Summary
Paul Earley is a physician, psychotherapist, and entrepreneur with over three decades of leadership in addiction medicine, behavioral health software, and professional rehabilitation. As founder of an early EMR company and former Chief Science Officer at a major healthcare software vendor, he uniquely bridges clinical practice and health IT to improve care delivery and clinician monitoring. He currently leads Earley Consultancy and serves as Medical Director for the Georgia Professionals Health Program, focusing on treatment, advocacy, and return-to-work for addicted healthcare professionals. A worldwide lecturer on the neurophysiology of psychotherapy, he combines hands-on clinical oversight with expert testimony and board-level consultation, often working at the intersection of clinical standards, policy, and technology. Notably, his career includes building one of the first clinician-oriented behavioral health EMRs that was later integrated into a national software platform.
7 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Biology, B.A., Biology at Reed College
M.D., Medicine, M.D., Medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine