Faculty
Richard Amar, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: richard.amar@va.gov
Farooq Amin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: famin@emory.edu
Peter Ash, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Psychiatry and Law Service
Phone: 404-727-3973
Email: pash01@emory.edu
Research Interests: child forensic psychiatry
David Baltzell, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111
Email: baltzel.david@va.gov
Research Interests:
Golden Barnett, III, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: golden.barnett@emory.eduGregory Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 404 727-2556
Email: gberns@emory.edu
Research Interests: Relationship of neural systems to
behavior in people with substance abuse.Elisabeth Binder, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: ebinder@emory.edu
Joseph Bishop, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: joseph.bishop@va.gov
Research Interests:
Robert Bonsall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404 712-9853
Email: rbonsal@emory.edu
Research Interests: Biochemistry of steroid receptors in the brain;
neurochemistry and endocrinology of mental illness
William Boyer, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: wboyer@emory.edu
Rebekah Bradley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-7498Email: rbradl2@emory.edu
James N. Brawner, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Email: jbrawne@emory.edu
J. Douglas Bremner, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Emory Center for Positron Emission Tomography
Other Affiliations: Radiology
Phone: 404 712 0108
Frank Brown, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Hospital Medical Director--Wesley Woods Hospital
Phone: 404-728-6690
Email: sdpfwb@emory.edu
Dragana Bugarski, M.D.Dragana Bugarski-Kirola
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-2844
Email: dragana_burgarski-kirola@bus.emory.edu
Michael Burke, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone:404-321-6111
Email: mburke2@emory.edu
Jennifer Casarella, M.D.
Assistant Professor,Addiction Psychiatrist practicing at the Atlanta VAMC-
Medical Director of the Opioid Agonist Therapy Clinic.
Research Interests: Clinical trials and health services in treatment
of substance use disorders.
Email: jennifer.casarella@va.gov
Marianne Celano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404 616-2221
Email: mcelano@emory.edu
Research Interests: Child psychiatry, treatment of child sexual
abuse victims and their families, pediatric asthma,
Claire Coles, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-712-9814
Email: ccoles@emory.edu
Marietta Collins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-4756
Email: mcollin@emory.edu
Research Interests: Minority mental health, pediatric sickle
cell disease, adolescent substance abuse
Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404-778-1486
Email: mcompto@emory.edu
Shannon Croft, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-3886
Email: scrof01@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Miles Crowder, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-5157
Email: mcrowde@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Nancy B. D’Abadie, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: ndabadi@emory.edu
Michael Davis, Ph.D.
Robert W. Woodruff Professor
Phone: 404-727-3591
Email: mdavis4@emory.eduMary Lynn Dell, MD, M.T.S, Th.M.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: mary.Dell@emoryhealthcare.org
Phone: 404-712-4820
Marina Demetrashvili, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-7279828
Email: mdeme@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Arden Dingle, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Training Director
Phone: 404-727-3886
Email: adingle@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Barbara D'Orio, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: bdorio@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Karen Drexler, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesDirector, Addiction Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Director, Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
Phone: 404-321-6111
Email: karen.drexler@va.gov
Research Interests:Include neuroimaging of craving in and
treatment effect in substance use disorders.Erica Duncan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111, ext 7532
Email: erica.duncan@va.govResearch Interests: schizophrenia, electrophysiology,
dopamine, glutamate, cocaine abuse
Henry Eddleman III, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: hceddle@emory.edu
Glenn Egan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-4482
Email: sdpge@emory.edu
Research Interests: Brain activity during psychological tests
Arthur Falek, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phone: 404-712-9828
Email: psychaf@emory.edu
Eugene Farber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-6862
Email: efarber@emory.edu
Research Interests: Psychological/Psychiatric aspects of HIV/AIDS
Scott Firestone, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-686-8424
Email: sfirest@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Bernard Frankel, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Phone: 404-778-5231
Email: Bernard.frankel@emoryhealthcare.org
Research Interests: 1. Delirium 2. Effectiveness of
teaching techniques in C-L psychiatry
Andrew Furman, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Chief of Service at Grady
Phone: 404-778-3487
Email: afurman@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Susan Gantt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-261-5559
Email: sgantt@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Steven Garlow, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404 727-3116
Email: sgarlow@emory.edu
Robert Gerardi, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesLawrence Giustra, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404-616-4444
Email: lgiustr@emory.edu
Nassir Ghaemi, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-778-5196
Email: nghaemi@emory.edu
Susan Glover, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111
Email: susan.glover@va.gov
Research Interests: Evolutionary biology; geriatric psychiatryAlberto Gonzalez, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: alberto.gonzalez@va.gov
Research Interests:
Deepa Gopalakrishnan, M.D.
Associate Professor
Email: dgopala@emory.edu
Vanessa Gordon-Brown, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: vgordo2@emory.edu
Research Interests:
R. Grant, Jr., M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: rgran01@emory.eduJohn Griffin, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: john_griffin@emoryhealthcare.org
Research Interests:
Patrick Haggard, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-2324
Email: pjhagga@emory.edu
Christine Heim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-5835
Email: cmheim@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neurobiology of stress, depression and
anxiety; psychobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome
Sarah Herbert, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: sherber@emory.eduKaren Hochman, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404-616-1834
Email: khochma@emory.edu
Bernard Holland, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: bholl01@emory.eduPaul Holtzheimer, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Wesley Woods Health Center
Emory University
(404) 728-6302 [phone]
(404) 728-6269 [fax]
Email: Paul.Holtzheimer@emoryhealthcare.orgKaren Howell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 404-712-9829
Email: khowell@emory.edu
Leonard Howell, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Pharmacology
Phone: 404 727-7786
Email: leonard@rmy.emory.edu
Research Interests: Behavioral neuropharmacology of CNS
stimulants in nonhuman primates.
Steven Jaffe, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: sjaffe@emory.edu
Jack Jarvis, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: jjarv01@emory.edu
Rita Jewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Coordinator of Clinical Research Geriatrics
Phone: 404-728-6414
Email: rjewart@emory.edu
Research Interests: Cognitive Impairment in
Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
Natasha Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: njohns7@emory.eduNadine Kaslow, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief Psychologist
Other Affiliations: Pediatrics
Phone: 404-616-4757
Email: nkaslow@emory.edu
Research Interests: child psychopathology, pediatric
psychology, depression & suicide, family violence, women's health
Clint Kilts, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Affiliate Scientist, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Phone: 404 727-8262
Email: sdpcdk@emory.edu
Research Interests: Mechanisms and pharmacological
treatment of drug addiction and schizophrenia.
Becky Kinkead, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-6120
Email: bkinkea@emory.edu
Research Interests: The role of peptides in psychiatric disorders
Ray Kotwicki, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-9166
Email: Raymond.kotwicki@emory.edu
interests: Health policy, community psychiatry, interface of politics and health care, public health, medical education, gay/lesbian/transgendered mental health, and culturally competent health care deliveryBettina Knight, R.N.
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-8964
Email: bknight@emory.edu
Research Interests: Research Nurse/Study Coordinator for the
Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program
Erica Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-1876
Email: ericalee1@netzero.net
Research Interests
Carol Levy, M.A.
Senior Associate, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: clevy@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Steven Levy, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-0397
Email: slevy02@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Mary Ellen Lynch, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Phone: 712-9815
Email: mlynch@emory.edu
William McDonald, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of the Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression
Phone: 404-728-6302
Email: wmcdona@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neuroanatomy and clinical features
of geriatric mood disorders
Gail McGee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Pediatrics
Phone: 404-727-8350
Email: gmcgee@emory.edu
Research Interests:
John Madden, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: jmadden@emory.eduHelen Mayberg M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-6470
Email: hmayber@emory.edu
Rosalind Mance, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Email: rmance@emory.edu
Laura Mee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: 404-315-2303
Email: laura.mee@choa.org
Andrew Miller, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Laboratory of Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions
Phone: 404 727-8260
Email: amill02@emory.edu
Research Interests: Glucocorticoids as mediators of interactions
between the CNS and the immune system.
Elizabeth Mixson, M.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-728-8235
Email: emixson@emory.edu
J. David Moore, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Residency Director
Phone: 404-727-0386
Email: jdmoore@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Chris Muly, M.D., Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-9603
Email: cmuly@emory.edu
Dominique Musselman, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Winship Cancer Institute
Phone: 404-727-8270
Email: dmussel@emory.edu
Research Interests: neuroendocrinology, anxiety and
moood disorders, cancer, heart disease
Manorenji Naidu, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111
Email: mano_inaidu@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Reunette W. Harris Professor
Phone: 404 727-8382
Email: cnemero@emory.edu
Research Interests: Effects of psychopharmacological
agents on brain neuropeptide systems.
Donald Newport, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-778-2524
Email: dnewpor@emory.edu
Research Interests: women's mental health pregnancy
postpartum neuroendocrinology
Yanire Nieves, M.D.
