Perry S Westerman, MD

Perry S Westerman, MD
Perry S Westerman, MD

Associate Professor, Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry

Biosketch

Perry Westerman, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with the Department of Psychiatry at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. He earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan. He completed an internal medicine residency and a psychiatry residency, both with University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • Board Certification
    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Geriatric Psychiatry)
    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychosomatic Medicine)
    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry)

  • Education and Training
    • Residency 1989, Internal Medicine, University of Virginia
    • Residency 1989, Behavorial Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia
    • MD 1984, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
    • BA 1978, Biology and Psychology, Oberlin College

  • Research
    • Integrative Medicine
    • Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Publications

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Davio A.C., Westerman P. Preparing for Patient Care: A Pre-clerkship Curricular Thread to Improve Learners’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence Treating Patients at Risk for Suicide Medical Science Educator. 2025;35:311-317.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Davio A.C., Westerman P. Preparing for Patient Care: A Pre-clerkship Curricular Thread to Improve Learners’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence Treating Patients at Risk for Suicide Medical Science Educator. 2024

    • Westerman P., Tandon R. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019;39:A1.

    • Redinger M.J., Gibb T.S., Westerman P. American Journal of Bioethics. 2017;17(4):22-24.

    • Westerman P. Psychosomatics. 2005;46:276-277.

    • Canterbury R., Gressard C., Vieweg W., Grossman S., Mckelway R., Westerman P. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 1992;18:213-222.

    • Abraham I., Neese J., Westerman P. Nursing Clinics of North America. 1991;26:527-544.

    • Abraham I.L., Thompson-Heisterman A.A., Harrington D.P., Smullen D.E., Onega L.L., Droney E.G., Westerman P.S., Manning C.A., Lichtenberg P.A. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 1991;5:151-164.

    • Canterbury R., Gressard C., Vieweg W., Grossman S., McKelway R., Westerman P. Virginia medical quarterly : VMQ. 1991;118:171-172.

    • Canterbury R.J., Gressard C.F., Vieweg W.V.R., Grossman S.J., Westerman P.S., McKelway R.B. Southern Medical Journal. 1991;84

    • Canterbury R.J., Gressard C.F., Vieweg W.V.R., Grossman S.J., Westerman P.S., McKelway R.B. Psychosocial inventory among first-year college students by patterns of alcohol use Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse. 1991;9:1-11.

    • Canterbury R.J., Gressard C.F., Vieweg W.V.R., Grossman S.J., Westerman P.S., McKelway R.B. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse. 1990;9:1-11.

    • McKelway R., Vieweg V., Westerman P. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1990;147:1667-1669.

    • Vieweg W.V.R., Harrington D.P., Westerman P.S., McKelway R.B., Hundley P.L., Yank G.R. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 1990;14

  • Presentations
    • Lorazepam and gabapentin improving gait instability in atypical Parkinsonism in the context of bipolar disorder and RLS with concurrent OCD. Ahmed A, Westerman P, American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists 2019 Summer Meeting, Traverse City, Michigan, 07/2019