President
Richard Ly, MD
Dr. Richard Ly was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was fortunate to grow up in a multicultural community in the Pacific Northwest. One of his inspirations to pursue child & adolescent psychiatry was working as an Easter Seals camp counselor and having the opportunity to empower children with developmental diversity.
Dr. Ly completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia where he had the good fortune to meet an American classmate who turned out to be his future wife. Together, they couples-matched into general psychiatry residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Ly went on to complete child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship and served as chief fellow at OHSU. During his psychiatry training, Dr. Ly was grateful to be an award recipient for the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Arnold Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society.
Dr. Ly was an APA Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, serving as the Fellowship Co-Chair in 2018-2019 and participating in the APA Council for Children, Adolescents, & Their Families. As an active member of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, he is a graduate of the Master Educator Certificate in 2022, serving on the Resident Psychiatric Educator Committee, and is a peer reviewer for the journal of Academic Psychiatry.
Currently, Dr. Ly is a board-certified outpatient child & adolescent psychiatrist and collaborative care psychiatric consultant at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon. He enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows as core faculty in the SHS child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship training program. He has presented at the local, state, and national level on topics including medical education, collaborative care, and multicultural competency.
He and his wife have two young children. They enjoy board games, music, movies, hiking, and traveling together.
Richard Ly, MD
Dr. Richard Ly was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was fortunate to grow up in a multicultural community in the Pacific Northwest. One of his inspirations to pursue child & adolescent psychiatry was working as an Easter Seals camp counselor and having the opportunity to empower children with developmental diversity.
Dr. Ly completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia where he had the good fortune to meet an American classmate who turned out to be his future wife. Together, they couples-matched into general psychiatry residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Ly went on to complete child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship and served as chief fellow at OHSU. During his psychiatry training, Dr. Ly was grateful to be an award recipient for the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Arnold Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society.
Dr. Ly was an APA Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, serving as the Fellowship Co-Chair in 2018-2019 and participating in the APA Council for Children, Adolescents, & Their Families. As an active member of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, he is a graduate of the Master Educator Certificate in 2022, serving on the Resident Psychiatric Educator Committee, and is a peer reviewer for the journal of Academic Psychiatry.
Currently, Dr. Ly is a board-certified outpatient child & adolescent psychiatrist and collaborative care psychiatric consultant at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon. He enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows as core faculty in the SHS child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship training program. He has presented at the local, state, and national level on topics including medical education, collaborative care, and multicultural competency.
He and his wife have two young children. They enjoy board games, music, movies, hiking, and traveling together.
President Elect / VP
Program Co-Chair
Nikhil Rao, MD, MSc
Dr. Nik Rao is a recent transplant to Portland, having moved from the opposite corner of the country. A native of Texas, Dr. Rao attended Cornell before pursuing graduate school across the pond at University College London where he studied the evolution of social systems in monkeys, who are not as easy to talk to as kids. While successful in that endeavor, the effort to obtain a posh-sounding British accent was not, so he moved back home. After obtaining an MD from University of Oklahoma and completing general and child psychiatric training at multiple institutions, he earned an additional board certification in obesity medicine.
Dr. Rao has practiced across a range of environments including emergency, consultation, and general and specialty pediatric embedded services. Perhaps the most poignant lesson from these experiences was how ineffectual it can be for mental health practice to be walled off from medical, academic, and community supports for children and teenagers, and how productive collaboration across community systems can be, particularly in the process of demystifying mental health and psychiatry for the general public. When not engaged in outreach and collaboration, he also enjoys small-scale research and giving lectures at all levels of education.
An inveterate sci-fi geek, he misappropriated his MD to sidle closer to his favorite authors as a volunteer ‘medical and science content advisor’. It also gives him an excuse to speak at sci-fi conventions and use it as resume fodder. Some have claimed he picked a pediatric specialty so he could dress up as Batman and claim it is ‘for the children’. He has never denied this claim.
Program Co-Chair
Nikhil Rao, MD, MSc
Dr. Nik Rao is a recent transplant to Portland, having moved from the opposite corner of the country. A native of Texas, Dr. Rao attended Cornell before pursuing graduate school across the pond at University College London where he studied the evolution of social systems in monkeys, who are not as easy to talk to as kids. While successful in that endeavor, the effort to obtain a posh-sounding British accent was not, so he moved back home. After obtaining an MD from University of Oklahoma and completing general and child psychiatric training at multiple institutions, he earned an additional board certification in obesity medicine.
Dr. Rao has practiced across a range of environments including emergency, consultation, and general and specialty pediatric embedded services. Perhaps the most poignant lesson from these experiences was how ineffectual it can be for mental health practice to be walled off from medical, academic, and community supports for children and teenagers, and how productive collaboration across community systems can be, particularly in the process of demystifying mental health and psychiatry for the general public. When not engaged in outreach and collaboration, he also enjoys small-scale research and giving lectures at all levels of education.
An inveterate sci-fi geek, he misappropriated his MD to sidle closer to his favorite authors as a volunteer ‘medical and science content advisor’. It also gives him an excuse to speak at sci-fi conventions and use it as resume fodder. Some have claimed he picked a pediatric specialty so he could dress up as Batman and claim it is ‘for the children’. He has never denied this claim.
Immediate Past President
Rebecca Marshall, MD, MPH
Dr. Rebecca Marshall is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. She obtained a BA in literature at Smith College in Western Massachusetts and an MA at Cambridge University. She moved to Oregon for medical school, where she attended Oregon Health & Science University’s joint MD/MPH program, and later completed a psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. At OHSU, she works clinically as a consult-liaison attending psychiatrist. She also directs the Data, Evaluation and Technical Assistance program, which partners with Oregon Health Authority on a number of statewide projects to evaluate and improve behavioral health care for youth and families. She is dedicated to partnering with a broad network of youth, families, advocates, and mental health and medical professionals, bringing to bear her own background in public health, research, and psychiatry to better understand mental health needs of youth and families in Oregon and to improve systems to address these needs.
Rebecca Marshall, MD, MPH
Dr. Rebecca Marshall is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. She obtained a BA in literature at Smith College in Western Massachusetts and an MA at Cambridge University. She moved to Oregon for medical school, where she attended Oregon Health & Science University’s joint MD/MPH program, and later completed a psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. At OHSU, she works clinically as a consult-liaison attending psychiatrist. She also directs the Data, Evaluation and Technical Assistance program, which partners with Oregon Health Authority on a number of statewide projects to evaluate and improve behavioral health care for youth and families. She is dedicated to partnering with a broad network of youth, families, advocates, and mental health and medical professionals, bringing to bear her own background in public health, research, and psychiatry to better understand mental health needs of youth and families in Oregon and to improve systems to address these needs.
Secretary/Treasurer
AACAP Delegate
AACAP Disaster & Trauma Liaison
Ken Ensroth, MD
Dr. Ensroth is the Chair of the Psychiatry department at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (PWFMC) and is the President Elect of the PWFMC Medical Staff Office. Dr. Ensroth a member of the Board of Directors of Children’s Center. A graduate of Michigan State Medical School, he completed his Residency & Fellowship at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. He has been a member of OCCAP since 2001, and is a past President of the Council (2012-2013).
Dr. Ken enjoys backpacking, triathlon training, playing jazz trombone, and spending time with his two offspring. He strives to help children, adolescents, parents and families feel heard, understood, and accepted, as a springboard for health, wellness and loving connections.
AACAP Delegate
AACAP Disaster & Trauma Liaison
Ken Ensroth, MD
Dr. Ensroth is the Chair of the Psychiatry department at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (PWFMC) and is the President Elect of the PWFMC Medical Staff Office. Dr. Ensroth a member of the Board of Directors of Children’s Center. A graduate of Michigan State Medical School, he completed his Residency & Fellowship at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. He has been a member of OCCAP since 2001, and is a past President of the Council (2012-2013).
Dr. Ken enjoys backpacking, triathlon training, playing jazz trombone, and spending time with his two offspring. He strives to help children, adolescents, parents and families feel heard, understood, and accepted, as a springboard for health, wellness and loving connections.
Academic Leadership Representative
Ajit Jetmalani, MD
Oregon Health & Science University Child Psychiatry Chair
AACAP Distinguished Fellow (Oct 19)
Dr. Jetmalani is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU. After graduating from Willamette University in 1979, he completed medical education at OHSU in 1983, Adult Psychiatry training at UCSF in 1986 and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center in 1988. He joined the OHSU faculty in 2007 as Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Education after practicing in the Portland area since 1988 and in September of 2010 assumed the position of Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU. He brings a broad experience in treating children, adolescents and adults in outpatient, day treatment, group home, residential and hospital environments. He has held numerous leadership positions in various health care environments and has served on a number of boards of nonprofit children's mental health programs. He is a consultant to the Oregon Health Authority and DHS Child Welfare. Over the years he has participated in the training of many of today's practicing child and adult psychiatrists.
Dr. Jetmalani grew up in Salem where his father, Narain B. Jetmalani, M.D. was Director of Training and Research at the Oregon State Hospital from 1961-1975.Those early experiences shaped his interest in preventing mental illness and improving the lives of people who face the challenges of chronic mental illness. Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment combined with well integrated high quality psychotherapy and advances in neuroscience form the basis of his work with children and families, education of residents and public policy endeavors.
Ajit Jetmalani, MD
Oregon Health & Science University Child Psychiatry Chair
AACAP Distinguished Fellow (Oct 19)
Dr. Jetmalani is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU. After graduating from Willamette University in 1979, he completed medical education at OHSU in 1983, Adult Psychiatry training at UCSF in 1986 and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center in 1988. He joined the OHSU faculty in 2007 as Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Education after practicing in the Portland area since 1988 and in September of 2010 assumed the position of Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU. He brings a broad experience in treating children, adolescents and adults in outpatient, day treatment, group home, residential and hospital environments. He has held numerous leadership positions in various health care environments and has served on a number of boards of nonprofit children's mental health programs. He is a consultant to the Oregon Health Authority and DHS Child Welfare. Over the years he has participated in the training of many of today's practicing child and adult psychiatrists.
Dr. Jetmalani grew up in Salem where his father, Narain B. Jetmalani, M.D. was Director of Training and Research at the Oregon State Hospital from 1961-1975.Those early experiences shaped his interest in preventing mental illness and improving the lives of people who face the challenges of chronic mental illness. Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment combined with well integrated high quality psychotherapy and advances in neuroscience form the basis of his work with children and families, education of residents and public policy endeavors.
From left: Dr. Kirk Wolfe & Dr. Warren Ng, AACAP President
AACAP Delegate since 2002
AACAP Advocacy Liaison
Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA
AACAP Distinguished Fellow since 2013
APA Distinguished Fellow since 2019
Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA serves as a child psychiatric consultant to several school districts and mental health agencies, advocates for Oregon youth and families with an emeritus position with the state's Children's System Advisory Council and Wraparound Committee, the Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association executive committee, as a Board of Trustee for the Oregon Medical Association, as clinical assistant professor with OHSU and as Oregon's Advocacy Liaison and Delegate to AACAP.
Dr. Wolfe has served on the Oregon Council's executive committee since 2000, including his presidency in 2001-2 and as Oregon delegate to AACAP since 2002. He was the Oregon Council's Child Psychiatrist of the Year in 2003, has been a Distinguished Fellow of AACAP since 2013, and a Distinguished Fellow of the APA since 2019. His youth suicide prevention efforts date back to the Governor's Task Force on Youth Suicide Prevention in 1996; was chairman of Oregon's first Youth Suicide Prevention Conference in 1997; was the physician representative with Oregon's original youth suicide prevention plan, The Oregon Plan for Youth Suicide Prevention: A Call to Action, published in 2000; was co-chairman of Oregon's first Oregon Children's Mental Health Conference in 2001; developed brochures for teachers, and parents of school-age and college students, designed to help recognize when youth are depressed and at risk for suicide; was awarded the state's Mental Health Award for Excellence in 2001 at the State Capitol for his work on youth suicide prevention, helped to develop the state's Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan published in 2016, and and serves on the Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide executive committee. He received YouthMove Oregon's Heart of the Healer Award at the State Capitol in 2011. He received the Oregon Medical Association's annual Doctor-Citizen Award in 2018.
Dr. Wolfe enjoys time with family and friends, and keeps healthy with skiing, golfing, jogging and biking in the Columbia Gorge, as well as international travel.
AACAP Advocacy Liaison
Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA
AACAP Distinguished Fellow since 2013
APA Distinguished Fellow since 2019
Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA serves as a child psychiatric consultant to several school districts and mental health agencies, advocates for Oregon youth and families with an emeritus position with the state's Children's System Advisory Council and Wraparound Committee, the Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association executive committee, as a Board of Trustee for the Oregon Medical Association, as clinical assistant professor with OHSU and as Oregon's Advocacy Liaison and Delegate to AACAP.
Dr. Wolfe has served on the Oregon Council's executive committee since 2000, including his presidency in 2001-2 and as Oregon delegate to AACAP since 2002. He was the Oregon Council's Child Psychiatrist of the Year in 2003, has been a Distinguished Fellow of AACAP since 2013, and a Distinguished Fellow of the APA since 2019. His youth suicide prevention efforts date back to the Governor's Task Force on Youth Suicide Prevention in 1996; was chairman of Oregon's first Youth Suicide Prevention Conference in 1997; was the physician representative with Oregon's original youth suicide prevention plan, The Oregon Plan for Youth Suicide Prevention: A Call to Action, published in 2000; was co-chairman of Oregon's first Oregon Children's Mental Health Conference in 2001; developed brochures for teachers, and parents of school-age and college students, designed to help recognize when youth are depressed and at risk for suicide; was awarded the state's Mental Health Award for Excellence in 2001 at the State Capitol for his work on youth suicide prevention, helped to develop the state's Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan published in 2016, and and serves on the Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide executive committee. He received YouthMove Oregon's Heart of the Healer Award at the State Capitol in 2011. He received the Oregon Medical Association's annual Doctor-Citizen Award in 2018.
Dr. Wolfe enjoys time with family and friends, and keeps healthy with skiing, golfing, jogging and biking in the Columbia Gorge, as well as international travel.
AACAP Delegate
Mike Franz, MD, DFAACAP, FAPA
Dr. Franz is a board certified child & adolescent and adult psychiatrist who has worked in a variety of clinical and administrative leadership positions throughout Oregon. He is the Senior Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Cambia/Regence. He previously was the first Medical Director of Behavioral Health at PacificSource. His passion is working toward sustainable reimbursement of high value behavioral health <–> physical health integration in medical settings. On Fridays, he works as a clinician providing direct care to children at Deschutes County Behavioral Health as well as psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care clinics using the Collaborative Care Model and eConsults. Dr. Franz is a past-president of the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) and continues as an active member of its Executive Council. In 2012 he received OCCAP’s Child Psychiatrist of the Year Award. In 2015 he was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Franz lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife and two daughters where they enjoy skiing, biking, hiking, and playing in their backyard.
