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Emergency Services Table of Contents Department Leadership Discipline Chiefs Special Chiefs/Directors Acute & Adult Psychiatry Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Collaborative Care & Wellness Community Psychiatry & Outreach Medicine Geriatric Mental Health & Memory Care Medicine in Psychiatry Services Voluntary Faculty Emeritus Faculty Faculty Resources Department Leadership Hochang Lee Department Chair Sue DiGiovanni Vice Chair of Clinical Services George Nasra Associate Chair of Adult Ambulatory Care & Regional Strategy Telva Olivares Associate Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Carol Podgorski Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs Tziporah Rosenberg Associate Chair of Education Michael Scharf Associate Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Steve Silverstein Associate Chair of Research Discipline Chiefs Courtney Blackwood Chief of Psychiatry Nursing Kelly Boldt Chief of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) Meredith Griffin Chief of Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP) Jewell Hopkins Chief of Social Work Susan H. McDaniel Chief of Psychology Carol Podgorski Chief of Family Therapy Julie Achtyl Chief of Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) Special Chiefs/Directors Michael Hasselberg Chief of Technology & Innovation Autumn Gallegos Director of Wellness Patrick Seche Chief Administrative Officer Faculty by Division Acute and Adult Psychiatry Sue K. Digiovanni Chief of Clinical Service Anthony R. Pisani Chief of Academic Affairs Aileen Aldalur Lisham Ashrafioun Tara Augenstein Peter Britton Eugenio Contreras IV Tyler J. Fleming Roma Fortuna-Dwulit Giampaolo Gallo Oner G. Gonen Donna Guardino R. Adam Herbstsomer Khalid M. Hubeishy Megan C. Lytle-Flint Syed I. Mustafa Amanda M. O'Hearn Virginia Ramos Kyle E. Rodenbach Fatima Rumesa Teigan Ruster Caroline Silva Lisa M. Slimmer Irina Statnikova Paige Thompson Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Michael Scharf Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Linda Alpert-Gillis Chief of Ambulatory Care (Clinical Service) Peter Wyman Chief of Academic Affairs Segundo Robert-Ibarra Chief of Acute Services Adrienne D. Allen Nancy J. Baehr Kathleen T. Baynes Mary Burdick Laura S. Cardella Ian Cero Andrew L. Cohen Emily Cromwell Wendi F. Cross David Garrison Annalyn Gibson Alma Guerra Kelly Hanlon Karyn Hartz-Mandell Melissa Heatly Tara Holter Kayla M. Hunt Farah Hussain Laura Iafrati Viki Katsetos Jessica Keith Mani Kurien Colleen Lynd Kenya Malcolm Sasha D. Massachi Andrew Mietz Sandra Mitzner Lauren Mutignani Rachel Nadbrzuch Corey A. Nichols-Hadeed Thomas G. O'Connor Katlyn D. Rice Leah Rothschild Deanna P. Sams Arielle Sheftall Ploy Siripornsawan Samantha Stanford Colette Stenz Allison Stiles Maura Tappen Carla Velarde James Wallace Leah Ward Jennifer C. West Ann Marie White Yilmaz Yildirim Collaborative Care and Wellness George S. Nasra Chief of Clinical Service Ellen L. Poleshuck Chief of Academic Affairs Aspen Ainsworth Victoria Atzl Keisha L. Bell Todd Bishop Joy Choi Rebecca Copek Ann E. Cornell Leisha Cuddihy Lauren Decaporale-Ryan Autumn Gallegos Greenwich Andrea M. Garroway Gabrielle Gebel Paul Geha Jessica Goodman