Dr. Fernando Goes, the Director of our Stanley and Elizabeth Star Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders, is a psychiatrist focused on the study and treatment of severe mood disorders. As a disease-oriented clinician-scientist, his goal in leading the center is to better understand the causes, course, and treatment of severe mood disorders to facilitate the development of better treatments and implement improvements in patient care. His current research project encompasses genomic studies of mood disorders diverse populations, clinical trials of new medications, and the clinical utility of novel wearables technology to better track mood, sleep and activity. Dr. Goes directs the Bayview Mood Disorders Clinic, where he cares for patients with bipolar disorders and sees patients for consultations at the East Baltimore campus. Dr. Goes is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Schizophrenia.

Francis Mcmahon is a Psychiatrist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Mcmahon is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizophrenia, Major Depression, and Tourette Syndrome.

Andrei Pikalov is a Psychiatrist in North Potomac, Maryland. Dr. Pikalov is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizophrenia, and Major Depression.

Dr. Potash returned to Johns Hopkins as Director of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief in 2017. Prior to that he was Chair and Department Executive Officer of the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry from 2011-17. Dr. Potash graduated in 1984 from Yale College, where he majored in English. Following graduation, he served in the Peace Corps in the West African country of Senegal, and there decided to become a physician. He completed his master’s degree in public health at Johns Hopkins, focusing on epidemiology and international health. He then went on to medical school at Hopkins, medical internship at Hopkins Bayview, and a year working as a general practitioner in another West African country, Benin. He returned to do his psychiatric residency at Hopkins and served as chief resident in 1997-98. He then joined Dr. Ray DePaulo’s mood disorders program, and eventually became the program’s research director before moving to Iowa. Dr. Potash’s work has focused on investigation of the genetic and epigenetic basis of mood disorders—depression and bipolar disorder. These efforts have resulted in over 170 publications and consistent NIH funding. He has been particularly interested in the genetic basis of the psychotic forms of bipolar disorder, and in the epigenetic mechanisms through which stress plays a role in depression. Dr. Potash co-leads the Bipolar Sequencing Consortium, and is a member of the Council on Research for the American Psychiatric Association. He serves as Treasurer for the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics, and he has played a leading role in the National Network of Depression Centers. In addition to his research endeavors, Dr. Potash is also an active clinician who sees mood disorders patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Potash is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Dr. David Bond is a clinician-scientist with 20 years of experience in treating people with bipolar disorder. His main clinical interests are the diagnosis and treatment of early-stage bipolar disorder, bipolar depression, and co-occurring conditions like anxiety disorders and ADHD. He has been an investigator in numerous clinical trials investigating the effectiveness and safety of treatments for bipolar disorder. Dr. Bond co-authored the 2013, 2018, and 2021 Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments/International Society for Bipolar Disorders (CANMAT/ISBD) Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Bipolar Disorder, the most widely used treatment guidelines worldwide. Dr Bond’s research focuses on the relationship between body health and brain health, and he has conducted brain imaging studies investigating the relationships between elevated body mass index, tobacco use, and brain illness progression in bipolar disorder. Dr. Bond leads the Johns Hopkins Hospital Bipolar Disorder Clinic. Dr. Bond is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Anorexia, Bulimia, and Schizoaffective Disorder.

Milap Nowrangi, M.D., MS, is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Nowrangi specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of age-related cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. He also is interested in the treatment or management of behavioral and cognitive sequelae of neurological diseases, including those caused by traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy or toxic exposures. Dr. Nowrangi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID).

Sushma Jani is a Psychiatrist and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Jani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

William Narrow is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Narrow is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Dr. Adrian Kress believes in creating a supportive and collaborative relationship. Moreover, he prioritizes his clients’ ability to make well-informed, evidence-based decisions about their mental health care. Dr. Kress offers evening hours to support our client’s busy schedules. He treats adult patients seeking evaluations for and management of psychiatric medications.In the coming months, Dr. Kress will retire from the Army after twenty years of service. He received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He completed his psychiatry residency training with the National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He completed fellowship training and achieved board-certified in Forensic Psychiatry. Additionally, he holds board certification in Clinical Pharmacology through the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. As a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Kress’ has extensive clinical experience providing psychiatric care for patients with various psychiatric illnesses across multiple treatment settings. As such, his training prepared him to offer exceptional care to the members of our community. . His top areas of expertise are Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Gratiela Zbarcea, MD, specializes in psychiatry and is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices at UPMC Western Maryland Behavioral Health Services. Dr. Zbarcea completed her medical education at Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, residency at Clinic For Pulmonary Diseases and Tufts New England Medical Center, and fellowship at Psychoanalytic Institute of New England. Dr. Zbarcea is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, and Schizoaffective Disorder.

Cynthia Fields is a Psychiatrist and a Geriatrics provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Fields is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Her top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Alzheimer's Disease, and Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Bernadette Cullen is a Psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Cullen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Her top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Major Depression.

