Department of Psychiatry
Instruction in psychiatry is given throughout the medical curriculum. Emphasis is on the teaching of psychiatry as a medical discipline, including the biological, social and psychological mechanisms and manifestations of psychiatric illness as well as psychological reactions to other illnesses. Psychiatric disorders are common and disabling illnesses. An explosion of knowledge resulting from research in neuroscience, genetics and epidemiology is leading to exciting advances in understanding and treating these disorders. Our department is heavily involved in this research, and our didactic curriculum integrates current clinical information with research advances to help students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to recognize these illnesses and understand the basic principles of treatment.
William Greenleaf Eliot Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry offers a varied teaching program for medical students, residents in psychiatry, and fellows at St. Louis Children's Hospital and the Child Psychiatry Center. The center provides outpatient services to children with an array of mental disorders. Trainees are assigned to these various services, where they participate in diagnostic evaluations and see patients in treatment, under the supervision of a fellow and the attending physician.
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Charles F. Zorumski, MD
Department Chair
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Arpana Agrawal, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Virginia Comm University 2004
Aqeeb Ahmad
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Kirsten Gilbert Alberts, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Stanford University 2005
PHD Yale University 2014
Dale J Anderson, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1978
Richard H Anderson, MD, MS, PHD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Saint Louis University 1989
BS Brigham Young University 1982
MS Brigham Young University 1984
PHD Brigham Young University 1986
Andrey P Anokhin, MS, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS Moscow State University 1981
PHD Russia Academy of Science 1987
Scott J Arbaugh, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Saint Louis University 1980
MD Saint Louis University 1985
Ahmad Beheshti Ardekani, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD School Not Listed 1974
Naazia H Azhar, MBA, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Union College New York 2008
MBA Union College New York 2009
MD Albany Medical College 2012
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Michael Roman Banton, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BA Johns Hopkns University Medic 1981
MD Saint Louis University 1985
Vadim Baram
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Bruno Antonio Benitez Viloria, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Universidad Nacional de Columb 2003
Laura J Bierut, MD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Harvard University 1982
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1987
Monica E. Bishop, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of Pennsylvania 1995
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2001
Kevin J. Black, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Radiology
BS Brigham Young University 1986
MD Duke University 1990
Donald David Bohnenkamp, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Saint Louis University 2003
MD Univ of Nebraska Med Center 2007
Marie A. Bosch, PHD, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2015
BS Emory University 2002
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2015
Kelly N Botteron, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
Professor of Radiology
MD University of Kansas Medical 1988
BA University of Kansas 1984
Susan Kathleen Boyer, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Rockhurst College 1988
MD University of Missouri 1993
Robert Harry Brady, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
Adjunct Instructor in Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)
BS University of Notre Dame 1988
MD Tufts University 1995
Kathleen K Bucholz, PHD, MS, MS1
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Yale University 1972
PHD Yale University 1986
MS Yale University 1976
MS1 Yale University 1982
Michael Bunis, BS1, MS PSYC, PSYD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS1 Loyola College 2002
MS PSYC Loyola College 2006
PSYD Loyola College 2010
Joan Rachel Butcher
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
James Byrd, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BS Southeast Missouri St Univers 1987
MD School Not Listed 1991
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Joshua W. Calhoun, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
BS Yale University 1978
MD University of Connecticut 1982
Robert Michael Carney, MS, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
MS School Not Listed 1972
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1978
BA University of MO Columbia 1969
Anil Govind Cashikar, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS Madurai Kamaraj University 1991
BS Bangalore University 1989
PHD Jawaharlal Nehru Univerisity 1997
Patricia A Cavazos-Rehg, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University Texas San Antonio 1998
PHD State University of New York 2004
Mina Charepoo, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA State Univ of NY Buffalo 1997
MD Drexel University 2002
Christopher Charlot, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
BS Washington Univ in St. Louis 2005
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2014
Li-Shiun Chen, MD, M PH, PHS
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD National Taiwan University 1993
M PH John Hopkins University 1995
PHS Johns Hopkins University 1998
Andrew Chirchirillo, PHD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
BA Illinois State University 1973
PHD University of MO St Louis 1981
Paula Jean Clayton
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
