Online IOP for College Students and Emerging Adults in MA & VT
Oscar F. Hills, MD
Medical Director and CEO
Oscar F. Hills, MD
Medical Director and CEO
Education
- BA from Yale University
- MD from Case Western Reserve University
A board-certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and clinical educator, Oscar F. Hills, MD, is the Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Austen Riggs Center. As Medical Director, Dr. Hills is responsible for ensuring that Riggs delivers the highest quality clinical care to the adults it serves. As Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for the financial health and long-term viability of the institution—a charge that requires clear-eyed leadership in an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving behavioral health landscape.
For more than 14 years, Dr. Hills directed the Psychiatric Emergency Room and Acute Psychiatric Services at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System’s West Haven campus, overseeing inpatient, emergency, residential, and consultation-liaison services in a high-acuity institutional setting. A longtime clinical faculty member at Yale University School of Medicine, he has supervised and trained psychiatric residents and other trainees throughout his career and has taught courses ranging from psychotherapy foundations to psychodynamic approaches to psychosis and character disorders. His published work spans psychoanalytic theory, emergency psychiatry, and the application of psychodynamic thinking to clinical and institutional settings.
Research/Clinical Interests
- Psychodynamic treatment and psychoanalysis
- Psychopharmacology
- Neuroscience and psychiatry
- Complexity theory and mental health
Professional Affiliations / Organizational Memberships
- Member, Western New England Psychoanalytic Society
- Member, American Psychoanalytic Association
- Member, American Psychiatric Association
- Member, American Medical Association
- Member, American Board of Psychoanalysis
Certifications / Appointments
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
- Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Certified in Adult Psychoanalysis, American Psychoanalytic Association
- Fellow, American Board of Psychoanalysis
- Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Co-chair, Site-Visit Committee, the American Association for Psychoanalytic Education
Awards / Recognitions
- Outstanding Clinical Faculty Member Award, Yale Department of Psychiatry (2013)
- Malcolm Bowers Rounds Teaching Award (2000, 2005)
- Service Award, Department of Veterans Affairs (2004)
- Yale Psychiatric Residents Association Teaching Award (1998–99)