Irving Reti, MBBS is a research psychiatrist at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr Reti heralds from Sydney, Australia where he completed medical school at the University of Sydney before coming to Johns Hopkins for psychiatry residency. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience, he established his own laboratory which is focused on the field of brain stimulation. He is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and is Director of The Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Service at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He founded The Brain Stimulation Program at Johns Hopkins in 2008 which has an active preclinical and clinical research program as well as offering specialty consultation and treatment with brain stimulation treatment modalities including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Clinical research focuses on TMS and its application in diverse populations including patients with traumatic brain injury. Dr Reti also directs a laboratory investigating aspects of synaptic plasticity related to brain stimulation and motivated behavior. He is interested in learning more about how ECT works and is conducting studies implicating the immediate early gene Narp in mediating the antidepressant behavioral effects of electroconvulsive seizures in mice. His other major focus is developing alternate treatments to maintenance ECT, such as deep brain stimulation, for autistic patients he has treated with severe self-injury who remain dependent on ECT to suppress this behavior. Dr. Reti is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Deep Brain Stimulation, and Rhizotomy.

Dr. Ashley Denise Bone is an instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include adult psychiatry, behavioral medicine and depression. Dr. Bone earned her M.D. from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Bone is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizoaffective Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Schizophrenia.

Glenn Jordan Treisman is the Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Director of the AIDS Psychiatry Service, The Pain Treatment Program, and his most-recent effort as co-director of the Amos Center, a program that studies atypical GI disorders and the relationship between food, the nervous system of the GI tract, the microbiome, and disease. The Pain treatment Program provides care for chronic pain syndromes and is a national referral resource for patients with intractable pain. Dr. Treisman is internationally known for his engaging presentations, his efforts to promote the integration of psychiatry and medicine, and his vigorous commitment to the betterment of patient care for underserved populations. He is best known for his groundbreaking work in the field of HIV, where he has been described as “the father of AIDS psychiatry.” He is involved in the care of psychiatrically ill HIV infected patients and has been since early in the epidemic. He described and has raised awareness of the role of mental illness as a driving force in the HIV epidemic as well as a barrier to effective care. He is the author of The Psychiatry of AIDS, the first comprehensive textbook on the subject, as well as numerous articles on the issues of mental health in the HIV clinic. As part of a lifelong commitment to education, Dr. Treisman directed the residency program in Psychiatry for nine years, and has delivered lectures at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in courses on Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Pharmacology Clinical Skills, and the Physician in Society course, as well as lectures in the School of Public Heath, the School of Nursing, and in numerous departments. He is considered to be an outstanding teacher and has received the Chairman’s Award for Teaching from the Department of Medicine. His lectures on psychiatry and medical ethics have earned him international invitations and eponymous lectures including the prestigious Mapother Lecture in London and Findling Lecture at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. John G Bartlett has referred to his lecture on DNR orders and medical ethics as “the Gettysburg Address of medicine,” and The American College of Physicians recognized his work with the presentation of the William C. Menninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Mental Health. Dr. Treisman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST).

Dr. William Howard is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is adult psychiatry. Dr. Howard earned his M.D. from University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida and performed fellowships at University of Iowa College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Howard is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, and Schizophrenia.

"O. Joseph (""Joe"") Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D. is the Judy Yin Shih, PhD Professor in Anxiety Disorders at Johns Hopkins. He completed his psychiatric training at Johns Hopkins in 1996, having served as chief resident in his final year. Dr. Bienvenu joined the faculty full-time in 1999 after completing a research fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology and a doctorate through the Johns Hopkins Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. His current area of particular research interest is psychiatric morbidity in critical illness survivors, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder and related conditions. Dr. Bienvenu directs the academic program for resident education in anxiety disorders, which includes the John and Mary McGlasson Anxiety Disorders Clinic, as well as the psychiatric Residents' Outpatient Continuity Clinic, and the inpatient Consultation-Liaison services at Johns Hopkins Hospital.". Dr. Bienvenu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Delirium, and Major Depression.

Jeffrey Hsu, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a member and fellow of ASAM and the American Psychiatric Association. He has been involved in the addiction education of psychiatry residents and medical students and in the clinical care of patients with HIV, addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorders for over 17 years. He has regularly participated in many addiction CME events locally, regionally and around the country. For 4 years, he was the co-director and speaker at an annual buprenorphine certification and office-based treatment course for opioid use disorders. He has been a previous speaker and workshop organizer at the ASAM Annual Medical-Scientific Conferences, the Danya Institute/Central East ATTC, and the AAAP annual meeting. Selected Publications Hsu JH: Substance abuse and HIV. Hopkins HIV Report 2002 July; 14(4):8-12. Dr. Hsu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Major Depression, and Schizophrenia.

Thomas Sedlak is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Sedlak is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizoaffective Disorder, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Dr. Stanislav Spivak is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is adult psychiatry in the community setting. Dr. Spivak received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he also completed his residency in psychiatry. He subsequently completed a research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is the medical director for Mobile Treatment Services of Community Psychiatry (COSTAR). COSTAR is an Assertive Community Treatment program that operates on a 24/7 basis to provide at-home and in the community services to those with the most serious and persistent mental illnesses. Dr. Spivak has published on a variety of topics related to individuals with serious mental and substance use disorders as well as services available to those individuals. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Exposure to Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising and Medication Nonadherence Among Patients With Serious Mental Illness, Psychiatric Services podcast 9/2017 Number of US mental health facilities offering telepsychiatry doubles since 2010. Open Minds News Report. 11/2019 Use of telepsychiatry nearly doubles from 2010 to 2017, study finds. APA Psychiatric News Alert. 10/2019 4 Questions About Trends in the Use of Telepsychiatry, Consultant360. Dr. Spivak is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).