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Department of Psychiatry Faculty

Dr. Allaham Allahham, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology
Interface between Psychiatry & Internal Medicine, psychosomatic medicine
Timothy Allen, MD Timothy Allen, M.D.
Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
Director, UK Adult Forensic Clinic
Interests: Forensic Psychiatry; Medical Student Education
Robert Aug, MD Robert Aug, M.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Resident Supervisor, Oakwood and Kentucky School for the Deaf
Interests: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; ADHD; Psychotherapy
Allen Brenzel, MD Allen Brenzel, M.D., MBA
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Pediatrician
Division Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Co-Director, CATS Clinic (Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Service)
Consultant, Department of Family-Based Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Director, UK Outpatient Child Blue Team
Interests: Psychopharmacology; Child Abuse; Chronic Illness in Children; ADHD; Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents
Cletus Carvalho, MD Cletus Carvalho, M.D.
Medical Director, UK Inpatient Psychiatry
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine; Adult Psychopathology
Jose de Leon, MD Jose de Leon, M.D.
Director, UK Research Office, Eastern State Hospital
Director, Residency Education, Eastern State Hospital
Interests: Schizophrenia; Chronic Mental Illness; Psychopharmacology; Bipolar Disorder; Smoking and Mental Illness; Cytochrome P-450; Polydipsia
Diane Dennis, LCSW, MSW Diane Dennis, L.C.S.W., M.S.W.
UK Outpatient Therapist
Interests: Mindfulness Meditation; EMDR; Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapy; Couples Therapy
Maureen Dennis, MS, LLP Mareen Dennis, M.S., L.P.P.
UK Outpatient Therapist
Director, Psychological Testing
Interests: Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy; Psychological Testing of Children and Adolescents
Fiona Doherty, MD Fiona Doherty, M.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist; Internist; Nephrologist
Interests: Psychiatric Illness in Medically Ill Patients; Transplant Medicine; Psychoneuroimmunology
Carol Fisk-Owais, MD Carol Fisk-Owais, M.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Interests: Adult Psychopathology; Bipolar Disorder
Teresa Gevedon, MD Teresa Gevedon, M.D.
Director, UK Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Interests: Psychopathology and Treatment of Women; Affective Disorders
Paul Glaser, MD, PhD Paul Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Pediatrician; Triple Board Graduate
Researcher in Psychiatry and Anatomy Departments
UK Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Interests: Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Developmental Pediatrics; Neuroscience Research
Lon Hays, MD, MBA Lon R. Hays, M.D., M.B.A.
Chair
UK Outpatient Adult and Addiction Psychiatrist
Interests: Addiction; Opioids; Geriatrics; Administration; Finance
William Heffron, MD William Heffron, M.D.
UK Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Director, Mental Health Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Interests: Systems of Care; Juvenile Delinquency; Telemedicine Services
Kelly Hill, MD Kelly Hill, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Pediatrician; Psychoanalyst; Triple Board Graduate
UK Outpatient Psychiatrist
Interests: Eating Disorders; Adult and Child Psychoanalysis
Laurie Humphries, MD Laurie Humphries, M.D.
Medical Director, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ridge Hospital
UK Outpatient Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Interests: Eating Disorders; Acute and Severe Psychiatric Illness in Children and Adolescents; Administration; Media and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents
Steve Johnson, MSW Steve Johnson, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
UK Outpatient Therapist
Interests: Individual, Couples and Family Therapy using CBT and Psychodynamic Modalities; Sexual Orientation Issues; Addictions
Otto Kaak, MD Otto Kaak, M.D.
Co-Director, UK CATS (Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Service)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Supervisor for Banjo Kaak, Therapy Dog
Interests: Attachment Disorders; Parent Training; Infant Psychiatry; Psychotherapy
Debra Katz, MD Debra Katz, M.D.
Director of Triple Board and Child/Adolescent Residency Training Programs
UK Outpatient Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Pediatrician, Neurologist, Child Neurologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Interests: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Residency Education; Eating Disorders; PTSD; Telemedicine Applications in Psychiatry; Mental Health Issues Related to Companion Pets
Dorothy Keller, RN, MSW Dorothy Keller, R.N., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
UK Outpatient Child and Adolescent Therapist
Interests: ADHD; Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children
Robert Kraus, MD Robert F. Kraus, M.D.
