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Professor & Chair

As Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. Gray is dedicated to accelerating growth, collaboration, and impact across the tripartite missions of patient care, education, and research. Nationally, he serves in senior leadership roles with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Within MUSC, his leadership has spanned division, department, college, and university roles. Complementing his work as an active clinician, educator, and mentor, Dr. Gray’s highly collaborative and productive program of clinical research—continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health throughout his career—is focused on understanding and addressing youth substance use and mental health. This work has yielded national and international acclaim, reinforcing MUSC’s strong standing on the world stage.

Dr. Gray grew up in South Carolina and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering at Clemson University and his medical degree at MUSC. He completed psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at MUSC. A proud product of South Carolina public schools, Dr. Gray is passionate about “paying forward” opportunities to develop careers, provide outstanding care, and advance health statewide and beyond.

Kevin M. Gray, M.D.

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Kevin M. Gray, M.D.

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Alyssa A. Rheingold, Ph.D.

Professor & Director of Clinical Operations/Rotation Director
Vice Chair, Research & Research Administration
Associate Director, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center (NCVRTC)
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Hugh Myrick, M.D.

Director, Military Sciences Division
Vice Chair, VA Clinical Programs
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Diana M. Mullis, M.D.

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Director, Community and Public Safety Psychiatry Division

Medical Director, Psychiatry Hospitalist Division, Mental Health Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) 

Rebekah Shinta, MHA

Vice Chair, Finance and Business Administration 

Edward Kantor, M.D.

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Vice Chair, Education and Training Programs

Lalith K. Solai, M.D.

ICCE Chief, Mental Health
Vice Chair of Clinical Services, Geriatric Psychiatry
Professor, College of Medicine
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Lalith K. Solai, M.D., is Vice Chair of Clinical Services for Geriatric Psychiatry at MUSC and serves as Chief of Mental Health Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) for MUSC Health. 

Dr. Solai is from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He served as the Professor of Psychiatry and the Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry. While there, he also served as Medical Director of Patient Safety at the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). In addition, he was the medical director of the Center for Interventional Psychiatry (CIP), overseeing care for patients with severe, difficult-to-treat depression and other debilitating psychiatric disorders. Under Dr. Solai's leadership, the CIP maintained a national reputation as a top provider of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), widely considered the gold-standard treatment for severe depression. Dr. Solai also substantially expanded the range of therapies provided by the CIP, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and ketamine.

As chief of geriatric psychiatry, Dr. Solai led WPH's Geriatric Psychiatry Services (the largest geriatric psychiatric psychiatry division in the country), including the Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, the Long-Term Care program, the Bellefield Enhanced Support Team (BEST) program, the Benedum Geriatric Center and UPMC Senior Care-Shadyside. He also supervised clinical services to more than 15 local/regional long-term care centers. His passion for clinical services lies within mental health services for nursing home patients. He created and managed a 30-bed nursing home unit that serves only primary behavioral health patients.

Dr. Solai is a dedicated and accomplished educator who has taught extensively at all levels, particularly in resident and fellow training at WPH. He organized and ran the regional annual conference on Behavioral Health and Aging for more than ten years. He was the director of the geriatric psychiatry fellowship, a training program with a national reputation for clinical and educational excellence in late-life mental health.

Lee Lewis, M.D.

Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division

Medical Director, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE)

Robert Dupont

Administrator

Faculty

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to providing the best services in clinical care, research, education and training. Ranked highly among NIH-funded research operations, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences boasts a number of world-renowned researchers and clinicians.

Andrew Alkis, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Ethan Ashley, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Rubin Aujla, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Bashar Badran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Wendy Balliet, Ph.D.
Professor

Kelly S. Barth, D.O.
Professor

Emily Bay, M.D.
Assistant Professor

David R. Beckert, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Thomas Joseph Beckworth, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Aurelia Sands Belle, MEd
Instructor

Hilary J. Bernstein, MSW, DHA
Assistant Professor

Carlos Blanco-Centurion, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Sarah W. Book, M.D.
Professor

Jamison Bottomley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor

Delisa Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Matthew J. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Professor

Kevin Caulfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Lillian Christon Arnold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Sheresa Christopher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Kasey Collins, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Bernadette M. Cortese, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Phillippe B. Cunningham, Ph.D.
Professor

Randi Curtiss, D.O.
Assistant Professor

Jennifer Dahne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

John Danaher, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Carla Kmett Danielson, Ph.D.
Professor

Michael A. de Arellano, Ph.D.
Professor

Patrick Duffy, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor

Anna Feinman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Rindy Fernandes, D.O.
Assistant Professor

Christopher S. Fields, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Julianne Flanagan, Ph.D.
Professor

Virginia Fonner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Michele K. Friesinger, MA
Instructor

Alexis Garcia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Yulia Gavrilova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Kathryn Gex, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Rebeca Castellanos Gonzalez, Ph.D., MA
Assistant Professor

Morgan Goodyear, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Emily D. Gottfried, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Kevin M. Gray, M.D.
Professor

William C. Griffin, III, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Alexis Guevara, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Constance Guille, M.D.
Professor

Austin Hahn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Christine Hahn, Ph.D
Assistant Professor

