Editorial Advisory Board

Lee H. Beecher, M.D.
Dr. Beecher is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota and president of the Minnesota Physician-Patient Alliance nonprofit think tank (www.physician- patient.org). He also is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Beecher writes about his outpatient psychiatry practice and about state and federal health care funding reform. He is in private practice in St. Louis Park, Minn.

Carl C. Bell, M.D.

Dr. Bell is president and chief executive officer of Community Mental Health Council and Foundation Inc., Chicago. He also serves as acting director of the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and director of public and community psychiatry at the university. Dr. Bell, also a clinical professor of psychiatry and public health at the university, has worked on public mental health programs around the world and has published more than 450 articles on mental health. He conceptualized the "Prevention in Action" column for Clinical Psychiatry News and serves as a key contributor to the column.

Daniel E. Casey, M.D.

Dr. Casey is professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Oregon Health and Science University, Portland. He has served as a member and chairman of the Food and Drug Administration's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Casey also has served as chief of psychiatric research and psychopharmacology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Ore.

Paul J. Fink, M.D.

Dr. Fink is professor of psychiatry at Temple University, Philadelphia. He has delivered more than 900 lectures across the country and has written more than 200 articles on topics including human sexuality, creative arts therapy, psychoanalysis, psychiatric education, economic problems facing psychiatry and primary care, and violence prevention. He is chairman of the Youth Homicide Committee, and a member of the boards of the Institute for the Development of African-American Youth and CeaseFirePA, among others. Dr. Fink writes the "Fink! Still at Large" column for Clinical Psychiatry News.

Mary Ellen Foti, M.D.

Dr. Foti is the deputy commissioner of clinical and professional services and the state medical director of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. She also is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts, Worcester, and an associate professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical School, Boston. Dr. Foti has published in numerous peer-reviewed professional publications and has obtained funding for research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Her areas of interest include the reduction of seclusion and restraint, end-of-life care for people with psychiatric disabilities, informed consent, psychiatric advance initiatives, shared decision making, and the reduction of polypsychopharmacology.

Catherine A. Fullerton, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Fullerton is the medical director of the ACCESS team, which is focused on providing outreach and mental health to individuals with HIV/AIDS at Cambridge Health Alliance. She also is an instructor of psychiatry and conducts policy research with the department of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Antonio Y. Hardan, M.D.

Dr. Hardan is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the child and adolescent division at Stanford (Calif.) University. He is director of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. His research interests include the neurobiology of pervasive developmental disorders, the application of multimodal imaging techniques in autism, and the psychopharmacologic treatment of children with early onset neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, intellectual disabilities, and schizophrenia. He has received numerous honors, including Stanford's "Outstanding Teacher" award, child psychiatry fellows.

Thelissa A. Harris, M.D.

Dr. Harris is in private practice in adult and geriatric psychiatry in Hartford, Conn. She also works as a psychiatric consultant to continuing care retirement organizations and professional groups. Dr. Harris, a former president of the Black Psychiatrists of America, is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Besides psychotherapy, her major clinical interests include geriatrics and the interface between general medicine and psychiatry.

James W. Jefferson, M.D.

Dr. Jefferson serves as a director of Healthcare Technology Systems Inc., Madison, Wis., and is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. He is board certified in psychiatry and internal medicine, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and is a Distinguished Senior Scientist of the Madison Institute of Medicine. His major clinical and research interests are in mood and anxiety disorders, psychopharmacology, and the interface between medicine and psychiatry.

Simon Kung, M.D.

Dr. Kung is medical director of the inpatient Mood Disorders Unit and for the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He also is an assistant professor of psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and psychology at the clinic. Dr. Kung's main area of interest is treatment-resistant depressive disorders, including pharmacologic treatments, pharmacogenetic testing, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and psychotherapies. He is also involved in developing computer applications to support clinical, education, research, and administrative aspects of psychiatry. Dr. Kung, a member of the American Association for Technology in Psychiatry, developed the first Mayo Medical School internal Web site.

Thomas W. Meeks, M.D.

Dr. Meeks has served 3 years as an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, and his work has been focused within the division of geriatric psychiatry. He received a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator Award to examine the potential additive role of inflammation in late-life depression and chronic pain, two illnesses he commonly sees in clinical practice. He also received a Geriatric Academic Career Award, which was designed to foster his skills as a clinician-educator. He chose to focus on enhancing his skills in bilingual/bicultural competency in working with Latino older adults suffering from dementia and other late-life mental illnesses, and their families.

Clifford K. Moy, M.D.

Dr. Moy is associate medical director of the Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership, Austin. He is a delegate to the American Medical Association's House of Delegates and was appointed to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for 2006 and 2007. In addition, Dr. Moy serves on the Texas Medical Association Council on Medical Education and the Travis County Medical Society Board of Ethics.

Rodrigo A. Muñoz, M.D.

Dr. Muñoz is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He has published scientific papers in most of the leading psychiatric journals in the country. In addition, he has held numerous leadership positions, including president of the American Psychiatric Association and of the San Diego County Medical Society. Dr. Muñoz is active in programs serving the indigent, the homeless, and patients who suffer from chronic mental illness.

Anthony T. Ng, M.D.

Dr. Ng is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Services and the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington. He currently serves as medical director of psychiatric emergency services at Acadia Hospital, Bangor, Maine. Dr. Ng has extensive experience in the area of primary care and mental health, crosscultural issues, community system issues, substance abuse and homeless issues, and disaster psychiatry. He also is involved in community mental health and emergency psychiatry. He is the immediate past president of the American Association of Emergency Psychiatry and is the former chairperson of the New York State Office of Mental Health Multicultural Advisory Committee.

Cynthia R. Pfeffer, M.D.

Dr. Pfeffer is professor of psychiatry at Cornell University, New York. She also serves as director of the Childhood Bereavement Program at Weill Cornell Medical College. She has written extensively about treating suicidal behavior in children and adolescents, and has given numerous talks across the country and around the world. Her clinical, research, and teaching expertise also includes the areas of child development, anxiety, and depression.

David Spiegel, M.D.

Dr. Spiegel is Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor and associate chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford (Calif.) University. He is the author of 500 research papers, chapters in scientific journals, and 10 books. Dr. Spiegel is a leader in the field of psychosomatic research, treatment, and hypnosis, with particular interest in psychoneuroendocrinology/ oncology. He is winner of the American Psychiatric Association's Marmor Award for Advancement of the Biopsychosocial Model in Psychiatry and is a past president of the American College of Psychiatrists.

Peter J. Weiden, M.D.

Dr. Weiden is director of the Psychotic Disorders Program at the Center for Cognitive Medicine, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Previously, he served as professor of psychiatry and director of the Schizophrenia Research Service at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn. He has received several awards from family and patient advocacy groups and was named an Exemplary Psychiatrist on three occasions by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Johnny L. Williamson, M.D.

Dr. Williamson is a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry. He serves as chief medical officer and clinical director of pediatrics for Hartgrove Hospital, a 160-bed acute care psychiatric facility for children, adolescents, and adults, in Chicago. Dr. Williamson also maintains a private practice and works as an outpatient community psychiatrist.

Last updated August 30, 2011