Board certified in Psychiatry, subspecialty training in Neuropsychiatry of Children and Adults, specializes in disorders of the brain which harm cognitive ability and emotional health.
Trained at the University of Cincinnati.  M.D. degree in 1987.  His fellowship work was in Chicago –with Michael Alan Taylor M.D. – a 2 year research fellowship in Neuropsychiatry including the Neuropsychiatry of both children and adults. He specializes in disorders of the brain which harm cognitive ability and emotional health, especially in relation to developmental onset (learning disability, early onset of brain injury or disease).  During the fellowship he also trained in the use of functional brain imaging (PET) in the diagnosis and prediction of response to medication with Malcolm Cooper, M.D. at the University of Chicago and in the use of psychological measures of personality to better select the specific medication appropriate to the specific pattern of depression that an individual patient exhibits.
He has had post fellowship training in :

• Psycho-Pharmacology and, is a member of ASCP ( American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology).
• During the Neuropsychiatric fellowship, participated in a special fellowship offered to trainees by the American Psychoanalytic Association.
• Training in Brain Stimulation: rTMS (repetitive Trans Magnetic Stimulation) and VNS (Vagal Nerve Stimulation) at the Medical University of South Carolina (Psychiatry/Brain Stimulation Lab). Became a member of ISTS (International Society of Transmagnetic Stimulation).

Dr. Best has also had extensive clinical and administrative experience in hospital practice:

• Between his residency training and the fellowship, he practiced for 3 years as Director of the Medical Psychiatry Unit  at the Lewis Center in Cincinnati  (a State of Ohio Mental Health Hospital). In addition to this function was appointed to supervise the Quality Assurance of the Dual Diagnosis (Mental Retardation + Mental Illness) program.
• Afterward he returned to the Academic environment and pursued a 2 year research and Clinical fellowship at the Chicago Medical School.
• During this Fellowship he also provided Neuropsychiatric Services and Consultations at Ann Kiley Center in North Chicago IL, a State Hospital for MRDD (Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled) and practiced Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry for 2 years at Hartgrove Hospital, Chicago IL.
• Since 1995, once he completed his fellowship, he was asked to assume the position of Director of “The Neuroscience Center” in Deerfield Illinois. This private Center had been in existence for over 40 years, and has now become a resource for complex Neuropsychiatric cases coming from local, national and international referral sources.
• Dr. Best is a member of numerous professional Societies.