Debra Hoffman Kristen Holderle Adrianna Hitchins Jeffrey Iler Naila Karim Lee Kehoe Kristin Koberstein Renee Madathil Dukjae Maeng Susan H. McDaniel Daniel McFarland Jessica A. Moore Mark Nickels Mark A. Oldham Kim Parkhurst Anna Pettway Wilfred R. Pigeon Margaret Puelle Tziporah E. Rosenberg Jenny Speice Michelle Swanger-Gagne Lindsay J. Sycz Traci Terrance William H. Watson Holly Weldon Community Psychiatry and Outreach Medicine Robert Lawrence Weisman Chief of Clinical Service J Steven Lamberti Chief of Academic Affairs Gloria J. Baciewicz Eric D. Caine Joseph Richard Ciccone Dev Crasta Annamarie Defayette Caroline J. Easton Annabel S. Fu Stephanie A. Gamble Rae Insalaco Brian Keane Myra Mathis-Owanogho Diane S. Morse Caroline Nestro Steven J. Novak Neha Pawar Prakash P. Reddy William Small Marc T. Swogger Judy Thompson Geriatric Mental Health and Memory Care Elizabeth J. Santos Chief of Clinical Service Anton Pjetur Porsteinsson Co-Chief of Academic Affairs Thomas V. Caprio Benjamin Chapman Emily Clark Yeates Conwell Katherine Duffy Laura Hayes Kathi Heffner Michael J. Hasselberg Tom Jacob Angela Kristan Brittany Mott Carol A. Podgorski Gregory Sherman Adam C. Simning Kimberly A. Van Orden Lisa Vargish Medicine in Psychiatry Services Kevin Brazill Co-Chief of Clinical Service Kirk Harris Co-Chief of Clinical Service Marsha Wittink Chief of Academic Affairs Erik Bobeda Sarah Chang Shifra Mincer Lalita Movva Elizabeth Pope-Collins Elaine Rigney Alexander Wood Voluntary Faculty Asli Abaci, M.D. Abiola Adelaja, M.B.B.S. Matthew Barry, D.O. Sheila Briody, S.S.J., D.Min. Sheila Cummings, Ph.D. Sahar Elezabi, M.D. Maisha Enaharo, M.S., M.P.H. Jerid Fisher, Ph.D. Catherine Flannery, M.D. Gretchen Foley, M.D. Patti Follansbee, Ph.D. Emma Louise Forbes-Jones, Ph.D. Meghan Fox, Psy.D. Patrick Gibbons, M.D. Thomas Gift, M.D. Linda Gill, M.D. Sharon Gordon Ph.D. Aubree Guiffre, Ph.D. Maura Hanna, D.O. Elizabeth Harre, M.D. Deborah Healy, M.D. Gary Horwitz, M.D. Rory Houghtalen, M.D. Antoinette Jakobi, M.D. Gagandeep Jattana, M.B.B.S. Rachael Jones, M.D Kimberly Kalish, Ph.D. Donald Kamin, Ph.D. Samantha Kamp, M.D. Donna Kreher, Ph.D. Aparajita Kuriyan, Ph.D. Mark Larson, Ph.D. Timothy Lawrence, M.D. Adrian Leibovici, M.D. Jeffrey Levenkron, Ph.D. Janet Lewis, M.D. Margaret Lindsey, M.D. Howard Markus, Ph.D. Mary Marrocco, M.D. Michael McGrath, M.D. John McIntyre, M.D. Nadine Mills, M.D. Joshua Nelson, M.D. Aurelian N. Niculescu, M.D. Christopher Pollack, Ph.D. Robert Pollard, Ph.D. Shahida Rehmani, M.B.B.S. Paul Rosenfeld, M.D. Lisa Rosica, D.O. Iustinian Rusu, M.D. Andrea Sandoz, M.D. James Schubmehl, M.D. Rajendra Singh, M.B.B.S. Jay Supnick, Ph.D. Christopher Tidd, M.D. Joseph Vasile, M.D., M.B.A. Lauren Wadsworth, Ph.D. Gerhardt Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. Gary Warner, Ph.D. Robert Young, M.D. Emeritus Faculty Nancy Cain, M.D. Russell Cain, M.D. Eric Caine, M.D. Catherine Cerulli Stephen Dvorin, M.D. Robert Goldstein, Ph.D. Larry Guttmacher, M.D. Pieter Le Roux, M.B.B.D Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D. Deborah King, Ph.D. Mary Lou Meyers, M.D. Stephen Munson, M.D. Mahendra Nanavati, M.B.B.S. Michael R. Privitera Hannah Solky, Ph.D. Leonard Stein, Ph.D. Lowell Weitkamp, Ph.D. Follow Us Department of Psychiatry