William W Clendenin, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Tennessee 1963
David M Conner, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of Oklahoma 1979
MD University of Oklahoma 1983
John Nicholas Constantino, MD
Blanche F Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
Professor of Pediatrics
BA Cornell University 1984
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1988
Charles Richard Conway, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Radiology
MD University of Missouri Columbi 1995
Linda B Cottler, PHD, M PH
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1987
BA Emmanuel College 1977
M PH Boston University 1980
Lucia del Pilar Cristancho Pimiento, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Univ Industrial de Santander 2000
Carlos Cruchaga, MA, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Genetics
Professor of Neurology
MA University of Navarra 2002
PHD University of Navarra 2005
BA University of Navarra 2000
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Mary A Davis, MD
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1952
BA Ohio State University 1947
Jon Todd Dean, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Texas Austin 1987
BA University of Texas Austin 1982
Carie Kollmeyer Dinehart, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Saint Louis University 1999
MD Saint Louis University 2003
Meghan Rose Donohue, PHD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Pending Dean's Approval) (primary appointment)
PHD Georgia St University 2018
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Sarah Ann Eisenstein, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Radiology
PHD University of Georgia 2008
Matthew S Ellis, M PH
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
M PH Washington Univ in St. Louis 2011
BA Rockhurst College 2004
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Nuri Bradford Farber, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1989
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1985
Maria-Victoria Fernandez Hernandez, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS University of Bangor 2007
BS University of Barcelona 2005
PHD University of Gerona 2012
Robert T. Fitzgerald, PHD, MS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
BS Abilene Christian University 1998
PHD Saint Louis University 2012
MS Saint Louis University 2000
Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft, BS1, MS PSYC, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS1 University of Notre Dame 2008
MS PSYC University North Carolina 2010
PHD University of North Carolina 2014
Cynthia Florin, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Grinnell College 1976
MD Columbia University 1984
Kenneth E Freedland, MA, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
BS University of Oregon 1975
MA University of Hawaii 1979
PHD University of Hawaii 1982
Darrin Friesen, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA School Not Listed 1990
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1996
Qiang Fu
Visiting Instructor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Lara A Fuchs
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
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Bridget Mary Galati, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Des Moines Universtiy 2016
BS University of Dayton 2010
Marcie Epstein Garland, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of MO Kansas City 2008
MD University of MO Kansas City 2008
Christina J Gesmundo, PHS
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHS University of the Philippines 2004
Andrea Marie Giedinghagen, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
BA Cornell University 2007
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2013
Luis Giuffra, MS, MD, PHD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS School Not Listed 1983
MS School Not Listed 1985
MD School Not Listed 1986
PHD Yale University 1991
Paul E Glaser, BS1, MS1, MD, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BS1 University of Illinois Chicago 1986
MS1 University of Illinois Chicago 1986
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1996
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1996
Anne L Glowinski, MD, MS
Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD Baylor University 1992
BS University of Houston 1988
MS Washington Univ in St. Louis 2001
Jessica A Gold, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Yale University 2014
BA University of Pennsylvania 2009
MS University of Pennsylvania 2009
Mark Gold, MD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1971
MD University of Florida 1975
David Goldmeier, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1982
BA Dartmouth College 1978
Julia D. Grant, MA, PHD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiarty (primary appointment)
MA Wake Forest University 1993
BA Davidson College 1989
PHD Pennsylvania State University 1997
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Rita N Haddad, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Balamand 2013
Oscar Marcos Harari, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Genetics
MA Universidad del Buenos Aires 1999
BA Universidad del Buenos Aires 1997
PHD University of Granada 2009
Melissa A. Harbit, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of Iowa 1993
MD University of Iowa 1997
Michael P. Harms, PHD, BE
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 2002
BE Rice University 1984
Sarah McConnell Hartz, PHD, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD University of Illinois 2002
MD University of Iowa 2005
BA Knox College 1996
Steven Arthur Harvey, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1988
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1992
Andrew C Heath, PHD
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor of Genetics
BA Oxford University 1979
PHD Oxford University 1983
Tamara G Hershey, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Adjunct Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences (Courtesy)
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Radiology
