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Mark J. Ehrenreich, MD

Academic Title:

Associate Professor

Primary Appointment:

Psychiatry

Administrative Title:

Chief of Education, Department of Psychiatry

Additional Title:

Chief of Education, Department of Psychiatry, Director of the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Location:

701 W. Pratt Street, Room 476

Phone (Primary):

410-328-6325

Fax:

410-328-1212

Education and Training

  • Welesyan University, BA, Biology-Psychology (joint major), summa cum laude, 1980
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD, cum laude, 1985
  • University of Maryland Medical System, Residency in Psychiatry, 1985 - 1989

Biosketch

Dr. Ehrenreich is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he was a member of the Combined Accelerated Program in Psychiatry (CAPP). He completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Maryland Psychiatry residency program. After residency, he joined the University of Maryland faculty as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist. He served as the Director of the Consultation Liaison Division for 25 years and as such he expanded the service to include specialized consultation services to the organ transplant programs, the cancer center, the endocrinology clinic, a vocational rehabilitation service, an HIV mental health and substance abuse clinic, and a Medical Crisis Counseling Center. He has extensive experience in transplant psychiatry, including consultation to the liver, kidney, lung, heart, face, and bone marrow transpant programs. He is the founding program director of the Department’s Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship program. He has been the Program Director of the University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program since 2012 and the Chief of Education since 2014.  He has been actively involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows for over 30 years. His interests include education, psychotherapy, and the psychiatric care of the medically ill.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Psychiatric education, consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychiatric care of the medically ill

Highlighted Publications

Miller CWT, Hodzic V, Ross DR, Ehrenreich MJ. Year-long Annotated Bibliography for Supervising Psychiatry Residents in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.  Academic Psychiatry. April 17, 2019 (PubMed ID: 30997655).

Himelhoch S, Edwards S, Ehrenreich M, Luber MP. Teaching Lifelong Research Skills in Residency: Implementation and Outcome of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Course. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 7(3): 445-50, 2015. PMID: 26457153

Teslyar P, Stock VM, Wilk CM, Camsari U, Ehrenreich MJ, Himelhoch S. Prophylaxis with Antipsychotic Medication Reduces the Risk of Post-Operative Delirium in Elderly Patients: A Meta-Analysis. Psychosomatics 54: 124-131, 2013. PMID: 23380670

Ehrenreich MJ, Robinson CT, Glovinsky DB, Dixon LB, Medoff DR, Himelhoch SS. Medical Inpatients’ Adherence to Outpatient Psychiatric Aftercare: A Prospective Study of Patients Evaluated By an Inpatient Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service.  International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 44(1): 1 – 15, 2012. PMID: 23356090

Himelhoch S, Ehrenreich M. Psychotherapy by primary-care providers: results of a national sample. Psychosomatics 48(4): 325-30, 2007. PMID: 17600169

Ehrenreich MJ. A case of the re-emergence of panic and anxiety symptoms after initiation of a high-protein, very low carbohydrate diet. Psychosomatics 47(2):178-9, 2006. PMID: 16508034

 

Awards and Affiliations

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Wesleyan University, 1980

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, University of Maryland School of Medicine (elected junior year), 1984

Dr. Eugene B. Brody Award in Psychotherapy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1985

Dr. Francis Donaldson Prize in Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1985

Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1994

Jose D. Arana Award for Excellence as a Role Model in Psychiatry, University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program, 2008

Shock Trauma Hero Award recipient, University of Maryland Medical System, 2013

 

Professional Activity

2000 – 2002         Member, Peer Review Committee, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2006 – 2015         Fellowship Subcommittee, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

2007 – 2011         Councilor, Maryland Psychiatric Society Council

2009 – Present     Member, Ethics Committee, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2009 – 2016         Member, Fellowship Committee, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2011 – 2018         Board Member, Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry

2015 – 2018         Councilor, Maryland Psychiatric Society Council

2016 – 2019         Chair, Distinguished Fellowship Committee, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2018 – 2019         Secretary-Treasurer, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2018 – Present     Member, Executive Council, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2019 – 2020         President-Elect, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2019 – 2020         Co-chair, Membership Committee, Maryland Psychiatric Society

2020 – 2021         President, Maryland Psychiatric Society