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Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Department members practice a variety of methods for treating psychiatric disorders. Special programs offer treatment of anxiety, depression and phobias. Specialists in psychopharmacology, geriatrics, child psychiatry, pain management and smoking cessation are available. Psychological testing is also available.

Chair:

David A. Baron, D.O., M.S.Ed., F.A.C.N.
 

Appointments

(215) 707-8496
 

Department:

(215) 707-3364
 

Location:

Jones Hall, 7th and 8th Floors
1316 W. Ontario Street
 

M.D. FACULTY
 

David A. Baron, D.O., M.S.Ed., F.A.C.N.
Professor and Chair
Specialty interests: medical student education, psychiatric education for primary care and mid-level health providers, psychopharmacology/clinical trials, consultation/liaison psychiatry, women's mental health issues, addictive disorders
215-707-3364
Email:
dbaron@unix.temple.edu
 

Allan H. Cristol, M.D.
Specialty interests: anxiety disorders, depression, chronic mental illness
215-707-8496
 

John J. Harding, M.D.
Specialty interests: consultation/liaison, inpatient and emergency psychiatry
215-707-3355
 

Laura Pieri, M.D.
Director, Outpatient Psychiatry
Specialty interests: emergency psychiatry, crisis intervention
 215-707-2577
 

Dilip Ramchandani, M.D.
Director, Consultation/Liaison Service
Specialty interests: history of psychiatry, undergraduate medical education, consultation/liaison psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry
 215-707-7838
Email:
dramchan@unix.temple.edu
 

Ellen Sholevar, M.D.
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Specialty interests: child and adolescent psychiatry
 215-707-8495
 Email: 
esholeva@astro.temple.edu
 

Roy Steinhouse, M.D.
Specialty interests: psychotherapy, marital and family therapy, depression, alcoholism and drug problems, anxiety states
215-707-3360
 

Edward A. Volkman, M.D.
Director of Residency Training
Specialty interests: resident education, geriatric psychiatry, psychodynamic thereapy, emergency psychiatry, family therapy, forensic psychiatry
(215) 707-3360
Email:  
evolkman@pol.net
 

Ph.D. FACULTY
 

Christopher J. Combs, Ph.D.
Specialty interests: psychological and neuropsychological impact of cardiac transplantation; personality and coping in illness; empirical foundations and ethical issues in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation; computer applications in psychological assessment
215-707-8481
 

Kevin Riley, Ph.D.
Director, Psychology Internship Program
Specialty interests: clinical neuropsychiatry, psychological assessment, medical psychology, sex differences in psychopathology, social skills training for psychiatric inpatients, group psychotherapy
215-707-3105
 

Robert Ruchinskas, Psy.D.
Specialty interests: clinical neuropsychology, psychological assessment, rehabilitation psychology, pain management, cognitive-behavioral therapy, aging and memory, geriatric psychology
215-707-7039
Email:
rruchins@nimbus.temple.edu
 

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