Bill Geis Ph.D. (Director of Behavioral Health Research - Professor of Psychiatry), University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine

Dr. Geis is an experienced clinician, researcher, medical school professor and forensic expert. As For 34 years, he has been engaged in a range of clinical and administrative activities, including teaching and researching as a Psychiatry Professor and as the Clinical Director of a 20,000-patient mental health center. He has been a successful researcher (over $12 million dollars) and recently has focused on suicide. Recently he has trained 9,000 clinicians in suicide care and has been Clinical Division Director of the American Association of Suicidology. His career as a forensic expert includes over 800 consultations in the areas of competence, criminal responsibility, personal injury, and employment law. His extensive teaching and clinical training expertise enhances his ability to provide competent and non-jargon-filled court testimony. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas, interned at Indiana Medical School, and did a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Menninger Foundation.