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Faculty

Leadership

FacultyTitle/Role
Neha Gupta, MD
Acting Co-Chairman
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Sheila Dowd, PhD
Acting Co-Chairman
Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs
John Burns, PhDVice Chair, Research
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
Latha Soorya, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Research Director, AARTS Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Jennifer Coleman, PhD, MAClinical Director, Road Home Program
Associate Professor
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, PhDAssociate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Blake Schroedter, PsyDAssociate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Sam Polhemus, MDMedical Director, Road Home Program
Assistant Professor

 

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, MDAssociate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 
Mervat J. Sha'ini, MDDirector, Women's Mental Health 
Assistant Professor

 

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

FacultyTitle/Role
Sheila Dowd, PhDDirector, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program
Sarthak Misra, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Kelly Rhodes, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Mervat Sha’ini, MDWomen's Mental Health, Psychopharmacology
Dolapo Oseni, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Sam Polhemus, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

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
Lance Holemon, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Kelly Rhodes, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Sarthak Misra, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Dolapo Oseni, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

 

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
Mohammed Siddiqui, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Robyn Golden, LCSWDirector, Population Health & Aging

 

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
Tanya R. Sorrell, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAANDirector, Substance Use Disorder - Center of Excellence 
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences