Michael J. Vergare, MD

Albert Einstein Medical Center's residency program in adult psychiatry is based on a model that emphasizes clinical training in a broad system of psychiatric care. Our residents work side by side with faculty who are respected leaders in our field. The clinical services of the department are part of the Belmont Behavioral Health Network. This network provides more than one-third of all behavioral health patient services to the Philadelphia region.

Through regular rotations and electives our residents are exposed to a full range of patient populations ranging from children and adolescents to older adults, and including adults, couples, families and groups.

Michael J. Vergare, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical Center and The Daniel Lieberman Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Vergare received a bachelor of arts degree in 1967 from LaSalle College, Philadelphia, and a doctor of medicine degree in 1971 from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia. His areas of professional interest include community psychiatry, medical education, as well as the interface of physical and psychiatric disorders. He is board certified in general psychiatry, as well as geriatric psychiatry and administrative psychiatry.

Dr. Vergare's publications, research and presentations have focused on the chronically mentally ill, homelessness, community residential care and the administration of community-based systems of care. He was recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Presidential Award for Service in 1996, was honored with the Daniel Blain Award in 1998 and the Edward Lawlor Award of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society in 2000.

Dr. Vergare has served as president of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. He is past president of the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Chair of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Dr. Vergare also chairs the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Medical Student Education.