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Division Directors

Arthur I. Alterman, PhD
Research Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Martin Cheatle, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Anna Rose Childress, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

James W. Cornish, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Charles A. Dackis, MD
Associate Professor in Psychiatry

Kyle M. Kampman, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Kevin Lynch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry at the VAMC

James R. McKay, PhD
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

A. Thomas McLellan, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

David S. Metzger, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Social Policy in Psychiatry

Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry

David W. Oslin, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Laura Peoples, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Helen M. Pettinati, PhD
Research Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

George Woody, MD
Professor of Psychiatry


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CSA Faculty

Isabelle Arndt, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Marc Auriacombe, MD, MSc

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Steven Belenko, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Lois Benishek, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor Psychology in Psychiatry

Bruce Berg, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Henry Bleier, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

John S. Cacciola, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

E. Cabrina Campbell, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Deni Carise, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Stanley Caroff, MD
Professor of Psychiatry at VAMC

Nina Chychula, PhD, RNC
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Donna M. Coviello, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Vasant Dhopesh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Michelle Drapkin, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

William D. Dundon, PhD
Lecturer B

Ronald Ehrman, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

David Festinger, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Teresa Franklin, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Gregg Gorton, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Anita Hole, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Kimberly Kirby, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Evgeny Krupitsky, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

James Kurtz, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Daniel D. Langleben, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

John Listerud, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the VAMC

Iraj Maany, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Scott Mackler, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry

Douglas Marlowe, JD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Laura McNicholas, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Roger E. Meyer, MD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

Benjamin Nordstrom, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor Psychiatry

Flavio Pechansky, MD, MSc, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Richard Ross, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the VAMC

Katy Ruckdeschel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the VAMC

Margaret Rukstalis, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the VAMC

Steven Sayers, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the VAMC

Annie Steinberg, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at CHOP

Kenneth Sullivan, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at VAMC

Deborah Van Horn, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Robert Weinrieb, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Robert Wolman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

David Zanis, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Welfare in Psychiatry

Edwin Zvartau, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry


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Key Staff Bios

Louise Epperson, MSN, CRNP

Gail Kaempf, MSN (Nsg Ed), CRNP


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