Core Faculty

G. Adam Crits, MD: Clinical work: Medical Chief, North County Mental Health clinic, SMC. Medical Training: Medical College of Virginia–MD; UC Irvine Medical Center – Psychiatry Residency. Scholarly/ Clinical Interests: Public psychiatry and substance use disorders.

Peter Dell, MD: Clinical work: Deputy Medical Director. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychiatric Association, Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists. Medical Training: University of California, San Francisco–MD; San Mateo County BHRS–Psychiatry Residency; Columbia/Cornell Psychiatry and the Law–Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Police interrogation of the mentally ill, Insanity defense in California.

Tamar Meidav, MD: Clinical work: Child and Adolescent Staff Psychiatrist, Central County Regional Clinic; Assistant Residency Director. Medical Training: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine—MD; Mount Sinai Medical Center—Internship in Internal Medicine; Cambridge Health Alliance–Psychiatry Residency; UCSF–Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: medical education and public psychiatry.

Zachary Plaut, MD: Clinical work/Academic Affiliation: San Mateo Medical Center inpatient psychiatrist, Assistant Program Director-San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. Medical Training: UC Davis School of Medicine–MD; San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program–Residency in Psychiatry; UCSF–Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (SFVA and Kaiser). Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Emergency and Addiction psychiatry.

Divy Ravindranath, MD MS FACLP: Clinical work: Consult-Liaison psychiatrist at San Mateo Medical Center. Academic Affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) at Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Medical Training: UCSF School of Medicine–MD; University of Michigan Health System–Residency in Psychiatry, Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine and Graduate Medical Education Scholars Program. Professional Organizational Affiliations: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Association of Academic Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Psychosomatic and emergency psychiatry, graduate medical education.

Brendan Scherer, MD: Clinical work/Academic Affiliation:  San Mateo Psychiatry Program Director; Staff Psychiatrist at Central County BHRS Central County clinic. Professional Organization Affiliations: AADPRT. ABPM. Medical Training: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine; San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Addiction, education, personality disorders, emergency and community psychiatry. 

Tasha Souter, MD: Clinical work: Medical Director. Academic Affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) Stanford University School of Medicine. Medical Training: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine; Stanford Adult Residency Program; Professional Organizational Affiliations:  American Society of Addiction Medicine, California Society of Addiction Medicine, Scholarly/Clinical Interests: addiction and trauma informed psychiatry.

Barbara Weissman, MD: Clinical work: Senior Clinical Faculty OASIS Team (Geriatric psychiatry). Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Medical Association, California Medical Association (Chair of Specialty Delegation), San Mateo County Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association (Assembly Executive Member), Northern California Psychiatric Association, California Psychiatric Association, San Mateo Psychiatric Society. Medical Training: Harvard Medical School –MD; Children’s Hospital of San Francisco—Intern in Internal Medicine; UCSF–Post Graduate Fellowship Radiation Oncology; Stanford—Residency in Psychiatry. Clinical/Scholarly Interests: geriatric psychiatry, organizational psychiatry.

Mira Zein, MD MPH: Clinical work: Consult-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatrist at San Mateo Medical Center. Academic Affiliation: Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) at Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Medical Training: McGill University Faculty of Medicine – MD; Johns Hopkins School of Public Health – MPH; New York University School of Medicine - Residency in Psychiatry; Stanford University School of Medicine - Fellowship in Consult Liaison Psychiatry.  Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Consult liaison and emergency psychiatry, graduate medical education, social justice in psychiatry, refugee health.

Selected publications by faculty:  

Saal D, Lee F. (2020): Rapid Induction Therapy for Opioid-Use Disorder Using Buprenorphine Transdermal Patch: A Case Series. Perm J. 2020 Mar 13. 

