Cynthia Fields is a Psychiatrist and a Geriatrics provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Fields is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Alzheimer's Disease, and Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

William Narrow is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Narrow is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Gerald Nestadt is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Nestadt is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tourette Syndrome, Anorexia, and Schizophrenia. Dr. Nestadt is currently accepting new patients.

Nicola Cascella is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Cascella has been practicing medicine for over 44 years is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizoaffective Disorder, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

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 highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Schizophrenia.

Marco Grados is a Psychiatrist and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Grados is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Anorexia, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Thomas Sedlak is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Sedlak is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. 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 highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Dr. Morrow is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry. His clinical and research focus is on the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Parkinson’s disease. He sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Young-Onset Dementia Clinic and Movement Disorder Psychiatry Clinic as well as on the inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Service. Dr. Morrow is involved in a variety of clinical trials testing novel agents for the treatment of cognition, depression, and psychosis in neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Morrow is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Khizar Khan is a Psychiatrist in Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Khan is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizophrenia, and Major Depression. Dr. Khan is currently accepting new patients.

Mansoor Malik is a Psychiatrist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Malik is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizoaffective Disorder, and Major Depression.

Tracy Kuniega-Pietrzak is a Psychiatrist in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Dr. Kuniega-Pietrzak is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Anorexia, Bulimia, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Dr. Kuniega-Pietrzak is currently accepting new patients.

Edward Zuzarte is a Psychiatrist in Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Zuzarte is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Major Depression. Dr. Zuzarte is currently accepting new patients.

Scott Aaronson is a Psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Aaronson is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Aaronson is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Rosa Crum is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include adult psychiatry. Dr. Crum serves as the co-director of clinical epidemiology. She also is a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She received her B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University. She earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School and her M.H.S. from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and performed an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellowship in clinical epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Crum’s professional interests include epidemiology and the prevention of psychiatric disorders, cognitive disorders, alcoholism and other substance use disorders. She serves as associate director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program. She has been recognized with several awards and honors, and was an American Psychopathological Association fellow in 2001. Dr. Crum is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Schizophrenia.

Robert Roca is a Psychiatrist and a Geriatrics provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Roca is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Schizophrenia.

Roma Vasa is a Psychiatrist and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Vasa is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Sarah C. Collica, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She directs the Young Adult Mood Disorders Inpatient Unit and Outpatient Mood Disorders Consultation Clinic. She received her B.S. from Yale University and her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she completed her psychiatry residency and served as chief resident. She then pursued the Alexander Wilson Schweizer Fellow in Mood Disorders at Johns Hopkins in order to become a clinical expert in the diagnosis and treatment of complex cases of major depression and bipolar disorders. This fellowship set the foundation for her research interests in the treatment of patients with mood disorders focusing on clinical outcomes in the inpatient and outpatient setting. She aims to collect data that will lead to the systematic study of and improvement in the delivery of psychiatric care. Dr. Collica is committed to educating youth on mood disorders, and she is a co-investigator in the Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP). This is a depression literacy program for high school students developed at Johns Hopkins by Dr. Karen Swartz. Dr. Collica is also part of the team developing ADAP Junior for middle school students and is leading the international expansion of the program. Her top area of expertise is Anorexia.

Karen L. Swartz, M.D., received her B.A. from Princeton University and her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she served as chief resident. She then completed clinical fellowship training in affective disorders and research training in psychiatric epidemiology at The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She is the Director of Clinical and Educational Programs at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. Dr. Swartz is also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her clinical expertise is in the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders. She is founder and director of the Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP), a school-based program designed to educate high school students, faculty, and parents about adolescent depression. Now in its 25th year, the ADAP curriculum has been taught to over 140,000 high school students. Dr. Swartz and the ADAP team have also developed a comprehensive training program that prepares high school counselors and teachers as ADAP instructors, which facilitates the dissemination of the program. In addition to the Baltimore-Washington area, the program has been taught in multiple states including Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Delaware, Ohio, Florida, Texas and Minnesota. More information is available on the program's website: www.ADAPeducation.org Dr. Swartz received the national 2007 Welcome Back Award, which honors one psychiatrist annually, in recognition of her leadership in destigmatizing depression through community education. In 2008 she was selected as the one psychiatrist in Maryland honored with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill’s “Heroes in the Fight Award” for both efforts to destigmatize mental illness and clinical excellence. In 2009 Dr. Swartz was inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Her other research has focused on psychiatric disorders in women and psychiatric disorders in the general population, including the study of whether affective disorders predict migraine headaches, the incidence of social phobias in the Baltimore area, and the heterogeneity and course of affective disorders. Dr. Swartz has also written articles for such journals as Archives of General Psychiatry, Health Education & Behavior, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, the International Review of Psychiatry, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Major Depression.

Dr. Una McCann is a psychiatric specialist in Baltimore, caring for patients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and post-traumatic stress. Dr. McCann serves as Associate Program Director at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Graduate Clinical Research Center. She is also Director of the Anxiety Disorders Program and Co-Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Medicine and Research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. McCann received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Princeton University. She earned her M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she also performed a fellowship in psychiatry. Dr. McCann joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1999. Her research interests include amphetamine-induced monoamine neurotoxicity and the neurobiology of anxiety disorders. Dr. McCann is a member of the Society for Neuroscience. She speaks both English and Spanish. Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Traumatic Brain Injury, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Dr. Geetha Jayaram is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also a Professor in the Departments of Health Policy and Management and Nursing. She has an MBA and is interested in health services research. Dr. Jayaram has presented at many national and international meetings and has lectured in the US and abroad. She is involved in patient care, teaching and research. Her administrative focus is to improve the quality and safety of health care for patients, develop and implement programs for psychiatric care in low and middle income countries. Her top area of expertise is Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Dr. Leppla completed her psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2018 and a fellowship in Psychosomatic medicine in 2019. She is currently a clinical associate at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and enjoys teaching. Her top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Delirium, Major Depression, and Dementia.

"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 highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Delirium, 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 highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Major Depression, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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 highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), Deep Brain Stimulation, and Rhizotomy.