Faculty | Emory School of Medicine

Addiction Psychiatry faculty currently consists of addiction psychiatrists who are certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. They work across different sites of rotations, including the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Emory University, Talbott Recovery Campus and Grady hospital. In addition, we have several addictionologists and clinical psychologists with extensive experience in treatment of substance use disorders and addictive behaviors. All faculty members are dedicated in teaching and clinical supervision and the feedback from our former fellows have been very positive.

Emory Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Core Faculty

Name	Primary Location	Website Links
Yilang Tang, MD, PhD Program Director, Associate Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
C. Rashad Smith, MD Associate Program Director Adjunct Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Ft. McPherson Campus
Jennifer Casarella, MD VA Site Director SATP Medical Director Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Justine Welsh, MD Emory Site Director Associate Professor	Emory Healthcare Emory Addiction Services	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Richard Amar, MD Talbott Site Director Adjunct Faculty	Talbott Recovery Campus	Talbott Recovery Profile
Alaina Steck, MD Grady Site Director Associate Professor	Grady Healthcare System Grady MOUD Clinic	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Karen Drexler, MD Associate Professor	Emory Healthcare Veterans Program	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Karen Hochman, MD VA Addiction Consult Service Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Hilaire Shongo-Hiango, MD VA IOP Team Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus
Jocelyn Cox, MD VA Evening IOP Team Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Ft. McPherson Campus
Navjyot Singh Bedi, MD Medical Director Adjunct Faculty	Talbott Recovery Campus	Talbott Recovery Profile
Aalok Chandora, MD Assistant Professor	Grady Healthcare System Grady MOUD Clinic	Morehouse SOM Faculty Profile
Pamela Eilender, PsyD Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus
Paul H. Earley, MD Medical Director of PHP Adjunct Faculty	Georgia Professional Health Program, Inc	Provider Profile
Ayman Fareed, MD Associate Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus
Krystal Frieson Bonaparte, PhD Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus
Mercedes Carswell, PhD Clinical Psychologist	Atlanta VA Medical Center Ft. McPherson Campus
Rahul Gupta, MD Adjunct Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus
Mary Elizabeth Hammons, PhD Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
WooJin Kowalk, DO OATC Clinic Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Joseph Mathias, MD Assistant Professor	Emory HealthCare Emory Addiction Services	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Elizabeth McCord, MD Assistant Professor	Emory HealthCare Emory Addiction Services
Joy Reeves, PsyD Assistant Professor SATP Program Acting Director	Atlanta VA Medical Center Ft. McPherson Campus
Sanjay Sharma, MD Assistant Professor	Grady Healthcare System IDP Clinic	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Danzhao Wang, MD Assistant Professor	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Natasha Whitfield, PhD Assistant Professor SATP Program Director	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus	Emory SOM Faculty Profile
Meredith Williamson, PsyD Clinical Psychologist	Atlanta VA Medical Center Main Campus