Sarah Hales, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Colleen A. Halliday, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Rochelle F. Hanson, Ph.D.
Professor

Karen J. Hartwell, M.D.
Professor

David Brian Haver, Jr, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor

Erin Hayes, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Marie Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Michaela Hoffman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Rakin Hoq, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Amber Jarnecke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Jennifer Jones, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Edward Kantor, M.D.
Associate Professor

Rebecca Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Courtney King, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Anna Kirkland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Sarah Kuhn, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Andrew Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor

A. Lee Lewis IV, M.D.
Associate Professor

E. Thomas Lewis III, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Xingbao Li, M.D.
Associate Professor

Alice Q. Libet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Meng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Cristina Lopez, Ph.D.
Professor

Marcelo Lopez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

A.J. Manett, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Temeia Martin, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Stacey Maurer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Laura McCabe, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Jenna L. McCauley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Erin A. McClure, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Aimee L. McRae-Clark, Pharm.D.
Professor

William Mellick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Monter, D.O.
Assistant Professor

Angela Moreland-Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor

Abby Mulay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Diana M. Mullis, M.D.
Associate Professor

Caroline Nardi, M.D.
Assistant Professor 

Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Luz Elizabeth Pacheco, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Jeni Bowers Palmer, MEd
Assistant Professor

Jennifer Patterson, M.D.
Associate Professor

Christopher G. Pelic, M.D.
Professor

Xiaolong Peng, Ph.D.
Instructor

Gregory Postal, M.D.
Associate Professor

James J. Prisciandaro, Ph.D.
Professor

John T. Pritchett, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Christopher Pryor, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Alyssa A. Rheingold, Ph.D.
Professor

Libby Riddle, MSW, LISW
Assistant Professor

Amanda Roten, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Aria Ruggiero, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Sarah Russo, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Royce Sampson, MS, RN, CRA
Associate Professor

Erin Seery, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Christopher Sege, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

E. Baron Short, M.D.
Associate Professor

Myra Haney Singleton, EdD
Assistant Professor

Allison Smith, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Claire Smith, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor

Tracy Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

LalithKumar Solai, M.D.
Professor

Lindsay Squeglia, Ph.D.
Professor

Beverly Steele, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Regan Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Nicole Sussman, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Michael Sweat, Ph.D.
Professor

Susan Sonne Terry, Pharm.D.
Professor

Emily Tilstra-Ferrell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Christina Tolbert, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Rachel Tomko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

James S. Truelove, MSW
Instructor

Joshua Tutek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Thomas Uhde, M.D.
Professor

Konstantin E. Voronin, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Debra Wallace, MSW
Instructor

Megan Wallace, MSW, LISW
Instructor

Jennifer Warthen, MSW
Instructor

Sharlene Wedin, PsyD
Associate Professor

Allison Wilkerson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Sara Witcraft, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Suzanne Thomas Withers, Ph.D.
Professor

Tammy Lee Yarnall, MA
Instructor

Brett Ziegler, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Raymond Anton, Jr., M.D.
Distinguished University Professor

Sudie Back, Ph.D.
Professor

Howard Becker, Ph.D.
Professor

Anna Birks, Psy.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Borckardt, Ph.D.
Professor

Kathryn Bottonari, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Lisa Boyars, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Olga Brawman-Mintzer, M.D.
Professor

Jessica Broadway, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Mary Hart Bryan, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

William Burke, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

V. Elizabeth Call, M.D.
Clinical Instructor

Emily Cullen, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Michael Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor

Carol Denier, Ph.D.
Research Instructor

Georges El Nahas, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Paul Everman, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Julianne Flanagan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Mark George, M.D.
Professor

Daniel Gros, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Anouk Grubaugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Mark Hamner, M.D.
Professor

Louise Haynes, MSW
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Joshua Hillie, MSW, LISW-CP
Clinical Instructor

D. Walter Hiott, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Michael Horner, Ph.D.
Professor

Michael Huber, M.D.
Associate Professor

Stephanie Keller, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Therese K. Killeen, Ph.D.
Research Professor

Dean Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor

Sarah Kuhn, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Carlotta "Callie" Lalich, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Jill Lederman, LMSW
Clinical Instructor

Leilani Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Elliot Levy, M.D.
Associate Professor

Brian Lozano, Ph.D.
Assistant

Robert Malcolm, Jr., M.D.
Professor

Michael McCart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Layton McCurdy, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor

Lisa McTeague, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Melissa Milanak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Leonard Mulbry, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Kerrie Murphy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Ursula Myers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Donald "Hugh" Myrick, M.D.
Professor

Patrick O'Neil, Ph.D.
Professor

Christine Pelic, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

John Pritchett, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jeff Randall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Patrick Randall, Ph.D.
Research Professor

Elizabeth Santa Ana, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Priyattam Shiromani, Ph.D.
Professor

Philip Sinato, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Ph.D.
Professor

Bryan Tolliver, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Zhewu Wang, M.D.
Professor

Bethany Wangelin, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Nancy Warren, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jennifer Warthen, MSW
Clinical Instructor

Sharlene Wedin-Leclerc, PsyD, ABPP
Associate Professor

Jennifer Wray, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

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