William H. Wilson, M.D.

Member, Advisory Board 

William H. Wilson, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Inpatient Psychiatric Services at the Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, OR. Dr. Wilson received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in Rhode Island, attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining the OHSU faculty in 1989, Dr. Wilson taught at the University of Pittsburgh and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He is now an Attending Physician for OHSU’s inpatient psychiatric service and maintains an outpatient practice dealing with complex treatment issues in adult psychiatry.  

Dr. Wilson is listed in the Best Doctors in America, the Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists, and Who’s Who in America. Actively involved in the education of medical students, resident physicians and other professionals, he has received the Residency Teaching Award and the Faculty Mentor Award from the OHSU Department of Psychiatry.   

Dr. Wilson’s research has focused on the outcome of medication as a treatment for schizophrenia. He has been the Principal Investigator of studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and by the pharmaceutical industry. He twice received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, as well as receiving the State of Oregon’s “2000 Mental Health Award for Excellence.” He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and was awarded the APA’s Nancy C. A. Roeske MD Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education” in 2007.