Biography
Dr. Art Walaszek is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, completed psychiatry training at the University of Washington and completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Walaszek is Vice Chair for Education and Director of Psychiatry Residency Training at the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry. He directs the CME activities of the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and is the Chair of the CME Committee of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Academic Psychiatry and is on the Executive Council of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training. The Association for Academic Psychiatry has recognized Dr. Walaszek's educational contributions with the 2007 AAP/Forest Junior Faculty Career Award.
As a member of the Wisconsin Geriatric Psychiatry Initiative, Dr. Walaszek speaks extensively on geriatric topics in various medical and non-medical settings across the state. He has co-authored articles and book chapters on late-life emotional and behavioral problems, anxiety disorders in long-term care and late-life depression. His clinical practice involves caring for primarily older adults with depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and dementia, and their families.
Related Links
- Download Art Walaszek's CV (PDF, 119 KB)
- Download Art Walaszek's NIH Biosketch (PDF, 57 KB)