Associate Residency Training Director, Psychiatry
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Anthropologist
Interests: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry; Suicide; Native American Mental Health; PTSD
Michelle Lofwall, MD Michelle Lofwall, M.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Clinical Researcher in Substance Use
Interests: Opioids; Cocaine; Substance Use and Aging; Psychiatric and Medical Comorbidity; Sex-Differences; Impairment in Health Care Providers; Student Mental Health
Sean Buckley, MD Karen Lommel, D.O., M.H.A
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service, Kentucky Children's Hospital
Inpatient Attending, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Interests: Psychosomatics; Impact of Exercise on Mental Health and Behavior; Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Ginny Luftman, MSW Ginny Luftman, R.N., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
UK Outpatient Therapist
Interests: Eating Disorders, Family Therapy, Trauma Survivors, Child Custody
Gray Manis, MSW Gray Manis, L.C.S.W., C.A.D.C
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
Interests: Addictions, Trauma, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Dual Diagnosis
Catherine Martin, MD Catherine Martin, M.D.
Vice-Chair for Research
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Interests: Biological Markers for High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents; Substance Abuse; ADHD; Adolescent Smoking and Smoking Interventions
Edward Maxwell, MD Edward Maxwell, M.D.
UK Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Deputy Commissioner, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Interests: Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology; Systems of Care; Healthcare Administration
Daniel Nahum, MD Daniel Nahum, M.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Medical Director, Ridge Outpatient Intensive Care Services
Interests: Individual Psychotherapy; Group Therapy; Computerized Medical Decision Support in Psychiatry; Affective Disorders; Chemical Dependency
Jon Neill, MD John Neill, M.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist
Director, UK Psychopharmacology Clinic
Interests: Psychopharmacology; Psychotherapy; History of Psychiatry
James Norton, PhD James Norton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Area Health Education Center and Community-Based Education
Neuropsychologist
Interests: Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education; Rural Health Education; Personality Disorders
Sean Buckley, MD Amy O'Neill, M.D.
UK Adult Psychiatrist, Bluegrass Comprehensive Care Center, Lexington
Residency Education Coordinator, Bluegrass Comprehensive Care
Interests: Chronic and Severe Mental Illness; AIDS in Psychiatric Patients
Donald Ralph, PhD Donald Ralph, Ph.D.
UK Outpatient Adult Psychologist
Director, UK-HMO Mental Health Services
Interests: Delivery of Mental Health Care; Psychotherapy; Managed Mental Health Care
John Ranseen, PhD John Ranseen, Ph.D.
Neuropsychologist
Director of Neuropsychological Testing
Interests: Neuropsychology; Forensic Testing; Adult ADHD; Test Accommodations for Mental Disabilities on Professional Licensing Exams; Malingering
Robert Simon, MD Robert Simon, M.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Pediatrician; Triple Board Graduate
Associate Residency Training Director, Triple Board
Director, UK Child White Team Clinic
Consultant, Department of Juvenile Justice
Interests: Tourette?s Syndrome; Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Childhood; ADHD; Conduct Disorders
Marian Swope, MD Marian Swope, M.D.
UK Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Co-Director, Blue and White Child Team Clinics
Interests: ADHD; Community-Based Care of Children
Jeffrey Tuttle, MD Jeffrey Tuttle, MD
Director, UK Consult Liaison Service
Interests: Medical Education, Humanities in Psychiatry
Lane Veltkamp, MSW Lane Veltkamp, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
UK Outpatient Adult, Child and Adolescent Therapist
Director, UK Child & Adolescent Forensic Clinic
Interests: Child Abuse; Mediation; Forensics; Child Custody
Richard Welsh, MSW Richard Welsh, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
UK Outpatient Adult, Child and Adolescent Therapist
Interests: ADHD; Disruptive Behavior Disorders; ADHD Parent Training; Family and Couples Therapy; Sexual Dysfunction Therapy
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