Since 1987, Dr. Reifler has been a Professor of Psychiatry at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he currently serves as the Kate Mills Snider Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry and Senior Advisor to the Dean. He was Chair of Psychiatry there from 1987-2001, and from 2001-2005, served as Director of Faith in Action, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national program on interfaith volunteer caregiving. During 1987-2001, he was also Director of "Partners in Caregiving," a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program focused on developing adult day centers throughout the country.
Dr. Reifler serves as President of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for 2008. He received the Ruth Von Behren Award from the National Adult Day Services Association in 1996, and the Jack Weinberg Memorial Award for excellence in geriatric psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 2002. He is a past Chairperson of the APA's Council on Aging. |