Patrick O'Neil
MUSC Health Institute of Psychiatry
Office
(843) 792-9162
67 President Street Charleston, SC 29425
About
Patrick O'Neil
Patrick M. O'Neil is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he is director of the Weight Management Center. He received his BS in economics from Louisiana State University and his MS and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. O'Neil has been professionally involved in obesity since 1977 in numerous clinical, teaching, research and public education roles. He directs the long-standing multidisciplinary MUSC Weight Management Center. His teaching activities include supervision of psychology interns, lectures to medical students and other trainee groups, and invited continuing medical education lectures. He is and has been principal investigator for a large number of externally funded clinical trials of weight-loss agents and interventions. He is the author of more than 100 professional publications, chapters, and presentations, primarily concerning obesity and its management. Dr. O'Neil is a longstanding active member of The Obesity Society, having served as councilor, vice president, and president. He is a present or former member of the editorial boards of the journals Eating Behaviors, Korean Journal of Obesity, Obesity (formerly Obesity Research), and International Journal of Obesity, and formerly served as associate editor of the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. He is a former member of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research of the Institute of Medicine. Closer to home, Dr. O'Neil served as a member of the Scientific Council of the South Carolina Nutrition Research Consortium throughout its existence. He is a former member and chair of the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology, and past president of the South Carolina Academy of Professional Psychologists. For over nine years, he wrote the popular "Weighing the Choices" column, which appeared every week in Charleston's Sunday edition of The Post and Courier. In 2015 he was elected mayor of the Town of Sullivan's Island, having served as a member of Town Council since 2001 and prior to that, member and chair of the Town's Planning Commission.
Primary Specialty
Psychiatrist
Practice
MUSC Health Institute of Psychiatry
Gender
Male
Certification
SC, SC-192, Not Board Certified
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna (PPO), Managed Choice, Open Choice and Exclusive Choice), Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace) , BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace), Blue Choice Blue Option (Exchange Plan), Blue Choice MyChoice (Available as individual commercial product), Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC), Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan), Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP), Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators, Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina, Cigna, Coventry, Employers Health Network/SC Business Coalition on Health, First Health, Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now), Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) , Medcost, Tricare, United HealthCare, AllWell by Absolute Total Care, Clover Health , Absolute Total Care (NEIC), Blue Choice Medicaid, First Choice/Select Health (NEIC), Molina Healthcare , WellCare, Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan , First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan, Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy
Office Name
MUSC Health Institute of Psychiatry
Languages
English
Services
Patrick O'Neil practices psychiatry at 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425. Psychiatrists are licensed physicians who specialize in the evaluation, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Patrick O'Neil in Charleston, SC, please call (843) 792-9162 for more information. Additional Services Psychologist, Doctor
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Patrick O'Neil in Charleston, SC, please call (843) 792-9162 for more information. Additional Services Psychologist, Doctor
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