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: [email protected]

SHIVNAVEEN BAINS, M.D.

Psychiatry Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Services
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
[email protected]

SILPA BALACHANDRAN, M.D.

Assistant Director Psychiatry Residency Program
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Services
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
[email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

LENDITA HAXHIU-ERHARDT, M.D.

Psychiatrist, MetroHealth System
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

ELIZABETH MENEFEE, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Child Guidance & Family Solutions
18 North Forge
Akron, OH 44304
Phone: 330.762.0591
Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]