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UCSD
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty
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Hagop Akiskal, M.D., Professor, Mood disorders research |
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Clark Edward Allen, M.D., Clinical Instructor, Psychotherapy |
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Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., Professor, Sleep disorders research; chronobiology; geriatrics |
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J. Hampton Atkinson, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Chronic pain syndromes; depression associated with AIDS/HIV |
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Fred Berger, M.D., Clinical Professor, Drug and alcohol dependence, psycho-
therapy |
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Gary Birchler, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Marital, family, sex and divorce therapy |
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Floyd Bloom, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Neurotransmitters and behavior, molecular biology of the brain |
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Mark Bondi, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Neuropsychology of aging and dementia |
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David Braff, M.D., Professor, Psychophysiology, neuropsychology, and neurobiology of schizophrenia |
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Karen Britton, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Neuroendocrine substrates of behavior, animal models of stress and anxiety |
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Sandra A. Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Adolescent and adult substance abuse research |
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Sandra J. Brown, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Child and adolescent neuropsychology |
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Kristin Cadenhead, M.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Schizophrenic spectrum illness-basic and clinical issues |
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Michael P. Caligiuri, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Movement disorders; biomedical instrumentation; Parkinsonism; neuroleptics; motor control |
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Gabrielle Cerda, M.D., Medical Director, Children's Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry |
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David Deitch, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Substance abuse, Therapeutic Communities |
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Dean C. Delis, Ph.D., Professor, Neuropsychological function in neurologic and psychiatric patients |
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Joel Dimsdale, M.D., Professor, Psychosomatic medicine and effects of stress |
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Renee Dupont, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, MRI; SPECT; mood disorders; HIV |
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Cindy Ehlers, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Chronobiology, electrophysiology and alcohol research |
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David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuropeptides and behavior; adult attention deficit disorder; mind-body issues |
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Kevin Flood, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical pain syndromes |
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Ann Garland, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Utilization of mental health services by children and adolescents |
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Mark Geyer, Ph.D., Professor, Behavioral function of monoamines; human and rat startle response |
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J. Christian Gillin, M.D., Professor, Sleep; chronobiology; affective disorders; neuropsychopharmacology |
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Eric Granholm, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuropsychology and psychophysiology of schizophrenia |
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Igor Grant, M.D., Professor, Neurobehavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS and alcoholism; life stress and illness |
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Philip M. Groves, Ph.D., Professor, Neuropharmacology of brain dopamine systems; Parkinson's disease |
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Nasra Haroun, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Severe psychopathology in prepubertal children |
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Jackuelyn M. Harris, M.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Geropsychiatry; late-onset psychoses; movement disorders |
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Richard L. Hauger, M.D., Professor, Neuroendocrinology of stress and psychostimulants |
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Robert K. Heaton, Ph.D., Professor, Neuropsychology; HIV encephalopathy; schizophrenia |
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Ellen K. Heyneman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Eating disorders and mood disorders in children and adolescents |
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Richard L. Hough, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Social psychiatry and epidemiology |
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Michael R. Irwin, M.D., Professor, Psychoimmunology; affective disorders; neurobiology of alcoholism |
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Terry Jernigan, Ph.D., Professor, Brain imaging of cognitive and psychiatric disorders; aging and memory research |
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Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Professor, Geropsychiatry; late-onset psychoses; dementia; tardive dyskinesia |
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Lewis L. Judd, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Clinical, epidemiological, and treatment studies of mood and anxiety disorders |
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Patricia Judd, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurocognitive deficits in Borderline Personality Disorder |
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Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor, Quality of life, epidemiology |
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Harvey J. Karten, M.D., Professor; Research on retina and visual pathways |
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John R. Kelsoe Jr., M.D., Associate Professor, Molecular biological approaches to psychiatric disorders |
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Neal Kline, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Therapeutic interventions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
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George F. Koob, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor; Behavioral neuropharmacology |
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Daniel F. Kripke, M.D., Professor, Chronobiology; light exposure and treatment; sleep |
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Julia Kuck, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor; Schizophrenia, neuropsychology, adult autism |
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Ronald T. Kuczenski, Ph.D., Professor, Neuropsychopharmacology of stimulants; in vivo microdialysis |
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Saul Levine, M.D., Professor, Adolescent's belief systems; resiliency of youth |
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James B. Lohr, M.D., Professor, Schizophrenia and movement disorders research |
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Jeffrey Max, MBBch, Associate Professor, Child and adolescent psychiatry |
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Margaret McCahill, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Somatoform disorders, anxiety and depression in primary care, medical care of the homeless |
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John McQuaid, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Cognitive behavioral treatment of depression; life events research |
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Paul J. Mills, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Stress; adrenergic function; menstrual physiology; behavioral medicine |
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Mauricio Montal, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Nonlinear dynamics and biological issues |
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Mark Myers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Substance abuse in adolescents |
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Barbara Parry, M.D., Associate Professor, Depression; chronobiology; premenstrual, postpartum, menopausal and seasonal mood disorders |
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Thomas Patterson, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Life events |
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Martin P. Paulus, M.D., Assistant Professor, Nonlinear dynamics, behavioral neuropsychopharmacology |
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Nolan E. Penn, Ph.D., Professor, Aging; coping strategies; forensic psychiatry |
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William Perry, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Neuropsychology of schizophrenia |
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Sheri Diane Pruitt, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Health rehabilitation psychology and consult-liaison psychology |
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Annette Pozos, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Schizophrenia, inpatient psychiatry |
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Mark Rapaport, M.D., Associate Professor, Immune activation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, outpatient studies in mood and anxiety disorders |
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Enid Rockwell, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Geropsychiatry; Alzheimer's disease and late-life psychosis |
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Jeffrey Rowe, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Child psychiatry |
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Marc A. Schuckit, M.D., Professor, Alcoholism; family and genetic studies |
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David S. Segal, Ph.D., Professor, Animal models of psychopathology; psychopharmacology; stimulants |
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Daniel D. Sewell, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, HIV psychiatry; geropsychiatry; neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
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Stephen R. Shuchter, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Grief, bereavement, and depression |
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Steven N. Sparta, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Forensic psychology; child abuse and neglect; psychological aspects of medical problems in children; divorce conflicts |
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Joachim Spiess, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Protein biochemistry and the molecular biology of receptor proteins in the central nervous system |
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Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Clinical Professor, Basic and Clinical psychopharmacology |
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Murray Stein, M.D., Professor, Neurobiology of anxiety disorders |
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Larry Squire, Ph.D., Professor, Neurobiology of memory |
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Neal R. Swerdlow, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Limbic system-basal ganglia function in mental illness |
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Eric Turner, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular genetics of central nervous system development |
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Eduardo R. Val, M.D., Clinical Professor, Cross cultural psychiatry |
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James W. Varni, Ph.D., Professor, Pediatric behavioral medicine in childhood cancer |
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Tamara Wall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Etiology of alcoholism-genetic and environmental vulnerability factors |
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Sidney Zisook, M.D., Professor, Psychopharmacology of depression and schizophrenia; bereavement; PTSD |

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