Jesse Viner, M.D.

Founder, CEO, Chief Medical Officer

Yellowbrick

Dr. Jesse Viner created Yellowbrick in recognition of the specialized needs of emerging adults and their families, and the necessity for a treatment system that addressed the unique challenges of the transition into adulthood. Following his education at Yale, The Chicago Medical School, Northwestern University Medical School Psychiatry Residency and The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Dr. Viner has served as Director of Adult Psychiatry Inpatient Services for Northwestern University Medical School; Medical Director of Four Winds Chicago, and Director of University Behavioral Health. He is a Supervising & Training Analyst on the faculty and a Trustee on the Board of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. He was an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (1980-2012) and currently is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rosalind Franklin Medical School. Dr. Viner is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the Chair of the Ethics Committee for the American Psychoanalytic Association and is the recipient of the Illinois Psychiatric Society 2015 award for Excellence and Innovation in Patient Services.