Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS
Dr. Wiechers is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and serves as the National Director for Psychopharmacology & Somatic Treatments in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In her role with VA, she is responsible for mental health policy and program development, supporting quality improvement initiatives and program evaluation, developing partnerships, and creating educational content for the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S. Dr. Wiechers is a geriatric psychiatrist with additional expertise in health policy and health services research. She specializes in providing clinical care for Veterans with late-life mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders. She teaches extensively to interprofessional healthcare audiences at all levels of training and experience. She is a collaborator on several grants focused on improving the quality of psychotropic prescribing and serves as an operational partner for several VA-funded studies. She is also deeply engaged in advocacy and policy work through her service to professional organizations.