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Our Experts

Our team of psychiatrists and psychologists and their areas of expertise include:

Victoria Balkoski, MD Chair, Department of Psychiatry Psychiatry Residency Program Director	General adult psychiatry
Abdul Brula, MD	Outpatient geriatric psychiatry General adult psychiatry
Jay Carruthers, MD	Behavioral health services research Community psychiatry General adult outpatient psychiatry
A. Jill Clemence, PhD	Outpatient general adult psychotherapy Psychological testing and assessment
Laura Diamond, MD	Inpatient and outpatient general adult psychiatry
Khalid Elnagar, MD	Consulation-Liaison Inpatient psychiatry Research in biological psychiatry and psychosomatics
Ian Haag, PhD	Outpatient general adult psychotherapy
Nashwa Hasabou, MD	Inpatient psychiatry
Robert Hubbell, PsyD Director, Psychology Intership Consortium	Outpatient general adult psychotherapy Psychological testing and assessment
Aparna Iyer, MD	Women's mental health Eating disorders Addictions Psychotherapy
Benjamin Mueller, PsyD	Outpatient general adult psychotherapy
Donna Newsome, MD	Outpatient and Consultation-Liaison Child and adolescent psychiatry Depressive disorders in youth Bipolar disorders in youth Autistic spectrum disorders in youth
Portia Pieterse, PhD	Outpatient general psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, families Eating Disorders Children and adults with HIV Trauma
Steven Sandler, MD Director, Child and Adolescent Consultation-Liason Services	Outpatient general child and adult psychiatry Specializes in the practice and teaching of Dynamic Psychotherapy Author of Remembering with Emotion in Dynamic Psychotherapy
Bianca Schaefer, PhD	Outpatient general adult psychotherapy Psychological testing and assessment
Jeanette Sharp, PhD	Inpatient psychotherapy
Robin Tassinari, MD Director, Consultation-Liason Psychiatry Service	Consultation-Liaison psychiatry
Jeff Winseman, MD Director, Student Psychological Services Associate Director, Psychiatry Residency Program	Outpatient general adult psychiatry

Jennifer Eslick, LMSW	Inpatient psychotherapy social work services
Melissa Ficarra, LCSW Clinical Social Worker	General outpatient psychiatry social work services
Kevin Lindsay, LMSW	Inpatient psychotherapy social work services
Carrie Towle, LMSW	Inpatient psychotherapy social work services
Megan Zacher, LMSW Manager, Outpatient Clinic	General outpatient psychiatry social work services