Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
 

Dr. Peter Rabins received his medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and completed his residency at the University of Oregon in Portland. He completed fellowships in consultation/liaison psychiatry and neuropsychiatry at Johns Hopkins.

Now a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins and Co-Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, Dr. Rabins focuses on the neuropsychiatric features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and end of life care in AD. Through his work, standards of care throughout the course of AD have been elucidated.

Dr. Rabins research focuses on measures of quality of life in AD and care of patients with late stage dementia. He is the co-author of The 36 Hour Day, the most widely read book on the care of patients with AD; first published in 1981, it is currently in its 3rd edition.

Dr. Rabins currently sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Memory Center located in Baltimore on Thursdays.

Certifications:

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology