Faculty

• Richard L. Elliott, MD, PhD  Professor and Director, Medical Ethics   Download CV

Dr. Elliott was born in California, and received his MD, MS (Theoretical Chemistry), and PhD(Biophysics) at the University of Wisconsin.  He completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, and completed fellowships in consultation-liaison psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes in Chicago.  He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, the American Medical Society for Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, and has added qualifications in geriatric psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.  Prior to coming to Mercer in 1994, he was Medical Director for Georgia's Department of Mental Health, Mental retardation, and Substance Abuse, and a surveyor for JCAHO.  He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles (not including abstracts) and has made over 100 national and state-wide presentations.  He has received five national awards for public service to the mentally ill, and was named Georgia Psychiatrist of the Year by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Georgia. His clinical focus is on psychiatry in medical settings, and his recent research interest is in drug design through the use of quantum mechanical modeling.  He has two children Robert Matthew and Kathryn Rose,  a Jack Russell Terrier Jake,  enjoys teaching at Mercer, and is an avid but mediocre tennis player and cyclist.

• Martin H. Greenberg, MD, Professor Pediatrics (Savannah)
• R. Stephen Williams, MD, MHSA, Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Macon)