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The Department of Psychiatry offers outstanding clinical service, training, and research opportunities through the Division of Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry at the VCU Health System and the Consultation/Liaison Service at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. A large and diverse faculty contribute to these efforts.

VCU Health System Faculty
  • JJames Levensonames L. Levenson, M.D., Division Chairman
  • Sherif Meguid, M.D.
  • James Culbert, Ph.D.
  • Douglas Gibson, Ph.D.
  • Robert Hart, Ph.D.
  • Chris Kogut, M.D.
  • Susan Kornstein, M.D.
  • Mary Ellen Olbrisch, Ph.D.
  • Joel Silverman, M.D.
  • Neil Sonenklar, M.D.
  • Jim Wade, Ph.D.
  • Susan Waller, M.D.
Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC Faculty
  • Joel Blum, M.D., Division Head
  • Sultana Salam, M.D.
  • Robert Schneider, M.D.
  • Elbert Sholar, M.D.
Clinical Programs
  • Adult Inpatient Consultation Service - over 1,000 consults per year
  • Pediatric Inpatient Consultation Service (based at VTCC) -225 patients per year
  • Outpatient Consultation Service - about 2,000 per year
  • Psychological Assessment Center - general psychological and neuro-psychological evaluations
  • Children's Assessment Laboratory - neuropsychological and psychological evaluations/testing
  • Biofeedback and behavioral medicine programs
  • Primary Care - integrated mental health services
  • Sherif MeguidOrgan Transplant Program - assessment, support, and treatment services
  • Premenstrual Syndrome Clinic - with the Department of Ob/Gyn
  • Refractory Seizure Evaluation and Treatment Program
  • Pediatric Neurology Clinic
  • Womens' Health Center interdisciplinary team
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation liaison

 

Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC Clinical Programs

  • Adult Inpatient Consultation Service - about 800 consults per year
  • Adult Outpatient Consultation Service - about 1,500 consults and visits per year
  • Consultation and Liaison support to specialized programs:
    • Hepatology Clinic
    • Head Injury Program
    • Spinal Cord Injury Service
    • Nursing Home Care Unit
    • Inpatient Hospice Program
    • Transplantation Services
  • Mental Health Clinic based in outpatient primary care setting
Teaching Activities
  • Psychiatric aspects of medical care
  • Psychiatric Medicine for Specialty Practitioners
  • PGY-2 Rotation (MCV Hospitals)
  • PGY-4 Rotation (MCV Hospitals & VA Medical Center)
  • Nationally Recognized Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Postdoctoral training in Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Medicine
  • Psychiatry and medical ethics
Research Activities
  • NIMH sponsored controlled trial of consultation in general medical inpatients
  • NIMH/NIDRR funded studies of memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury
  • Studies of reliability and validity of psychosocial selection in organ transplant patients
  • Personality structure and measurement of psychopathology in chronic pain
  • Evaluation of candidates for obesity surgery
  • Depression in sickle cell anemia
  • Assessment of delirium in ICU's




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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry

Last Update: August, 2012 according to departmental policy
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