Frederick Langheim, MD

Fred Langheim, PhD, treats patients who are part of the Inpatient Psychiatric Care program at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Madison only.

Dr. Langheim majored in English and zoology at UW-Madison. After graduating, he taught English and German in Florence, Italy. Upon returning to the US, he conducted neuroimaging research on schizophrenia at the NIMH with Dr. Daniel Weinberger, and published scientific papers. After two years at the NIMH he entered graduate school and earned his PhD in neuroscience, as well as his MD at the University of Minnesota. He completed training in psychiatry at UW¬-Madison while studying consciousness and sleep. He is currently the clinical adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry at UW-Madison, staff psychiatrist at Dean Health Systems, and co-director of consultation and liaison psychiatry at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. Beyond the sciences, he tries to make time to run, bicycle, write, and make music with his friends and family.

Dr. Langheim's practice style involves minimizing the number and dosing of medications through beneficial use of known side-effects while also incorporating behavioral and lifestyle approaches in addition to pharmacotherapy. His express goal is to have people on the least number of medications at the lowest necessary doses, and, when appropriate, to try reducing further. While working together with patients to devise a therapeutic treatment plan, Dr. Langheim prefers to build confidence in that plan by conveying the neuroscientific, behavioral, and psychological reasoning behind his recommendations. For clarification, he prints condensed versions of these discussions with each appointment After Visit Summary, also made available through computer-based MyChart software.