Psychopharmacology Clinic
Meet the members of our Psychopharmacology Clinic team:
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Joseph M. Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, is chief of Children's Psychopharmacology Clinic and a staff child psychiatrist. He is engaged in several research projects that focus on the use of both pharmacological and clinical treatments to help children with various psychiatric disorders, particularly disorders of emotional regulation, developmental disorders, schizophrenia prodrome (the period of decreased functioning occurring just before the first psychotic episode) and psychiatric disorders in children with epilepsy. Gonzalez-Heydrich, who is also fluent in Spanish, is an assistant professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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Sergio R.M. Korndorfer, MD, is a staff psychiatrist with particular expertise in treating children whose mental health issues relate to other medical illnesses, such as cancer. He is an instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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Kaizad Munshi, MD, MPH, is a psychiatrist who treats children and adolescents with conditions including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders, depression and other mood disorders. Munshi is an instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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Christie Blake, RN, MSN, CS, is the nurse specialist for our Psychopharmacology Clinic. She has extensive experience in the psychopharmacologic treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression and other mood disorders, anxiety disorders and psychosis, as well as a background in psychopharmacological clinical trials for ADHD and bipolar disorder.
- Frances Johnson, APRN, BC, is also a nurse specialist for the Psychopharmacology Clinic. She has extensive experience in the psychopharmacologic treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression and other mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Johnson has also made presentations on pediatric psychopharmacology at several national advanced practice nursing meetings.