Phone: 417-5380
Email: yanire.nieves@va.gov
Clinical Director, Mental Health, Primary Care Clinic
Fionan O'Grofia, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: griofa.fionan@atlanta.va.gov
Research Interests:
Opal Ousley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-8235
Email: opal.ousley@emory.eduMichael Owens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology
Phone: 404 727-4059
Email: mowens@emory.edu
Research Interests: Interactions between neuropeptides
and clinically efficacious psychotropic drugs; neuropsychopharmacology.
Guiseppe Pagnoni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 4047128431
Email: gpagnon@emory.edu
Research Interests: Human brain imaging (fMRI)
Paul Plotsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
SmithKline Beecham Professor
Other Affiliations: Cell Biology, Yerkes Regional Primate Center
Phone: 404 727-8258
Email: pplotsky@emory.edu
David Purselle, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-0104
Email: david.purselle@va.gov
Research Interests:
Donald Rainnie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Medicine
Phone: 404 712-9714
Email: drainni@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neurophysiological mechanisms
underlying emotional aspects of cognition in the CNS.
Charles Raison, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: (404) 712-8800
Email: craison@emory.edu
Research Interests: Physiological causes of depression in the
medically ill
David Ready, Ph.D
VA Medical Center- Atlanta
Phone:(404) 321-6111, ext. 7082
Email:David.Ready@va.gov
Svathi Reddy, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-686-4411
Email: smreddy@emory.eduKerry Ressler, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Trauma Clinic, Fulton County Mental Health System
Phone: 404-727-7739
Email: kressle@emory.edu
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of fear learning
and translational research on mechanisms underlying PTSD.
Jose Riefkohl, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111
Email: jriefkohl@hotmail.com
Research Interests:
Phyllis Rosen, M.A.
Senior Associate
Phone: 404-616-3459
Email: prosen@emory.edu
Jill Rosenberg, M.A.
Research Associate Sr.
Phone: 404-778-4367
Email: jrosen8@emory.edu
Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Phone: 404-778-3875
Email: brothba@emory.edu
Research Interests: treatment of anxiety and
depressive disorders
Aida Sadivia, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-321-6111
Research Interests:
Mar Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Other Affiliations: Yerkes Regional Primate Center
Phone: 404-7122393
Email: sanchez@rmy.emory.edu
Research Interests: Effects that adverse early experiences
have on development of primates.
Ann Schwartz, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: aschwa2@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Beth Seelig, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Psychoanalytic Institute
Phone: 404-727-5886
Email: bseelig@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Perry Seese, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-4758
Email: pseese@emory.edu
Research Interests:
David Shafer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Advisor, Sequencing & microarray core facility
Phone: 404-712-9831, 404-843-0502
Email: davidshafer@mediaone.net
Research Interests: Gene probe and reporter
technologies for gene detection and microarrays
Sanjay Sharma, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: sshar02@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Zachary Stowe, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: zstowe@emory.edu
Research Interests:
K.V. Thrivikraman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-727-1347
Email: kthrivi@emory.edu
Research Interests: Stress, brain plasticity and
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation
Larry Tune, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Program Director, Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry
Phone: 404-728-4969
Email: ltune@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Bandupriya Vidanagama, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
medical director florida hall
Phone: 404-778-3451
Email: bvidana@emory.edu
Research Interests:
David Walker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: dlwalke@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neurobiology of Learning,
Memory, Fear and Anxiety
Carol Webb, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-4874
Email: cwebb@emory.edu
Jay Weiss, Ph.D.
Jenny C. Adams Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jenny C. Adams Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404 712-9771
Email: jweis01@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neuroimmunology; interaction of immune
system with brain and behavior.
Charles West, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404 712-9770
Email: cwest@emory.edu
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms of goal
directed behavior; models of depression and drug abuse.
Neil Whicker, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 404-616-5578
Email: nwhicke@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Stephanie Winn, M.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: sswinn@emory.edu
Keith Wood, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: kwood01@emory.edu
Jennifer Wootten, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director, Florida Hall
Phone: 404-616-4444
Email: jwootte@emory.edu
Research Interests:
Fredrick Wu, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: fwu2@emory.eduLawrence Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesEmail: lyoun03@emory.edu
Raymond Young, M.D.
Asst Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Email: ryoung2@emory.edu
Stuart Zola, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Phone: 404 727-7707
Email: szola@rmy.emory.edu
Research Interests: Brain mechanisms important
for learning, memory, and emotion in humans and animals.
Doris Zumpe, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: dzumpe@learnlink.emory.edu
Research Interests: Identifying, in male and female
primates, the effects of hormones on the motivational states
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