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Faculty

Leadership

Faculty Title/Role
Robert Shulman, MD
Acting Chairman
Director, Mental Health Service Line
John Burns, PhD Vice Chair, Research
Sheila Dowd, PhD Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs
Madeleine Shalowitz, MD, MBA Vice Chair, Innovation
Neha Gupta, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MD Vice Chair, Education and Training
Residency Training Director
Division Chief, Ambulatory Adult Psychiatry
Sandra Swantek, MD Director, Section of Geriatric Psychiatry
Gail Basch, MD Director, Section of Addiction Medicine
Louis Kraus, MD
Director, Section of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, Section of Psychiatry and the Law
Joyce Corsica, PhD
Division Chief, Health and Neuropsychology
Neeral Sheth, DO
Director, Psychiatry Clerkship
Joseph Beck, MD  Division Chief, Hospital Psychiatry
Katrina Burns, MD

Interim Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Associate Director, Psychiatry Clerkship

 

Academic Centers of Excellence

Autism Assessment, Research and Treatment Services (AARTS) Center

Faculty Title/Role
Director, Autism Assessment, Research and Treatment Services Center
Lisa Yeh, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Research Director, AARTS Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress

Faculty Title/Role
Robert Shulman, MD Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress
Sheila Dowd, PhD Associate Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress

 

Mood Disorders Program

Faculty Title/Role
Director, Woman's Board Depression Treatment Research Center
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Patricia Meaden, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

Neuropsychology Research Program

Faculty Title/Role
Eileen Martin, PhD Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

Psychosis Early Intervention Program

Faculty Title/Role
Christine Hooker, PhD Director, Psychosis Early Intervention Program

 

The Road Home Program: The National Center of Excellence for Veterans and Their Families

Faculty Title/Role
Robert Shulman, MD Director, Road Home Program
Sheila Dugan, MD Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Jennifer Edidin, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Philip Held, PhD Research Director, Road Home Program
Ravi Kasi, MD Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Brian Klassen, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Blake Schroedter, PsyD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neeral Sheth, DO Associate Medical Director, Road Home Program

 

Clinical Services

West Campus Resident & Faculty Clinical Practice (2150 W. Harrison)

Faculty Title/Role
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MD Director, Outpatient Clinical Services
Gail Basch, MD, FASAM Director, Dual Diagnosis Clinic
Judith Badner, MD  

 

Westgate Faculty Clinical Practice (1645 W. Jackson, Suite 600)

Faculty Title/Role
Sheila Dowd, PhD Director, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program
Sarthak Misra, MD  
Kelly Rhodes, MD  
William Scheftner, MD Psychopharmacology
Mervat Sha’ini, MD Women's Mental Health, Psychopharmacology
Robert Shulman, MD Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychiatry

 

Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT)

Inpatient Services

Faculty Title/Role
Jenna Nikolaides, MD Director, Substance Use Intervention Team 
Director of Medical Toxicology
Assistant Professor
Nicholas Chien, MD Assistant Professor 
Addiction Medicine Physician
Antonia Nemanich, MD Assistant Professor 
Addiction Medicine Physician
Medical Toxicology 
Brian Bush, MD  Addiction Medicine Physician

 

Outpatient Clinic (1611 W. Harrison, Suite 106-B)

Faculty Title/Role
Jenna Nikolaides, MD Director, Substance Use Intervention Team 
Director of Medical Toxicology
Assistant Professor

 

 

Inpatient services

Faculty Title/Role
William Scheftner, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Robert Shulman, MD Medical Director, 8 North JRB (Adult Unit)

 

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service 

Faculty Title/Role
Katrina Burns, MD Interim Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, Program Director Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program     
Joseph Beck, MD  Interim Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Division Chief Hospital Psychiatry 
Jonathan Kaplan, MD  Assistant Division Chief, Integrated Behavioral Health and Collaborative Care, Medical Director Cancer Psychiatry 
Aniruddha Deka, MD 

Medical Director, Transplant Psychiatry 

 

Rush Day Hospital

Faculty Title/Role
Cheryl Siegall, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC Director, Rush Day Hospital
Peter Fink, MD Medical Director. Rush Day Hospital

 

Geriatric Psychiatry Program

Faculty Title/Role
Sandra Swantek, MD Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Program
Benedict Gierl, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Robyn Golden, LCSW Director, Population Health & Aging
Lance Holemon, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
K. Ranga Krishnan, MB, ChB
Chief Executive Officer, Rush University System for Health

 

Education Program

Faculty Title/Role
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MD Director, General Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Neeral Sheth, DO Director, Medical Student Education
Gail Basch, MD, FASAM Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Rosario Cosme, MD Director, Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program
Katrina Burns, MD Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program

 

Affiliated Faculty

Stephanie Cavanaugh, MD Ira Halper, MD Michael Moreno, MD
Laurel Clark, MD Charles Jaffe, MD Robin Shapiro, MD
Suzanne Cooperman, MD Zachary Kordik, MD Thanh Thai, MD
Michael Easton, MD Andrew Kulik, MD Carl Wahlstrom, MD
James Fisch, MD Mark Levey, MD Burgess Wilson, MD
Mitchell Glazer, MD Daniel Levin, MD  
Linda Gruenberg, DO Bonnie Litowitz, PhD