Faculty Practice Members

ANTHONY F. LEHMAN, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry; Chair, Department of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Schizophrenia; Major Affective Disorders
Medical Degree: University of Rochester
Residency: University of California Los Angeles
Fellowship: University of California Los Angeles, Public Health
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6735 / academic office

CURTIS N. ADAMS, Jr., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Medical Degree: Howard University
Residency: Hahnemann University
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-2564 / academic office

KAREN E. ANDERSON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neuropsychiatrist (biostatistician)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Huntington’s Disease; Psychiatric Conditions Associated with Movement Disorders; Memory Loss Associated with Parkinson’s Disease; Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Medical Degree: University of Chicago
Master’s Degree: Biostatistics - Columbia University
Residency: Columbia University, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-7810 / academic office

THEODORA BALIS, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Transcultural Psychiatry; Trauma Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Affective Disorders; Coping With Serious Medical Illness; Group Therapy; Individual Psychodynamic Supportive and Cognitive Therapies
Medical Degree: St. George University - Grenada
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-2564 / academic office

ANNA BASKINA, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Emergency Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Parent Management Training
Medical Degree: St. Christopher's College of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt & Johns Hopkins Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Certification: Board Eligible for Psychiatry
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-328-1219 / academic office

LOUIS H. COHEN, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Clinical Director, Walter P. Carter Center
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-209-6101/ academic office

MARK J. EHRENREICH, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Program Director, Consultation/Liaison; Medical Director, Medical Crisis Counseling Center
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Psychotherapy; General Adult Psychiatry; Medical Crisis Counseling; Affective and Anxiety Disorders; Consultation Liaison Psychiatry; Psychiatric Care of the Medically Ill
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6090 / academic office

DEVANG H. GANDHI, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Addictions; Dual Diagnosis; Methadone Treatment; Detoxification
Medical Degree: University of Baroda, India
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Psychiatry
Fellowship: University of Maryland, Medical Center Addiction Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-837-3313 / academic office

PAUL F. GIANNANDREA, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Faculty Practice; Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Dual Diagnosis; Post-traumatic Disorders; Recovery Oriented Psychotherapy
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Psychiatry
Certification: Adult Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine; Addiction Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6106 / academic office

BRIAN GRADY, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Women's Health; PTSD, Abused as a Child, Sexual Assault; Anxiety D/O's, Generalized Anxiety Disorder/Obsessive Complusive Disorder/Panic; Cutting/Self Injury
Medical Degree: Uniformed Services University
Residency: National Capital Consortium
Certification: Adult Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-706-0961 / academic office

ALVARO GUZMAN, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor or Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Medical Degree: Universidad Metropolitana, Barranquilla, Columbia
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC
Certification: Board Eligible in Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-706-2323 / academic office

ANN L. HACKMAN, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Programs of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), Associate Director of Residency Training
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Schizophrenia; Chronic Mental Illness
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-2564 / academic office

L. ELLIOT HONG, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Neuropsychiatry; Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: University of Maryland - MPRC
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-402-6828 / academic office

MEREDITH JOHNSTON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-209-6101 / academic office

LAUREL J. KISER, Ph.D., MBA
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Psychology Internship
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Child, Adolescent Family Services; PTSD; Infertility
Degree: Indiana University
Internship: Memphis Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
Fellowship: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Tennessee, Memphis
Certification: Licensed Psychologist
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-706-1766 / academic office

PADMAJA KODALI, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult, Geriatric and Community Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Guntur Medical College
Residency: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine @ Cabrini
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6656 / academic office

FAYE MOUL LARI, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: General Adult Psychiatry; Psychotic Anxiety; Affective Disorders
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-209-6136 / academic office

M. PHILIP LUBER, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Education and Residency Training
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Depression; Anxiety; Coping with Medical Illness
Medical Degree: Columbia University
Residency: The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6325 / academic office

DAVID MALLOTT, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Depression; Schizophrenia
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Tulane University, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-706-0922 / academic office

ANGELA ONWUANIBE, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Nigeria College of Medicine
Residency: Georgetown University
Certification: Psychiatry and Neurology
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6656 / academic office

GINA PEREZ-MADRINAN, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Medical Education
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-1107 / academic office

