients is feasible and associated with lower post-transplant relapse. Clinical Transplantation. Ron Shapiro (eds.). Wiley, 38 (7), July 2024.

Weinrieb Robert, Medda Rituparna, Lucey Michael, R: Therapy of alcohol use disorder in liver transplant recipients. Liver Transplantation. Robert S. Brown, Jr. (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) In Press 2024 Notes: On behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Robert M. Weinrieb, Michael A. Strong: Psychiatric Evaluation of the Liver Transplant Candidate with Alcohol Associated Hepatitis. Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach to Clinical Challenges Zimbrean Paula; Sher Liza; Crone Catherine; DiMartini Andrea (eds.). Springer Nature, Page: 145-152, January 2023 Notes: DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15052-4.

Deutsch-Link S, Bittermann T, Nephew L, Ross-Driscoll K, Weinberg EM, Weinrieb RM,Olthoff KM, Addis S, Serper M. : Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Psychosocial Evaluation and Liver Transplant Waitlisting. American Journal of Transplantation Page: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.01.011, January 2023.

Jowsey-Gregoire S, Jannetto PJ, Jesse MT, Fleming J, Winder GS, Balliet W, Kuntz K, Vasquez A, Weinland S, Hussain F, Weinrieb R, Fireman M, Nickels MW, Peipert JD, Thomas C, Zimbrean PC: Substance use screening in transplant populations: Recommendations from a consensus workgroup. Transplantation Reviews. 36(2):100694, 2022 04. Elsevier Inc, 36(2), April 2022.

Weinrieb RM, DiMartini AF: The Role of Psychosocial Screening Tools in the Evaluation of Alcohol Associated Liver Transplant Patients. Liver Transplantation. Robert S. Brown, Jr. (eds.). American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, March 6 2022.

Weinrieb Robert M, Lucey Michael R, Stanfield, Dylan: The Use of Marijuana by Liver Transplant Candidates and Recipients: is the smoke starting to clear? Digestive Medicine Research Website: http://dmr.amegroups.com/ Zhou Sylvia, He Yulong, Jones Chris (eds.). AME Publishing, 4, September 2021.

Trofe-Clark J, Malat G, Norris M, Bleicher M, Smith E, Sawinski D, Weinrieb R, Bloom R: Comparison of Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation Scores to Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant. American Transplant Congress June 2021.

Deutsch‐Link S, Weinberg EM, Bitterman T, McDougal M, Dhariwal A, Jones LS, Weinrieb RM, Banerjee AG, Addis S, Serper M: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant is Associated with Outcomes Before and After Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation. Robert S. Brown, Jr. (eds.). Wiley, 27(5): 652-667, May 2021 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.25975.