Department Chair:
Mark R. Munetz, M.D. Chair, NEOUCOM Department of Psychiatry

Section Heads, Division Coordinators and Directors:

Sharon Irwin, Ph.D., Section Head, Psychology
Mark Munetz, M.D., Director, Community Psychiatry
Joel Mowrey, Ph.D., Coordinator, Continuing Education in Psychiatry
Lori Pittinger, M.D., Director, NEOUCOM Undergraduate Education
Joseph Varley, M.D., Director, NEOUCOM Psychiatry Residency Program

Clerkship Directors:

Steven Thomson, M.D., Heartland Behavioral Healthcare
Samina Zaidi, M.D.: Affiliated Hospitals of Canton
Lori Pittinger, M.D.: Akron General Medical Center and Summa Health System

Purpose, Philosophy, Goals/Objectives

The education program of the department is based on the biopsychosocial model of understanding and treating human beings, as well as the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. It is the goal of the department to train a new general of physicians who understand and practice biopsychosocial models in their future careers as health care providers.

What is the departmental opinion of the appropriateness of the goals and objectives, generally and with specific reference to the education of medical students?

Medical students are adults who learn new attitudes and skills by emulation of their faculty. Faculty members teach mostly by role modeling to the students their own values, beliefs, as well as skills in the practice of modern psychiatry and behavioral science.

Are the departmental goals and objectives being achieved? How do you know?

Yes. Through results of student performance on USMLE and Psychiatry Clerkships.