Dr. Bourgeois is Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White, Memorial Medical Center and Clinical Professor, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple TX. He completed psychiatry residency iat Wright State University and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
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He previously served as staff optometrist, EENT Service, USAF Regional Hospital, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL (1982-1985), Chair of Psychiatry at 9th Medical Group, Beale Air Force Base, CA (1993-1994), Director of Inpatient and Consultation Psychiatry at David Grant Medical Center/60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, CA (1994-1998), Chair of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall Medical Center/59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, TX (1998-2000), Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Service at University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA (2000-2009), Vice Chair, Education and Clinical Head of Service, General Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton ON Canada (2009-2012) & Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Division and Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco CA (2012-2017).

He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and author or editor of over 50 books or book chapters. He has held previous academic appointments at University of California, Davis, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, and McMaster University. He is Professor Emeritus at University of California, San Francisco and Adjunct Professor at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.