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Brian P. Kurtz, MD

  • Attending Psychiatrist, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Board Certified

About

Biography

Dr. Kurtz joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2011 and served as the director of the child and adolescent psychiatry consultation/liaison service at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center from 2011-2019. He helped lead the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency training program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as assistant director from 2016-2019 and as director starting in 2019. He is a member of the Training and Education Committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a member of the Master Educator Committee of the Association for Academic Psychiatry.

MD: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2004.

Internship: Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 2005.

Residency: Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA, 2008.

Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital, Boston, MA, 2010. 

Certification: Psychiatry, 2008; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010.

Services and Specialties

Psychiatry

Research Areas

Psychiatry

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Publications

Youth Suicide. Kurtz, BP; Levins, BH. Focus. 2022; 20:191-196.

Children’s Mental Health is Important for All Psychiatrists to Address. Yule, AM; Kurtz, BP. Focus. 2022; 20:175-175.

Training Needs Assessment Survey in Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Meadows, AL; Brahmbhatt, K; Shaw, RJ; Lee, J; Malas, N; Fuchs, DC; Kurtz, BP; Mooneyham, GL; Gangopadhyay, M; Plioplys, S; et al. Academic Psychiatry. 2022; 46:60-64.

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism Amber Ruffin Lacey Lamar You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism 2021 Grand Central Publishing New York, NY. Kurtz, BP. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61.

Kate DiCamillo The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline 2006 Candlewick Press Cambridge, MA. Kurtz, BP. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020; 59:199-200.

Suicide Risk Screening in Pediatric Hospitals: Clinical Pathways to Address a Global Health Crisis. Brahmbhatt, K; Kurtz, BP; Afzal, KI; Giles, LL; Kowal, ED; Johnson, KP; Lanzillo, E; Pao, M; Plioplys, S; Horowitz, LM; et al. Psychosomatics. 2019; 60:1-9.

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