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Psychiatry Residency at UK
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Psychiatry

FACULTY

Dr. Allaham John 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
Todd Cheever, MD Todd R. Cheever, M.D.
Adult Psychiatrist
Director, Second Year Psychiatry Course
Interests: Medical Student Education; Suicide Prevention; Organized Psychiatry; Psychiatry in Cinema
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
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
Diane Follingstad, PhD Diane R. Follingstad, Ph.D.
Women's Circle Endowed Chair, Center for Research on Violence Against Women
Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology
Board Certified in Forensic Psychology, ABPP
Interests: Forensic – Evaluations for criminal competencies, Battered Women’s cases, Psychological damages evaluations for civil cases
Research and Teaching: Intimate Partner Violence; Factors impacting Battered Women’s Homicide cases; Assessment of psychological aggression; Teaching of Psychotherapy and Assessment/Testing
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
Beth Higgins, LCSW Beth Higgins, LCSW, DAPA, CRS, CFC
Psychotherapist
Diplomate of the American Psychotherapist Association
Certified Relationship Specialist
Certified Forensic Consultant
Interests:Forensic Practice, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Abuse, Infertility
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
Timothy Houchin, MD Timothy Houchin, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Forensic Psychiatrist, Eastern State Hospital; University of Kentucky
Interests: Expert Witness Testimony, Competency to Stand Trial and Insanity Defense, Juvenile Justice Issues
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.
Vice Chair for Education
Director of Triple Board and Child/Adolescent Residency Training Programs
UK Outpatient Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist
Pediatrician, Neurologist, Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist
Interests: Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Medical Education; Child Psychiatry
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 Virginia 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
Anthony Siegel, MD Anthony Siegel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Inpatient Services, Eastern State Hospital
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
Julie Tincher,MSW, LCSW Julie Tincher, MSW, LCSW
UK Outpatient Adult, Child, Adolescent therapist
Interests:Child Abuse, Play Therapy, Divorce Adjustment issues for parents and 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
Martha Wunsch, MD Martha J. Wunsch, MD
UK Outpatient Adult
Interests: prescription drug abuse, overdose mortality due to prescription drugs, and women and addiction.
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