Department Leadership

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, Medical Student Education

Academic Centers of Excellence

Autism Assessment, Research and Treatment Services (AARTS) Center

Faculty	Title/Role
Louis Kraus, MD	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
Allie Wainer, PhD	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
John Zajecka, MD	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

Inpatient services

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

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	Medical Student Education

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