Faculty Spotlights

Kelly Caver, PhD

Kelly Caver, PhD

January 1, 2019

Kelly Caver is a clinical psychologist who works in Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) at the Seattle VA in the Primary Care and Women’s Health clinics. Her professional interests include chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, smoking cessation, telemental health, meditation, multiculturalism, supervision and training, and program development. Dr. Caver teaches on the topics of challenging clinical situations …

Carmen Croicu, MD

Carmen Croicu, MD

December 1, 2018

Carmen Croicu is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Croicu is an attending psychiatrist at Harborview Medical Center consult-liaison and inpatient psychiatry services. She dedicates part of her time working as a consulting psychiatrist for the Mental Health Integration Program at the Women’s Clinic …

Joseph Cerimele, MD, MPH

Joseph Cerimele, MD, MPH

November 1, 2018

Joseph Cerimele is an acting assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a psychiatric consultant for primary care clinics using the Collaborative Care Model. His clinical interests include bipolar and related disorders, and his research focuses on the care of individuals with bipolar disorder, especially those seen in safety net settings. He is also …

Matthew Schreiber, MD, PhD

Matthew Schreiber, MD, PhD

October 1, 2018

Matthew Schreiber is an acting assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a front-line clinical psychiatrist at the Seattle VA in the outpatient and inpatient consult services. His interest is in psychiatric medications and especially safe and effective prescribing. A primary focus for Dr. Schreiber is education and training of psychiatry residents, and he …

Amanda Focht, MD

Amanda Focht, MD

September 1, 2018

Amanda Focht is an acting assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and is the medical director of outpatient psychiatry at the University of Washington. Her interests include population-based care, collaborative care, and evidence-based psychotherapies, and she is board certified in both psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. She teaches on the topics of liability, leadership, and …

Mark Newman, MD

August 1, 2018

Mark Newman is an acting assistant professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. His long-standing interest in integrating systems of care and reducing inefficiencies is well-suited to working in collaborative care. Dr. Newman currently practices at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and consults to two Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) Clinics. His clinical interests include …

Cecilia Margret, MD, PhD, MPH

Cecilia Margret, MD, PhD, MPH

July 1, 2018

Cecilia Margret is an acting assistant professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and is a psychiatrist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Originally from Madras, India, where she completed medical school, she moved to the United States to pursue developmental neuroscience and advanced psychiatric training. Her primary interests are consultation psychiatry, addressing diversity, preventive and collaborative child …

Patrick Raue, PhD

Patrick Raue, PhD

June 1, 2018

Patrick Raue is a professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. He is Associate Director for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions at the AIMS Center, and Director of the National Network of PST Clinicians, Trainers & Researchers. In these roles, he develops and leads implementation and training programs in a variety of behavioral health interventions. Dr. Raue’s clinical expertise includes …

Jennifer Erickson, DO

Jennifer Erickson, DO

May 1, 2018

Jennifer Erickson is an acting assistant professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She works at the UW Medical Center, three outpatient clinics, and one telepsychiatry clinic that use the Collaborative Care model. She teaches telepsychiatry curriculum for both the fulltime Integrated Care Fellowship and the Community-Based Integrated Care Fellowship. She also leads the quarterly in-person sessions for …

Russell McCann

Russell McCann, PhD

April 1, 2018

Russell McCann is an acting assistant professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and is the Deputy Director of the Telemental Health Program for the VA Puget Sound Region. He specializes in mental health services delivered via clinical video teleconferencing (CVT) and is broadly interested in using technology to facilitate access to mental health care. Dr. …