Sayers Van Neil M, Bhatia R, Riano NS, de Faria L, Catapano-Friedman L, Ravven S, Weissman B, Nzodom C, Alexander A, Budde K, Mangurian C. (2020): The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on the Mental and Physical Health of Mothers and Children: A Review of the Literature and Policy Implications. Harv Rev Psychiatry. Mar/Apr 2020. PMID 32134836

Hearn JK, Reiff T, McBride A, Kelly MB: Caffeine-Induced Psychosis and a Review of Statutory Approaches to Involuntary Intoxication. J Am Acad Psychiary Law. 2020 May 13. PMID 32404360

Kleinman RA, Ravindranath D, Rodriguez CI. Deepening the Understanding of the Psychomotor Response to Critical Illness. Critical Care Medicine. Jul 2018; 46(7): e722. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003058

Wang, R., Joshi, SV. First generation students. Chapter for University Student Mental Health: A Guide for Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Leaders Serving Higher Education. Roberts, LW. (ed.) American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2018, pp 389-398.

Westercamp, N., Wang, R., Fassiotto, M: Resident perspectives on work-life policies and implications for burnout. Academic Psychiatry. Published online: 25 August 2017. PMID: 28842868

Szabo K., White C., Cummings S., Wang R., Quanbeck C. (2015): Inpatient Aggression in Community Hospitals. CNS Spectrums.   PMID: 25715971

Riba M, Ravindranath D, Winder GS. (Eds) Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. APPI; 2015.

Clinical Faculty

Jason Bromley, MD: Clinical work/Academic Affiliation: Staff psychiatrist San Mateo County BHRS South County clinic. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association, California  Psychiatric Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society, Medical Training: UC Davis School of Medicine; San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program; Scholarly/Clinical Interests: emergency and community psychiatry. 

Janet Baek, MD: Clinical work: staff psychiatrist at Puente Clinic. Medical Training: Wake Forest University –MD; San Mateo County BHRS—Residency in Psychiatry; Stanford- Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Clinical/Scholarly Interests: child and adolescent psychiatry, autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, psychotherapy

Alyse Gabriel, DO: Clinical work: Geriatric and Community Psychiatrist OASIS Team, SMC Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association, American Osteopathic Association. Medical Training: Western University of Health Sciences–DO; Tripler Army Medical Center, Maricopa County Medical Center–Residency in Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Adult ADHD, PTSD.

Murtuza Ghadiali, MD (affiliated): Clinical work: Addiction Medicine Physician, Assistant Physician In Chief, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. Site Director SMC Psychiatry Residency Addiction rotation. Medical Training: University of Florida Coll of Med; Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center–Internal Medicine Residency, UCSF-VA Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: addiction medicine.

Gary Y. Huang, MD (affiliated): Clinical work: Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, Assistant Chief of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. Site Director SMC Psychiatry Residency Child and Adolescent psychiatry rotation. Medical Training: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; University of Hawaii Combined Residency in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: child and adolescent psychiatry, quality improvement, physician wellness, patient experience.

Whitney Daniels, MD (affiliated): Clinical work/ Academic Affiliation: Site Director SMC Child Psychiatry rotation at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Medical Training: Georgetown University School of Medicine–MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Psychiatry–Residency in Psychiatry; Stanford University School of Medicine–Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Forensic Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Cultural Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry, Graduate Medical Education.

Sean Jenvay, MD: Clinical Work: Staff Psychiatrist at BHRS South County regional clinic, at BHRS Service Connect, and at the BHRS Homeless Engagement and Linkage (HEAL) team. Professional Organizational Affiliations: General member – American Psychiatric Association & Northern California Psychiatric Society. Medical Training: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – MD, UCSF Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program – Psychiatry Residency. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: community mental health, medical education.

Michael Kelly, MD (affiliated): Clinical work: Program Director, San Mateo County BHRS Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Staff psychiatrist, Coalinga State Hospital. Professional Organization Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association. Medical Training: Tulane University School of Medicine–MD; New York University School of Medicine–Psychiatry Residency; Stanford University School of Medicine–Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; University of California, Davis School of Medicine–Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: School violence, legal aspects of inpatient geriatric psychiatry.

