Meet our Faculty and Coordinator
Meet our Faculty and Coordinator
Brigitte Bailey, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Program Director
Career interests: community psychiatry, underserved children, and trauma
A fun fact: I watch the old cartoons every night before bed – Scooby Doo, Johnny Quest, Looney Tunes, and Tom and Jerry
Residency: UT Health SA
Fellowship: CAP UT Health SA
Rene L. Olvera, M.D., M.P.H.
Departmental Chair
Professor and Vice Chairman for Community Psychiatry
Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
UT Health San Antonio
Chief Medical Officer, Center for Health Care Services
Steven R. Pliszka M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Career interests: ADHD, Mood instability in children, Developmental Disabilities
A fun fact: I have been in the UT system since I went to UT Austin as a freshman
Residency: UT Health San Antonio 1981-1986
Fellowship: UT Health San Antonio 1983-1985
Thomas L. Matthews, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Division Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Director, Clarity CGC Outpatient Psychiatry
UT Health San Antonio
Adina JL Campbell, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Pediatric Consultation Liaison Service
UT Health San Antonio Department of Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Division
Amy S. Garrett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology
Career interest: Neuroimaging of neural plasticity associated with therapy for trauma-related disorders in youth
Fellowship: Stanford University
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Long School of Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
Giancarlo Ferruzzi, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
James Stedman, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Jessica Sandoval, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
General Psychiatry APD for Community, Advocacy, and Engagement
Career interests: community psychiatry, trauma, cultural/structural humility with a focus on Latinx population
Fun fact: I enjoy crafting and dachshunds
Education: UT Health San Antonio for residency and fellowship
Joseph Blader, Ph.D.
Professor with Tenure
Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Consulting Psychologist, University Transplant Center
University Hospital System
Louise O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist and Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Adjunct Faculty in Child and Adolescent
Retired Associate Professor UT Health Department of Psychiatry
Curerntly in private practice at the ADHD Clinic of San Antonio
Ph.D from University of Texas at Austin in school psychology/child clinical psychology.
UT Health Department of Psychiatry- Internship
Fun fact: worked as test developer on the Wechsler Scales
Tracy Schillerstrom, M.D.
Associate Professor/Clinical
UT Health San Antonio, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mariana Markella-Lunati, M.D.
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Avinash Boddapati, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mercedes E. Ramirez, MD, MPS
Career Interests: Continue to work on Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Research. Additionally, teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry trainees and research staff.
Fun Fact: I enjoy cooking and gardening.
Residency: Brooklyn, New York
Fellowship: UTMB – Galveston, Texas
Coordinator
Donna Molock, BAAS
Administrative Assistant – Sr