CHERYL PERSON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry, Acute Interventions after Trauma and Disaster Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Certification: Adult Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6018 / academic office

S. MICHAEL PLAUT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Sexual Dysfunction
Degree: University of Rochester
Fellowship: Cornell University Medical Center, Human Sexuality Program
Certification: Certified Sex Therapist
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-4168 / academic office

TEODOR POSTOLACHE, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Mood and Anxiety Program
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Shift Work, Jet Lag; the relationship between Human Mood and Performance
Medical Degree: Cluj-Napoca Medical School in Romania
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-706-2323 / academic office

DAVID PRUITT, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Management of Problems of Infants, Children and Adolescents
Medical Degree: University of Texas, Houston
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Psychiatry
Fellowship: Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Adolescent Psychiatry
Certification: Adult Psychiatry; Child Psychiatry
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-328-3522 / academic office

JILL A. RACHBEISEL, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Community Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Anxiety; Depression; Substance Abuse; Adjustment Problems; Drug and Alcohol Problems; Adult/Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD
Medical Degree: Pennsylvania State University
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Addictions; Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-5161 / academic office

WILLIAM T. REGENOLD, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Geropsychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Geriatric Psychiatry
Medical Degree: McGill University
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-328-6511 / academic office

DENISE M. RICHARDSON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: ADHD, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders
Medical Degree: George Washington University
Residency: University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt
Fellowship: University of Maryland – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-328-3522 / academic office

CHARLES T. ROBINSON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: HIV Psychiatry; Gay and Lesbian Issues; Chronically Mentally Ill; Post-Abuse Psychotherapy; Consultation on Medical Ill Patients
Medical Degree: Louisiana State University
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-1281 / academic office

KENNETH M. ROGERS, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Child Psychiatry Residency Training
SPECIAL INTERESTS: ADHD; Behavioral Disorders; Autism and Development Disorders
Medical Degree: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Residency: William S. Hall Psychiatry Institute/University of South Carolina
Certification: General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-209-3522 / academic office

JULIE A. SMITH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Psychosocial Oncology, Pre-transplant Evaluation, Medical Crisis Counseling, Coping/Adjustment to Chronic and Terminal Illness, Grief Therapy
Degree: Wayne State University
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center (Clinical Psychology Program)
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6553 / academic office

SHARON HOOVER STEPHAN, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Child and Adolescents, School-based Mental Health, Trauma-exposed Youth
Degree: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical System
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-706-0941 / academic office

JOHN A. TALBOTT, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Chronic Mental Illness; Combined Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology
Medical Degree: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: New York Psychiatric Institute/Presbyterian Hospital
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-2132 / academic office

DONALD L. THOMPSON, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Sports Psychiatry; Psychotic Disorders; Medicine-Psychiatry Interface
Medical Degree: Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Psychiatry
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-1108 / academic office

JULIA D. TRIGGS, M.D.
Instructor of Psychiatry; Associate Training Director, Office of Education and Residency Training
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Severe Mental Illness (Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorders); Underserved Populations; Depression and Anxiety
Medical Degree: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt
Certification: Board Eligible in Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6612 / academic office

MARTIN A. WEILER, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Adult Psychiatry; Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia
Medical Degree: University of Illinois, Chicago
Residency: University of Illinois, Chicago
Certification: Adult Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6909 / academic office

ERIC WEINTRAUB, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Addictions; Geriatrics; General Adult Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Psychiatry
Certification: Geriatrics; Psychiatry with Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6690 / academic office

MARK D. WEIST, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Provision of School-Based Mental Health Services; Clinical Assessment and Therapy with Children, Adolescents and Families
Degree: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
410-328-6794 / appointments
410-328-6364 / academic office

CHRISTOPHER J. WELSH, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Addictions Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: University of Maryland
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-6106 / academic office

JIAN-MIN ZHANG, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Geriatric Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Shanghai Second Medical University
Ph.D. Degree: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Medical College of Virginia
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia
Certification: Psychiatry
410-328-5881 / appointments
410-328-8415 / academic office

Maryland Group Faculty Practice (MGFP)

