Faculty

Byron Law-Yone, M.D.
Instructor

Dr. Byron Law-Yone is a medical graduate of the Institute of Medicine in Rangoon, Burma. Prior to his career in the United States, he obtained his psychiatric training in the United Kingdom where he also served as a consultant psychiatrist in several regional psychiatric hospitals and participated in research involving the drug treatment of schizophrenia. His interest in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders led to research and publications in the fields of schizophrenia, depression, addiction medicine, and pain management, and he has held teaching appointments at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.

Dr. Law-Yone moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1988 after his appointment as Medical Director of Adult Psychiatry at Taylor Manor Hospital in Ellicott City, Maryland. He has served as Medical Director of Brookhaven Psychiatric Pavilion and Medical Director of Addiction Medicine programs, first at Green Oaks Psychiatric Hospital and later at Baylor Richardson Regional Medical Center.

He is on the speaker's bureau for several pharmaceutical companies and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing medications for the treatment of pain and addictive disorders located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

He is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with added qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry. Other qualifications include a Diploma in Psychological Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London, England, and Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, England.

He is a member of the Texas Medical Association, Dallas County Medical Society, North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He is included in “D Magazine’s” annual list of Best Doctors in Dallas (2007). Dr. Law-Yone is married and has two daughters. He enjoys music, painting, photography and an occasional round of golf.