Britta Ostermeyer MD, MBA, FAPA

Britta Ostermeyer, MD, MBA, FAPA, a practicing board-certified forensic psychiatrist, is the Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair in Mental Health and Professor and Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Dr. Ostermeyer has training in neurology, psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, hospital administration and physician leadership, motivational interviewing, and electroconvulsive therapy. She is also a certified Lean Six Sigma greenbelt champion. Dr. Ostermeyer has published approximately 180 scholarly articles and other medical writings and has received a number of education, service, and leadership awards, including the Gold Award for Service Achievement from the American Psychiatric Association and the Community Excellence Award from the Texas Hospital Association for her pioneering work in integrated mental health services in the primary care setting. She has been the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on more than 20 research and service grants, including PI and Medical Director of the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment grant.