Richard K. Ries, MDis Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Addictions Division in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Director of the Addiction Treatment Services at Harborview Medical Center in downtown Seattle. Dr. Ries received his undergraduate degree from Stanford, medical degree from Northwestern Medical School and completed his psychiatric residency at the University of Washington, where he was chief resident.
Dr. Ries is board-certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry, and the American Board of Addiction Medicine.A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, he is on the editorial board and a reviewer for several scientific journals and holds a number of research grants from the National Institute of Health. He has published numerous articles and abstracts on topics related to treatment of persons with severe mental illness, with special emphasis on those with co-existing problems with alcohol or drugs, and was the chair and co-chair of TIPS 9 and 42 on Treatment of Persons with Co-occurring Disorders published by the National Center of Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). He has active funded research in the areas above, military suicide intervention, addiction and suicide, PTSD, and addictions in Native American populations.He is senior editor of the key reference text Principles of Addiction Medicine (editions IV and V), published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and a noted expert in the field of addictions.
Dr. Ries has worked collaboratively with various medical/surgical services at Harborview, and hopes that UW PACC can help primary care providers, especially those more rural-based, to feel and be better prepared to deal with their often difficult patients with mental and/or addictions disorders.
Barbara McCann, PhD received her PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is a Professor in UW;s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as a clinical psychologist with expertise in hypnosis. She holds the Mental Health Counseling and Hypnosis Endowed Chair at UW. She supports ICTP’s brief behavioral interventions curriculum and provides individual supervision to the fellows.
Dr. McCann has worked with patients from primary care clinics at Harborview Medical Center for the past 20 years, drawing on brief behavioral interventions to address anxiety, depression, and related problems. She considers her most important work to be her study of adherence to medical regimens for the past 30 years, across a variety of medical conditions and health behaviors. In the future, she would like to see more primary care settings providing access to brief psychotherapies for their patients.
Russell McCann, PhD is the co-lead developer of the telepsychiatry curriculum. Dr. McCann got his PhD in clinical psychology from Seattle Pacific University. He completed his clinical internship at Washington State University and went on to do a post-doctoral fellowship in military research psychology at the National Center for Telehealth and Technology. This fellowship allowed him to foster and develop his interest in the intersection of technology and mental health. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Telemental Health Program for the VA Puget Sound Region. He is attracted by integrated care and telehealth because they are models that meet patients where they are and get them the help they need. He believes his most important work has been in telehealth. His current work focuses on telehealth implementation and how to further integrate this modality into systems. Five years from now, he hopes that changes are made within health care as a whole that facilitate collaboration and further improve access to care by leveraging technology.
Mark Newman, MD attended the University of Florida for medical school and completed residency at the University of Michigan. During training, he particularly enjoyed inpatient consultation and the opportunity to collaborate with non-psychiatrists on treating medically and mentally ill patients. Dr. Newman completed a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Northwestern University working primarily in an inpatient setting. His long-standing interest in integrating systems of care and reducing inefficiencies is well-suited to the University of Washington’s Collaborative Care model. Dr. Newman currently practices at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and consults to two Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) Clinics. He is most attracted to Collaborative Care because it offers a more productive way to provide mental health care. Dr. Newman hopes that Collaborative Care continues to spread to more locations and further leverages and improves mental health in a systematic way.
Katherine Palm-Cruz, MDattended medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She was first inspired to pursue psychiatry during a third-year medical school rotation in psychiatry where a patient expressed gratitude to the team for allowing him to regain hope to live. She started a residency at the University of California, Irvine but transferred to the University of Washington, where she found interest in psychopharmacology, perinatal mental health, and integrated care. She currently works in Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) and Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP) clinics. She is attracted to integrated care because she appreciates working with a team and being able to have an impact on the greatest number of patients, especially as a way to serve patients with limited resources and address mental health disparities. She cites her most important work as contributions she is able to make within teaching, especially with collaborative care teams to provide higher quality patient care and better patient outcomes. Five years from now, Dr. Palm-Cruz hopes that integrated care is the standard of care and more present within medicine.
