PhD, 1987, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Marriage and Family Therapy)

MDiv, 1980, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC (Theology)

BS, 1976, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (Chemistry)

Cleveland G. Shields, PhD

Family Researcher, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry

Contact Information:
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Family Medicine
Family Medicine Research Programs
1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620

Additional Education:
Postgraduate, Family Therapy Training Program, University of Rochester, Department of Psychiatry, (1987-1990)

Overview

Cleve Shields, PhD, joined the Family Medicine faculty in 1987. His research area is developing interventionsfor couples and families coping with cancer and physician-patient communication in cancer.

Dr. Shields has had grants from NIMH, NCI, and NIA. He is the Associate Director of the Wynne Center for Family Research in the Psychiatry Department. Cleve is a family therapist having received his PhD in family therapy from Purdue University in 1987. He has a clinical practice at the Family Medicine Center.

His favorite non-work activities are choral singing and golf.

Recent Publications

Click to see publications by Dr. Shields indexed in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database.