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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes LalithKumar Solai, MD, to Professor of Psychiatry 

Dr. Solai Promoted to Professor of Psychiatry

We are pleased to announce that LalithKumar Solai, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), Dr. Solai serves as Medical Director, Patient Safety. In addition, he is medical director of the Center for Interventional Psychiatry (CIP), overseeing care for patients with severe, difficult-to-treat depression and other...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Julie Kmiec, DO, to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

Julie Kmiec, DO, Promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry 

We are delighted to announce that Julie Kmiec, DO, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Kmiec earned her medical degree from the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her psychiatry residency and a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). Dr. Kmiec became a...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Elizabeth McGuier, PhD, to the Faculty

Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Elizabeth McGuier, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Elizabeth McGuier, PhD, has joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. McGuier earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Penn State University, and completed her psychology internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She then came to Pittsburgh to undertake a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences clinical and translational...

Boris Birmaher, MD, Honored by The American College of Psychiatrists

Dr. Boris Birmaher

We are delighted to announce that Boris Birmaher, MD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Endowed Chair in Early Onset Bipolar Disease) has received the Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry from the American College of Psychiatrists. The Award recognizes an individual who has made sustained and substantial contributions to child, adolescent and young adult mental health as...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Helmet Karim, PhD, to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 

Helmet Karim, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Helmet Karim, PhD, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Karim’s research focuses on the predictive role of the acute neural changes associated with treatment response in major depressive disorder (MDD). He is principal investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health-funded K01 career development award,...

Erika Forbes, PhD, & Fabio Ferrarelli MD, PhD, Receive a Laurel E. Zaks Memorial Fund Award for Novel Treatments for Depression 

Erika Forbes, PhD, & Fabio Ferrarelli MD, PhD, Receive a Laurel E. Zaks Memorial Fund Award 

We are delighted to announce that Erika Forbes, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Psychology and Clinical and Translational Science), and Fabio Ferrarelli MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), have been selected to receive a Laurel E. Zaks Memorial Research Fund award for a collaborative research project focused on treating depression in young people. The Laurel Zaks Fund, established in March 2019...

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