Following his education at Yale, The Chicago Medical School, Northwestern University Medical School Psychiatry Residency and The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Dr. Viner has over four decades of experience applying the clinical and research knowledge of neuroscience, psychiatry and psychoanalysis to the challenge of creating meaningful and pragmatically effective treatment programs.
Since 2005, Dr. Viner has been the Founder, CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Yellowbrick, a national referral center for intensive, comprehensive, treatment of troubled emerging adults. Dr. Viner previously has served as the Medical Director for Inpatient Services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Four Winds Chicago Hospital and University Behavioral Health, an outpatient group practice.
Dr. Viner has served on the faculties of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and Rosalind Franklin Medical School & University of Health Sciences. He is Secretary of the Board of Trustees at The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and Chair of the Ethics Committee at both the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Dr. Viner has been Board Certified in Psychiatry & Neurology and Forensic Psychiatry and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the recipient of the Illinois Psychiatric Society 2016 Award for Excellence & Innovation in Clinical Services.
Dr. Viner is parent to 4 daughters and 2 sons, and Saba to six grandchildren.