Meet Our Faculty And Staff

	William Murdoch, MD Chair of the Department of Psychiatry Dr. Murdoch is the Medical Director of the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center, Head of the BMC Children's Unit, and heads the outpatient child/adolescent clinic.
	Mary Ann Schaepper, MD, MEd Program Director Dr. Schaepper is the director of general psychiatry residency training at Loma Linda University Medical Center. She is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and medical director of the adolescent psychiatry inpatient unit and partial hospital. She received her MD at Loma Linda University, and completed a fellowship in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA. Her research is in child/adolescent system of care issues, adolescent addictions and first break psychosis. She is an active member of the Red Cross mental health disaster team and participates in facilitating psychiatric residents in responding to local, national and international disasters.
	Timothy Lee, MD Associate Program Director, Director of Consultation Psychiatry Services at Loma Linda University Medical Center Dr. Lee was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California. He completed a seven-year BA/MD program at Boston University and then matched into the residency program here at Loma Linda. After finishing his residency in 2010, he stepped into his current positions as Associate Residency Training Director and Medical Director of the consultation and liaison service at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He also supervises medication management and psychotherapy clinics at the Loma Linda Behavioral Health Institute and has helped run the electroconvulsive therapy program. His interests include integration of spiritual care into psychiatric practice and resident and medical student education.


Venkatesh Bhat, MD Associate Professor Loma Linda VA	Stephanie Bolton, MD Assistant Professor, Director of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatric Services at Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center	William Britt, PhD Associate Professor and Supervisor specialized in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	George Christison, MD Professor, Staff at Patton State Hospital LLUMC

Antonia Ciovica, PhD	Irene Ciovica, MD Instructor, Attending on inpatient adolescent services at Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center	Carlos Fayard, PhD Associate Professor, Psychotherapy Supervisor	Teresa Frausto, MD Assistant Professor, Co-Director of outpatient child/adolescent clinic

Monika Gierz, MD Associate Professor, Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Loma Linda Veteran's Medical Center Loma Linda VA	Leia Gill Assistant Professor, Attending on Inpatient Psychiatry at Loma Linda Veteran's Medical Center	Mary Gutierrez, PhD Clinical Psychopharmacology	George Harding, IV, MD Professor

Mark Haviland, PhD Professor, Clinical Research	Andy Hayton Associate Professor, Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at Loma Linda Veteran’s Medical Center, Director of ECT at Loma Linda VAMC	Cameron Johnson, MD Assistant Professor, Attending on Adult Inpatient and Partial Hospital at Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center	William Kim, MD Assistant Professor, Attending in outpatient psychiatry at Loma Linda Veteran’s Medical Center

Valerie Leong Assistant Professor, Attending in psychiatry intake at Loma Linda Veteran's Medical Center	William McGhee, MD Professor, Director of SAC Norton Psychiatry Services	Don Mellor	Jay Otero, MD Assistant Professor, Director of Psychiatric Services at Loma Linda Veteran's Medical Center

Melissa Pereau, MD Assistant Professor, Attending on Adult Inpatient, Partial Hospital, Eating Disorders, New Innovations programs at Loma Linda BMC and BHI, Instructor in Advanced Psychopharmacology	Patti Roth, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor	William Roth, PsyD Associate Professor	John Tarr, MD Clinical Professor, Instructor in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Ray Verde, MD Associate Professor, Director of Residency Education at Loma Linda Veteran's Medical Center	Ricardo Whyte, MD Director of Chemical Dependency Services at Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center	Priscilla Verales, AS Residency Program Coordinator, loved by all residents!

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