Kirk J. Brower, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he has been on the faculty since 1986. He graduated from medical school with honors from the University of California at Irvine, and completed his residency in psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Brower is the Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan, a one-year clinical training program that is approved by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and accepts two post-residency psychiatrists for training each year. He is currently the Executive Director of the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS). UMATS operates outpatient and intensive outpatient programs, and its services include outpatient medical detoxification and specialized treatment tracks or programs for adolescents, adults, dually diagnosed patients, and health care professionals. Dr. Brower’s research focuses on improving treatment outcomes and he has conducted several addiction pharmacotherapy trials. He also has NIH funding as Principal Investigator to study the mechanisms of sleep disturbances in alcohol-dependent patients, and the response of these sleep disturbances to medication. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research.
