Faculty and Staff
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Dr. Thaddeus Ulzen
Professor and Chairman,
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine,
University of Alabama, School of Medicine
(University Medical Center, Tuscaloosa Campus)

He graduated with distinction from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1978 and joined the University of Toronto Psychiatry Residency Program in 1980. He obtained his Specialist Certificate in Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Postgraduate Diploma in Child Psychiatry from the University of Toronto in 1984. He also completed additional training in Clinical Psychopharmacology at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto in 1985.

He joined the faculty at the University of Toronto in 1985 as Lecturer and later as Assistant Professor. He was appointed Psychiatrist - in - Chief of the George Hull Centre for Children and Families, Toronto in 1995.

He joined the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 1997 as Associate Professor/Vice-Chairman and Director of the University Psychiatry Center. He served as Interim Chairman from 2001-2004. Dr. Ulzen is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and a Foundation Fellow of The Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was awarded the Nancy C.A. Roeske Certificate of Excellence in Medical Education by the American Psychiatric Association in May 2002.

His academic interests include disruptive behavior disorders, incarcerated adolescents, paranoid spectrum disorders, mental retardation and mental health consultation to primary care physicians and underserved geographical areas.

Faculty and Staff Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Faculty and Staff
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine