Godehard Oepen, MD, PhD, DFAPA, joined Grayson & Associates in their Riverchase office in March of 2015 after the closing of Alabama Psychiatric Services where he was assistant medical director for clinical services and education. He also provides inpatient care at St. Vincent's East.
He was born and raised in West-Germany. He studied medicine in Marburg, Fribourg/Switzerland, and Freiburg. After his term in the military, he completed a residency training in neurology, obtained a PhD in clinical neurophysiology, and a second residency training in psychiatry at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, where he then served as Senior Clinician and Associate Professor.
In 1989, Dr. Oepen continued his research and clinical activities at Harvard University, where he underwent another required residency training in American psychiatry at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
His published writing cover a wide range of topics, from neuropsychiatric illness to borderline personality disorder, psychopharmacology and philosophical issues in psychiatry.
Dr. Oepen will speak on Art and Mental Illness on Friday, April 5, at 1:15 p.m.
