Faculty - Wayne L. Creelman, M.D.
 |
Wayne L. Creelman, M.D. Professor |
Born in Connecticut, Wayne Creelman, M.D. received his undergraduate degree in biology, philosophy and theology from Boston College. Dr. Creelman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston College. Dr. Creelman has had a lifelong interest in biology, religion and philosophy. Teaching at Boston College High School for a year, he then attended Georgetown University School of Medicine. Finishing an internship at Hartford Hospital (Connecticut) he went on to complete Psychiatric Residency at The Institute of Living where he founded the Psychopharmacology Consultation Service and served as an assistant service chief. While a resident at the Institute, Dr. Creelman also worked at Yale University and with David Gross, M.D. From 1982 until 1986 Dr. Creelman was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Teaching Faculty and Residency Training Program mentor and module Director in Psychopharmacology at the Institute of Living. After this, he assumed a position as a Clinical Assistant and then Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine (186-1994). He then matriculated to Tulane University to take and finish his degree in Health Management in the Tulane School of Public Health. He directed for eight years Psychopharmacology at the Maine Medical Center. At Maine he was Chief of Psychopharmacology, director of psychiatric research and an administrator of both the inpatient and outpatient divisions. In addition to Clinical and Administrative work in Psychiatry, Dr. Creelman also successfully conducted several phase three drug trials in psychopharmacology.
He was then recruited to Buffalo, New York where he held the progressive positions of Corporate Medical Director/COO of the BryLin Hospitals, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Millard Fillmore Health System and President/Corporate Medical Director of the Western New York Behavioral Medicine and Psychotherapies, PLLC. An Associate Clinical Professorship at the State University of New York allowed for resident supervision and psychopharmacology teaching. In addition to his leadership in the Department of Psychiatry and the Medical Center, Dr Creelman built a successful psychiatry and addictions program at BryLin with 10 full-time and 30 part – time physicians in his Department. He led JCAHO survey preparation and oversaw all clinical, administrative, managerial, research and educational activities. He also mentored medical directors and psychiatric residents and other health professionals.
Prior to joining the University of Florida faculty in September of 2006, Dr. Creelman was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Psychiatry Clerkship Director at the Grand Rapids Campus, Behavioral Medical Director for Care Choices HMO of Michigan and EVP/Chief Medical Officer at the Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. Again, in keeping with his interest in both medicine/biology and religion/philosophy he was named Chief Integrity Officer.
As an a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry Dr. Creelman splits his time between supervising residents and teaching psychopharmacology in the UF Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at Shands Medical Plaza and serving as the Medical Executive Director at the Northeast Florida State Hospital in MacClenny overseeing the clinical operations of a 600+ bed state psychiatric facility with the executive oversight of 196 full time clinical/administrative employees. This is a very important State of Florida position which Dr. Creelman has expanded in scope from clinical care to improve training of University of Florida College of Medicine, medical students, University of Florida Psychiatry Residents, and University of Florida Forensic Fellows. As a result of his efforts in integrating his role as Medical Executive Director at MacClenny with those of the University of Florida College of Medicine, he was appointed Professor & Chief of the Division of Community Psychiatry. He has also been a University of Florida Shands Teaching Hospital attending in Gainesville where he sees private patients and is the attending of a very popular Psychiatry Resident teaching clinic.
Wayne L. Creelman, MD, MBA, MMM, CPE, DFAPA, FACPE is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Board Examiner in Psychiatry. He also has been awarded Masters’ degrees in both Medical Management and Business Administration. He has been awarded the Distinguished Fellow status of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Creelman has a lifelong commitment to patient care and scholarly activities related to ethics, medicine and religion. As such, he is currently a student in a Masters program in Divinity. He also has been very active in health policy, prevention and cancer as well as with his church and local elected government. He has been a Republican Delegate, Candidate and elected Committeeman and General Assembly Delegate. He has been elected to Office by his neighbors, elected Teacher of the Year by Residents, elected to Office as a Psychiatrist President of the Psychiatry Association and as Physician of the Year. With Richard Shader, David Greenblatt and Dominic Ciraulo, Dr. Creelman is the autor of an American Psychiatric Association classic…Drug Interactions in Psychiatry. This Reference text published by Williams & Wilkins is in its 3rd Edition at this point. He is the author of 8 peer reviewed articles and 3 monographs and 4 book reviews. Most of all he is a very popular teacher and lecturer who has spoken extensively on medical psychiatry to post graduate physician audiences throughout the United States since 1982.
As a Boarded Physician Executive in both medical management and Psychiatry with over 25 years of progressively responsible medical management experience in the behavioral/medical care arena; Dr. Creelman has demonstrated strengths in strategic planning, leadership, financial decision-making, communication, quality assurance and risk management, physician recruitment, credentialing, training and supervision of staff physicians, regulatory and accrediting agency survey preparation, budgeting, technology assessment, marketing, clinical pathway and research development, utilization management, and patient satisfaction.