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

David A. Baron, D.O., M.S.Ed., F.A.C.N.
Chair
Specialty interests: medical student education, psychiatric education for primary care and mid-level health providers, psychopharmacology/clinical trials, translational research, women's mental health issues, behavioral endocrinology, sports psychiatry
(215) 707-8343

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.
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

Joseph Garbely, D.O.
Specialty interests: addiction psychiatry; treatment of the impaired healthcare professional; treatment of the developmentally disabled; medical student education; psychopharmacology; resident education
(215) 707-0388

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

Javed Joy, M.D.
Specialty interests: co-morbidity with substance abuse; mental retardation; epidemiology
(215) 707-0385

Ruth Lamdan, M.D.
Specialty interests: geriatric psychiatry, consultation/liaison psychiatry, women's health, medical education
(215) 707-8986

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

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

Ellen Sholevar, M.D.
Specialty interests: resident education; child and adolescent psychiatry; functional family therapy; medical student education
(215) 707-8495

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

Henry W.J. Weisman, M.D.
Specialty interests: crisis intervention management, psychopharmacology, consultation/liaison psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychiatric education, transcultural issues
(215) 707-0734

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