Faculty

We are delighted to announce that Camila Aponte, MD, and Hader Mansour, MD, PhD, were honored with 2020 Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards. Dr. Aponte received the Physician Excellence Award–New Clinician of Excellence, which recognizes an early-career physician who has made exceptional contributions to UPMC’s clinical mission. Kenneth Nash, MD (Chief, Clinical Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital)...

The Department of Psychiatry congratulates Jessica Gannon, MD, who has received a 2019 UPMC ACES award. This prestigious award, received by fewer than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who regularly go above and beyond. Dr. Gannon is medical director for Ambulatory Comprehensive Recovery Services (CRS) and was nominated for an ACES award by the therapists who work with her at the CRS Ambulatory Clinic...

We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Price, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Price earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers University and completed an internship in clinical psychology at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She then undertook T32 postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry under the...

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce that Helmet Karim, PhD, Jiying Ning, PhD, and Stephanie Puig, PhD, have joined the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Jiying Ning, PhD Dr. Ning (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) is trained in biochemistry and structural biology. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science from the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

We are delighted to announce that Amelia Versace, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Versace earned her MD from the University of Verona School of Medicine in Italy, where she also completed her residency, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Dr. Versace then joined the University of Pittsburgh to conduct a one-year...

We are delighted to announce that Jason Rosenstock, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenstock earned his MD from Brown University and completed his residency at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). He has been a member of the Pitt Psychiatry faculty since 1996, and has served as Director, Medical Student Education since 2005. Last year...