A native of Bethesda, MD, Dr. Pao attended Wellesley College before completing a Bachelor of Arts/Medical Degree Program at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to her research interests, Dr. Saunders is working with medical students to improve their skills in communicating with older patients. The school's medical students created ITAGMed to provide a space where they could gather, create empathy and foster deeper connection with their peers by sharing their life experiences. Areas of Research: Health disparities, Mental health interventions in pediatric primary care,Coexisting medical and psychiatric conditions in children, Autism spectrum disorders, Trauma, Anxiety, and mood disorders in children and families. The Clinician Track recognizes faculty whose primary focus is clinical care and who also make sustained, but limited contributions to the education of Georgetown University students, residents, fellows or others in the medical field. Announcing our inaugural GUMC faculty ombudsperson: Extension of Tenure Probationary Period announcement, Additional Extension to the Tenure Probationary Period. The Department of Medicine at Georgetown University is organized into 11 academic divisions. Dr. Schwartzs research program is focused on understanding cognitive and emotional impairments in schizophrenia. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Faculty | Department of Pharmacology & Physiology | Georgetown University Home People Faculty Faculty Primary Faculty Ph.D. Thesis Mentors M.S. She completed her clinical internship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, followed by a one-year fellowship program in womens mental health. She is nationally known for her work in neuroscience education in psychiatry. Kara obtained her Master of Social Work degree in 2008 from Washington University. Aimee Danielson, PhD, is the director of the Womens Mental Health Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She has been awarded both a predoctoral and a postdoctoral NIH Intramural Research Training Award fellowship. Dr. Haramati and Ms. Harazduk direct the training of faculty facilitators for the Mind-Body Medicine Skills course and Ms. Harazduk directs the course and oversees the supervision of all facilitators. She also leads support groups for family members. Current interests include the role of nAChR mutations play in nicotine and other addictions as well of the how the stoichiometry of nAChRs change the function and expression of concatemeric nicotinic receptors by the study of covalently coupled nAChR subunits. Her research interests include the study of sociocultural barriers to mental health care, treatment interventions for mental health problems in minority populations, ethnographic and qualitative research methods, and patient-provider discourse and communication. Areas of Research: Language, Communication, Doctor-Patient Interaction, Communication Training of Clinicians, Students, and Caregivers, Dementia, Medical Education, Narrative Medicine. In addition to clinical work, supervising psychiatry trainees and participating in medical education is a part of her daily work at Georgetown. in Philosophy from Wesleyan University and then worked in Utah as a wilderness therapy field instructor for adolescents. He published over 30 scientific articles and a textbook, The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine. He has been in the clinical practice of endocrinology and integrative medicine for over 25 years. LE CERCLE CARPE DIEM. Dr. Ware has worked with patients diagnosed with disorders such as anxiety, depression, bereavement, trauma, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. She completed pediatric and psychiatric residency training as well as a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is the Research Director at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Dr. Perras also practices at Marys Center and Washington Hospital Center and is currently working to develop perinatal mental health programs at these institutions. Joyce Y. Chung, MD, received her Bachelor of Science and medical degree from Northwestern University. Dr. Coker-Appiah has engaged in a focused program of research and training experiences over the past decade. In particular, she develops intervention for patients with uncontrolled diabetes and depression. Diversifying the Georgetown Faculty. Discuss with your academic chair and apply. Dr. Ware, who holds a Psy.D. Grounded in the university's Catholic and Jesuit tradition, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) educates and develops generations of researchers, clinicians, and health professionals, equipping them to deploy their expertise in service to the common good. As the Vice Chair for education, Dr. Akil is in charge of Medical Student Education, the Residency Training Program and two Fellowships. Her research interests include pediatric tumors, as well as the effect of stress on cancer development and progression. Karimah Ware, Psy.D. Prior to joining the faculty, he completed a psychosomatic medicine fellowship in the department of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his medical degree from the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University before completing his residency in psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital, where he also served as chief resident. If your Clerkship Director or Academic Chair have advised you to begin you standard faculty appointment process with the onboarding appointment, please follow these instructions. Dr. Coates completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland College Park as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow. On June 30, 2000, Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health, Inc., finalized a clinical partnership agreement. The director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is Dr. Louis M . Grant Connors is the Education Services Coordinator Librarian for Dahlgren Memorial Library at Georgetown University Medical Center. program would meet nineteen competencies within three domains: Knowledge, Skill, and Values & Attitudes. Dr. Valentis areas of interest include substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and mood disorders. Dr. Zack received her Ph.D. from the Clinical Social Work Institute and her Masters from McGill University. The medical center adjoins Georgetown University Hospital on the university's main campus in Washington, DC. Professor Missner devoted his first fifteen years of his career to cutting edge health care endeavors. It was built at a strategic crossing of the Loire river. Georgetown University Medical Center Faculty Cluster Hires Fund a Fellow for . Previously Grant was a resources librarian and then Clinical Data Management Librarian (also at DML), the latter including going on clinical rounds at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Dutton teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Please review our Upcoming Events page to review faculty development events happening all across GU and GUMC. Please go to the Cluster Hire webpage to learn more and apply. He obtained his B.A. If you do not know your academic chair, please refer to theUnit Leader/Department Chair and Admin list. Areas of Research: Trauma exposure, Post-traumatic stress, Mindfulness interventions, Telehealth. He teaches and provides clinical supervision for Georgetown medical students, psychiatry residents, and child psychiatry fellows. The Biomedical Graduate Research Organization is led by interim director Moshe Levi, M.D. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC 20007 (202) 444-3646. Areas of Research: Anxiety Disorders diagnoses and treatment, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Mind-Body interventions for anxiety and insomnia, Oxytocin and anxiety. He has also been principal investigator on two other NIMH grants in this area. Besides numerous peer-reviewed publications, she is the author of two books: A Practical Approach to Trauma: Empowering Interventions (2007) and Disaster and Crisis Response: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina (2009). He provides clinical care for adults on the inpatient psychiatric unit at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and for children, adolescents, and adults in the outpatient clinic. Racial socialization. InNovember2014, we began to assess LCCC patients for psychological distress using a self-administered electronic tool adapted from the NCCN Distress Thermometer, the results of which can be integrated into patients electronic medical record and which allowed us to be in compliance with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer mandate that all Comprehensive Cancer Centers screen all patients for distress starting January 2015. Prior to NewSchools, she joined Chancellor Michelle Rhees transition team for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Since then, she has remained committed to helping women experiencing difficulties with the transition to motherhood by providing consultation, ongoing individual therapy, couples counseling, and group therapy for pregnant and postpartum women and couples. Professor Missner devoted his first fifteen years of his career to cutting edge health care endeavors. Georgetown University Medical Center is a biomedical research and educational organization that responsible for over 80% of Georgetown University's sponsored research funding . She conducts individuals, couples, and family therapy in the Womens Mental Health Program. Dr. Susan Cheng is theSenior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Georgetown University School of Medicine. . Dr. Mete earned a bachelors degree in Management Engineering, with a specialization in Economics and Mathematics, from Istanbul Technical University and received a PhD in Political Science, with emphasis on statistical methods, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Associate Training Director, Psychiatry Residency Program. He is also a member of the Psychosomatic Medicine Committee of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. The Tenure Track recognizes Georgetown University-employed faculty members who make substantial and sustained contributions to the scholarly mission of GUMC in the areas of research, education, service and, as appropriate, patient care. Dr. Krupnicks research focuses on the development and testing of psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. [needs update], The Biomedical Graduate Education division is a subset of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.