Faculty
Program Director
Mark W. Nickels M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Director of Transplant Psychiatry. He is board certified in Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. He has been providing clinical consultation to the Liver and Kidney Transplant programs since 1998 and to the URMC Heart Failure and Transplantation program since 2000. He was a part-time consultant for 10 years to the Strong Epilepsy Center, and did psychiatric evaluations on bariatric surgery candidates for area surgeons for many years. Dr. Nickels has provided psychiatric consultation in general hospital settings, including to the Wilmot Cancer Center, to primary care providers in their offices and also at Highland Family Medicine, and he provided critical incident debriefing to the Rochester Police Department. In addition he maintains a small psychotherapy practice.
He is excited to be the first director of the Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at URMC, looking forward to both teaching and learning from its Fellows.
Core Faculty
Hochang Benjamin Lee, MD
Chair, Psychiatry
John Romano Professor
& Chair of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Michael Scharf M.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Chief of Division
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Director
Psychiatry Graduate Medical Education
Michael Privitera M.S., M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Medical Director
Medical Faculty & Clinician
Wellness Program /
Outpatient Psychiatric
Consultation Service
Jennifer Richman M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Director
Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Services
Director
Psycho-Oncology
George S. Nasra, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Psychology
Division Chief
Collaborative Care & Wellness
Marsha N. Wittink, M.D., M.B.E.
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry & Family Medicine
Director
Inpatient Medicine in Psychiatry Service
Aspen Ainsworth, M.D.
Instructor
Department of Psychiatry