Training
Education
B.S. in Animal Behavior
Bucknell University
1977 - 1981
Internship in Psychiatry & Medicine
Francis Scott Key Medical Center,
Baltimore, MD
1985-1986
Research Fellow in Neuropsychiatry
The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore MD
1989-1990
M.D. Degree
Medical College of Pennsylvania
1981-1985
Residency in Psychiatry
The Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore MD
1988-1989
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry
October 1990
Private practice of Psychiatry
Wilmington, DE
1990 - Present
Past Medical Director of Electroconvulsive Therapy
Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE 1999 - 2020
Awards & Memberships
- 1985 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- 1990 American Psychiatric Association
- 1990 Delaware Psychiatric Society
- 1991-1992 Golden Apple Award, for Excellence in Teaching, Delaware State Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program
- 1994 Association for Convulsive Therapy
Hospital Administrative Appointments
- 1/99-6/99 Medical Director, MeadowWood Behavioral Health System, New Castle, DE
- 1993-1998 Medical Director of Adult Services, MeadowWood Behavioral Health System, New Castle, DE
- 1993-1999 Chairman, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, MeadowWood Behavioral Health System, New Castle, DE
- 1992-1993 Chairman, Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Psychiatry, The Medical Center of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
- 1990-1993 Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Consultation, The Medical Center of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Research Experience
- 1996-2000 Principal Investigator, HealthCore, Newark, DE
- 1995-1996 Sub-Investigator, Clary Research Associates
- 1989-1990 Research Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University—human, primate and rodent studies of mechanisms of depression following stroke
- 1982 Fellowship, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Department of Pharmacology—investigating the effects of environmental stress on beta-adrenergic receptor systems in rat brain
Clinical Trials Participant
Phase III Trials
- Paroxetine vs. Imipramine vs. Placebo in Bipolar Depression, SmithKline Beecham, 1995
- Paroxetine vs. Placebo in Generalized Social Phobia, SmithKline Beecham, 1995-1996
- Paroxetine vs. Placebo in Long Term Treatment of Social Phobia, SmithKline Beecham, 1995-1996
- IR Paroxetine vs. Modified Release Paroxetine in Major Depression in the Elderly, SmithKline Beecham, 1996-1997
- Modified Release Paroxetine vs. Placebo in Panic Disorder, SmithKline Beecham, 1996-1997
- Fixed-dose Paroxetine vs. Placebo in Generalized Social Phobia, SmithKline Beecham, 1997
- Open Label M10907 in Schizophrenia of Other Psychotic Disorders, Hoechst Marion Roussel, 1998-1999
Phase IV Trials
- Sertraline vs. Placebo in Elderly Outpatients with Depression, Pfizer, 1997-1998
- Buspirone vs. Placebo in Children and Adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1999
Presentations at Meetings
- Bryer, J.B., Starkstein, S.E., Parikh, R., and Robinson, R.G.: Reduction of CSF monoamine in post-stroke depression. Paper presented at the American Psychiatric Association Convention, New York, NY, May 16, 1990
- Yang, N.C., Leichner, P., Pearlson, G.D., Mendizabal, J., Bryer, J.B., Dhingra, U., Tien, A., and Hawkins, W: CT brain volumetrics for Alzheimer’s Disease. Paper presented by Dr. Yang at the 1998 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
- Caudarella, M, and Bryer, J.B.: Effect of kindling and post-trial electrical stimulation on discrimination learning. Abstract presented by Dr. Caudarella at the Society for Neuroscience Convention, 1981
Lectures By Invitation
- Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on the Family. Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association annual conference, Wilmington DE, November 8, 1990.
- Cognitive complications of alcohol abuse. Presented at the Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, The Medical Center of Delaware, November 1990.
- False memory syndrome. Presented at Grand Rounds, MeadowWood Hospital, New Castle DE, January 1995.
- Electroconvulsive therapy. Presented at Grand Rounds, MeadowWood Hospital, New Castle DE, March 1996.
- Understanding bipolar disorder. MeadowWood Hospital Continuing Education Lecture Series, New Castle DE, 1993.
- Seasonal affective disorder. . MeadowWood Hospital Continuing Education Lecture Series, New Castle DE, 1993.
- Psychiatric complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at Leader Nursing Home, Wilmington DE, October 21, 1991
- Bipolar Disorder. New Directions support group, Wilmington DE, 1994
- Post-stroke depression. Stroke Club support group, Jewish Community Center, Wilmington DE, June 1996
- Families and professionals: A partnership to recovery. Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Delaware Annual Conference, Wilmington DE, October 8, 1998
- Non-pharmacologic treatments of depression: ECT, phototherapy, and sleep deprivation. New Directions support group, Wilmington DE, 1999.
- Ask the doctor. Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Delaware Annual Conference, Wilmington DE, October 7, 1999
- Numerous additional presentations at churches, hospitals, retirement communities, and to physicians
Publications
- Bryer, J.B., Starkstein, S.E., Votypka, V., Parikh, R.M., Price, T.R., and Robinson, R.G. Reduction of CSF monoamine metabolites in poststroke depression: a preliminary report. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Vol 4(4), 1992, pp. 440-442.
- Bryer, J.B., Starkstein, S.E., Mayberg, H.S., and Robinson, R.G. Neuro-imaging in Secondary Affective Disorders, in P. Hauser (ed.) Brain Imaging in Affective Disorders, American Psychiatric Press, pp. 113-135.
- Belcheva, I., Starkstein, S.E., Honig, M., Bryer, J.B., Moran, T.H., and Robinson, R.G. Hemispheric asymmetry in behavioral response to D1 and D2 receptor agonists in the nucleus accumbens. Brain Research, Vol 533, 1991 pp. 286-291.
- Starkstein, S.E., Bryer, J.B., Berthier, M.L., Cohen, B., Price, T.R., and Robinson, R.G. Depression after stroke: the importance of cerebral hemisphere asymmetries. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Vol3(3), 1991, pp. 276-285.