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Dominic Candido, Ph.D., ACT
Dominic Candido, Ph.D., ACT, the Director of Hanover Psychiatry, is a licensed psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. He is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, the premier international body of recognition in the field, and Certified Cognitive Therapist, one of only two in all of New Hampshire and Vermont. He was the founder and long-time Director of the Long Island Center for Cognitive Therapy. Having originally trained under Aaron Beck, M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, Robert Leahy, Ph.D. at the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy and David Barlow, Ph.D. at the University at Albany, he is an expert in the application of cognitive therapy to anxiety and mood disorders.
He has extensive experience teaching and supervising cognitive therapists as well as an Instructor in Psychiatry and Lead Instructor in Cognitive Therapy for the Residency Training Program for Stony Brook University's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He also simultaneously wore hats as a community supervisor for CW Post/Long Island University, Yeshiva University and Hofstra University in their respective Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programs. Dr. Candido has wide experience with psychological trauma also and was a long-time American Red Cross volunteer in Disaster Mental Health and the New York State Psychological Association Nassau County Coordinator for its Disaster Response Network.
Ron Green, MD
Ron Green, MD is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and an expert in pharmacotherapy. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School and a long-time member of its faculty.
Known locally as the "doctor's doctor", Ron is the Director of Training for the Department of Psychiatry. His stature and guidance grace all of the Department, not just HP.
Ron has authored many scholarly works and his professional reach has gone far beyond the environs of Dartmouth.
Matthew Duncan, MD
Matthew Duncan, MD, is an honors graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, did his internship at Brown University, and completed his psychiatry training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program in Boston. Since training, he has worked as Acting Director of Psychiatry at the Indian Health Service in Fort Defiance, Arizona and in private practice in a group setting with primary care and specialty physicians in his home state of Utah. He has moved back East to join the Dartmouth Medical School Psychiatry Department faculty where he provides clinical care and teaching, including leading the medical student teaching for the Department. At Hanover Psychiatry he serves as a diagnostician and psychopharmacologist.
Elizabeth LaRusso, MD
Elizabeth LaRusso, MD, is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and recently finished her psychiatry training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program in Boston prior to becoming a faculty member of the Dartmouth Medical School Psychiatry Department. With extensive background and training in psychodynamics, she utilizes insight-oriented psychotherapy, elements of behavioral therapy, and adjunctive psychopharmacology in her therapeutic approach. Dr. LaRusso has a particular interest in women's mental health as well as couples' therapy.
Robert M. Roth, Ph.D.
Robert M. Roth, Ph.D.,is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, and co-coordinator of the Clinical Neuropsychology Service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. His clinical training in neuropsychology was completed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, and Dartmouth Medical School. He has practiced as a licensed psychologist, and as a neuropsychologist, for the past eight years. Dr. Roth is also a neuroscientist conducting neuropsychological and brain imaging research on several psychiatric and neurological illnesses. He has authored over 45 peer-reviewed scientific publications, as well as being the co-author of two instruments for the assessment of executive functions.
Susan P. Stevens, Psy.D.
Susan P. Stevens, Psy.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Stevens completed her pre-doctoral training at the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction VT, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School and the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD).
Before joining Hanover Psychiatry, Dr. Stevens was a staff psychologist at the White River Junction VA and the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD). She previously served as Associate Editor of the VA/NCPTSD Clinician Trauma Update (CTU), and taught and supervised psychology interns, postdoctoral fellows and psychiatric residents in treatments of PTSD. Her clinical specialty is the use of cognitive-behavioral techniques to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relationship distress.
Dr. Stevens' clinical and research focus has been on cognitive-behavioral treatments, couples therapy, and resiliency, and she has published numerous manuscripts in these areas. She is a consultant for a cognitive behavioral couple's therapy study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, and was a research associate for The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence grant focusing on mental health, community resilience, and the terrorist threat. She also has an interest in friendship and mindfulness and their potential benefits for overall wellbeing.
Douglas L. Noordsy, MD
Douglas L. Noordsy, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Psychosis Services at Dartmouth Medical School, and an Investigator with the Dartmouth Psychopharmacology Research Group. Dr. Noordsy earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at St. Lawrence University, and a Medical Doctorate at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed residency in Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and has served on faculty at Dartmouth since.
Dr. Noordsy provided psychiatric care and medical leadership at Dartmouth-affiliated CMHCs from 1989-2003. He currently serves as Attending Psychiatrist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He is a reviewer for multiple journals, including The American Journal of Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Research, and The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Noordsy received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 2001.
Dr. Noordsy's research interests are in treatments for people with comorbid substance abuse and severe mental illness, and in synergistic effects between medications and psychosocial rehabilitation that may facilitate recovery from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He is co-investigator on several randomized, blinded trials of second-generation antipsychotic medications funded by NIMH, NIDA or NIAAA comparing vocational, symptom, and substance use outcomes of various agents among individuals with both first-episode and chronic schizophrenia.
Shanna Treworgy, Psy.D.
Shanna Treworgy, Psy.D., is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Hanover Psychiatry. Dr. Treworgy received her Bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University where she majored in Psychology and French. She completed her doctorate in clinical-community psychology at the University of La Verne in Los Angeles County, California and her predoctoral internship in clinical psychology at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, New York.