Mike Franz, MD, DFAACAP, FAPA
Dr. Franz is a board certified child & adolescent and adult psychiatrist who has worked in a variety of clinical and administrative leadership positions throughout Oregon. He is the Senior Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Cambia/Regence. He previously was the first Medical Director of Behavioral Health at PacificSource. His passion is working toward sustainable reimbursement of high value behavioral health <–> physical health integration in medical settings. On Fridays, he works as a clinician providing direct care to children at Deschutes County Behavioral Health as well as psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care clinics using the Collaborative Care Model and eConsults. Dr. Franz is a past-president of the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) and continues as an active member of its Executive Council. In 2012 he received OCCAP’s Child Psychiatrist of the Year Award. In 2015 he was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Franz lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife and two daughters where they enjoy skiing, biking, hiking, and playing in their backyard.
AACAP Alternate Delegate
Naomi Fishman, MD
Naomi trained at OHSU for adult residency and child fellowship and graduated in 2016. For the past six years she has worked at Albertina Kerr Centers, a non-profit in Portland that provides mental health care to youth around the state and a variety of services to the I/DD community, including Kerr’s youth and adult group homes. At Kerr she works to provide care for youth and families in the sub-acute unit and through the outpatient clinic, which serves many youth who live in Kerr group homes as well as youth in the community at large. For the past year she has been Albertina Kerr’s medical director. She recently accepted the role of Child Psychiatrist representative on the OHA Mental Health Clinical Advisory Group and she previously sat on the OCCAP executive committee as the Program Committee Chair.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Representative
Paria Zarrinnegar, MD
Dr. Zarrinnegar grew up in the hilly north part of Tehran, where she completed her medical training at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. She then moved to the United States in 2009 to join her family. Dr. Zarrinnegar worked as a volunteer at Intercultural Psychiatry Program (IPP) for 2 years where she developed her interest in cross cultural psychiatry and trauma-related disorders. She then completed her residency and child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Oregon Health& Science University and has been as assistant professor at OHSU since 2018.Dr. Zarrinnegar is the director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient clinic at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. As a child & adolescent psychiatrist, she partners with kids and their families for a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and emphasizes culturally competent care and high-quality evidence based psychotherapeutic interventions in her work.
Dr. Zarrinnegar has co-authored a book chapter and given presentations on Cultural Psychiatry, as well as mental health treatment for refugees and immigrants. As a clinical educator, Dr. Zarrinnegar is the leader of psychotherapy seminars for child & adolescent psychiatry fellows and is a co-director of Child Psychiatry clinic rotation for Psychiatry residents.
Paria Zarrinnegar, MD
Dr. Zarrinnegar grew up in the hilly north part of Tehran, where she completed her medical training at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. She then moved to the United States in 2009 to join her family. Dr. Zarrinnegar worked as a volunteer at Intercultural Psychiatry Program (IPP) for 2 years where she developed her interest in cross cultural psychiatry and trauma-related disorders. She then completed her residency and child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Oregon Health& Science University and has been as assistant professor at OHSU since 2018.Dr. Zarrinnegar is the director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient clinic at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. As a child & adolescent psychiatrist, she partners with kids and their families for a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and emphasizes culturally competent care and high-quality evidence based psychotherapeutic interventions in her work.
Dr. Zarrinnegar has co-authored a book chapter and given presentations on Cultural Psychiatry, as well as mental health treatment for refugees and immigrants. As a clinical educator, Dr. Zarrinnegar is the leader of psychotherapy seminars for child & adolescent psychiatry fellows and is a co-director of Child Psychiatry clinic rotation for Psychiatry residents.
Program Co-Chair
Heather Adams, DO
Heather Adams D.O. graduated with her undergraduate degree in genetics from Washington State University, medical degree from Midwestern University CCOM and from Triple Board Residency at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center. She worked after graduation from residency as an inpatient child psychiatrist at Childrens Hospital Colorado in Denver, CO. During her work in Denver she was able to pursue her goals of improving integrated care for children with co-morbid medical and psychiatric needs by developing an integrative outpatient clinic with adolescent medicine and neurology. Since August 2021 she has been happy to return home to the PNW and is currently working for OHSU child psychiatry department developing an Integrated Pediatric/Child Psychiatric service at Randall Children's Hospital.
