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Field Medical Affairs Team
The PsychU community includes a team of clinical research professionals who specialize in translating scientific and medical information to a broad range of stakeholder organizations in the mental health field. This team of experienced Medical Science Liaisons (MSL) and Managed Markets Liaisons (MML) are employees or contractors of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. and are available to deliver live presentations for your organization.
George Alexopoulos, MD
DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Founding Director, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine
John Awad, MD (OPDC)
Senior Medical Science Liaison
Jessica Bettinger, PMHNP-BC
BlueRidge Vista Behavioral Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
David Block, MD, MMM, FAPA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Western University of Health Sciences, Loma Linda University and California University of Health and Medicine; Private Practitioner, Costa Mesa, CA
Chris Brodie, PhD, PhD (OPDC)
Medical Science Liaison
JoAnn Dorio Burton, CLC, CPRP
Author, Consultant, Trainer, Hero's Journey® Workshop/Class Facilitator,
Life CoachYadagiri Chepuru, MD, FAPA
Chief of Psychiatry, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY
Crystal T. Clark, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Research Investigator, Associate Head of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Women’s College Hospital (Toronto, Ontario)
Bennett Doughty, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Heather Fields, PharmD, MPH, BCACP (OPDC)
Medical Science Liaison
Aneta Fornal, PharmD (OPDC)
Medical Science Liaison
Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD
Senior Vice President of Research, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Joel Holiner, MD
Psychiatry Specialist with The Holiner Psychiatric Group.
Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC
Adjunct Clinical Affiliate for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas, Austin; Co-founder of WILD-5 Wellness®
Robin Jewett, DMSc, PA-C, CGCP, ECDCS
Daniel Jimenez, PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Univ. of Miami Miller School of Medicine. President-Elect of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry
Catherine Judd, MA, PA-C, CAQ-Psy
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions
Erin Kingshill, PharmD (LUND)
Senior Medical Science Liaison
Darcy Leon, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Jonathan Lockhart, MD
Psychiatrist, Office of Jonathan C. Lockhart MD
Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, MSc
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences & Director of the Experimental Therapeutics & Molecular Pathophysiology Program (ETP), Faillace Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth - Houston
Margaret Mays
Vice President, Staff Accreditation, at Carelon Behavioral Health & Advisory Board Member, OPEN MINDS
John Meyers, MD
Psychiatrist, General and Addiction Psychiatry, Norwalk, CT
Sarah S. Morimoto, PsyD
Associate Professor – Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Ifeanyi Olele, DO, MBA, MS
Former Speakers
Psychiatrist & CEO at Genesis Psychiatric Solutions, Washington DC & Genesis TMS and Wellness, Fairfax VA
Arwen Podesta, MD
Psychiatrist Owner/Director Podesta Wellness, New Orleans, LA
Sanjai Rao, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Residency Training Director, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); Site Director for Residency Training, VA Medical Center in San Diego, CA
David Ratner, PhD (LUND)
Senior Medical Science Liaison
Leon Ravin, MD
Psychiatrist and Statewide Psychiatric Medical Director for the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, State of Nevada
Salvatore G. Savatta, MD
Chair of Psychiatry, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD
Director of the USC-Rancho California Alzheimer's Disease Center – LA County Department of Health. Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Family Medicine – Keck School of Medicine, University of South California
Jennifer Simmoneau, PhD (OPDC)
Senior Long-Term Care Medical Science Liaison, Medical Affairs
Stephanie Stecker, PMHNP-BC
On Demand Counseling , Boardman, OH
Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz, MS, LPC, NCC, CPSS, CPRP
Senior Manager of Recovery Services, Wesley Family Services
Michael Townsend, MA, LSW/LCSW
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gateway Counseling Center
Anne Hutson Walker, PhD (LUND)
Senior Medical Science Liaison
Dri Wang, PharmD, BCPP (OPDC)
Medical Science Liaison
Richard Weisler, MD
Psychiatrist, Richard H. Weisler, MD & Associates; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C
CEO, Lead Clinician, OnPoint Behavioral Health Inc.
Jeff Winton
Founder and Chairman, Rural Minds; Owner of Wall Street Dairy, LLC; CEO Jeff Winton Associates
William Wirshing, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Keck USC School of Medicine; and Medical Director of Exodus Recovery, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA
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