BA Earlham College 1988
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1996
Barry Allen Hong, PHD, MDI
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry
BA Concordia University 1969
PHD Saint Louis University 1978
MDI Concordia University 1972
James J Hudziak
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
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Laura Ibanez, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA University of Barcelona 2008
BA University of Barcelona 2007
PHD University of Barcelona 2015
BA University of Barcelona 2007
Yukitoshi Izumi, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Yamagata University 1989
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Aleksandar Janca, MD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Michael R Jarvis, MD, PHD, MS
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1985
PHD University of Illinois 1982
BS University of Minnesota 1977
MS University of Illinois 1980
Emma Covey Johnson, MS PSYC, PHD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Pending Dean's Approval) (primary appointment)
MS PSYC University of Colorado Boulder 2016
BS University North Carolina 2013
PHD University of Colorado Boulder 2017
Mark C. Johnson, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Eckerd College 1972
MD University of Kentucky 1980
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Celeste Marie Karch, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD University of Florida 2009
Nicole Renee Karcher, MA, PHD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Pending Dean's Approval) (primary appointment)
MA University of MO Columbia 2012
BA College of William and Mary 2008
PHD University of MO Columbia 2017
Saaid Khojasteh, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD School Not Listed 1981
Neha Navsaria Kirtane, PHD, MA
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Bryn Mawr College 1999
PHD Temple University 2008
MA Columbia University 2003
Valerie S. Knopik, MA, PHD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA University of Colorado Boulder 1998
PHD University of Colorado Boulder 2000
BA Wesleyan College 1994
Maria Kovacs
Visiting Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Alexxai V Kravitz, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
PHD University of Pennsylvania 2019
BA Wesleyan University 2019
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Suzanne Nicole L'Ecuyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Louisville 2016
Rachel Emma Lean, PHD1
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD1 Washington Univ in St. Louis 2015
Eric J Lenze, MD
Wallace and Lucille K Renard Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Anesthesiology
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1994
Shannon N Lenze, MA, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA University of Pittsburgh 2003
PHD University of Pittsburgh 2007
BA University of Urbana IL 1995
Christina Lessov-Schlaggar, PHD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Oregon Health Science Univers 2000
Collins E Lewis, MD, M PH
Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Harvard University 1971
BA Rutgers University 1967
M PH Harvard University 1975
Penelope Alathea Lind
Adjunct Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Joan L Luby, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD Wayne State University 1985
BA Brown University 1981
Federica Lucantonio, D SC
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
D SC University of Maryland 2013
Patrick Joseph Lustman, PHD, MSW
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
PHD Michigan State University 1980
BA University of Illinois 1972
MSW Univ of Wisconsin Madison 1974
Michael T. Lynskey, MS, PHD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS University of Canterbury 1989
BS School Not Listed 1987
PHD School Not Listed 1997
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Pamela A Madden, MS, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of Pittsburgh 1978
MS University of Pittsburgh 1983
PHD University of Pittsburgh 1992
Susan Eileen Maloney, PHD, MA
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of MO St Louis 2003
PHD University of MO St Louis 2012
MA University of MO St Louis 2007
Daniel T. Mamah, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Semmelweis University of Med 1998
Scott Allen Marek, PHD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Pending Dean's Approval) (primary appointment)
PHD University of Pittsburgh 2017
BS John Carroll University 2012
Lauren Ashley Marks, PHS
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHS Washington Univ in St. Louis 2015
Natasha M.V. Marrus, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of Southern Calif 1999
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2007
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2007
BA University of Southern Calif 1999
Nicholas Gordon Martin
Adjunct Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Gregory Warren Mattingly, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1989
BS University of Missouri 1985
Marcia June McCabe, MA, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA University of Missouri 1987
BA Washburn University 1985
PHD University of Missouri 1991
Kimberli McCallum, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BS Brown University 1981
MD Yale University 1986
Vivia Van Dyne McCutcheon, MS, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS Washington Univ in St. Louis 2001
BA Ohio State University 1985
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2005
Steven James Mennerick, PHD
John P Feighner Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology (primary appointment)
Interim Associate Dean for Biology and Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Vice Chair of Research Psychiatry
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1995
BA Earlham College 1988
Jay L Meyer, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1956
MD Saint Louis University 1960
Ruth Huang Miller, BS1, MS1, PHD
Adjunct Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS1 University of Houston 1994
