Dr. Tcheremissine is Research Director for the Carolinas HealthCare System Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is a board-certified Psychiatrist and Clinical Investigator with more than 25 years of medical and more than 20 years of clinical research experience in Adult Psychiatry. He serve as a Principal Investigator for numerous Phase II-IV clinical trials in a range of neuroscience indications. He is an expert in strategic clinical development and planning to achieve cost effective strategies of conducting clinical research in community mental health settings. Prior to coming to Carolinas HealthCare System, Dr. Tcheremissine was at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he conducted research in the areas of human behavioral psychopharmacology. He is a dedicated neuropsychiatrist with expertise in treating neurodegenerative diseases and severe persistently mentally ill patients while applying the guiding principles of functional recovery. He has authored numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters related to human aggressive, impulsive, and risk-taking behavior and as well as pharmacotherapy of Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Adult ADHD. He has successfully combined his research interest, teaching, clinical, and administrative responsibilities while focusing on eliminating natural barriers to novel and innovative treatment such distance to clinical research sites, cultural barriers, and access to care.

Neuropsychopharmacology; Alzheimer’s disease; Schizophrenia.