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The Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health
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Steven Adelsheim, M.D.
Director, Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health
Professor of Psychiatry, Family & Community Medicine, Child/Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist, and Pediatrics.Consultant, New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative with focus on development of the New Mexico Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research (CBHTR), Suicide Prevention, Telepsychiatry Development, and Behavioral Health-Primary Care Interface.
Areas of specialization: suicide prevention, Native American mental health support, telepsychiatry, behavioral health-primary care interface, rural behavioral health, state-university collaboration, mental health anti-stigma program development.
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Deborah Altschul
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Core Pre-Doctoral Psychology Intern Faculty
Cultural competency consultant to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative, actively involved in working with State agencies and local communities to develop sustainable infrastructures that support the improvement of cultural competency in public mental health systems.
Areas of Specialization: Cultural competency and mental health disparities, evidence based practice and cultural adaptation, consumer recovery and resiliency, and serious mental illnesses.
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Florian Birkmayer, M.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Dual Diagnosis Clinic, Department of Psychiatry
Chief of Addictions Outreach, Outreach Program, Department of Psychiatry
Consulting Psychiatrist, Na’nizhoozhi Center Inc. (NCI), Gallup, NM
Education:
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians, 1999
Internship: Psychiatry at University of New Mexico SOM, 2001
Residency: Psychiatry at University of New Mexico SOM, 2004
Areas of Interest: Addictions, Dual Diagnosis/Cooccuring Disorders, Outreach & Rural Psychiatry, Cross-cultural Issues, Resident Education. |
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Caroline Bonham, M.D.
Fellow in Community Psychiatry
Education: Medical School: University of Nottingham, UK
Psychiatry Residency: University of New Mexco
Areas of Interest: Mental health services research, working with families, medical student and resident education |
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Flor Cano-Soto
Administrative Assistant
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Ernest Coletta
Senior Program Manager, Center for Rural &
Community Behavioral Health
Educational Background:
BS –
Nutrition / Dietetics
Master’s
in Public Health course work underway
Areas of
Interest:
Screening / early intervention; Suicide prevention;
Tele-behavioral health; Behavioral health systems development
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Josip Gazic, M.D. |
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Lucille Gora
Program Manager, Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research
Graduated: National University, Business Administration/Finance
Prior affiliations: University of Washington, Seattle; University of California, Davis, Berkeley and San Diego
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Richard Hough, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Psychiatry
Received Ph.D. in Sociology from the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
Prior to coming to the University of New Mexico, Held positions in Departments of Sociology and Psychiatry at: the University of Illinois; University of Texas, El Paso; UCLA; University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University.
Main interests are behavioral health services and epidemiologic research, particularly in regard to racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in the prevalence of mental disorders and access to care and patterns of health care utilization.
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Avron Kriechman, M.D.
Consulting Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist and Telehealth Specialist, Center for Rural & Community Behavioral Health
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Board Certification in Adult Psychiatry and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Educational Background:
Medical Doctor: University of Michigan
Chief Resident, Adult Psychiatry and Intern in Pediatrics: Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, NY
Chief Resident and Fellow in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
Graduate of the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, NY, NY
Areas of Interest:
Time-Effective and Family System Psychotherapies; Chronic and Life-Threatening Illness; Patient/Family/Community Health Care Advocacy; Collaborative Care; Education of Behavioral Health Specialists |
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Charlene Poola,
LISW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker |
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Alya Reeve, M.D., F.A.N.P.A.
Associate Professor
Co-Investigator, Continuum of Care Project
Neuropsychiatry ConsultantM.D.:
University of Connecticut, 1983
Residency:
University of Connecticut 1983-1986
Dartmouth and Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK 1986-1987
Fellowship: NIMH Research Fellowship in Brain Imaging, 1987-1989
(under Dr. Daniel Weinberger and Dr. Joel Kleinman)
Areas of Specialization:
Neuropsychiatry
Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Traumatic brain injury
Huntington’s disease
Epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures
Mental health services research
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Melina Salvador.
M.A.
Medical anthropologist and Program Manager with the CRCBH.
Received Masters degree in Latin American Studies, emphasis on Anthropology and History, from the University of New Mexico with distinction.
Current work focuses on implementation and evaluation research involving behavioral health issues in New Mexico.
Previous work includes an assessment of the behavioral health help-seeking processes of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
Tran gendered individuals in rural New Mexican settings and ethnographic research on identity, gender, sexuality and stigma among individuals who are HIV+ in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Specializes in working with Latino/Hispanic communities and speaks Spanish fluently.
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Nicole Dominguez
Accountant
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Helene Silverblatt, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine
Medical Director, Rural Psychiatry Program
Training: M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1978
Psychiatry Residency, University of New Mexico, 1978-1982
Areas of Specialization: The University Of New Mexico Department Of Psychiatry has won national awards for its unique rural residency track. I am proud to say that I am a co-founder of this initiative and that for over 13 years I have watched this program grow into an enormously successful training opportunity. (For more details about this program, please see the department video on our homepage.) I have a strong commitment to excellence and enjoyment in training and to providing quality care---an important part of training-- around our beautiful and beguiling state. |
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