NAMI Recognizes Exemplary Psychiatrists

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) honored 35 psychiatrists with its 2001 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrists Award at APA’s 2001 annual meeting in New Orleans in May. The awards recognize substantial contributions in clinical care, public education, and advocacy at the national, state, or local level.

“NAMI is pleased to honor these extraordinary medical professionals who have gone the extra mile in helping people with severe mental illness and their families,” said NAMI Executive Director Richard Birkel. “They have helped reclaim lives, sought to improve treatment systems, and contributed greatly to public understanding of brain disorders.”

Alabama

Jorge Castro, M.D., Birmingham

Oliver Gregory, M.D., Florence

James C. Hancock, M.D., Huntsville

James A. Jeffrey, M.D., Decatur

Edward W. Love Jr., M.D., Decatur

California

Christopher Reist, M.D., Long Beach

Roderick Shaner, M.D., Los Angeles

Captane Thomson, M.D., Davis

Florida

Raymond Johnson, M.D., Fort Myers

Illinois

Deborah Couch, M.D., Maywood

Anil K. Gandhi, M.D., Harvey

Thomas Kramer, M.D., Deerfield

Indiana

Thomas Ford Liffick, M.D., Evansville

Massachusetts

Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, M.D., Belmont

Maryland

Luke Grande, M.D., Wheaton

Lawrence Y. Kline, M.D., Bethesda

Hugh V. Sickel, M.D., Wheaton

Michigan

Timothy Florence, M.D., Ann Arbor

North Carolina

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D., Chapel Hill

New Hampshire

Kala Kumar, M.D., Manchester

Douglas Noordsy, M.D., Manchester

New Mexico

Diana Quinn, M.D., Albuquerque

New York

Jeffrey Jerome Grace, M.D., Buffalo

Thomas Hays, M.D., Williamsville

Ohio

L. Douglas Lenkoski, M.D., Cleveland

Cynthia S. Vrabel, M.D., Cleveland

Pennsylvania

Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, M.D., Beaver

Lindley Murray Winston, M.D., West Chester

Rhode Island

James Edward Greer, M.D., Providence

Steven Allen Rasmussen, M.D., Providence

Texas

Michael Fuller, M.D., Galveston

Howard Leftin, M.D., Fort Worth

Virginia

James Sellman, M.D., Richmond

Canada

Thomas Kolivakis, M.D., Quebec

Puerto Rico

Osualdo Caro, M.D., Caguas ▪