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Robert McKelvey, MD, Psychiatry, Portland, OR

RobertSmithMcKelveyMDDLFAPA, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry(He/Him)

Psychiatry • Portland, OR

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology

Child, adolescent, and adult Psychiatry

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Summary

  • I am a board certified psychiatrist and child and adolescent psychiatrist with over 44 years in practice. For most of my career, I was in academic medicine, most recently at OHSU, but I am now in private practice seeing children, adolescents, adults, and families. I continue to do research on children born of war in Vietnam and am Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at OHSU.

    • Robert McKelvey, M.D.

    Robert (Bob) McKelvey, M.D., Psychiatrist practicing in Portland, Oregon.

Education & Training

  • Reed College
    Reed CollegeNo Degree, Liberal Studies, 2012
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
    Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1977 - 1979
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
    Cambridge Health AllianceResidency, Psychiatry, 1975 - 1977
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
    Cambridge Health AllianceInternship, Transitional Year, 1974 - 1975
  • Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
    Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1974
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityB.A., German and English History and Literature, Magna Cum Laude, 1962 - 1966

Certifications & Licensure

  • OR State Medical License
    OR State Medical License 1998 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1983 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distinguished Life Fellow American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2012
  • Member American College of Psychiatry, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Adolescent Depression: Evaluating Pediatric Residents' Knowledge, Confidence, and Interpersonal Skills Using Standardized Patients  
    Lewy C, Sells CW, Gilhooly J, McKelvey R, Academic Psychiatry, 9/1/2009
  • Severity of Children's Psychopathology and Impairment and Its Relationship to Treatment Setting  
    McDermott BM, McKelvey RS, Roberts L, Davies L, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2002
  • The Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders among Vietnamese-origin children in Western Australia  
    McKelvey RS, Davies L, Sang DL, Tu HC, Medical Journal of Australia, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

  • When A Child Dies: How Pediatric Physicians and Nurses Cope 
    University of Washington Press2007
  • A Gift of Barbed Wire: America's Allies Abandoned in South Vietnam 
    University of Washington Press, Seattle2002
  • Children of the Cold War: Growing-up in the Shadows of Organizations during the late 20th Century 
    Chapter: Vietnamese Amerasians: The Children We Left Behind 
    McKelvey RSEditors: MG Ender.Greenwood, Westport, CT2002
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Lectures

  • The Murder of Deformed, Retarded, and Mentally Ill Children by German physicians during the Third Reich 
    10/1/2011
  • "Physician Participation in the NS "Euthanasia" Program 
    5/1/2011
  • "The Participation of German Physicians in the so-Called "Euthanasia Program" during the Third Reich: Motivations, Verdicts, and Sentences" 
    5/1/2011

Other

  • Vietnamese Amerasians: The Children We Left Behind 
    McKelvey RS, Mots Pluriels
    http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP798index.html
    1/1/1998
  • A CD-ROM Program Teaching Primary Care Physicians to Diagnosis And Treat Depressed and Suicidal Adolescents 
    McKelvey RS, Sells W, Eddins, F, Folensbee R

Research History

  • Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of BirminghamResearch project on GI Trace members2015 - 2016

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German

External Links

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