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.

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Caleb Adler, MD

Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Vice-Chair for Clinical Research; Co-Director of the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research

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 Coach

Yadagiri Chepuru, MD, FAPA

Chief of Psychiatry, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY

Ann Childress, MD

President of the Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

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

Nneka Okonkwor, PharmD, MBA

Medical Science Liaison

Ifeanyi Olele, DO, MBA, MS

Former Speakers

Psychiatrist & CEO at Genesis Psychiatric Solutions, Washington DC & Genesis TMS and Wellness, Fairfax VA

Maria Perez, PharmD, AAHIVP

Medical Science Liaison - Digital Therapeutics

Arwen Podesta, MD

Psychiatrist Owner/Director Podesta Wellness, New Orleans, LA

Pooja S Raghani, PsyD, MBI

Medical Science Liaison

Haneefa Rakeeb, DNP, PMHNP-BC, AFN-BC

Medical Science Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

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

Scott Schepers, PhD

Medical Science Liaison

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

Madeline Shurtleff, PharmD

Managed Market Liaison

Jennifer Simmoneau, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Long-Term Care Medical Science Liaison, Medical Affairs

Tawny Smith, PharmD, BCPP

Medical Science Liaison

Anna Smitherman, PhD

Medical Science Liaison

Stephanie Stecker, PMHNP-BC

On Demand Counseling , Boardman, OH

Gwendolyn Stockton, PharmD, BCPP

Medical Science Liaison

Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz, MS, LPC, NCC, CPSS, CPRP

Senior Manager of Recovery Services, Wesley Family Services

Mark Thomas, PharmD, MPBA

Medical Science Liaison

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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