Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Division Director
Bryan H. King, M.D.
Professor
Areas of interest: Developmental psychopathology, intellectual disability, autism and related conditions, behavioral psychopharmacology

Training Director
Christopher K. Varley, M.D.
Professor
Areas of interest: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, pediatric psychopharmacology, interaction of psychiatric residency programs and the pharmaceutical industry, model training programs

Faculty


David Breiger, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Neurocognitive outcome in children with brain tumors, autism, informed consent/ethic, neurodevelopmental disorders

Rosemary Calderon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia in adolescents), deafness and mental health

Hilda Campbell, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor
Areas of interest: Pediatric psychology, pain management, consultation and liaison work, post-traumatic stress disorder

Lee Carlisle, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Clinical expertise in PTSD, OCD, developmental therapy, psychopharmacology

Heather Carmichael-Olson, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Research Faculty
Areas of interest: Diagnosis and intervention with families raising drug and alcohol-affected children with a specific focus on children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, including FAS, infant and early childhood mental health assessment and intervention

Brent Collett, Ph.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Neurocognitive and psychosocial sequelae of chronic medical conditions (particularly craniofacial anomalies), infant mental health, early onset disruptive behavior disorders

Amy Henry, M.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Developmental disabilities, autism, cross-cultural psychiatry and systems of care

Robert Hilt, M.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Areas of interest:Access to Child Psychiatry, psychiatry training for primary care, systems of care, consultation and emergency psychiatry

Ray Hsiao, M.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Addiction psychiatry, co-occurring disorders, cultural psychiatry, public policy, advocacy, and organizational psychiatry. Research areas include screening, assessment, prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, assessment and treatment of co-occurring disorders, adapting evidence-based practices in special populations, and health services utilization

Jeffrey Kaiser, M.D.
Acting Instructor
Areas of interest:
Mood and Anxiety Disorders; psychiatric conditions secondary to medical illness; psychiatric education, public awareness and advocacy

Terry Lee, M.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Evidence-based practice, dissemination of EBP, multisystemic treatment, systems of care and cultural psychiatry

Elizabeth McCauley, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor
Areas of interest:
Developmental psychopathology with a focus on mood disorders, treatment of depression, school based preventive interventions, management of depression in primary care

Jon McClellan, M.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of interest:
Early onset psychotic disorders, particularly bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia, genetics

James McKeever, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Empirically supported treatments, anxiety/OCD, ADHD, depression, and diagnostic assessment and child neuropsychology

Kathleen Myers, M.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of interest: Psychiatric illness in medically ill youth, mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), early onset psychotic disorders, telemedicine/health services/rural communities

Kelly Schloredt, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Developmental psychopathology, particularly mood and anxiety disorders, psychotherapeutic interventions for depressed youth; parenting; childhood and adolescent obesity

Matthew Speltz, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of interest: Developmental psychopathology, early onset conduct disorder, attachment disorders, psychological adjustment of children with chronic medical disorders, craniofacial birth defects

Michael G. Storck, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Early adolescence, community and cultural systems, mental health for Native American youth, medical student education, introduction to clinical medicine

William M. Womack, M.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus
Areas of interest: Chronic pain in children, stress management, anxiety disorders, developing collaboration between primary care pediatricians and child psychiatrists

A large number of child and adolescent psychiatrists in practice in the Greater Seattle area also contribute to the training program as Clinical Faculty members by providing clinical supervision and participation in the didactics program.