Psychiatry Council
RANDON S. WELTON, M.D.
Margaret Clark Morgan Endowed Chair of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Phone: 330.325.6691
Email: rwelton@neomed.edu
SHIVNAVEEN BAINS, M.D.
Psychiatry Residency Program Director Assistant Professor Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Services Cleveland Clinic Akron General bainss@ccf.org SILPA BALACHANDRAN, M.D. Assistant Director Psychiatry Residency Program Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Services Cleveland Clinic Akron General BALACHS2@CCF.ORG SUMRU BILGE-JOHNSON, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Program Director, Child & Adolescent Fellowship Program, Akron Children’s Hospital
Phone: 330.543.8589
Email: sbilge-johnson@chmca.org
DAVID DECKERT, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Summa Health System
St. Thomas Hospital
444 North Main Street-Main 4
Akron, OH 44310
Phone: 330.379.8199
Email: deckertd@summahealth.org
LENDITA HAXHIU-ERHARDT, M.D.
Psychiatrist, MetroHealth System
Email: lherhardt@metrohealth.org
STEVEN JEWELL, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair
Division of Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology
Akron Children’s Hospital
215 W. Bowery St.
Akron, Ohio 44308
Phone: 330.543.8589
Email: SJewell@akronchildrens.org
ELIZABETH MENEFEE, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Child Guidance & Family Solutions
18 North Forge
Akron, OH 44304
Phone: 330.762.0591
Email: menefee@cgfs.org
ERIK MESSAMORE, M.D., PH.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, BeST Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Phone: 330.325.6711
Email: emessamore@neomed.edu
EUGENE MOWAD, M.D.
Vice Dean, College of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Phone: 330.325.6350
Email: emowad@neomed.edu
LORI PITTINGER, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Akron General Medical Center
Associate Program Director and Core Teaching Faculty, NEOMED Psychiatry Residency Program
Director, Undergraduate Education, NEOMED
Phone: 330.344.6525
Email: lpittinger@agmc.org
HARRY SIVEC, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Northeast Ohio Medical University
BeST Center, Psychiatry
4209 State Route 44, Box 9
Rootstown, OH 44272
Phone: 330.325.6699
Email: hsivec@neomed.edu
DOUGLAS A. SMITH, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director/Chief Clinical Officer
County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board
1867 W. Market St., Ste. B2
Akron, Ohio 44313
Phone: 330.564.4083
Email: dougsmith@admboard.org
Contact
Lucky Tisch
Phone:330.325.6698
Email: ltisch@neomed.edu
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Randon S. Welton, M.D.
Phone: 330.325.6691
Email: rwelton@neomed.edu