Our Staff
Patrick J. McGrath, M.D.
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. McGrath, who received his B.A. from Seton Hall University and his M.D. from Columbia University, has worked at the DES since 1978. He is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders and alcohol use disorders.
Jonathan W. Stewart, M.D.
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CO-Director, Depression Evaluation Service
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Depression Evaluation Service
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Stewart, who received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his M.D. from Yale University, has worked at the DES since 1978. He is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders, particularly in biologic and clinical measures that help treatment decisions.
David J. Hellerstein, MD
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr.Hellerstein, who received his B.A. from Harvard College and his M.D. from Stanford University. He is specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, with a particular focus on the psychopharmacology, or medication treatment, of psychiatric disorders. Dr. Hellerstein is the Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program.
Vito Agosti, M.S.W.
Research Scientist, Depression Evaluation Service
Mr. Agosti, who received his B.A. from Northern Michigan University and his M.S.W. from New York University, has worked at the DES since 1984. He is interested in the effect of psychiatric illness and its treatment on functioning.
Deborah Deliyannides, M.D.
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Deliyannides, who received her B.A. from Calvin College and her M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, has worked at the DES since 1989.
Stephen Donovan, M.D.
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Donovan, who received his B.A. from Columbia College and his M.D. from SUNY of Buffalo, is certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and holds a career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Most interested in the diagnosis and treatment of children with anger dyscontrol, Dr. Donovan has worked at the DES since 1990.
Martin McElhiney, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Depression Evaluation Service
Dr. McElhiney, who received his B.A. from Colorado College and his Ph.D. from Yeshiva University, has worked with the HIV Clinical Research Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute for the past 5 years, investigating the social, psychological, and neurological implications of HIV/AIDS.
Edward V. Nunes Jr., M.D.
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Nunes, who received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, has worked at the DES since 1985. Often collaborating with research scientists at the Substance Abuse Research Clinic (SURC) at the New York State Psychiatrist Institute, Dr. Nunes is interested in dual diagnosis (i.e., patients with a substance abuse disorder and a non-substance abuse disorder, particularly a depressive disorder) and the treatment of cocaine abuse.
Judith G. Rabkin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Director, HIV Clinical Research Program of the Department of Therapeutics
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Rabkin, who received her B.A. from Wellesley, her M.P.H. from Columbia University School of Public Health, and her Ph.D. from New York University, has been the principal investigator of a series of federally funded grants for the past 12 years, assessing various interventions for the treatment of depression and related difficulties among HIV+ men and women. She has published and lectured widely on the prevalence of depression and its treatment, including treatment with standard antidepressants and anabolic steroids (testosterone and DHEA) for patients with HIV or AIDS.
Richard Rabkin, M.D.
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Research Psychiatrist, Depression Evaluation Service
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dr. Rabkin, who received his B.A. from Harvard and his M.D. from New York University, has treated HIV+ patients for the past 12 years in various treatment studies of depression and HIV-related wasting. He has collaborated on multiple publications concerning the therapeutic effects of standard antidepressants (e.g., fluoxetine) and innovative interventions (e.g., dextroamphetamine and testosterone) for HIV+ men and women.
Jordan Eipper
Jordan Eipper received his B.A. from Colgate University. He has been a Research Assistant with the DES since 2010, and plans to begin medical school in the fall of 2012.
Brittany Anderson
Brittany Anderson received her B.S. from Brown University in 2009. She worked as a special educator before joining the DES in 2010, and plans on starting graduate school for social work in 2012
Donna O’Shea
Donna O’Shea received a B.A. from SUNY Albany, and an MS.Ed. from Queens College. She was a psychometrician in psychiatry research before joining the DES as a project manager in 2005.
Amy Withers
Ms. Withers received her B.A. from New York University, and is currently studying Psychology at the New School for Social Research. She has worked as a Research Assistant at the DES since 2008.
Robin Bell
Robin Bell, M.D. earned her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and completed Residency training at Payne Whitney Clinic, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is a voluntary research physician studying experimental interventions for treatment of depression.
Ying Chen
Ying Chen earned her M.D. at Shenyang Medical College, China, and her M.A. in Medical Informatics and her M.S. in Biostatistics at Columbia University. She provides comprehensive data management, statistical and data analytic services to the DES.
Ronit Kishon
Ronit Kishon is a psychologist whose addition to the Depression Evaluation Service has contributed a cognitive behavioral therapeutic component to the research and treatment service provided at the DES.
