Meet our Faculty and Coordinator
Meet our Faculty and Coordinator
Program Director
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
Associate Program Director
Tracy Schillerstrom, M.D.
Associate Professor/Clinical
UT Health San Antonio, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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
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
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
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
Norma Moncaya, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Hometown: Laredo, TX
Medical School: Universidad de Monterrey, (Monterrey, Mexico).
Residency: UT Rio Grande Valley
Hobbies: hula hooping, reading, traveling.
Coordinator
Donna Molock, BAAS
Administrative Assistant – Sr