Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Physician Staff

With expertise ranging from General Psychiatry to specialization in Neuropsychiatry, Substance Abuse Treatment, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to Geriatric Mental Health, the professionals who make up the BMC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science cover a wide range of experience.

Alex N. Sabo, MD - Department Chair

• BA:  Harvard
• MD:  University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Adult Psychiatric Residency:  Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Fellowship in Psychiatry:  Austen Riggs Center
• Special Interests:  Bipolar Disorders; Suicide Prevention; Interface of Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology

Stuart Bartle, MD

• BA: Harvard
• MD: New York University Medical School
• Residency in Internal Medicine: III (NYU) Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital
• Residency in Psychiatry: Mt. Sinai and Massachusetts General Hospital
• Special Interests: Information Systems; Clozapine; Third World Psychiatry

Jerry Carter, MD

• BS: Southwest Missouri State University
• MD: University of Missouri
• Residency in Internal Medicine: Allegheny General Hospital
• Residency in Psychiatry: Universities of West Virginia and Iowa
• Fellowship: Medical Psychiatry; University of Iowa
• Special Interests: Neuropsychiatry; Medicine; C/L Psychiatry; Substance Abuse Treatment

Elizabeth Donlon, MD

• BA: University of Georgia
• MD: Brown University School of Medicine
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Program
• Special Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry; Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Michael Ende, MD

• BA: Queens College
• MD: Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks
• Fellowship in Child Psychiatry: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Special Interests: Community-based Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Leslie Fishbein, MD

• BA: University of Pennsylvania
• MD: University of Pennsylvania
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: Yale
• Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Brigham & Women's Hospital,
  Harvard Medical School
• Special Interests: CL Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry; Healing & Spirituality

John Follet, MD

• BA: La Salle College
• MD: Georgetown
• Pediatric Residency: University of Colorado Medical Center
• Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: University of Colorado Medical Center
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Child Psychiatry: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
• Special Interests: Child Psychiatry; Conduct Disorders; Developmental Disorders

Paul Haley, MD

• BA:  Holy Cross
• MD:  University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
• Psychiatric Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Chief Resident: Psychiatric consultation Liasison Service/ Psychiatric Inpatient Service, Hartford Hospital

Rocco Iannucci, MD

• BA:  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Biology, magna cum laude
• MD:  Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society
• Clinical Fellow: Partners Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Massachusetts General and MacLean Hospitals, Boston/Belmont, MA
• Chief Resident: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
• Special Interests: Substance abuse

Zerrin Emel Kayatekin, MD

• MD:  Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, School of Medicine
• Residency in Psychiatry: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Chief Residency in Psychopharmacological Treatment and Research: University of Massachusetts
• Medical Director: Clinical Trials Program
• Special Interests:  Psychopharmacology and psychotherapy regarding anxiety and mood disorders

Susan Mahler, MD

• BA:  University of Callifornia, Berkeley
• MD:  University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
• Residency in Adult Psychiatry: Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA
• M.S. Health and Medical Sciences: Master's Thesis: "Toward a Multi-factorial Model of Eating Disorders: Integrating the Patient's Perspective"
• Special Interests:Eating Disorders

Lilliana Markovic, MD

• MD:  University of Belgrade, School of Medicine
• Residency in Adult Psychiatry: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Columbia University
• Medical Director: Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Special Interests: Teaches forensic psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, psychopathology; PTSD related to tragedy of September 11

Jennifer Michaels, MD

• BA:  University of Delaware
• MD:  NY University School of Medicine
• Adult Psychiatric Residency:  NY University Medical Center
• Fellowship in Substance Abuse & Alcoholism:  NY University Medical Center Bellevue
• Special Interests: Substance Abuse Treatment; Post-partum Disorders

Sharon Mozian, MD

• BA: Duke University
• MD: University of Colorado Medical School
• Residency: Columbia University/NY Presbyterian Hospital/NY State Psychiatric Institute
• Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine: Columbia University/NY Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute
• Fellowship in Psychiatric Education: Columbia University/NY Presbyterian Hospital/NY State Psychiatric Institute
• Special Interests: Suicide Risk Reduction;Evidence-based psychiatry education; Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry;Suicide prevention; Psychotherapy

Linda Smothers, MD

• BA: California State University
• MD: Tufts University School of Medicine
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: Boston University
• Special Interests: General Psychiatry; Response to Alternative Therapies

Robert Tabakin, MD

• BS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MD: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
• Adult Psychiatric Residency: Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Program
• Special Interests: Community Mental Health; Geriatrics