BruceAlanKehrMD

Psychiatry • Rockville, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

President, Potomac Psychiatry

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Office
5920 Hubbard Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone+1 301-984-9791

Fax+1 301-816-0907
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Summary

Bruce A. Kehr has served as Founder and President of Potomac Psychiatry since 1981.

Washingtonian Magazine named Dr. Kehr as one of “Washington’s Top Doctors” in 2012, after polling 7000 randomly selected physicians in the DC area, and asking them where they would send their family members for treatment. Dr. Kehr also serves on the Board of the Institute on Aging of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Chairman from 2006 to 2009, and was selected as one of the “100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences Industry,” by the readers and editors of PharmaVOICE in 2007. He was included in “Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists,” 2008 Edition, published by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.

Dr. Kehr received training in psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, where he also completed his training psychoanalysis. A forensic consultant in neuropsychiatry and traumatic brain injury, Dr. Kehr is also the inventor of sixteen issued patents and five pending patents in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada, as well as issued and pending trademarks and service marks, in the field of medication adherence software, hardware and communications technologies. He is also the author of "Dr. Bruce’s Couch: Life Lessons at Potomac Psychiatry"

He has frequently lectured on the interface between executive coaching and psychiatry; the field of medication non-adherence, where he is recognized as an expert. He is Chairman of the Board of Madrigal Health, LLC, a medication adherence technology patent licensing company.

Education & Training

Boston Psychoanalytic InstituteCandidate, 1977 - 1980
Tufts Medical CenterChief Residency, Psychiatry, 1977 - 1978
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1975 - 1978
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1975
University of PennsylvaniaBA, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
DC State Medical License 1988 - 2024
MD State Medical License 1980 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Washington's Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2012
Chairman of the Board University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging, 2005 - 2009, 2009
Guide to America's Top Psychiatrists Consumers' Research Council of America, 2008
One of the “100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences Industry" PharmaVOICE Magazine, 2007
Who’s Who of American Inventors 1994
Senior Scholar Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 2006 - present
Inventor of 15 issued and 5 pending patents issued United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan, 1984 - present
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Perspective: Teen Suicide.
Bruce A. Kehr, M.D, The Washington Post
Electronic Compliance Monitoring in Clinical Trials Guest Editorial.
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Applied Clinical Trials
Clinical Drug Trials: Fact or Fantasy?
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Pharmacy Times
Feasibility of Using the Med-eMonitor System in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study.
Ruskin P; Ven Der Wende J; Clark C; Fenton J; Deveau J; Thapar R; Prasad M; Kehr B, Drug Information Journal
Computer-Enhanced Treatment Compliance – New devices promise to help keep patients on track.
Kehr, Bruce A. M.D, Feature Article, Behavioral Health Management
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Books/Book Chapters

Managing Hopelessness in Chronic Care.
Page 162 - 164Abramson, Ronald, M.D., Kehr, Bruce A., M.D. and Rosenblum, Charles, M.D
Code or No Code Decisions.
Page 1057 - 1058Abramson, Ronald, M.D., Kehr, Bruce A., M.DNew England Journal of Medicine, New England
Will I Remember You? How Aging Affects Both the Mind and Body.
Page 8 - 12Friedman, A. Jerry, M.D., and Kehr, Bruce A., M.DGaithersburg, MD

Abstracts/Posters

Effects of Patient Non-Compliance.
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Trends and Forecasts Newsletter, National Pharmaceutical Council

Lectures

The Vulnerability of the Grandiose Self and the Psychotherapy of Acting Out Patient.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
The Practice of Psychiatry.
Paint Branch High School
Approaches to the Elderly Patient.
Suburban Hospital
The Practice of Psychiatry.
Rockville High School
Geriatric Psychiatry.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Borderline Patient.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Lithium and Psychiatry.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Take Your Medications Correctly, or They May Take Your Life.
Ring House
Senility.
Articles in local papers
Panic Disorders.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Teenage Suicide.
Juvenile Services Administration
The World is Made of Glass Television appearance.
Morning Break program regarding Teenage Suicide
Teenage Suicide.
Syndicated radio program
Survival Kit for Parents Of Teenagers.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Teenage Suicide.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Psychiatric Approaches to the Geriatric Patient: How Positive and Negative Staff Attitudes Affect Patient Care.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Teenage Suicide.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Why is Psychiatry Interested in Premenstrual Syndrome?
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County
Psychiatric Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome.
Anxiety Disorders - State of the Art Treatment.
Psychiatric Institute of Montgomery County Physicians and Mental Health Professionals
The Role of Chemical Transmitters in the Brain and Their Relation to Premenstrual Syndrome and Emotional Problems.
Business and Professional Women
Premenstrual Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment for the Primary Care Doctor.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Managing Acting Out Patients.
Neuropsychiatry Evaluation Unit Nursing Staff
The Grandiose Self in Acting Out Patients.
Presentation to Expressive Therapy Staff
Medication noncompliance in America delivered to a Temple Israel Sisterhood.
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Other

To Comply or Not Comply?
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D., and John Hawks

Press Mentions

Optimus HealthCare Services Completes Acquisition of AdhereRx, d/b/a PainScriptMarch 25th, 2021
How Genetic Testing Will Transform Mental Health CareJuly 7th, 2019
14 AugDigital Downfalls: To Delete Your Loved One, Press “OK”August 14th, 2017

Hospital Affiliations

Adventist HealthCare RehabilitationTakoma Park, Maryland