Faculty

Patrick J Buckley, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

MD
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
General Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Professional Affiliations

Member, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Clinical Interests

Consultation-liaison psychiatry; Integrated care
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Buckley PJ, Wang Y, Gopalan P. Artificial intelligence scribes in psychiatry. FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry 2025;23(1):44-48
  2. Buckley PJ, Buckley ME, Gopalan P. Identifying barriers to effective outpatient mental health referral for medical inpatients. American Journal of Medical Quality 2023;38(3):163
  3. Buckley PJ, Houck PR, Gopalan P. Integrating payer and provider data to identify factors associated with outpatient psychiatric follow-up after inpatient psychiatric consultation. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2021;62(5):561-563

Education Interests

Artificial intelligence; Quality, safety & value in behavioral health
Selected Education Publications & Products
  1. Buckley PJ, McQuade CN. A Workshop to Empower Residents as Teachers with AI Tools. AAMC Advancing AI Across Academic Medicine Resource Collection. https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/advancing-ai-resource-collection/workshop-empower-residents-teachers-ai-tools.
  2. uckley PJ. Practical tips for enhancing academic skills with generative artificial intelligence tools. Academic Psychiatry 2025;49(1):4043
  3. Buckley PJ, Swider LJ, Franke CL, Travis MJ, Jacobson SL, Spada M, Amin P. Patient safety and quality improvement resident representative: A novel leadership role to improve peer engagement with root cause analyses. Academic Psychiatry 2023;47(5):526-530.

Pitt Psychiatry at the 2024 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting

Collage of 2024 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting

Pitt Psychiatry consultation-liaison (C-L) faculty and trainees attended the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting and presented 9 symposia/workshops, 5 posters, and 10 oral papers. Awards and Honors Congratulations to the following individuals: Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology): conferral of ACLP Fellowship; Priyanka Amin, MD (Assistant Professor of...

Highlights from the 2024 Department of Psychiatry Clinician-Educator Showcase

Clinician Educator Showcase Attendees in the Auditorium

On March 21, 2024, Pitt Psychiatry clinician-educator faculty and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) staff, residents, and fellows gathered in the WPH auditorium and classrooms for the Department’s Clinician-Educator Showcase. The Showcase is an annual opportunity for clinician-educators to learn about promising clinical innovations and the latest quality improvement initiatives, as well as to connect and...

Pitt Psychiatry at the 2023 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting

ACLP 2023

Pitt Psychiatry consultation-liaison (C-L) faculty and trainees attended the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting and presented 9 symposia/workshops, 11 posters, and 5 oral papers. Travel Award Congratulations to Isaiah Crum, MD (PGY3) who received an ACLP trainee travel award. Presentations Twenty-five Department of Psychiatry presentations covered a range of topics including trauma...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Clinical Faculty Members Patrick Buckley, MD, MBA; Roberto León-Barriera, MD; and Masha Puzanov, MD

Drs. Patrick Buckley, Roberto León-Barriera, and Maria "Masha Puzanov

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to three new clinical faculty members: Patrick Buckley, MD, MBA (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. Buckley received his MD and MBA from the University of Virginia in 2018, then came to Pittsburgh for psychiatry residency training at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) in the Academic Administrator Clinician Educator (AACE) Track. He served as Chief Resident of...