CL Core Faculty

Dr. Justin Smith is board certified in both Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He attended The University of Virginia for medical school and then completed his C-L fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been at UVA for nine years as a faculty member for the general adult psychiatry program and was the C-L Service Director for six years. He has an interest in neuropsychiatry and has been part of the UVA Huntington’s clinic with neurology colleagues and teaches the neuroscience curriculum for the adult psychiatry residents. Dr. Smith’s outside interests include watching basketball, playing music with friends, hanging out with his family, and various sorts of tinkering.

Dr. Elisabeth Dietrich is the associate director of the consultation-liaison psychiatry service. She completed medical school and psychiatry residency at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine before completing C-L fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her interests include critical care psychiatry, transplant psychiatry, quality improvement, and healthcare administration. During training, she assisted with investigating the use of proactive psychiatric consultation in the medical intensive care setting. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, running, and being outdoors.

Dr. Hema Kher is associate program director for the adult general psychiatry residency and Rotation Director for Education. She completed psychiatry residency and C-L fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During fellowship, she completed a psychosocial oncology track at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She joined UVA as an inpatient C-L attending and has a psychiatry clinic at UVA’s Emily Couric Cancer Center. She enjoys spending time with her husband and son, exploring restaurants and bakeries in the Charlottesville area, and spending time outdoors.

Dr. Anne Louise Stewart is program director for the adult general psychiatry program. She joined the UVA team as one of the consultation- liaison psychiatry faculty after completing a C-L fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern. She is passionate about scholarly education and developing new curriculums. She enjoys caring for patients alongside residents and fellows as well as being part of the reproductive psychiatry research program. Outside of time with her family, she loves rose gardening and sharing the roses with friends.

Dr. Jordan Rosen is board certified in both Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He attended St. George’s University and completed his residency at the University of Virginia before attending Yale University for his C-L fellowship. He is a leading clinician in critical care psychiatry with publications spanning topics of QTc prolongation, delirium, and drug toxidromes and was the director of critical care psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s hospital and Harvard Medical School prior to joining the University of Virginia. He brings this teaching expertise to the general psychiatry residency as well as the pulmonology critical care fellows. As the Program Director of the general residency psychiatry program and the Director of the Consultation-Liaison psychiatry service, he is widely involved in the department. Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family, golden retriever, and cat.