The Mission of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at The University of Illinois Chicago is to provide the best opportunity for treatment of adults with affected illness, by having a range of treatment options, tailored to fit patients' needs. We strive for compassion, competence, respect and making treatment decisions in collaboration with our patients.
Our goal is to treat each patient and family as we would want our own family to be treated.
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program Treatment Team
Our team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and licensed clinical social workers.
Alexandra AaronsonMD, MSCI | Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UIC
Olusola AjiloreMD, PhD | Program Head, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Byron D. BrooksPhD | Clinical Health Psychologist
Mary BunnPhD | Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Global Mental Health Research and Training Program, Center for Global Health, University of Illinois Chicago
Nicholas DotsonDNP, PMHNP-BC | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Senior Director of Inpatient Adult & Adolescent Psychiatry
Jenna DuffecyPhD | Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, UIC
Ellen S. HerbenerPhD | Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
J. Konadu FokuoPhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago
Kathleen J. KashimaPhD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago
Eitan KimchiMD | Director, Clinician Educator Track, Director of Academic Initiatives, Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago
Alex LeowMD, PhD | Professor in Psychiatry and Bioengineering, University of Illinois Chicago
Carol MarshallLCSW | Medical Social Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, UIC
Gustavo R. MedranoPhD, ABPP | Board Certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology, Associate Director, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Rose MilanoLCSW | Medical Social Consultant
Wookyung Nari LawrenceLCSW, CADC | Clinical Social Worker
Luke PetryMD | Director, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Service
Sushma RameshkumarPhD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, UIC
S. SharmaPhD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Deepa ShresthaAPRN, DNP | Nurse Practitioner
Rebecca SpizzirriPhD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago
Kristina StevensMSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC | Mood and Anxiety, Resiliency Center, specializing in ADHD
Perry TsaiMD, PhD | Interim Medical Director, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
Chris TrennepohlMD, MPH | Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Jody WongDO | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, UIC
