Wendy Baer
MD
Dr. Baer helps patients and their families deal with the stress of receiving a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
Specialty
As a psychiatrist, Dr. Baer has expertise in treating clinical depression and anxiety both with medications and psychotherapy to help people manage emotions, behaviors and relationships.
Titles and Roles
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Director of Psychiatric Oncology
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Vice Chair for Wellness, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Psychiatric Oncologist
- Adrenal Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Appendix Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Melanoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Ocular Melanoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Skin Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Research Program
- Cancer Prevention and Control
Biography
Wendy Baer, MD, is Associate Professor holding joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Baer serves as Director of Psychiatric Oncology at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, and also serves as Vice Chair for Wellness in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
In her work at Winship Cancer Institute, Dr. Baer helps patients and their families deal with the stress of receiving a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. As a Psychiatrist she has expertise in treating clinical depression and anxiety both with medications and psychotherapy to help people manage emotions, behaviors and relationships. The fundamental goal of Dr. Baer's practice is to promote wellness and maximize patients' quality of life as much as possible. She believes strongly in the team approach to patient care and collaborates regularly with patients, doctors, nurses and social workers.
Education
Dr. Baer attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with honors. From UNC she went to the University of Pennsylvania where she completed her residency in Psychiatry and served as the Chief Resident in her senior year. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Dr Baer worked in with patients dealing with cancer at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA.