Dr. Jules Ranz is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) and has been director of the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at NYS Psychiatric Institute and P&S since 1992. His publications include a description of the Fellowship and its success in recruitment and retention of psychiatrists into the public sector (based upon annual surveys of its alumni) published in 1996. A second article, published in 1997, reports that based upon a survey of alumni's roles in public agencies, medical directors perform a significantly greater variety of tasks and report significantly greater job satisfaction compared to staff psychiatrists. A third article, published in 1998 elaborated on the role of the Program Medical Director, and demonstrated that the performance of administrative tasks most highly correlates with overall job satisfaction.

In addition to the above, he has special interests in the areas of supportive housing and psychosocial rehabilitation programs for the severely mentally ill, and for the theory and practice of management of mental health service organizations. He has had a wide range of experience in public psychiatry following residency training at P&S almost thirty years ago. He was in charge of residency training in an innovative three year social and community psychiatry residency program, director of a model community service specializing in systems-oriented care of adults with severe and persistent mental illness, and clinical director of an urban state psychiatric center.

Dr. Ranz was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Project Renewal in 1995, of PRI Healthcare in 2003 and Chair of the Program Committee of the Board of Trustees of Project Renewal in 2004.

Areas of expertise
systems-oriented care of adults with serious and persistent mental illness, supportive housing, public psychiatry

Recent publications

Ranz J.M.. Demographic analysis of members of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists. Community Mental Health Journal 40 (5), 479-486, 2004

Ranz J.M.. Public psychiatrists’ perception of changes over the past five years. Community Mental Health Journal 40 (5), 487-494, 2004

McQuistion HL, Ranz, JM, Gillig PM: A survey of American psychiatric residency programs concerning education in homelessness. Academic Psychiatry 28