Heather Adams, DO
Heather Adams D.O. graduated with her undergraduate degree in genetics from Washington State University, medical degree from Midwestern University CCOM and from Triple Board Residency at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center. She worked after graduation from residency as an inpatient child psychiatrist at Childrens Hospital Colorado in Denver, CO. During her work in Denver she was able to pursue her goals of improving integrated care for children with co-morbid medical and psychiatric needs by developing an integrative outpatient clinic with adolescent medicine and neurology. Since August 2021 she has been happy to return home to the PNW and is currently working for OHSU child psychiatry department developing an Integrated Pediatric/Child Psychiatric service at Randall Children's Hospital.
Early Career Psychiatrist
Pari Faraji, MD
Dr. Faraji trained at OHSU for adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship and graduated in 2019 and has been working at OHSU since then. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is the director of the Pediatric Psychosis Clinic at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and also sees patients at Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient clinic. Dr. Faraji has a special interest in Early Psychosis and Integrative Psychiatry. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Faraji is a clinical educator who is involved in training and supervision of general Psychiatry residents and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, Ikebana, poetry, and spending time with her family and friends.
Pari Faraji, MD
Dr. Faraji trained at OHSU for adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship and graduated in 2019 and has been working at OHSU since then. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is the director of the Pediatric Psychosis Clinic at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and also sees patients at Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient clinic. Dr. Faraji has a special interest in Early Psychosis and Integrative Psychiatry. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Faraji is a clinical educator who is involved in training and supervision of general Psychiatry residents and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, Ikebana, poetry, and spending time with her family and friends.
Rural Representative
David Rettew, MD
David Rettew, MD is a child & adolescent psychiatrist who currently works as the Medical Director of Lane County Behavioral Health in Eugene and is a clinical faculty member at OHSU. Before moving to Oregon, he worked as a tenured associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center and was Medical Director of the child and families division of the Vermont Department of Mental Health. He was also past president of the Vermont Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Rettew was previously the Training Director of UVM’s child psychiatry fellowship program. He is the author of 2 books and over 50 peer reviewed journal article on a variety of mental health topics. He currently is the co-chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Health Promotion and Prevention committee and was previously on their journal’s (JAACAP’s) editorial board. Dr. Rettew did his general psychiatry and child & adolescent training at the combined Massachusetts General/McLean Hospital programs.
David Rettew, MD
David Rettew, MD is a child & adolescent psychiatrist who currently works as the Medical Director of Lane County Behavioral Health in Eugene and is a clinical faculty member at OHSU. Before moving to Oregon, he worked as a tenured associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center and was Medical Director of the child and families division of the Vermont Department of Mental Health. He was also past president of the Vermont Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Rettew was previously the Training Director of UVM’s child psychiatry fellowship program. He is the author of 2 books and over 50 peer reviewed journal article on a variety of mental health topics. He currently is the co-chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Health Promotion and Prevention committee and was previously on their journal’s (JAACAP’s) editorial board. Dr. Rettew did his general psychiatry and child & adolescent training at the combined Massachusetts General/McLean Hospital programs.
Member at Large
Cindy Smith, MD, MPH
Dr. Cindy Smith has lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly 30 years but is originally from Cincinnati with Kentucky roots. She graduated from Purdue University, and completed her medical degree at Wright State University. The North Cascades then exerted their gravitational pull leading to general and child psychiatry training and a master’s degree in public health at the University of Washington.
She has a special interest in suicide and self-injury prevention, is extensively trained in Dialectic Behavior Therapy and co-founded one of the earliest adolescent DBT programs in the country in 1995. Since then, she has constantly trained and led DBT teams and worked with seriously self-harming and suicidal teens. Recently, she has been fired up by the tools the Zero Suicide Project has offered for working at organizational and community levels to prevent suicide.