Nicole Lederman, MD: Clinical work: Medical Chief at South County and East Palo Alto Clinics. Medical Training: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine-MD; University of New Mexico Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society. Clinical/Scholarly Interests: Physician Wellness, Public Psychiatry 

Karen Li, MD: Clinical work/Academic Affiliation: Inpatient psychiatrist at San Mateo Medical Center; Medical Training: Baylor College of Medicine – MD; Residency: Stanford Adult Psychiatry Residency Program; Fellowship: Stanford Child & Adolescent Fellowship Program. Scholarly interests: child and adolescent psychiatry, hospital-based medicine/systems improvement, medical education, Asian-American mental health.

Robertino Lim, MD MPH: Clinical work: Staff psychiatrist at Central County Mental Health Clinic. Medical Training: Tufts University School of Medicine–MD; San Mateo County BHRS–Residency in Psychiatry; UCSF–Public Psychiatry Fellowship. Professional Organizational Affiliations: Northern California Psychiatric Society – Asian American Issues Committee, American Psychiatric Association. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: public psychiatry, emergency and inpatient psychiatry, digital health.

Gilda Major, MD: Clinical work: Staff Psychiatrist, North County Regional Clinic. Medical Training: UCSF School of Medicine—MD; San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program—Psychiatry Residency. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Cross-cultural psychiatry, women’s mental health.

Perry Maliuanag, MD (affiliated): Clinical work: Staff Psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center specializing in psychosomatic medicine and palliative care medicine. Medical Training: University of Santo Tomas (Manila, Philippines), MD; SUNY Stony Brook—Psychiatry Residency and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: psychosomatic medicine, psych-oncology, palliative care medicine, bioethics.

Richa Pathak, MD (affiliated): Clinical work: Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Site Director SMC Psychiatry Residency Consult Liaison rotation. Medical Training: G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur, India (MD); SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn—Psychiatry Residency, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System—Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: geriatric psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.

Adam Rubenstein, MD. Clinical work: Staff Psychiatrist, North County Regional Clinic.  Medical Training: NYU School of Medicine–MD.  Kaiser Permanente Southern California–Internship in Internal Medicine.  San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program—Psychiatry Residency.  Clinical Interests: Community Psychiatry

Daniel Saal MD PhD (affiliated): Clinical work: Addiction Psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Medical Training: Yale University School of Medicine (MD); Stanford University—Psychiatry residency.

Suhail Sheikh, MD FAPA (affiliated): Clinical work: Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Medical Training: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Pakistan (MD); Michigan State University—Psychiatry residency; Stanford University School of Medicine—Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: psychosomatic medicine, geriatric psychiatry, interface between medicine and psychiatry.

 

Michael Vagts, MD MBA: Clinical work: Medical Chief at Central County Mental Health Clinic. Medical Training: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA–MD; San Mateo County BHRS –Residency in Psychiatry. Professional Organizational Affiliations: Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Society of Addiction Medicine. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Addiction medicine, integration of metabolic and mental health, psychotherapy.

 

Nicole Westercamp, MD: Chief Well-Being Officer, San Mateo County. Professional Organizational Affiliations: American Psychiatric Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Medical Training: University of Nebraska Medical Center—MD with distinction; San Mateo County Psychiatry Residency Program—Psychiatry Residency. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: Emergency Psychiatry, Resident Wellness.

Jennie Yoo, MD: Clinical work: Staff Psychiatrist, Central County Regional Clinic. Medical Training: UCSF School of Medicine—MD; Los Angeles County + USC —Psychiatry Residency. Scholarly/Clinical Interests: health service delivery quality improvement, health technology, medical education.

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

Miriam Bar, PhD

Neil Brast, MD

Jacqueline Chang, MD

Maria Daehler, MD

Marvin Firestone, MD JD

Cynthia Florin, MD

Karen Johnson, MD

Jeffrey Kline, PhD

Sharon Levin, LCSW

Mali Mann, MD

Lois Parkison, MD

Catherine Phillips, LCSW

Maureen Ruffell, MD

Laura Tully, MD

Milada Urban, MD

Jeremy Wilkinson, MD

Jeffrey Yost, MFT