WVU BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE FACULTY & STAFF

Full-time Clinical Psychology Faculty

·        Marci A. Barton, PhD (Ball State): marci.barton@camc.org. Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, CAMC Cancer Patient Support Program.  Inpatient and outpatient psycho-oncology, supportive group therapy for cancer patients and families, psychoeducation, cognitive behavioral and marriage and family therapy techniques.

Scholarly Interest Areas: Cancer support groups, distress management/ psychosocial adaptation, spirituality, cancer and the family environment. 

·       Melisa Chelf Sirbu, PhD (Virginia Tech): melisa.chelfsirbu@camc.org: Clinical Assistant Professor. Coordinator of Psychology, CAMC Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, clinical and health psychology, individual psychotherapy, psychoeducational group interventions.

Scholarly Interest Areas: Psychosocial functioning and cardiac health, psychosocial functioning after trauma, assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders.

·      Holly A. Cloonan, PhD (Purdue); holly.cloonan@camc.org: Associate Professor and Coordinator, Child Psychology. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, cognitive behavioral interventions with anxious/depressed/angry school aged children, treatment of OCD.

            Scholarly Interest Areas: Developmental outcomes in premature infants

·        Raymond Kim DiPino, PhD (George Mason  University) raymond.dipino@camc.org. Associate Professor, Neuropsychologist, Director of Psychological Assessment Lab

Scholarly Interest Areas: Mild traumatic brain injury, neurocognitive functioning following trauma, test development, toxic exposure, detecting of malingering, chronic fatigue syndrome. 

·        Scott A. Fields, PhD (Ohio University): scott.fields@camc.org : Assistant Professor, Director of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Family Medicine. Clinical psychology, health psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, tobacco cessation.

Scholarly Interest Areas: Outcomes assessment, the continuum of mental health care, prevention programs. 

·        John C. Linton, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology)(Kent State); john.linton@camc.org: Associate Professor, Chief Psychologist and Director of Psychology Internship Training. Vice Chair and Coordinator of Medical Student Education. Clinical health/rehabilitation psychology, adult outpatient, ethics and professional affairs, traumatic stress, brief interpersonal psychotherapy for depression.  Director of Trauma Assessment and Recovery Program.

Scholarly Interest Areas: Adjustment to acute trauma, medical crises as traumatogenic, critical incident stress in emergency personnel, renal transplant, high performance relations team training, males injured in the workplace, professional ethics.

·        Susan Walker-Matthews, PhD (UNC-Greensboro) susan.matthews@camc.org: Clinical Assistant Professor, CAMC Family Resource Center, pediatric psychology, women’s health services, individual psychotherapy, psychotherapy for adolescents..

Scholarly Interest Areas: Patient and familial coping with pediatric cancer, cognitive changes following chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

·        Lola R. Weir, PhD (Cincinnati) lola.weir@camc.org: Clinical Assistant Professor, CAMC Family Resource Center.  Anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, sexual dysfunction, posttraumatic stress, EMDR, DBT.

            Scholarly Interest Areas:  Eating disorders, posttraumatic stress. 

·        Laura R. Wilhelm, PhD (Ohio University) laura.wilhelm@camc.org :Assistant Professor.  Individual psychotherapy with adults, adolescents and children, cognitive behavior therapy, psychoeducational and supportive group interventions, health psychology.

Scholarly Interest Areas: Interventions that improve coping with painful medical procedures, patient and family adjustment to serious injury/chronic illness. 

·        Head Psychometrician: Vicki L. Smith

Please Note: This year’s class of psychology interns can each be contacted through the office phones or email addresses noted above. Please feel free to contact them  with any questions about their training  experiences at WVU.

Full-Time Social Work Faculty

Rachel Dash, ACSW (Maryland); Child/Adolescent; Family Therapy, Sexual Abuse
Elizabeth Kent, ACSW (WVU); Women’s Issues, Career Planning

Full-Time Psychiatry Faculty 

Veena Bhanot, MD (Columbia University); Director, Outpatient Services
T.O. Dickey, III, MD (WVU); Director of Residency Training, Child Psychiatry
James Griffith, MD (WVU); Adult Medicine/Psychiatry Clinic, Inpatient Co-Director
Martin Kommor, MD (Louisville); Chair, Adult Outpatient
Faraz Qureshi, MD (WVU); Addictions, Child/Adolescent, Geriatrics
Carol Freas, MD (Kentucky) Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Glen Wright, MD (WVU); Director, Consultation/Liaison Service