Faculty and Staff
Below you will find a directory of our Clinical Faculty. Please click on the Physician’s name for additional information.
Clinical Faculty
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Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Center for Addiction Research and Education
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Virginia Andersen, PhD ABPP
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center
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Stephanie Bajo, PsyD ABPP-CN
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Neuropsychology
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Mudhasir Bashir, MBBS
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Inpatient Psychiatry
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Scott Bender, PhD ABPP-CN
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Neuropsychology
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Donna K. Broshek, PhD ABPP-CN
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Neuropsychology
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Heather Bruschwein, PsyD ABPP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center
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Eliza Buelt, MD
Division: Outpatient Psychiatry
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Casey Cavanagh, PhD ABPP
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center, Behavioral Medicine
Consultation-Liaison Service
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Donna Chen, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Outpatient Psychiatry
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Anita Clayton, MD
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Division: Outpatient psychiatry
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Bruce Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division Head, Forensic Psychiatry
Division: Forensic Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry,
Outpatient Psychiatry
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Elena Herndon, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Outpatient Psychiatry
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Pamila Herrington, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Inpatient Psychiatry
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Karen Ingersoll, PhD, ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Research and Evaluation
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Meredith Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Geriatric Psychiatry
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Catherine Leslie, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Inpatient Psychiatry
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Brian Ludwin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center
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Gabrielle Marzani, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Inpatient Psychiatry
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Richard L. Merkel, MD PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Outpatient Psychiatry
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Jennifer Payne, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Vice Chair of Research
Director, Reproductive Psychiatry Research Program
Division: Reproductive Psychiatry
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J Kim Penberthy, PhD ABPP
Professor of Research in Psychiatry
Division: Outpatient Psychiatry
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Jordan Rosen, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Consultation-Liason Psychiatry
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Jaclyn Shepard, PsyD, ABPP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center
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Racheal Smetana, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Neuropsychology
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Justin B Smith, MD
Division: Consultation-Liason Psychiatry
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Anne Louise Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
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Joanna Yost, PhD ABPP
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Behavioral Medicine Center, Behavioral Medicine
Consultation-Liaison Service
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Quincy Zhong, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Center for Addiction Research and Education
Child and Adolescent Clinical Faculty
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Jim Tucker, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Child and Family Psychiatry
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Erika Maynard, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Child and Family Psychiatry
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Lady Martinez Fernandez, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division: Child and Family Psychiatry
Research Faculty
Clayton, Anita H.
Sexual dysfunction with psychiatric illness and treatment; Depression and anxiety disorders associated with reproductive-life events in women; Female sexual disorders.
Ingersoll, Karen S.
Creating pragmatic psychological treatments for health behaviors. I use cousneling interventions such as Motivational Interviewing and digital interventions including mHealth and eHealth interventions to improve behaviors and habits, health, and overall wellness.
Kovatchev, Boris P.
Biomathematics and Statistics, Specifically Dynamic Modeling of Biologic and Behavioral Processes. Resent Work Includes: Endocrine and Diabetes Studies, ADHD, Heart Rate Variability, Translational Research, and Algorithm Development.
Murrie, Daniel
Forensic Psychology, Forensic Mental Health Evaluation (Competence, Sanity, Capital Sentencing, Violence Risk Assessment and Management). Forensic mental health service systems. Reducing bias and unreliability in assessments.
Ritterband, Lee
Development and Testing of Behaviorally-based Treatment Programs Delivered Via the Web
Departmental Staff
Greg Benham, Chief Operation Officer
Sarah Staton, Business Manager
Laura Covert, Residency Coordinator
Kimberly McCauley, Fiscal Technician
Rebecca Hensley, Clerkship Coordinator
Stephen Furry, Assistant to the Chair
Teresa Woodson, Financial Services Specialist
Laura Chiminello, Grants Specialist
Will Slusher, Systems Manager
Shandra Gammon, Billing Specialist
Jessica Shifflett, Senior Coding Specialist
Michelle Thomas, Medical-Biller Coder
Mary Tinsley, Coding and Billing Specialist – Advanced
Nassima Ait-Daoud, MD, Clinic Director/Professor
Eva Jenkins-Mendoza, Clinical Research Manager
Tracie Kostelac, Project Manager
Beck Jacobson, MD, Clinical Research Associate
Alanna Baker, LCSW
Andrew Kostelac, Clinical Research Specialist
Tamika Braveheart, Clinical Research Nurse
Lee Ritterband PhD – Director
Research Faculty:
Karen Ingersoll Ph.D., ABPP – Professor
Phil Chow Ph.D. – Associate Professor
Kelly Shaffer Ph.D. – Associate Professor
Staff:
Kirsten MacDonnell – Clinical Research Coordinator 3
Nicole Le – Senior Software Engineer
Cindy Orange – Administrative Director
Ian Terrell – Senior Software Engineer
Gabriel Heath – Senior Software Engineer
Christina Frederick – Clinical Research Coordinator 4
Jillian Glazer – Clinical Research Coordinator 2
Jessica Smith – Research Assistant
Laurie Bennett – Administrative Generalist
Gail Billingsley – Fiscal and Operations Specialist
Positive Links:
Ava Waldman – PL Program Manager
Ben Elliott – Telehealth and Outreach Coordinator
Helen Reed – PL Statewide implementation & Support
Pravalika Donthineni – Developer
Tianyi (Freddie) Jin – Developer
Jason Schweinger – Lead developer
Alex Zolin – Systems Engineer
Anita Clayton, MD, Director
Madelyn Aman, Clinical Research Coordinator
Boris Kovatchev, Ph.D., Director and Section Head
Christian Wakeman, Data Analyst
Laura Kollar, Clinical Research Nurse
Mary Oliveri, Clinical Research Manager
Sandra Foster, Administrative Specialist
Jessica Robic, Clinical Research Coordinator
Charlotte Barnett, Research Specialist
Elaine Schertz, Software Engineer
Jennifer Pinnata, Clinical Research Coordinator
Jennifer L. Payne, MD, Director
Meeta Pangtey, MPH, Clinical Research Coordinator
Kayla Pennycuff, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator
Lauren Williamson, PhD, Clinical Research Coordinator
ILPPP Clinical Faculty
Daniel Murrie, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences; Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
Scott Bender, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Sharon Kelley, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Elisha Agee, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Brett Gardner, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Lucy Guarnera, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
ILPPP Research Faculty
Lauren Kois, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Heather Zelle, JD, PhD, Associate Director of Mental Policy Research, Associate Professor of Research (UVA Department of Public Health Sciences)
Staff
Xuemei Ding, LLM, Business Manager and Grants Administrator
Camilla Beeley, Clinic Coordinator and Research Assistant
Jim Tucker, MD, Director
Lori Derr, Research Coordinator
Sue Ruddock, Senior Program Support Technician