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Our Faculty & Leadership Team

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Department Leadership

Hochang B. Lee, M.D.

Hochang Lee
Department Chair

Sue DiGiovanni, M.D.

Sue DiGiovanni
Vice Chair of Clinical Services

George Nasra

George Nasra
Associate Chair of
Adult Ambulatory Care & Regional Strategy

Telva Olivares, M.D.

Telva Olivares
Associate Chair of Community Engagement

Carol Podgorski

Carol Podgorski
Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs

Tziporah Rosenberg

Tziporah Rosenberg
Associate Chair of Education

Michael Scharf

Michael Scharf 
Associate Chair of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

Steve Silverstien, Ph.D.

Steve Silverstein
Associate Chair of Research

Discipline Chiefs 

Courtney Blackwood

Courtney Blackwood
Chief of Psychiatry Nursing

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Kelly Boldt
Chief of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)

Jewell Hopkins

Jewell Hopkins
Chief of Social Work 

Susan McDaniel

Susan H. McDaniel
Chief of Psychology

Carol Podgorski

Carol Podgorski
Chief of Family Therapy

Julie Achtyl

Julie Achtyl
Chief of Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC)

Special Chiefs/Directors`

Kayla Hunt

Kayla Hunt
Chief of Technology

Autumn Gallegos

Autumn Gallegos
Director of Wellness

Patrick Seche

Patrick Seche
Chief Administrative Officer

Faculty by Division

Acute Adult Psychiatry

 

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Addiction Psychiatry

 

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

 

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Collaborative Care and Wellness

 

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Medicine in Psychiatry Services

 

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Michael Scharf
Michael Scharf 
Director of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry 

Linda Alpert-Gillis
Linda Alpert-Gillis
Chief of Ambulatory Care
(Clinical Service)

Arielle Sheftall
Arielle Sheftall
Chief of Academic Affairs

Segundo Robert-Ibarra
Segundo Robert-Ibarra
Chief of Acute Services


George S. Nasra
Chief of Clinical Service

Ellen Poleshuck
Ellen L. Poleshuck
Chief of Academic Affairs

 

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