Present Positions

Psychiatrist, Geriatrics/Extended Care, Ralph H. Johnson V.A. Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina.
Psychiatrist, Private Practice, Charleston, South Carolina.

Bio-sketch

Dean Schuyler was born in New York City on September 15, 1942. Educated at the Bronx High School of Science and New York University, he attended NYU School of Medicine, and completed Residency in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.

Dr. Schuyler served in the U.S. Public Health Service at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, D.C .He received Board Certification in Psychiatry in 1974, and was re-certified in 2002. He has maintained a private practice of Adult Psychiatry from 1971-1997 in Rockville, Maryland; and from 2003-Present in Charleston, South Carolina.

He has taught psychiatric residents in cognitive therapy and depression at Georgetown University, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He worked at the Adult Primary Care Clinic at MUSC (1997-2003), and alongside Dr. Frank Brescia in Oncology at MUSC (2000-2003). In September, 2007, he was hired to join an outpatient oncology practice where he worked for 18 months with 400 cancer patients helping them to adjust to their disease.

In March, 2010, he was hired by the Department of Medicine at the Charleston V.A. Hospital to join a Palliative Care Team. He continues to work there 12 hours a week, treating geriatric patients from a cognitive therapy viewpoint ,and teaching medical residents about the end of life. He is the author of 89 publications, recently publishing six articles each year in a space he is responsible for called “Psychotherapy Casebook” in the Primary Care Journal for CNS Disorders. Dr. Schuyler has made over 300 presentations, including lectures, seminars and workshops, from 1971-present.

He has lived in Charleston, S.C. with his wife Terry since September, 1997. They have two daughters, Rachel and Amy, who each live in the New Jersey and New York areas.