MS1 Rice University 1999
PHD University of Houston 2011
Susan Minchin, MD, PHD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Iowa 1991
PHD University of Iowa 1991
BS Oregon St University 1981
Carrie M Mintz, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2013
BA Harvard University 2005
David M Montani, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1996
BA Harvard University 1991
Erin K Morrison, BA1, DOST
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA1 North Carolina State Universit 2006
DOST Virginia College of Osteopathi 2015
Randi H Mozenter, MA, PHD
Instructor in Clinical Medical Psychology in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1982
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1980
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1989
Emily Hazel Mukherji, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Tufts University 2010
BS Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 2006
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Elliot C Nelson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Illinois 1986
BA Johns Hopkins University 1982
Ginger E. Nicol, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD University of Iowa 2002
BA University of Iowa 1998
Bruce L Nock, MS, PHD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
MS Bucknell University 1975
PHD Rutgers University 1981
BA Elizabethtown College 1969
Kevin K. Noguchi, PHD, MA
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of CA Santa Barbara 1996
PHD University of CA Los Angeles 2003
MA University of CA Los Angeles 1998
Thomas John Nowotny, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Washington Univ in St. Louis 1980
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1985
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Brendan Joseph O'Connor, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Creighton University 2010
BS Creighton University 2006
Kalu Onuma
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Allison Rebecca Optican, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Northeast Ohio Medical U 2016
Akinkunle Owoso, MD, BS1
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of Oklahoma 2003
MD University of Oklahoma 2007
BS1 University of Oklahoma 2003
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Steven Marc Paul, MS, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Neurology
BS Tulane University 1972
MS Tulane University 1975
MD Tulane University 1975
Michele L. Pergadia, PHD, MS
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1991
PHD Finch Univ of Health Sciences 2001
MS Finch Univ of Health Sciences 1997
Michael T Perino, PHD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Univ of IL -Urbana-Champaign 2018
Susan B Perlman, D SC
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
D SC Duke University 2019
Marco Pignatelli, D SC
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
D SC University of Rome 2008
Elizabeth F Pribor, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Saint Louis University 1985
BA Emory University 1981
Rumi Kato Price, PHD, MPE, MA
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD University of California 1988
BA Ochanomizu Univ 1976
MPE Washington Univ in St. Louis 1990
MA University of California 1982
John R. Pruett Jr, PHD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences (Courtesy)
Professor of Radiology
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2000
BA Princeton University 1990
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2000
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John S Rabun, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Tahir Rahman, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Kansas Medical 1995
Alex Taylor Ramsey, PHD, MA
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of Evansville 2008
PHD Southern Illinois U Carbondale 2012
MA Southern Illinois U Carbondale 2010
Diane Rankin, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of Colorado Boulder 1962
MD University of Colorado Boulder 1968
Radhika Rao, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of South Dakota 2001
Syed A Raza, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD School Not Listed 1959
BS Osmania Medical College 1953
Chandrashekar Reddy
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MS PSYC
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD University of Southern Calif 1999
MS PSYC Washington Univ in St. Louis 2006
BS University of CA Davis 1994
Daniel B. Reising
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
John P Rice, MA, PHD
Professor of Mathematics in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Genetics
BA Cornell University 1969
MA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1972
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1975
Cheryl Richards, MA, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Medicine
BS Ohio University 1977
MA University of Illinois 1981
PHD University of Illinois 1987
Thomas F Richardson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Millikin University 1960
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1963
William M Riedesel II, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA University of Rochester 1968
MD Cornell University 1973
Syed T Rizvi
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
John Deno Rogakos, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1995
BS University of Dayton 1990
Cynthia E Rogers, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2005
BA Harvard University 1998
Max S. Rosen, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2015
BS Washington Univ in St. Louis 2010
Eugene Harold Rubin, MD, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences (courtesy)
Vice Chairman for Education, Department of Psychiatry
BA University of Rochester 1971
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1978
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1977
John Conrad Rudersdorf
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
James Rutherford, MD
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Iowa 1980
BA Drake University 1975
