C. EdwardCoffeyMD
Psychiatry • Charleston, SCNeuropsychiatry
Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Office
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President St.
Charleston, SC 29425Phone+1 713-206-6560
Summary
- Dr. Ed Coffey is a neuropsychiatrist, a healthcare leadership adviser, and an Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Dr. Coffey is an accomplished physician (board certified in both Neurology and Psychiatry) with expertise in neuropsychiatry and brain stimulation therapies, and is consistently listed as a “Top Doctor” by numerous organizations. He is also an award-winning health care executive, recognized for leading high quality, financially successful, academically-based systems of integrated health care. Dr. Coffey’s innovative work on “Perfect Depression Care” has been widely cited as a model for health care transformation, and its audacious goal of “Zero Suicides” has become an international movement, honored by The Joint Commission (2006 Codman Award), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2006 Gold Achievement Award), the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (2011), and by his appointment to the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (2011).
Dr. Coffey is also a community activist and advocate for a sustainable environment, safe gun ownership, and lifelong social and emotional learning (SEL). Dr. Coffey is the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from Wofford College (2014), the college's greatest honor, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Neuropsychiatric Association, the association's highest honor.
Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1979 - 1984- Duke University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1981 - 1983
- Duke University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1979
St. John's College, Oxford UniversityBA, Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology, 1974 - 1976- Wofford CollegeBS, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, 1970 - 1974
Certifications & Licensure
SC State Medical License 2019 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2015 - 2019
MI State Medical License 1996 - 2018
NC State Medical License 1979 - 2002
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1996- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Honorary Doctor of Science Wofford College, 2014
- Rhodes Scholar Wofford College, 1974
- Alpha Omega Alpha Duke University School of Medicine, 1979
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 32 citationsBuilding a system of perfect depression care in behavioral healthC. Edward Coffey
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2007-04-01 - 7 citationsCollecting Mortality Data to Drive Real-Time Improvement in Suicide PreventionBrian K. Ahmedani, M. Justin Coffey, C. Edward Coffey
The American Journal of Managed Care. 2013-11-01 - 9 citationsAn update on perfect depression care.C. Edward Coffey, M. Justin Coffey, Brian K. Ahmedani
Psychiatric Services. 2013-04-01
Journal Articles
- The Emerging Story of Emerging Technologies in NeuropsychiatryCoffey MJ, Coffey CE, Dialogues in Clin Neurosci, 1/1/2016
- Suicide Prevention in Patient and Nonpatient Populations (Letter)Coffey MJ, Coffey CE, Ahmedani BK, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2015
- An Update on Perfect Depression CareCoffey CE, Coffey MJ, Ahmedani BK, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Dramatically Improving the Quality of ECT Care (Abstract)Coffey CE, JECT, Annual Meeting of the Association for Convulsive Therapy, Toronto, 1/21/2006
- Dramatically Improving the Quality of ECT CareCoffey CE, J ECT, Annual Meeting of the Association for Convulsive Therapy, Toronto, 1/12/2006
- Electroconvulsive TreatmentFink M, Coffey CE (Chairmen), 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Montreal, 1/7/1988
Lectures
- Pursuing Perfect Depression Care: A Model for Eliminating Suicide and Transforming Behavioral HealthcareBaylor College of Medicine, Houston - 1/13/2016
- Advances in Brain Stimulation Therapies in NeuropsychiatryLondon, Ontario - 1/25/2015
- The Major Neurocognitive DisordersHouston - 1/23/2015
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Other
- There Is No Health(care) Without Mental Health(care).Coffey MJ, Coffey CE, FutureScan Healthcare Trends and Implications 2016-2021, Health Administration Press
Chicago - 1/1/2016 - Where Zero is the Perfect NumberCoffey CE, National Council Magazine
1/1/2012 - When Depression Won't Go AwayCoffey CE, Bottom Line Health Magazine
1/1/2011 - Join now to see all
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