Faculty

Congratulations to Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology), who has received an Association for Academic Psychiatry Early Career Development Award, which recognizes the achievements and academic promise early-career faculty in psychiatry. Dr. Faeder is an attending psychiatrist with UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH)’s consultation-liaison service, providing clinical care for...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to two new faculty members: Shinnyi (Cindy) Chou, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. Chou earned her MD and a PhD in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed her residency training in psychiatry and a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical fellowship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). Dr. Chou then conducted...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to two new clinical faculty members: Patrick Frailey, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. Frailey received his MD From Saint Louis University School of Medicine, then completed psychiatry residency training at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) in the Academic Administrator Clinician Educator track, and served as chief resident for inpatient services. He undertook...

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to two new clinical faculty members: Mark Beuger, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. Beuger received his MD from Erasmus University Medical Center at the school of medicine of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (the Netherlands). He completed an internship in medicine and psychiatry, and residency training in psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), followed...

We are pleased to announce that Nadine Melhem, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Melhem earned her PhD in psychiatric epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. She has dedicated her research career to improving our understanding of the risk for psychiatric disorders in children who have experienced trauma or...

We are delighted to announce that Oliver Lindhiem, PhD, has received conferral of tenure at the rank of associate professor by the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lindhiem is nationally and internationally recognized in the field of child psychiatry for the development of parenting-based interventions to prevent and treat childhood disruptive behavior disorders. He employs advanced technological and statistical...