Department

We are delighted to announce that Camellia Herisko, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CRNP has been named chair-elect of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders, an organization that supports the professional development of nurse leaders through collaboration, advocacy and education. Dr. Herisko is Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President, Operations and Patient Care Services at UPMC Western Psychiatric...

We are delighted to share Pitt Psychiatry news—as well as a few photographic highlights—from the 58th annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP): Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab) (Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science) has joined the ACNP Council, a tremendous honor that will allow Dr...

Paula Marie Powe, MD, is medical director of the Matilda H. Theiss Child Development Center, which provides a spectrum of behavioral health services for children from infancy to five years old. Dr. Powe’s clinical practice in infant mental health, which pertains to a child's optimal social and emotional development, is driven by the notion that early trauma informs mental and physical health issues later in life...

Sleep researchers including Pitt Psychiatry faculty, trainees and students gathered in late November at the Pitt University Club to explore new research in the field of sleep and circadian science at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Science Research Day. Adriane Soehner, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), chair of the organizing committee that included members across psychiatry, nursing, public health...

Women’s behavioral health is an essential component of the services provided by UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), but according to Priya Gopalan, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), “We go way beyond the traditional brick and mortar approach to care.” Dr. Gopalan, who is Chief of Psychiatry at Magee-Womens Hospital and an expert in perinatal psychiatry, explains that a wide spectrum of services supports...

Pitt Psychiatry enjoyed a strong presence at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) earlier this month in San Diego. Members of the Department of Psychiatry including faculty, residents and fellows attended the conference and presented ten symposia/workshops, five oral papers and nine posters. UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital resident Cindy Chou, MD, PhD, a first-year child...