Our Faculty & Leadership Team
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Department Leadership
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)
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
Addiction 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
Elizabeth J. Santos
Chief of Clinical Service
Anton Pjetur Porsteinsson
Co-Chief of Academic Affairs
Kevin Brazill
Co-Chief of Clinical Service
Kirk Harris
Co-Chief of Clinical Service
Marsha Wittink
Chief of Academic Affairs
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