Robert P Chayer

Dr. Robert P Chayer is an Associate Professor and Chief in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is affiliated with Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Children's Wisconsin Clinics. His clinical practice focuses on adolescent and child psychiatry, with specialization in ADHD, anxiety, depression, and foster care-related mental health issues.

Education: MD from Rush Medical College (1987), followed by residency and fellowship training in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He served as Chief Resident during his psychiatry residency.

Research interests include trauma treatment in foster care populations and psychiatric care for children in vulnerable systems. He previously chaired the Department of Psychiatry at St. Michael’s Hospital ( Milwaukee) and completed leadership development training at Harvard School of Public Health (2009).

Dr. Chayer transitioned from 12 years in private practice to academic faculty in 2006, maintaining clinical service roles alongside administrative duties. He provides treatment at multiple clinical sites including the Community Services Counseling Center.