Jo-Ellyn M Ryall, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1975
BA Rutgers University 1971
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Frank Scott Saccone, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Brown University 1995
BA Rensselaer Polytechnic Instit 1990
Berette A Salazar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of New Mexico 1982
BA Middlebury College 1973
Carolyn E. Sartor, PHD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Oberlin College 1994
PHD Palo Alto College 2005
MS Catholic University America 1999
Norman Sartorius
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Jeffrey Frank Scherrer, PHD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD Saint Louis University 2004
Jeffrey I Schulman, MBA, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MBA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1988
BA Yale University 1970
MD University of Kentucky 1974
Adelita Segovia Langley
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
Bryan Norbert Sewing, DOST
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Texas Christian University 1991
DOST Kirksville College of Osteopat 1998
Paul W Sheffner, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1974
Barbara Sue Silverstein, PHD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BS University of Missouri 1978
PHD Saint Louis University 1992
MSW Washington Univ in St. Louis 1981
Nathan M Simon, MD, MS
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1955
BS Yale University 1949
MS Yale University 1950
Reed Earl Simpson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Wabash College 1972
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1976
Judith Ann Skala, MA, PHD, RN, RN
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MA Washington Univ in St. Louis 1992
BS Washington Univ in St. Louis 1989
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2001
RN St Louis Community College 1981
RN 1981
Stacey L Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Northwestern University 1986
MD Northwestern University 1991
Timothy Eric Spiegel, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
MD University of Utah 2011
BS Saint Louis University 2006
Afshan Sultana
Instructor in Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
Yun Ju Sung, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
PHD University of Minnesota 2003
Dragan M Svrakic, PHD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD University of Belgrade 1989
MD University of Belgrade 1978
Chad M Sylvester, PHD, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
BS University of Notre Dame 2001
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2009
MD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2009
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Mini Tandon, DOST
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry) (primary appointment)
DOST Kansas Cty Univ Med/Bioscience 2002
BS Truman State University 1997
Alexandre Todorov, M ED, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
M ED Vanderbilt University 1988
BS Vanderbilt University 1985
PHD Louisiana St University 1992
Ludwig Trillo Alvarez, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD Universidad de San Agustin 2005
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Erica J Vance
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Jeffrey A. Vander Kooi, MD
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Iowa 2002
BS University of Iowa 1997
Theresa Nieva Villaflores
Instructor in Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
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Mary C. Waldron, PHD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
PHD University of Virginia 2004
Marysia Weber
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Reuben R Welch II, M ED, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BA Point Loma Nazrene College 1980
M ED University of Missouri 1982
PHD University of Missouri 1988
Michael L Wenzinger, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
MD Eastern Virginia Med School 2014
Diana J Whalen, PHD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS University of Pittsburgh 2005
PHD University of Pittsburgh 2014
PHD University of Pittsburgh 2014
BS University of Pittsburgh 2005
Denise Wilfley, PHD
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Scott Rudolph University Professor
PHD University of Missouri Columbi 1989
Joshua L Wilson
Instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Katie E Wilson, MD1
Instructor in Psychiatry (Child) (primary appointment)
MD1 Wake Forest University 2004
Matthew Stewart Wilson
Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Eric Nicholas Wittrock, DOST
instructor in Psychiatry (primary appointment)
DOST Kansas State University 2011
Edwin D Wolfgram, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MD University of Iowa 1959
BS Iowa State University 1954
Fay Yeh Womer, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
BS Washington Univ in St. Louis 1999
MD University of Connecticut 2003
David F Wozniak, PHD, MA
Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 1984
BA Hobart College 1973
MA Connecticut College 1977
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Carla Marie Yuede, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
PHD University of MO St Louis 2006
Sean H Yutzy
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
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Charles F Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
Head of the Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Neuroscience
BA Saint Louis University 1974
MD Saint Louis University 1978
Jorge Sergio Zwir, MS, BSCS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
MS Universidad del Buenos Aires 1995
BSCS Universidad del Buenos Aires 1991
PHD University of Granada 2001
Psychiatry Research Electives
During the fourth year, opportunities exist for many varieties of advanced clinical or research experiences.
Note to Students: There are always a number of research projects in the Department of Psychiatry. For additional information, contact Dr. Rubin at 314-362-2462.
