About our Board Certified Physicians
Robert Homer M.D. Ph.D
EDUCATION
Dr. Homer holds a Bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and a Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Miami. His medical doctorate was awarded by the Eastern Virginia Medical School. He received his specialty training in psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
Dr. Homer successfully completed the Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education programme.
CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified in Psychiatry since 2001. Board Certified in Obesity Medicine. Of the over 1800 physicians who passed the obesity medicine board certification exam in 2024, there were only 35 psychiatrist. Dr. Homer scored in the top 5 percent of all candidates.
Dr. Homer has received a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the New York Medical College and also received a certificate of Master Psychopharmacologist with Distinction form the Neuroscience Education Institute.
Dr. Homer is a Certified Nutrition Coach conferred by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and a NASM Certified Personal Trainer. He is a Certified Adaptive Person Trainer/SE Adaptive Special Needs Trainer.
EXPERIENCE
In his career as a psychiatrist Dr. Homer has been consulted on thousands of hospital and nursing home patients who often had presented with medical issues exacerbated by obesity. He has been on the medical staff of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and in private practice for over 20 years.. Dr. Homer is completely passionate in combining his expertise in psychiatry and obesity medicine to help patients. He is nonjudgemental understanding how people struggle to loose weight and fight addictions. Volunteer work has included practicing psychiatry in Guatemala. Dr. Homer treats patients both in English and Spanish.
Professional Societies
Dr. Homer is a member of the Obesity Medical Association and a member of the Association for Geriatric Psychiatry .
Gil Lichtshein M.D.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Dr. Gil Lichtshein is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist. He earned his medical degree from
the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and completed his psychiatric residency at The University of Maryland/ Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program and his fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Dr. Gil, as he prefers to be called, knew he wanted to pursue a career in medicine in Middle School as a way of helping and giving back to people. He finds psychiatry an ever-evolving field with constant learning opportunities about the brain and its functional pathways.
Dr. Gil is proud to be one of the early pioneers in using TMS in South Florida in 2010 when it was still in its infancy. It gives him professional satisfaction to see how the advancements in treatments such as TMS, psychedelics, dissociates, and empathogens and newer medications are helping treat psychiatric illness.
But most of all, Dr. Gil enjoys his time with patients and likes treating them over longer periods so he can monitor their progress and observe the benefits of treatment firsthand. He is particularly effective treating children and teenagers; observing their improvement and their ability to enjoy their youth is a source of professional pride.
SPECIALTY
Dr. Lichtshein is passionate about the increasing variety of treatment options currently available, the better understanding of psychiatric illness, the growing awareness of the general public about mental illness, and the mainstream support for mental health screening and adequate treatment.
REPUTATION
Dr. Gil’s patients describe him as a consummate professional who is very knowledgeable, supportive and attentive, to patient needs. They praise his excellent communication skills, his caring attitude, and his ability to listen without judging.
RESEARCH & ACADEMICS
As a dedicated researcher, Dr. Lichtshein has authored or co-authored numerous articles and has participated in more than 20 research projects. He is also a regular presenter for the University at Sea on various topics, including his most recent talks about updated treatments for ADHD, TMS, and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Since 2005, Dr. Lichtshein has served as an Affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Sciences, The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. He held prior academic positions at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Miami, FL. and the University of Florida School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry in Gainesville, FL.
AUTHOR
In 2019, Dr. Lichtshein co-authored a book Doctor Mensch: A Prescription for Evil which was published on Amazon on July 22, 2020. The book narrates the fictional tale of a Boca Raton psychiatrist who descends into madness but manages to keep his emotional transformation from others. Acting on his animalistic instincts, he becomes a modern-day King of the Underworld.
“I have always been fascinated with the mob. My best friend from childhood was related to Paul Vario, the capo of the Lucchese crime family who was immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 movie Goodfellas. The protagonist in the book, a Boca Raton psychiatrist was based very loosely on my practice.”