BruceAlanKehrMD

Psychiatry • Rockville, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

President, Potomac Psychiatry

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Office
5920 Hubbard Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone+1 301-984-9791

Fax+1 301-816-0907

Summary

Bruce A. Kehr has served as Founder and President of Potomac Psychiatry since 1981.

Washingtonian Magazine named Dr. Kehr as one of “Washington’s Top Doctors” in 2012, after polling 7000 randomly selected physicians in the DC area, and asking them where they would send their family members for treatment. Dr. Kehr also serves on the Board of the Institute on Aging of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Chairman from 2006 to 2009, and was selected as one of the “100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences Industry,” by the readers and editors of PharmaVOICE in 2007. He was included in “Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists,” 2008 Edition, published by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.

Dr. Kehr received training in psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, where he also completed his training psychoanalysis. A forensic consultant in neuropsychiatry and traumatic brain injury, Dr. Kehr is also the inventor of sixteen issued patents and five pending patents in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada, as well as issued and pending trademarks and service marks, in the field of medication adherence software, hardware and communications technologies. He is also the author of "Dr. Bruce’s Couch: Life Lessons at Potomac Psychiatry"

He has frequently lectured on the interface between executive coaching and psychiatry; the field of medication non-adherence, where he is recognized as an expert. He is Chairman of the Board of Madrigal Health, LLC, a medication adherence technology patent licensing company.

Education & Training

Boston Psychoanalytic InstituteCandidate, 1977 - 1980
Tufts Medical CenterChief Residency, Psychiatry, 1977 - 1978
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1975 - 1978
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1975
University of PennsylvaniaBA, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1980 - 2026
DC State Medical License 1988 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Washington's Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2012
Chairman of the Board University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging, 2005 - 2009, 2009
Guide to America's Top Psychiatrists Consumers' Research Council of America, 2008
One of the “100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences Industry" PharmaVOICE Magazine, 2007
Who’s Who of American Inventors 1994
Senior Scholar Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 2006 - present
Inventor of 15 issued and 5 pending patents issued United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan, 1984 - present
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Perspective: Teen Suicide.
Bruce A. Kehr, M.D, The Washington Post
Electronic Compliance Monitoring in Clinical Trials Guest Editorial.
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Applied Clinical Trials
Clinical Drug Trials: Fact or Fantasy?
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Pharmacy Times
Feasibility of Using the Med-eMonitor System in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study.
Ruskin P; Ven Der Wende J; Clark C; Fenton J; Deveau J; Thapar R; Prasad M; Kehr B, Drug Information Journal
Computer-Enhanced Treatment Compliance – New devices promise to help keep patients on track.
Kehr, Bruce A. M.D, Feature Article, Behavioral Health Management
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Books/Book Chapters

Managing Hopelessness in Chronic Care.
Page 162 - 164Abramson, Ronald, M.D., Kehr, Bruce A., M.D. and Rosenblum, Charles, M.D
Code or No Code Decisions.
Page 1057 - 1058Abramson, Ronald, M.D., Kehr, Bruce A., M.DNew England Journal of Medicine, New England
Will I Remember You? How Aging Affects Both the Mind and Body.
Page 8 - 12Friedman, A. Jerry, M.D., and Kehr, Bruce A., M.DGaithersburg, MD

Abstracts/Posters

Effects of Patient Non-Compliance.
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D, Trends and Forecasts Newsletter, National Pharmaceutical Council

Lectures

The Psychobiology of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Northern Virginia Head Injury Partnership
Electronic Case Management: The Emerging Role of Telehealth Technologies.
Bio/Med Expo
Homecare Monitoring Technology – Improving Patient Safety and Medication Adherence.
The University of Pennsylvania Medication Safety Conference
Technologies that Enhance the Science of Clinical Trials -The Emerging Role of ePRO.
DIA
Patient Compliance Technologies that Enhance Clinical Trials and Post-Market Outcomes - The Emerging Role of ePRO Technology.
Drug Information Association eClinical Interchange
The State of the Science on Safe Medication Administration.
University of Pennsylvania
Enhancing Medication Compliance in Phase IV Trials -The Emerging Role of Technology.
Clinical Trials Conference in Philadelphia, PA
Role of Technology.
Mid-Atlantic BioMed Conference
Validating ePRO Technology.
Drug Information Association (DIA)
Electronic Case Management – the Emerging Role of Telehealth Technologies.
Division of Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center
Traumatic Brain Injury-Diagnosis and Treatment.
Montgomery County Bar Association
Consumer Acceptance of Home Monitoring Solutions.
Disease Management Colloquium
The Psychobiology of Brain-Injured Patients.
American Bar Association and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
Improving Medication Compliance.
Clinical Practice
Neurophysiologic Effects of Substance Abuse, and the Kindling Hypothesis.
Potomac Ridge Treatment Center
Techniques for Identifying Brain Dysfunction in Difficult to Treat Patients.
Jewish Social Services, Social Work Department
The Assessment And Treatment of Brain Dysfunction in Adolescents.
Jewish Social Services
New Technologies for Assessing Brain Injured Clients.
Standards of Care and Psychiatric and Neurologic Testing -- The Adoption of Specific Criteria for Testing.
Grand Rounds to Medical Staff
Neurobehavioral Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders.
Intake Staff
Standards of Care for Diagnostic Testing.
Medical Staff Grand Rounds
The Treatment-Resistant Patient: New Techniques And New Technologies.
Psychological Services of Annapolis
How Psychiatry Works, Psychiatric Strategies to Become a Better First Responder.
Holy Cross Hospital
Respect to Medication Adherence Technologies.
FOX National News
Speaking on Panic Disorder.
WGAY Radio Guest Expert, kicked off Panic Week
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Other

To Comply or Not Comply?
Kehr, Bruce A., M.D., and John Hawks

Press Mentions

Optimus HealthCare Services Completes Acquisition of AdhereRx, d/b/a PainScriptMarch 25th, 2021
How Genetic Testing Will Transform Mental Health CareJuly 7th, 2019
14 AugDigital Downfalls: To Delete Your Loved One, Press “OK”August 14th, 2017