Andrey Anokhin, PhD
Genetics of the Brain, Behavior and Psychopathology
Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) Building
660 S. Euclid Ave., Suite 1
Phone: 314-286-2201
andrey@wustl.edu
This research elective is intended for students interested in cognitive neuroscience, biological psychiatry, and behavior genetics. Dr. Anokhin's laboratory investigates the links between genes, brain and behavior in order to better understand the complex etiology of mental disorders. Our major focus is on the externalizing spectrum of psychopathology characterized by deficits in inhibitory self-regulation and related psychopathologies, including ADHD, conduct disorder and addictive behaviors. We are particularly interested in the intermediate phenotypes (endophenotypes) mediating genetic risk for addiction, such as impulsivity, risk taking, and abnormal reward processing. In our laboratory-based studies with human volunteers, including twins, we investigate individual differences in brain activity using the recording of brain oscillations (event-related brain potentials) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). For example, an ongoing longitudinal study of adolescent twins explores the developmental and genetic determinants of brain activity related to reward and punishment processing, inhibitory control of behavior, and risk taking to identify prospective predictors of substance abuse and associated behavioral problems. In another ongoing study, we examine twins who are discordant for adolescent marijuana use in order to identify the consequences of substance abuse for the brain, cognition and emotion and to distinguish them from preexisting risk factors. Interested students will be able to learn a variety of methods used in these studies, such as the recording and analysis of neural activity, including electroencephalogram (EEG) and event-related brain potentials (ERPs), MRI scanning, startle response, autonomic measures, the administration of neuropsychological and behavioral tests, and the statistical analysis of data. The format of this research elective may include the following: (1) directed reading; (2) participation in laboratory experiments involving human subjects; (3) analysis of existing data from various research projects; and (4) designing and piloting new behavioral experiments. Qualifications include reliability and responsibility, the ability to commit a specified amount of time per week and to work a schedule that can be negotiated on an individual basis, and good computer skills.
Deanna M. Barch, PhD
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience of Schizophrenia and Depression
4525 Scott Avenue, Suite 1153K
Phone: 314-747-2160
Students may participate in the conduct of clinical studies of schizophrenia and depression. Involvement in clinical studies can include training and experience in interviewing psychiatric patients, or it may involve gaining experience in the techniques of assessing cognitive and emotional function using behavioral and brain imaging methods.
Laura Jean Bierut, MD
Maternity Building
Phone: 314-362-2544
This research elective will focus on analyzing data from high-risk studies of smoking and other addictions. Students will have the opportunity to examine genetic and environmental factors that place some individuals at risk for developing nicotine, alcohol and other substance dependence and that protect others from the development of these disorders.
Kevin J. Black, MD
4525 Scott Ave., Room 2205
Phone: 314-362-5041
kevin@wustl.edu
Students will participate in ongoing studies of brain imaging, movement disorders or neuropsychiatric illnesses. Degree of participation will relate to the student's available research time, skills and interest. Visit the laboratory's webpage for examples of past research.
Ginger E. Nicol, MD
Taylor Avenue Building, Suite 121
Phone: 314-362-5154
We are part of the Healthy Mind Lab in the department of psychiatry, and our clinical research broadly focuses on increasing longevity and quality of life in children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Our specific projects focus primarily on obesity treatment and prevention, and they include clinical and genetic studies of psychotropic medications known to cause weight gain, like antipsychotic agents. We are interested in developing and testing medication-assisted psychotherapies with agents like ketamine and psilocybin for weight management and disordered eating. We also employ mobile health (mHealth) tools for collecting data and for delivering healthy lifestyle and behavioral weight loss treatments, and we use precision functional brain mapping to study individual, brain-based mechanisms of illness and treatment response. This elective offers the student a broad exposure to clinical research protocols, including protocols in adults and children. Students will have an opportunity to focus on a particular project of interest.
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M85 Psych 676A Diseases of the Nervous System: Psychiatry
This course will emphasize the diagnosis of major psychiatric illnesses in adults and children. Psychiatric diseases will be described in terms of epidemiology, clinical presentations, natural history, genetics, differential diagnosis and clinical management. Biological and psychological influences on these diseases will be presented. Interviewing techniques and performance of the mental status exam will be demonstrated by patient interviews.
Credit 44 units.
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M85 Psych 770 Psychiatry Clerkship
Students spend three weeks on the inpatient psychiatry service of Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the main campus unit. Students evaluate and treat patients with psychiatric illness under the supervision of house staff and an attending physician. Students are also assigned for one week at either an ambulatory treatment site or an inpatient consult-liaison service. There is also an opportunity for students to gain exposure to emergency psychiatric services in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital emergency department. The clerkships includes required attendance at teaching conferences, including small-group sessions with WUSM clinical faculty and upper-level psychiatry residents. Students are responsible for completing learning exercises and other assignments.
Credit 154 units.
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M85 Psych 771 Ambulatory Clerkship: Psychiatry for Generalists
Up to 2 students may elect to pursue their ambulatory medicine selective through the psychiatry department. Students participate in clinical duties depending on assigned locations, which can include the BJH adult psychiatry clinic, a community mental health center, the Wash U child and adolescent psychiatry clinic, and both the adult and child psychiatry consultation services. Students will also submit a written review of a relevant clinical topic of their choice. There are no call obligations at any clinical site.
