Joseph P. O'Grady, MD

Joseph O’Grady Jr., MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is the Director of the MCW Neurodevelopmental Disorders Psychiatry Specialty Clinic at the Tosa Health Center.

Dr. O’Grady graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the University of Minnesota for undergraduate training and the University of Minnesota Medical School for his medical school training. He completed his Pediatric Internship at Northwestern University/ Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago Illinois, and his Pediatric Residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following his pediatric training, he served as a pediatrician in a refugee camp in Cambodia working for UNHCR and the American Refugee Committee. After joining a pediatric practice in Waukesha for 3 years, he sought specialty training to address mental health issues in children, adolescents, and adults. His adult Psychiatry residency training, his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship training, and his Medical Education fellowship were completed at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He also holds a Certificate in Business from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Joseph O’Grady Jr., MD, has focused his Tosa Health Center work on helping people and families where neurodevelopmental disorders are complicated by psychiatric or behavioral disorders. He has focused his Moorland Reserve Health Center work on assisting children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in accessing psychiatric care and treatment. Once in maintenance treatment, he collaborates with primary care providers and community psychiatrists for ongoing treatment.

He believes that comprehensive assessment and treatment are fundamental to good clinical care, relying on evidence-based practices. He also believes that through teaching future physicians, values of professionalism as well as advances in knowledge can be carried into the future.

Dr. O’Grady has won multiple awards including the MCW Outstanding medical student teacher, the MCW Faculty service award, the Department of Psychiatry Distinguished Service Award, and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. He has been listed in Best Doctors for 12 years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Past experience includes Medical Director for Phoenix Care Systems Inc. (a national company that provided community-based services for persons with intellectual disabilities and/or severe and persistent mental illness), Medical Director for My Choice Family Care, and Interim Medical Director for Whole Health Clinical Group.

Dr. O’Grady’s academic interests include psychiatric disorders in persons with intellectual disabilities, patient safety and quality, health services administration, and medical education.

Dr. O’Grady sees child, adolescent, adults, and senior patients with neurodevelopmental disorders at the Tosa Center for assessment and stabilization treatment. He sees child, adolescent, adult, and senior patients at the Moorland Reserve Health Center for assessment and stabilization treatment.