CYNTHIA GEPPERT, M.D. Ph.D.

Department of
Psychiatry

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
CHIEF CONSULTATION PSYCHIATRY AND ETHICS NEW MEXICO
VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

M.D., University of Texas at San Antonio 1997
M.A. Religious Ethics Vanderbilt, 1998
Ph.D. Religious Ethics, International Reform University, 2002
Residency, University of New Mexico, 1998-2002
Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, New Mexico VA, 2002
Fellowship in Ethics, UNMHSC Institute for Ethics, 2002
Certification in Addiction Medicine, 2005
Certification in Psychosomatic Medicine, 2005
Subspecialty certification in Psychosomatic Medicine, 2005
Masters in Public Health, A.T. Still School of Health Management, 2007
Diplomate American Academy Pain Management, 2008
Subspecialty certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2009

Areas of Specialization: Clinical ethics, religion and spirituality, psychopharmacology, addiction, psychosomatic medicine, residency training; medical student education pain medicine, chronic pain, hospice and palliative care.
 

e-mail: ethicdoc@comcast.net   My interests are diverse and range from psychopharmacology to spirituality and are centered on teaching.  I am the director of the consultation services at the VA hospital where enjoy helping senior residents learn to integrate medicine, psychiatry, and ethics. I also teach ethics and professionalism in the medical school and religion and ethics in the religious studies program at the University of New Mexico. My clinical work is in the areas of mood and substance use disorders, psychosomatic medicine and chronic pain. My scholarly focus is also reflects my renaissance approach to psychiatry and is best captured in the Psychiatry Times columns I have been privileged to write for nearly a decade. Work is really my life, but I do have the great honor of living with my amazing 85-year old mother and my Akita, Kira. Once upon a time I was a chaplain, a long distance athlete and a rock and roll musician.     Recent Publications: Warner TW, Geppert CM, Massone JG, Roberts LW. Views of ten chief residents on professionalism and ethics training. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical     Education. 2006: 12-20.   Bogenschutz MP, Geppert CM, George J. The role of twelve-step approaches in dual   diagnosis treatment and recovery. Am J Addict. 2006, 15: 50-60.   Candilis PJ, Geppert CM., Fletcher KE. Lidz CW, Appelbaum PS. Willingness of subjects with thought disorder to participate in research. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2006, 32: 159-165.   Books: Geppert CM. Roberts LW. The Book of Ethics: Expert Guidance for Professionals Who Treat  Addiction.  Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2008.   Book Chapters: Geppert CM, Bogenschutz, MB. “Substance-Related Disorders in Roberts LW, Hopp JG and             Heinrich, TW. Clinical Psychiatry Essentials. Lippincott Willians & Wilkins Philadelphia,             PA, 2009. Geppert CM Contributing Author to Roberts LW, and Hoope JG. Professionalism & Ethics Q&A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals. American Psychiatric Press: Arlington, VA, 2008.   Journal Articles: Geppert CM, Bogenschutz, M. Ethics in substance use disorder treatment. Psychiatric Clinics  2009; 32: 283-297.   Geppert CM, Bogenschutz M.  Pharmacological Research on Addictions: A Framework for  Ethical and Policy Considerations. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.  2009; 41:49-60.   Geppert CM, McGrew M, Kalishman S, Lawrence E, Timm C, Cosgrove E, Wiese W. Public  Health, Ethics and Ambulatory Care: An Integrated Fourth-Year Medical Student Rotation.   Medical Education Online. 2007;12:13.   Geppert, CM. Arora, SA. Widening the Door: the Evolution of Hepatitis C Treatment in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders. Hepatology. 2007;46:957-959   Geppert CM, Bogenschutz MP, Miller WR. Development of a Bibliography on Religion,  Spirituality and Addictions. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2007;26:389-395.   Geppert CM. Abbott C.  Voluntarism in Consultation Psychiatry: The Forgotten Capacity. Am  J Psych 2007; 164:409-413.   Arora, SA, Geppert CM, Kalishman S. et al. Academic Health Center Management of Chronic     Diseases Through Knowledge Networks: Project Echo. Academic Medicine 2007;  82:154-160.   Geppert CM. Medical education and the pharmaceutical industry: a review of ethical guidelines  and their implications for psychiatric training. Academic Psychiatry 2007; 31:32-99.

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