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Featured Career Opportunities

Chief of Medical Staff, Child and Adolescent Services (Towson, MD)

Sheppard Pratt is committed to addressing the youth mental health crisis with nearly 120 inpatient child and adolescent beds offering dedicated programs to treat anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and autism. We have 11 special education schools, and school-based programs embedded in more than 200 public schools and outpatient support programs across the state of Maryland.

Working directly with the Chief Medical Officer, this is a unique opportunity for an experienced psychiatrist to assess and develop the function of Sheppard Pratt’s child and adolescent services across Maryland. You will play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and efficient psychiatric healthcare for the child and adolescent population.

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, GBMC (Towson, MD)

This position is being recruited and hired by Sheppard Pratt Solutions on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). As the largest nonprofit provider of behavioral healthcare in the nation, Sheppard Pratt teams with healthcare systems across the country so they can provide the highest quality acute psychiatric services in their community.

You will be dedicated to the care and management of medical-surgical inpatients and psychiatric co-morbidities. You will be based at GBMC, which is located directly next to Sheppard Pratt’s landmark Towson, MD campus.

This position offers opportunities to cover or have dedicated time doing emergency psychiatric or integrated care services at GBMC, depending on individual interests and career goals.

Chief of Psychiatry, Anna Jaques Hospital (Newburyport, MA)

This position is being recruited and hired by Sheppard Pratt Solutions on behalf of Anna Jaques Hospital. As the largest nonprofit provider of behavioral healthcare in the nation, Sheppard Pratt teams with healthcare systems across the country so they can provide the highest quality acute psychiatric services in their community.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced psychiatrist to lead a dynamic team of professionals, shape the future of psychiatric healthcare, and make a positive impact in the community. This role combines the supportive feel of a community hospital paired with Sheppard Pratt’s nationally recognized leadership in behavioral healthcare.

Medical Director of Psychiatry, CalvertHealth (Prince Frederick, MD)

This position is being recruited and hired by Sheppard Pratt Solutions – a division of Sheppard Pratt offering consulting, management, and development services – on behalf of CalvertHealth.

You will be based at CalvertHealth’s Prince Frederick, MD location. For more than a century, CalvertHealth has brought the highest quality of care to its community and has a rich heritage of dedication and commitment to excellence.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced psychiatrist to lead personalized care and support evidence-based practice. As the Medical Director, you will have a didactic relationship with the Executive Director while overseeing the service line with support from advanced practice nursing professionals. You will have both clinical and administrative responsibilities, affording for a hybrid schedule with the opportunity for 3 days onsite and 2 days remote work.

Meet the Team at APA

  • Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, MBA

    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Specialties:
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry
  • Todd Peters, MD

    Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
    Specialties:
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), LGBTQ+ Mental Health Issues, Medical Informatics, Pediatric Mood Disorders, Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
  • Kelli Lillard

    Senior Director, Customer Engagement
  • Lauren Shiro

    Manager, Provider Relations
  • Emily Patrick

    Director, Physician Recruitment
  • Jennifer Weiss Wilkerson, MHSA, FACHE

    Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Sheppard Pratt
  • Michael Young, MD

    Medical Director, The Retreat by Sheppard Pratt
    Specialties:
    Adult Psychiatry, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders
  • Ehsan U. Syed MD, FAPA, DFAACAP

    Child Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Services
    Specialties:
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Justine Larson, MD, MPH

    Medical Director, Schools and Residential Treatment Centers
    Specialties:
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School Psychiatry, Systems of Care
  • Robert J. Schloesser, MD

    Associate Chief Medical Information Officer; Director, Point-of-Care Research & Innovation
    Specialties:
    Adult Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
  • Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSC

    Director of Medical Education
    Specialties:
    Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Trish Carlson, MD

    Service Chief, TMS
    Specialties:
    Adult Psychiatry, Anxiety Disorders, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eating Disorders, LGBTQ+ Mental Health Issues, Mood Disorders, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Transference-focused Psychotherapy, Treatment-resistant Depression
  • Manan Shah, MD

    Service Chief, Child and Adolescent Day Hospital
    Specialties:
    Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, LGBTQ+ Mental Health Issues, Psychopharmacology, Sleep Disorders, Telepsychiatry
  • Ameya Amritwar, MBBS, MD

    Adult Psychiatrist; Associate Service Chief - ECT
    Specialties:
    Addiction Medicine, Biological Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), LGBTQ+ Mental Health Issues, Neuroimaging

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