Dr. Myers is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated in medicine from the University of Western Ontario in 1966 and did residencies at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Wayne State University (Detroit General Hospital), and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Dr. Myers is the author of eight books and over 150 articles, book chapters, letters, book reviews and 8 videotapes covering a range of topics in psychiatry. His two most recent books are Why Physicians Die By Suicide: Lessons Learned From Their Families and Others Who Cared and The Physician As Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals co-authored with Dr. Glen Gabbard.

He lectures throughout North America and beyond on the subject of physician well­being, resilience and vulnerability to stress and illness.
 
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