Jeff Q. Bostic, MD, EdD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Director of School Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Medical Director, Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Education:

• EdD, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• MD, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• Residency, Adult Psychiatry, Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Fellowship, Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dr. Bostic has been involved in education for more than 30 years, providing psychiatric consultation to school districts throughout the Northeast. He has been an active participant in research on autism spectrum disorders, including the Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment Network funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. He has received several honors and awards for his work, including the "Sidney Berman Award" for contributions to school psychiatry.

Dr. Bostic has been a reviewer for several academic and professional journals and served on the editorial board as coeditor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America: Psychopharmacology and School Consultation. Dr. Bostic is also a member of several professional societies, including serving as the Chair of Continuing Medical Education for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Steven Pliszka, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
• Chief of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Education:

• MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
• Residency in General Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
• Residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Dr. Pliszka has been lecturing on the psychopharmacology of child and adolescent disorders for more than 15 years. His research has focused on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related disorders; he has been involved in clinical trials for most of the medications used to treat ADHD. Since 2008, he has directed Services Uniting Pediatrics and Psychiatry Outreaching to Texas (SUPPORT)- a state-funded initiative to integrate mental health services into pediatric primary care.

Dr. Pliszka is the author of Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician and Treating ADHD and Comorbid Disorders. He has also been very active in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, authoring the academy's practice parameters for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.

Jefferson B. Prince, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Instructor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA
• Director, Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Outpatient Mental Health Clinics, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem, MA

Education:

• MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Residency in Psychiatry and Acute Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Clinical Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital & McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dr. Prince is involved in research on the characterization and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan, as well as pediatric mood and anxiety substance disorders. Dr. Prince is interested in collaborations between pediatrics and psychiatry and serves as the Medical Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project at North Shore Medical Center as well as a member of the Board of the Screening for Mental Health.

Dr. Prince is also the recipient of many awards and honors including the distinction of Laughlin Fellow for the American College of Psychiatrists. In 2005, Dr. Prince was selected as one of the "Best Doctors in America." He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 original articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and he has made more than 150 academic presentations nationally and internationally.

Timothy Wilens, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Director of Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Director of Adolescent Substance Abuse Services, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Education:

• MD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
• Residency in Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Addiction Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Wilens specializes in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of children and adults with ADHD, bipolar, substance abuse, and other psychopathological conditions. He cares for patients, supervises clinical trials, and consults on difficult cases-his expertise is sought both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Wilens has published more than 300 original articles, reviews, chapters, and editorials to his credit. He is a regular presenter at national and international meetings, and is sought as a speaker outside his academic responsibilities. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is a reviewer for many other journals. He is a distinguished fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, a fellow in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a member of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence and the World Psychiatric Association, and also serves on several committees within these organizations.

Dr. Wilens is also a consultant on substance abuse to both the National Football League and Major League Baseball, and is consistently named one of the "Best Doctors in America" for psychiatry.

Richard N. Rosenthal, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
• Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
• Senior Associate Dean, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Affiliation with Columbia University, New York, NY

Board Certifications:

• Psychiatry
• Addiction Psychiatry

Education:

• MD, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn,  NY
• Internship and Resident, Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Dr. Rosenthal is a past president of both the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Association for Technology in Psychiatry, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Rosenthal has been appointed to the NY State Mental Health Services Council as well as receiving numerous awards and honors including the Founders Award of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, more than ten years in New York Magazine's Best Doctors in New York and several years in The Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Rosenthal’s main research and clinical focus for more than 25 years has been on the evaluation and treatment of co-occurring substance use and other mental disorders. He was a Senior Fellow, SAMHSA Co-Occurring Disorders Center for Excellence and Co-Chairman of its National Steering Council, and is currently Senior Advisor to the Center for Excellence in Integrated Care. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, invited reviews, book chapters, and books and serves on the editorial board of American Journal on Addictions. Dr. Rosenthal also maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for mood and addictive disorders.