Patrick J. Raue, PhD is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1995.
Dr. Raue 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 the identification and management of mental health conditions in medical settings including primary care and home health care. Dr. Raue conducts NIMH-supported research on patient preferences and shared decision-making approaches for depression; the effectiveness of psychotherapy among older adults; and suicidal ideation.
Carmen Croicu, MD received her medical degree at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Carol Davila in Romania. During medical school, she realized that she enjoyed talking to patients and hearing their stories, and decided to pursue psychiatry. She completed a residency at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. After her residency, she did a fellowship at the University of Washington in psychosomatic medicine. She enjoys working in various settings and is currently an attending in an inpatient ward and in the consultation-liaison service at Harborview Medical Center, is working as a psychiatric consultant in a Collaborative Care setting in a women’s clinic at Harborview, and is one of the UW’s group leaders providing perinatal consultation in the new perinatal psychiatry consultation line. Her goal in her work is to help patients get better and to make a positive impact in their lives. It is also her goal to teach medical students, residents, fellows, and other physicians to develop an in-depth understanding of how a person’s mental health impacts their physical health status. She finds teaching to be one of the most rewarding parts of her role at UW. Although she is unsure what her most important work has been thus far, she values the work she has done as a psychiatric consultant at women’s clinics. Five years from now, she hopes that Collaborative Care will continue to improve mental health outcomes. She hopes Integrated Care continues to improve mental and physical health-related quality of life and to provide better care not only in primary care settings, but also in specialty clinics.
Jennifer Erickson, DO graduated with a Bachelors in Neuroscience from Washington State University. She completed her osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences. Her adult psychiatry residency and outpatient chief year were completed at the University of New Mexico. She finished a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York.
During her chief year, Dr. Erickson worked primarily with the outpatient university clinics and developed an acute awareness of how co-located care and community mental health centers’ referral process affect patient access. During fellowship she worked closely with PCPs who often struggled with managing psychiatric problems while awaiting psychiatric support. Collaborative care offered a way for patients to access psychiatric care and a way to support primary care providers as they manage psychiatric issues.
Dr. Erickson was excited to expand her experience with this model at the University of Washington Medical Center. She currently works at the UW Medical Center, three outpatient clinics, and one telepsychiatry clinic that use the Collaborative Care Model. Her interests include neuropsychiatry, medical ethics, population health, and medical education. Five years from now she anticipates that collaborative care experiences will be part of residency education. She feels that her most important work is teaching patients, trainees, and collaborators about psychiatric presentations and collaborative care.
Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD received her MD and PhD from the University of California, Irvine. She completedher residency at the University of Washington. While completing her residency, she found an appreciation for doing clinical work and helping patients. While Dr. Ratzliff was chief resident, she discovered that she enjoyed working in education as well.
Dr. Ratzliff’s first job out of residency was in the collaborative care field where shewas able to work with patients, in teams, and in education. Integrated care began to grow from a few cities to statewide, and she was asked to develop teaching materials. She is currently working on expanding training incollaborative care within Washington State, as well as with the American Psychiatry Association to educate 10% of all psychiatrists in the U.S. in this method.
Dr. Ratzliff believes that her work with the APA is the most influential work that she has done in her career and hopes that it will help the most patients. Five years from now, Dr. Ratzliff hopes that most people will be able to access collaborative care.
Amy Bauer MD, MS attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley. While getting her medical degree, she found inspiration in her interest in public health and health care and applied that interest to psychiatry. During her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, she spent elective time in South Australia where she discovered a need for psychiatrists to support local providers in underserved and isolated locations. Shecompleted a clinical fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine and research training in Health Care Policy and Primary Care Psychiatry at the University of Washington.
Her interests include primary care psychiatry, mobile health, health disparities, and health services research. She has worked as a psychiatric consultant for clinics in the Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) and state-wide Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP). She says that her work is centered on people and relationships; not just patients, but also team relationships and the community of committed people who want to improve and practice care in new ways. Five years from now, Dr. Bauer hopes that collaborative care is continuing to better use the technological tools we have to improve the way that care is delivered.
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