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Faculty

Leadership

FacultyTitle/Role
Robert Shulman, MD
Acting Chairman
Director, Mental Health Service Line
John Burns, PhDVice Chair, Research
Sheila Dowd, PhDVice Chair, Faculty Affairs
Madeleine Shalowitz, MD, MBAVice Chair, Innovation
Neha Gupta, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MDVice Chair, Education and Training
Residency Training Director
Division Chief, Ambulatory Adult Psychiatry
Sandra Swantek, MDDirector, Section of Geriatric Psychiatry
Gail Basch, MDDirector, 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, MDInterim Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Associate Director, Psychiatry Clerkship

 

Academic Centers of Excellence

Autism Assessment, Research and Treatment Services (AARTS) Center

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

 

Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress

FacultyTitle/Role
Robert Shulman, MDDirector, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress
Sheila Dowd, PhDAssociate Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress

 

Mood Disorders Program

FacultyTitle/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

FacultyTitle/Role
Eileen Martin, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

Psychosis Early Intervention Program

FacultyTitle/Role
Christine Hooker, PhDDirector, Psychosis Early Intervention Program

 

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Robert Shulman, MDDirector, Road Home Program
Sheila Dugan, MDAssociate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Jennifer Edidin, PhDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Philip Held, PhDResearch Director, Road Home Program
Ravi Kasi, MDAssistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Brian Klassen, PhDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Blake Schroedter, PsyDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neeral Sheth, DOAssociate Medical Director, Road Home Program

 

Clinical Services

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MDDirector, Outpatient Clinical Services
Gail Basch, MD, FASAMDirector, Dual Diagnosis Clinic
Judith Badner, MD 

 

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Sheila Dowd, PhDDirector, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program
Sarthak Misra, MD 
Kelly Rhodes, MD 
William Scheftner, MDPsychopharmacology
Mervat Sha’ini, MDWomen's Mental Health, Psychopharmacology
Robert Shulman, MDPsychopharmacology, Neuropsychiatry

 

Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT)

Inpatient Services

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

 

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Jenna Nikolaides, MDDirector, Substance Use Intervention Team 
Director of Medical Toxicology
Assistant Professor

 

 

Inpatient services

FacultyTitle/Role
William Scheftner, MDAssociate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Robert Shulman, MDMedical Director, 8 North JRB (Adult Unit)

 

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service 

FacultyTitle/Role
Katrina Burns, MDInterim 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

FacultyTitle/Role
Cheryl Siegall, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BCDirector, Rush Day Hospital
Peter Fink, MDMedical Director. Rush Day Hospital

 

Geriatric Psychiatry Program

FacultyTitle/Role
Sandra Swantek, MDDirector, Geriatric Psychiatry Program
Benedict Gierl, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Robyn Golden, LCSWDirector, Population Health & Aging
Lance Holemon, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
K. Ranga Krishnan, MB, ChB
Chief Executive Officer, Rush University System for Health

 

Education Program

FacultyTitle/Role
Senada Bajmakovic-Kacila, MDDirector, General Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Neeral Sheth, DODirector, Medical Student Education
Gail Basch, MD, FASAMDirector, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Rosario Cosme, MDDirector, Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program
Katrina Burns, MDDirector, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program

 

Affiliated Faculty

Stephanie Cavanaugh, MDIra Halper, MDMichael Moreno, MD
Laurel Clark, MDCharles Jaffe, MDRobin Shapiro, MD
Suzanne Cooperman, MDZachary Kordik, MDThanh Thai, MD
Michael Easton, MDAndrew Kulik, MDCarl Wahlstrom, MD
James Fisch, MDMark Levey, MDBurgess Wilson, MD
Mitchell Glazer, MDDaniel Levin, MD 
Linda Gruenberg, DOBonnie Litowitz, PhD