Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D.

Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D., has a primary appointment in Neurology at Case Western Reserve University. He is also currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, an incoming fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, and President of Intergenerational Schools International. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and MD-Ph.D. (Psychology) from The Johns Hopkins University (with Ph.D. work at Harvard and Boston Universities), followed by a Fellowship in Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Neurology Residency, and faculty appointments at Hopkins. He has served in national and international leadership positions in neurology, geriatrics, and public health.

In 1999, Whitehouse founded, with his wife, Catherine, The Intergenerational Schools, unique public, multiage community schools in Cleveland. He is a serial social innovator with a focus on learning environments. He is the author and editor of hundreds of academic papers, book chapters, books, and multimedia projects ranging from genetics and cognitive neuroscience, to clinical issues, to community and public health, and ethics and the humanities. He often takes a critical stance towards exiting models of thought.

Whitehouse is a prevention-oriented, intergenerational neurologist. His current main academic and practice focus is on ecopsychosocial models of brain health and aging and the role of the arts and humanities in health. He is currently focusing on new conceptions of wisdom and quality of life. He is also actively engaged in understanding and contributing to cultural responses to climate change, social injustice, economic inequality and other complex wicked problems.