Joseph P. O'Grady, MD

Joseph P. O’Grady., 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 Neurodevelopmental Disorders Psychiatry Specialty Clinic at the Medical College of Wisconsin at the Tosa Health Center.

Joseph P. O’Grady., MD 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 P. O’Grady., 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.