Dr. Smith has worked for Trillium Family Services since 2003 and is their Co-Chief Medical Officer. She loves working with interdisciplinary teams and teaching and believes that mostly we learn with a lot of deliberate practice. Trauma is the fault line upon which so much of psychiatric work rests and Dr. Smith continues to be keenly interested in both addressing trauma that clients and families have suffered as well as implementing models to address organizational and care-giver trauma including the Sanctuary Model.
Dr. Smith, her husband and two college-age children all love sci fi and chocolate. Dr. Smith also loves hiking and cross-country skiing and believes poetry and psychotherapy are close cousins. She aspires to someday have a poem published on a billboard or bus.
Cindy Smith, MD, MPH
Dr. Cindy Smith has lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly 30 years but is originally from Cincinnati with Kentucky roots. She graduated from Purdue University, and completed her medical degree at Wright State University. The North Cascades then exerted their gravitational pull leading to general and child psychiatry training and a master’s degree in public health at the University of Washington.
She has a special interest in suicide and self-injury prevention, is extensively trained in Dialectic Behavior Therapy and co-founded one of the earliest adolescent DBT programs in the country in 1995. Since then, she has constantly trained and led DBT teams and worked with seriously self-harming and suicidal teens. Recently, she has been fired up by the tools the Zero Suicide Project has offered for working at organizational and community levels to prevent suicide.
Dr. Smith has worked for Trillium Family Services since 2003 and is their Co-Chief Medical Officer. She loves working with interdisciplinary teams and teaching and believes that mostly we learn with a lot of deliberate practice. Trauma is the fault line upon which so much of psychiatric work rests and Dr. Smith continues to be keenly interested in both addressing trauma that clients and families have suffered as well as implementing models to address organizational and care-giver trauma including the Sanctuary Model.
Dr. Smith, her husband and two college-age children all love sci fi and chocolate. Dr. Smith also loves hiking and cross-country skiing and believes poetry and psychotherapy are close cousins. She aspires to someday have a poem published on a billboard or bus.
OHSU Child Fellow Representative
Mariah Racicot, MD
Bio coming soon.
Mariah Racicot, MD
Bio coming soon.
OHSU Child Fellow Representative
Monica Uppal, MD
Bio coming soon.
Monica Uppal, MD
Bio coming soon.
Samaritan Child Fellow Representative
Amanda Emmert, DO
Dr. Emmert is an Oregon native with a background in Public Health. She completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and is in the process of completing her Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon. While completing her general residency, she was the Resident Representative for the Nebraska Psychiatry Society and worked closely with board members to promote the highest quality care for individuals and their families with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Since becoming a member of the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) this past year, she was awarded the Jean K. Williams Memorial Grant in collaboration with the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis to promote and support youth mental health through a project titled “The Calming Corner.” She has a dedication to advocating for high-risk youth and will continue to foster this passion while serving as an executive committee member for OCCAP. Dr. Emmert’s hobbies include gardening, thrift shopping, messing up Pinterest crafts and enjoying life outdoors with her husband, son and chocolate lab.
Amanda Emmert, DO
Dr. Emmert is an Oregon native with a background in Public Health. She completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and is in the process of completing her Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon. While completing her general residency, she was the Resident Representative for the Nebraska Psychiatry Society and worked closely with board members to promote the highest quality care for individuals and their families with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Since becoming a member of the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) this past year, she was awarded the Jean K. Williams Memorial Grant in collaboration with the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis to promote and support youth mental health through a project titled “The Calming Corner.” She has a dedication to advocating for high-risk youth and will continue to foster this passion while serving as an executive committee member for OCCAP. Dr. Emmert’s hobbies include gardening, thrift shopping, messing up Pinterest crafts and enjoying life outdoors with her husband, son and chocolate lab.
Samaritan Child Fellow Representative
Rayan Carter, DO
Bio coming soon.
Rayan Carter, DO
Bio coming soon.
The Executive Committee meets the second Thursday of each month. If you are interested in attending a meeting or getting more involved with OCCAP, email info@occap.org.