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Michael Rafferty, M.D.

Michael Rafferty, M.D.

FAPA

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry

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  • Biography

    Michael Rafferty, M.D. completed medical school at University of Minnesota Medical School 1998-2002,  psychiatry residency training at University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Psychiatry 2002-6, Harold Lawn Research Fellowship 2005-6 focused on borderline personality disorder. ABPN Diplomate in General Psychiatry (2007) and Psychosomatic Medicine (2009). He has been on faculty since 2007 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department. Formerly the Medical Director, MH Consultation-Liaison Team, VA North Texas Health Care System, he is now a consultation liaison psychiatrist at the William P. Clements, Jr. University Hospital, and serves as preseident of North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians. He has been involved in medical education for medical students, psychiatry residents, addiction psychiatry and consultation liaison psychiatry fellows. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    University of Minnesota Medical School (2002)
    Fellowship
    University of Minnesota Medical School (2006), Psychiatry
    Residency
    University of Minnesota Medical School (2006), Psychiatry
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Combined medication and dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder
    Schulz SC, Rafferty MP Social Work in Mental Health 2008 133-144
    Cell-cycle regulated expression of Rap1 in regenerating liver.
    Cruise JL, Rafferty MP, Riehle MM Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1997 Jan 230 3 578-81
  • Honors & Awards
    • Advisor of the Year
      Advisor of the Year is a mentor who has gone above and beyond in the fields of commitment, support, and guidance of a PGY1 psychiatry resident. (2020-2021)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (2008)
    • American Delirium Society (2012)
    • American Medical Association (1998)
    • American Psychiatric Association (2004)
    • North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2007)
    • Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2007)