Meet the Medical Director Institute

The Medical Director Institute (MDI) advises National Council members on best clinical practices and develops policy and initiatives that serve member behavioral health organizations, their constituent clinicians, and the governmental agencies and payers that support them.

Co-Chairs

Joe Parks, MD National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Luming Li, M.D. The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD TX/06

Members

J. Craig Allen, M.D. Rushford/Hartford HealthCare CT/01
Christina Arredondo, M.D. El Rio Community Health Center AZ/08
Brian Allender, M.D. Behavioral Health and Recovery Division of King County WA/10
Margie Balfour, M.D., Ph.D. Connections Health Solutions/University of Arizona AZ/08
Donald Bechtold, M.D. Jefferson Center for Mental Health CO/08
John Bischof, M.D. CareOregon OR/10
Adam Biuckians, M.D. Community Services Group PA/03
Charles “Chuck” T. Browning RI International NC/04
Henry Chung, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine NY/02
Carl Clark, M.D. WellPower CO/08
Sara Coffey, D.O. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences OK/06
Jeffrey Eisen, M.D., M.B.A. Behavioral Health Network at MultiCare Health System OR/10
Marc Fishman, M.D. Maryland Treatment Centers/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD/03
Katy Friedebach, M.D. Compass Health Network (CHN) KS/07
Matthew Goldman, M.D., M.S. San Francisco Department of Public Health CA/09
Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, M.D., D.F.A.P.A. University of Maryland School of Medicine MD/03
Rochelle Head-Dunham, M.D. Metropolitan Human Services District /Tulane and LSU Schools of Medicine LA/06
Ken Hopper, M.D., M.B.A. Alice L. Walton School of Medicine AR/06
Ken Minkoff, M.D. ZiaPartners, Inc. AZ/08
Rene Olvera, M.D., M.P.H. Center for Healthcare Services TX/06
Jorge Petit, M.D. Services for the UnderServed (S:US) NY/02
Angela Pinheiro, M.D. Community Mental Health for Central Michigan MI/05
Tiona Praylow, M.D., M.P.H. Riverwoods Behavioral Health GA/04
Lori Raney, M.D. Collaborative Care Consulting CO/08
Carolyn Rekerdres, M.D. Areté Community Psychiatry Solutions TX/06
Daniel Rosa, M.D. Acacia Network NY/02
Patrick Runnels, M.D. Center for Families and Children OH/05
Martin Rosenzweig, M.D. Optum Behavioral Health PA/03
John Santopietro, M.D., D.F.A.P.A. Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network CT/01
Billina Shaw, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.P.A. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
Frank Shelp, M.D., M.P.H. EnvolveHealth VA/03
Sosunmolu Shoyinka, M.D. City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) PA/03
Garima Singh, M.D., F.A.P.A. Burrell Behavioral Health MO/07
Rachel Talley, M.D. University of Pennsylvania PA/03
Jack Todd Wahrenberger, M.D., M.P.H. Pittsburgh Mercy Health System PA/03
Will Warnes, M.D. The Guidance Center KS/07
DeJuan White, M.D. Grady Health System, Emory University School of Medicine GA/04

MDI Areas of Expertise

A

Assertive community treatment (ACT) teams

Addiction

Addiction medicine

Addiction psychiatry

Administrative and community psychiatry

Adult psychiatry

Anti-racism in psychiatry

Autism spectrum disorder

B

Behavioral health

C

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC)

Child and adolescent psychiatry

Child protective services

Child psychiatry

Childhood trauma

Collaborative Care Model

Community and public psychiatry

Community behavioral health

Community capacity building for clinical excellence

Community mental health

Community psychiatry

Complex care

Consultation to schools

Co-occurring disorders

Crisis services

Crisis systems

D

Data-driven care

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Diversity and equity issues in health care

Department of Juvenile Services

Developing effective physicians

E

Emergency medicine

Emergency psychiatry

Evidence-based psychotherapies

Evidence-based therapies

F

Family medicine

Financing

First episode psychosis

Foster care

G

General psychiatry

Geriatrics

H

Health policy

Health policy advocacy

Health system integration

Health systems

Hispanic health

HIV medicine

I

Integrated care

Integrated health systems

Integrated public health

Intellectual disabilities

Internal medicine

L

Leadership

M

Managed care

Medicaid

Medical education

Mental health services

Mood disorders

N

Native health

Neuroimaging

O

Organization quality improvement and transformation

P

Payment models

Personality disorders

Pharmacy management

Physician leadership

Primary care

Psychiatric disability in the workplace

Psychiatric leadership

Psychiatric residential treatment

Psychiatry training

Psychodynamic psychiatry

Public health

Q

Quality improvement

R

Recovery-focused community psychiatry

Recovery-oriented systems of care

Re-entry services

Research and program evaluation

Residential treatment

Rural populations

S

School-based mental health

Sex trafficking

Social justice

Structural and cultural competency