Dr. Treworgy's clinical experience includes the treatment of generalized anxiety, panic, depression, substance abuse, and behavioral medicine. She also has wide-ranging experience working with clients with posttraumatic stress from childhood trauma, sexual assault, or military related traumatic experiences. Dr. Treworgy's clinical acumen extends to behavioral medicine and she has found great success in guiding individuals in their pursuit of improved health. She employs evidence based techniques to assist clients in their efforts to become the healthiest version of themselves whether their goal includes weight loss, preparation for bariatric surgery, smoking cessation, or other behavioral changes. Dr. Treworgy's work extends to counseling clients through one of life's most challenging tasks, coping with illness. She has helped patients with cancer, diabetes, neurological disease and other major illnesses to manage the tumultuous emotions that arise from such diagnoses while guiding them beyond pain and fear towards making meaning from the process and ultimately reconnecting with life.
Dr. Treworgy also serves as a case consultant by conducting psychodiagnostic assessments for the purpose of clarifying diagnoses or as needed for treatment planning. She carries assessment experience from training at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior where she conducted neuropsychological assessments for older adults with memory and other cognitive complaints. She obtained additional experience in both psychodiagnostic and neuropsychological assessment during her internship at the Northport VAMC.
Dr. Treworgy's therapeutic approach is one of collaboration and empowerment aimed at enhancing individuals' existing skills to reduce distress and ultimately improve their lives and relationships. She is practiced in cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy and motivational interviewing and bases her treatment on the specific needs of each case.
Bill J. Hudenko, Ph.D.
Bill Hudenko, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University and he completed both his internship and a post-doctoral fellowship in child psychology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. In recent years, Dr. Hudenko was an assistant professor of psychology at Ithaca College and a visiting assistant professor at Cornell University. While in Ithaca he taught clinical psychology courses, conducted research on autism-spectrum disorders, and maintained a small private practice. Dr. Hudenko has a broad background in treating child and adolescent psychopathology, with a special emphasis on disruptive behavior disorders, depression and anxiety disorders, autism-spectrum disorders, and childhood trauma. Dr. Hudenko also provides family therapy services and couples counseling. Dr. Hudenko's research has been published in journals such as Psychological Science, the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and the journal Autism. His work has also been highlighted by MSNBC, US News and World Report, LiveScience, Dartmouth Medicine, and the Valley News.
Gladys Frankel, Ph.D.
Gladys Frankel, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. She recently joined Hanover Psychiatry from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and an Attending Psychologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Frankel has extensive expertise in the evaluation and treatment of eating disorders. At New York Presbyterian Hospital, she worked on the nationally known Eating Disorders Program. She has treated females and males from age 10 through the lifespan who are struggling with various eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa , Binge Eating Disorder as well as patients with medical complications from diabetes, bariatric surgeries, etc. She conducted groups in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She taught and supervised medical students, residents and fellows. She conducts research on Bulimia Nervosa and developed an instrument to identify sub-types of bulimia. Dr. Frankel's expertise was often requested for consultations throughout the hospital and for workshops for professional and community audiences. She has served as a resource for journalists and is quoted in WEBMD.
Prior to joining NYPH, Dr. Frankel was Assistant Director of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Administration Hospital in Montrose, NY.
Dr. Frankel was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship for her doctoral training at Columbia University. Her clinical training included an internship at New York University's Bellevue Hospital, a Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at New York Hospital and a Certificate of Psychoanalysis at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
Currently, Dr. Frankel treats individuals, couples and families with cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic therapies. She is interested in working in a collaborative team approach with primary care providers and specialists to provide the most comprehensive care. Dr. Frankel is available for consultations, lectures and workshops.
Paul Holtzheimer, MD
Paul Holtzheimer, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery and Director of the Mood Disorders Service at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Holtzheimer provides evaluation and management of patients with treatment-resistant mood disorders, especially treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Evaluation will focus primarily on psychopharmacologic recommendations, but will also address appropriateness for psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and other interventions (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation [TMS], vagus nerve stimulation [VNS], and cranial electrotherapy [CES]).
Dr. Holtzheimer attended Pacific Lutheran University where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology. He then attended Dartmouth Medical School from 1995 to 1999, graduating with honors. He completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2003 followed by a clinical research fellowship in transcranial magnetic stimulation from 2003 to 2004. From 2004-2011, he was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Holtzheimer is an author on over 70 publications in psychiatry, neurosurgery and neuroimaging. He has also been an investigator on multiple treatment and/or imaging studies involving patients with mood disorders. In addition to providing evaluation of patients with mood disorders, Dr. Holtzheimer runs an active clinical research program in mood disorders at DHMC.
Burl Daviss, MD
Burl Daviss, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Daviss is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who specializes in the pharmacological treatment of ADHD and mood disorders in youth and young adults. He is the former medical director of the Center for Children and Families at the University of Pittsburgh, and he is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Daviss has been referenced in several journals including the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. He has also received a career development award from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop research expertise in the assessment and treatment of ADHD and comorbid mood disorders in youth.