Credit 77 units.
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M85 Psych 805 Psychiatry Consult Subinternship
Students spend four weeks on the psychiatry consult service at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Under the supervision of house staff and attending physicians, students participate in the evaluation and collaborative management of inpatients on medical and surgical units for a broad range of psychiatric and behavioral concerns. They learn about the intersection between psychiatry and other medical specialties and important skills for collaborative patient care. Students attend departmental conferences and other educational sessions, and they also prepare and present a clinical topical review of their choice
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M85 Psych 810 Outpatient Community Psychiatry
This elective will provide the student with a significant outpatient experience in Psychiatry. Students will be paired with a Resident physician and have exposure to two adult clinics and one child clinic over the course of the rotation. Students will observe and assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the clinic setting. Students will also attend scheduled lectures and conferences over the course of the rotation relevant to outpatient Psychiatry. During the elective, the student will learn about the outpatient presentations of psychiatric disorders, a variety of treatment techniques (psychotherapy and psychopharmacology), and general principles of outpatient clinical management.
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M85 Psych 836 Inpatient Psychiatry Subinternship
This is a senior rotation that provides the students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge of inpatient clinical psychiatry by functioning as interns. Students attend all staffing and teaching conferences given to first-year psychiatry residents, take patients in rotation, and share night call with first-year residents approximately every fifth night. Immediate supervision is provided by the inpatient attending, and additional supervision can be arranged as desired. Teaching emphasis is directed toward psychiatric diagnosis, appropriate use of psychopharmacologic agents, psychotherapeutic intervention, use of community resources and pursuit of the psychiatric scientific literature. The student will write a self-selected clinical topic relevant to treatment and management of psychiatric inpatients.
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M85 Psych 840 Child Psychiatry
This elective in child psychiatry utilizes the Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and the consult-liaison service at St. Louis Children's Hospital. It provides experience in age-appropriate diagnostic and treatment methods in children and adolescents. A portion of your time may be spent on the inpatient behavioral unit at Saint Louis Children's if interested and if circumstances permit. A paper on a topic of the student's choosing is required.
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M85 Psych 844 Forensic Psychiatry
The medical student will be actively involved in many aspects of forensic psychiatry including civil litigation, workman's compensation, malpractice, civil commitment, and guardianship. There may be opportunities to be involved in criminal forensic issues. The rotation is primarily self-directed but the student will work with several faculty within the Department of Psychiatry but will primarily meet with the Course Director a minimum of two hours per week. They will also work with The City of St Louis Probate Court. The student will also be assigned readings of landmark cases, textbooks, psychiatric expert opinions, legal filing with the probate court and attend civil hearings. The student will learn relevant criminal statutes regarding competency and civil commitment, causation in civil litigation, the concept of medical malpractice and risk assessment of violence and suicide. There may be the opportunity to witness sexually violent predator evaluations and/or treatment. The student will be required to research and write an opinion on a specific approved topic in forensic psychiatry. The objectives will be measured by attendance and by formal evaluation of the student's participation and knowledge during the supervision discussion. It will also be determined by the originality, thoroughness, and quality of the research paper.
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M85 Psych 880 Schizophrenia Precursors & Prodomal States
This is an opportunity for trainees to gain experience in the evaluation of children and adolescents who may be at high risk for schizophrenia. The rotation would center around the "First Contact Assessment Service", which evaluates patients who show characteristics suggestive of prodromal schizophrenia (such as new-onset attenuated psychotic symptoms along with recent deterioration in functioning) and/or early life characteristics that may indicate risk for developing schizophrenia later in life (for example, nonspecific social/emotional/behavioral symptoms in a child/adolescent with a strong family history of schizophrenia). Since the full symptoms of schizophrenia are often preceded by a wide range of childhood behavioral and developmental abnormalities, this rotation would also help trainees integrate information regarding the continuity between childhood development and adult psychopathology. Trainee would observe all aspects of First Contact evaluations (including semi-structured diagnostic interviews and examination of subtle neurological signs), participate in case discussions, and observe follow-up consultations involving patients with psychotic and/or complex neurodevelopmental disorders. Trainee would also be required to write a literature review on a topic relevant to the rotation.
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M85 Psych 900 Research Elective: Psychiatry
Research opportunities may be available. If interested, please contact the Department of Psychiatry.
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