Carl Tyler, MD

Dr. Carl V. Tyler, Jr. is a family medicine physician, fellowship-trained researcher, and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He received postgraduate training in psychiatry at University of California, Irvine and family medicine at what is now the Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital. He also completed a fellowship with a Master's degree in Academic Family Medicine and then a NIH-sponsored 3-year fellowship in Practice-Based Research Design and Methodology, both at Case Western Reserve University. 

In addition to board certification as a family physician, Dr. Tyler has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics and is a Certified Medical Director in Long-term Care (CMD). As a fellowship-trained researcher, he assists resident physicians and faculty in conducting their scholarly work. Since 2013, he has directed the Developmental Disabilities Practice-Based Research Network, a community-based participatory network that brings together stakeholders across multiple domains of the developmental disabilities field. Dr. Tyler joined AADMD in 2003 and has been involved in the executive board since then. In 2020, he was elected President for the term of 2022-2024.