Our Mission
Jill RachBeisel, MD
Dr. Irving J. Taylor Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry has a tripartite mission of Clinical, Education, and Research agendas, serving our surrounding community and the State of Maryland, and providing expertise at a national and international level. We are staffed with 85 full-time and 30 part-time faculty, and provide a robust array of evidenced-based services both locally at the University of Maryland Medical Center and remotely to the entire University of Maryland Medical System, which encompasses 13 hospitals.
Our Education programs are dedicated to training the next generation of physicians, scientists, and psychologists through our nationally competitive Adult Residency Training Program, four Fellowship programs (Addictions Psychiatry and Addictions Medicine, Consultation/Liaison, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry), and a Psychology internship program. The Physician Scientist Training Program within the Adult program recruits MD/PhD candidates to generate Physician Researchers within the field.
The Department houses top-tier competitively funded researchers, including those at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. With more than $43 million in federal grants and contacts, the Department is a leading clinical department within the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Through the integration of our basic science work with our T1 translational research, we are positioned to take advantage of new discoveries and developments in genetics, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, and molecular biology and chemistry.
Additional top priorities for our faculty and staff include a Department-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program and our newly implemented Faculty Mentorship and Development program.