Faculty

Robert Tessier, MD, MPH

Robert Tessier, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

MD
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
MPH
Public Health, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
General Adult Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Public Service Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Professional Affiliations

Early Career Psychiatrist Council Representative, Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Society
Member, Pennsylvania Society of Addiction Medicine

Clinical Interests

Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Tessier R, Schreiber J, DeKosky A. Training psychiatrist-advocates: Developing a resident-led healthcare advocacy curriculum for psychiatry Residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2025 Jul 22. doi: 10.1007/s40596-025-02182-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40696217.
  2. Clark JR, Batra A, Tessier RA, Greathouse K, Dickson D, Ammar A, Hamm B, Rosenthal LJ, Lombardo T, KoralnikIJ, Skolarus LE, Schroedl CJ, Budinger GRS, Wunderink RG, Dematte JE, Ungvari Z, Liotta EM. Impact ofhealthcare system strain on the implementation of ICU sedation practices and encephalopathy burden duringthe early COVID-19 pandemic. Geroscience. 2024 Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/s11357-024-01336-4. Epub ahead ofprint. PMID: 39243283.
  3. Feinglass J, Walker G, Khazanchi R, Rydland K, Tessier RA, Mason M. Community versus hospital opioid-related overdose deaths in Illinois. Public Health Rep. 2022 Mar-Apr;137(2):291-300. doi: 10.1177/0033354921994901. Epub 2021 Mar 8. PMID: 33682493; PMCID: PMC8900249.
  4. Feinglass J, Wang JA, Ye J, Tessier R, Kim H. Hospital care for opioid use in Illinois, 2016-2019. J Behav HealthServ Res. 2021 Oct;48(4):597-609. doi: 10.1007/s11414-020-09748-8. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33502670;PMCID: PMC7839292.