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I am a Board Certified psychiatrist, working full time in the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at Erie County Medical Center, where I am the Medical Director as well.
I also serve on the faculty of the University at Buffalo, training medical students as well as psychiatric residents both didactically and clinically.
Education and Training:
Residency, Psychiatry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Co-Chief Resident (2006)
MD, Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (2002)
BA, English, Pre-Medicine, Boston College, Cum Laude, with honors (1998)
Employment:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Erie County Medical Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (2006-present)
Awards and Honors:
Outstanding Contributions to the Clinical Mission of the Department of Psychiatry (2014)
Outstanding Contributions to Research in the Department of Psychiatry (2012)
Outstanding Contributions to the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (2012)
Special Award for Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in CPEP (2011)
Outstanding Contributions to Resident Education (2010)
Outstanding Contributions to Medical Student Education (2010)
American Psychiatric Association; I have elected to become a member of the American Psychiatric Association. (2007–present)
Service Activities:
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Curriculum Committee; Member (2004)
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Admissions Committee; Member (2003)
Community Mental Health Clinic; I have served on the Board of Directors of Mid Erie, a community mental health clinic in Buffalo, New York, since June of 2004. I am a member of the Nominating Committe of the Board, as well as the Chair of the Program and Special Review Committee.; Board of Directors (2004–present)
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Contact Information
Erie County Medical Center CPEP 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215 Phone: 716-898-4857 Fax: 716-961-7783 vlbrooks@buffalo.edu
Looking for a doctor? This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, the group comprised of practicing physicians who are also professors in the UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.