Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Department members practice a variety of methods for treating psychiatric disorders. Special programs offer treatment for anxiety, depression and phobias. Specialists in psychopharmacology, geriatrics, child psychiatry, pain management and smoking cessation are available. Psychological testing is also available.

M.D. Faculty

Rashida Akter, M.D.
Specialty interests: child & adolescent psychiatry; depressive spectrum disorders; disruptive behavior disorders
(215) 707-8980

Nicole Bizamcer, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Specialty interests: resident education; outpatient psychiatry; public health
(215) 707-1335

Robert Boyd, M.D.
Specialty interests: addiction psychiatry; treatment of the impaired healthcare professional; medical student education; resident education
(215) 707-1357

William R. Dubin, M.D.
Interim Chair
Specialty interests: inpatient psychiatry; geriatric psychiatry, specifically studing the aging mind and helping the elderly cope with various mental/physical problems of aging
(215) 707-0391

John J. Harding, M.D.
Specialty interests: psychotherapy, outpatient psychiatry, consultation/liaison, inpatient and emergency psychiatry
(215) 707-8991

Jieun Kim, M.D.
Specialty interests: disruptive behavior disorders; mood disorders; anxiety disorders in children and adolescents
(215) 707-8496

Pietro Miazzo, M.D.
Specialty interests: inpatient psychiatry; forensic psychiatry, including law and politics
(215) 707-0398

Mary Morrison, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P.
Specialty interests: women’s mental health; disorders at the interface of medicine and psychiatry; novel
neuropsychiatric medications; neuroimaging
(215) 707-8688

Autumn Ning, M.D.
Specialty interests: resident education; medical education; emergency psychiatry
(215) 707-0396

Natalia Ortiz, M.D.
Specialty interests: consultation/liaison psychiatry
(215) 707-0734

Claire Pouncey, M.D., Ph.D.
Specialty interests: resident education; ethics; medical ethics; philosophy of psychiatry
(215) 707-5375

Roy Steinhouse, M.D.
Specialty interests: psychotherapy, marital and family therapy, depression, alcholism and drug problems, anxiety states, medical student education
(215) 707-3360

Ingre Walters, M.D.
Specialty interests: emergency psychiatry; consultation/liaison psychiatry
(215) 707-0397

Polina Zilbering, M.D.
Specialty interests: general psychiatry, long-term chronically ill
(215) 707-0407

 

Ph.D. and Psy.D. Faculty

Christopher J. Combs, Ph.D.
Specialty interests: psychology intern education, psychological and neuropsychological impact of cardiac transplantation, personality and coping in illness, empirical foundations and ethical issues in psychological assessment
(215) 707-8481

Robert Ruchinskas, Psy.D.
Specialty interests: clincal neuropsychological, psychological assesment; rehabilitation psychology; pain management; cognitive-behavioral therapy; aging and memory; geriatric psychology
(215) 707-7039

Ralph Spiga, Ph.D.
Specialty interests: research
(215) 707-0434