President

Tony Thrasher, DO, DFAPA

Milwaukee County Behavioral Health

Dr. Tony Thrasher is a board-certified psychiatrist employed as the medical director for the Crisis Services branch of the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. He received his psychiatric training from Washington University in St. Louis at Barnes Jewish Hospital, and he is the Immediate Past President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP).

He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and he currently serves as the President for both the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (WAOPS).

In 2023, he is also proud to have served as the Editor for the Oxford Press Primer on Emergency Psychiatry as well as being the Editor for the American Psychiatric Association’s Maintenance of Certification FOCUS journal centering on the core curriculum of Emergency Psychiatry!

Most recently, he was inducted into the American College of Psychiatrists, was named a Top Doctor for 2022 by Milwaukee Magazine, earned his accreditation as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), and is fortunate to work with Psychiatric Times on a series of Mental Health Minute webinars. Additionally, he received a 2023 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).