Ellicott City & Cross Keys
(410) 328-6106 

Patti A. Amsel, MSW, LCSW-C
Clinical Director, Management Committee, MGFP
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work
Year: 1974
Concentration: Clinical Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: B.A. (1974) Loyola College, Baltimore MD
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individual & Couples Psychotherapy Cases Adult, Children.
Orientation: Psychodynamic

John Belcher, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work; Part-time faculty St. Mary's Seminary & University
Graduated from: The Ohio State University
Year: 1987
Concentration: Social Welfare
Program Title: Ph.D.
Other Degrees: M.Div 1982 (Counseling) Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington KY
MSW 1981 (Counseling) University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
BS 1976 (Business Admin) George Mason University, Fairfax VA
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Adult ADHD cases, couples, and adolescents, Pastoral counseling
Orientation: Cognitive behavioral

Jewell E. Benford II, MSW, LCSW-C
Director, University of Maryland Drug Treatment Center
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work
Year: 1983
Concentration: Clinical Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1982 (Social Work, Psychology) University of Maryland Baltimore County, Balto. MD
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individual and Couples Psychotherapy, University Behavioral Health Sports Medicine Program (Baltimore Ravens Contract), Substance abuse & criminality, Forensic social work, crisis intervention, adolescents.
Orientation: Cognitive behavioral

Victor D. Fitterman, LCSW-C
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work, Balto, MD
Year: 1976
Concentration: Clinical Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1971 (English and Sociology) Towson State, Balto, MD
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Clinical Hypnosis (Diplomate status), Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Family & Couples Therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, Psychodrama, substance abuse.

Anne Hahn, Ph.D, LCSW-C
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work
Year: 1987
Concentration: Social Work
Program Title: Ph.D.
Other Degrees: MSW 1971 (Social Work) University of Maryland School of Social Work,Balto.MD
BA 1969 (Social Work) Dunbarton College, Washington DC
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individuals, Eating Disorders, Clinical work with chronically ill patients.

Roger Messick, LCSW-C
Graduated from: University of Maryland, Balto. MD
Year: 1993
Concentration: Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1977 (Social Work) University of Maryland College Park, College Park MD
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Crisis Intervention, Substance Abuse, Individual, Family and Group Therapy, Adolescents.
Orientation: Cognitive behavioral

Carol Weingold Zenilman, LCSW-C
Graduated from: Columbia University School of Social Work
Year: 1979
Concentration: Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1977 (Psychology) University of Rochester Rochester, NY
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and Adults suffering from grief, trauma, abuse and difficult life and developmental passages. Also work with couples.

Ellicott City 
Mary K. Durning, LCSW-C
Office: (410) 328-6106
Graduated from: The Catholic University of America
Year: 1986
Concentration: Family and Children's Services
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1984 (Social Work, Psychology) The George Washington University Washington, DC
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individual & Children Psychotherapy, Couples.
Orientation: Psychodynamic
 
Marianne O'Leary, Ph.D.
Office: (410) 465-5520
Graduated from: Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Year: 1993
Concentration: Clinical Psyhology
Program Title: Ph.D.
Other Degrees: MHS 1983 (Health Planning and Administration) Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Balto. MD
BA 1981 (Biology) Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Anxiety, Stress Disorders, Psychotherapy, and Mood Disorders. Adults and Older Adolescents.
 
Stacey B. Stephens, LCSW-C
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work
Year: 1994
Concentration: Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: BA 1988 (English) Rutgers College Rutgers University, NJ
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Psychotherapy, Adolescents and Adults, Pastoral Counseling.

Dorothy Vidra, LCSW-C
Mt. Washington Office: (410) 466-2503
Downtown  Office: (410) 328-6106 
Graduated from: Rutgers University
Year: 1979
Concentration: Social Work
Program Title: MSW
Other Degrees: Certificate Program (Individual Therapy) Smith College School of Social Work
BA (Social Work) Edinboro State University
Current and Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individual & Couples counseling; neurotic, psychotic and personal adjustment issues.

Rachel Wallace, MSW
MGFP Director, Administration: Management Committee
Graduated from: University of Maryland School of Social Work, Balto, MD
Concentration: Mental Health, Clinical Practice
Program Title: MSW
Current & Past Clinical Experience & Focus: Individual
Couples Psychotherapy, Adolescents, Women's Health, Addictions & Codependency