Timothy Spruill EdD

Timothy Spruill earned an M.A. (Counseling Psycology) from George Mason University (1977). After 4 years teaching undergraduate psychology, he worked in a psychiatric hospital while pursuing his EdD in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University (1992). Following three years as a rehabilitation psychologist, he became an Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at Andrews University. In 1998 he accepted his current positin as Behavioral Medicine Faculty at Florida Hospital. He joined the FH Medical Staff in 2001 as a consultant to the ED for suicidal patients and has evaluated over 3000 patients since. Current research activities involve characteristics of exemplary ER physicians and intimate partner violence screening in the ED.