Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome John P. Ryan, PhD to the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. His research interests include functional magnetic resonance imaging, the effects of insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes on brain structure and function, and central mechanisms of autonomic neuropathy. Dr. Ryan earned his doctorate in Psychology from Georgia State University and completed...

Frank A. Ghinassi, PhD Promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry We are pleased to announce that Dr. Frank Ghinassi has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Ghinassi has devoted his career to improving the quality of health care, evaluating and enhancing systems for delivering care, and training the next generation of clinicians and quality improvement specialists. His academic...

School of Medicine Appoints Jason Rosenstock, MD to NTFPA Standing Committee The Executive Committee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has appointed Dr. Jason Rosenstock, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, as a member of the Standing Committee for Non-Tenured Faculty Promotions and Appointments (NTFPA). The NTFPA Committee is responsible for reviewing all actions for appointment and promotion to...

Loren Roth, MD, MPHHonored as Grand Champion atFourth Annual Celebrating Senior Champions Benefit Dr. Loren Roth will be honored as a Grand Champion by UPMC at the fourth annual Celebrating Senior Champions benefit dinner on October 11, 2012 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. This event recognizes extraordinary individuals and groups who contribute significant time and energy to serving seniors...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has promoted Michael Marshal, PhD to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Dr. Marshal was appointed to the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2005 after completing the Department of Psychiatry Clinical Psychology Internship Program and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department's federally funded Psychiatric Epidemiology Training...

The Department of Psychiatry welcomes Dean Salisbury, PhD to the faculty. Dr. Salisbury, Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry, is the Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory. He earned his doctorate degree in Biological Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed a clinical research training fellowship focusing in Neuropsychiatry at the Harvard Medical...