Meet Our Team
Leadership
Vassilis E. Koliatsos, M.D.
Dr. Vassilis E. Koliatsos is the medical director of the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt.
Click to Read MoreVassilis E. Koliatsos, M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Vassilis E. Koliatsos is the medical director of the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt Health System, and the first Stulman Scholar in Clinical Neuropsychiatry.
Dr. Koliatsos, who is a senior faculty member at both the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, founded the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt in 1997 to establish a coordinated approach to care for a variety of complex patients with severe cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems. The Neuropsychiatry Program was designed to help clarify the causes and mechanisms of symptoms and provides both consultative services and direct patient care. Dr. Koliatsos also has an active clinical practice focusing on patients with TBI and neurodegenerative dementias.
Dr. Koliatsos’ main clinical and research interests focus on how the nervous system deals with traumatic ‘insults’ and what it does to repair itself; or in the case of failure or clinical disease, what can be done therapeutically to help simple and complex functioning, reset neurotransmitter systems, or even repair circuits with novel methodologies.
He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Athens School of Medicine, and completed additional clinical training in internal medicine and neurology while in the Greek Navy. Dr. Koliatsos then received a NATO fellowship and subsequently entered the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University to begin postdoctoral studies on mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. While training there, he established his own laboratory within the Division of Neuropathology and Hopkins’ Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and simultaneously completed clinical training in psychiatry at Sheppard Pratt.
Crystal Wakins, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Crystal Watkins is the director of The Memory Clinic at Sheppard Pratt.
Click to Read MoreCrystal Wakins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, The Memory Clinic
Dr. Crystal Watkins is the director of The Memory Clinic and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Watkins received her M.D. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as part of the combined degree program in molecular and cellular neuroscience. She completed fellowship training in geriatric psychiatry and training in mood disorders and neuroimaging. Dr. Watkins has an interdisciplinary approach to memory disorders that incorporates medical and pharmacological patient care, family education, outreach, and research. She has authored many publications and given presentations nationally and internationally. Her research interests include mood and anxiety disorders in the aging population and the use of brain imaging in the early diagnosis and treatment of dementia.
Margo Lauterbach, M.D.
Dr. Margo Lauterbach joined the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt in 2008 and is the director of The Concussion Clinic at Sheppard Pratt.
Click to Read MoreMargo Lauterbach, M.D., Director, The Concussion Clinic
Dr. Margo Lauterbach joined the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt in 2008 and is the director of The Concussion Clinic at Sheppard Pratt. She has authored numerous print and online publications, lectured and taught medical students and residents, and has presented nationally and internationally. Dr. Lauterbach developed The Concussion Clinic around an interdisciplinary model of care that promotes the well-being of both the individuals who have sustained a concussion and their caretakers. Her research interests include brain injury, cognitive dysfunction, neurobehavioral syndromes, and neuropsychiatric education.
Dr. Lauterbach received her M.D. from Flinders University of South Australia in 2001 upon completing her residency in psychiatry, and completed fellowship training in neuropsychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2008.
Robert Wisner-Carlson, M.D.
Dr. Robert Wisner-Carlson joined the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt in 2007.
Click to Read MoreRobert Wisner-Carlson, M.D., Service Chief, Adult Neuropsychiatric Inpatient Unit
Dr. Robert Wisner-Carlson joined the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt in 2007. A graduate of University of Michigan Medical School, he trained in psychiatry at The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital and at Maudsley Hospital in London. He holds a specialty certification in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry from the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
In addition to leading The Developmental Neuropsychiatry Track, Dr. Wisner-Carlson is also service chief for the Adult Inpatient Neuropsychiatry Unit at Sheppard Pratt Health System. His areas of scholarly interest include comorbid behavioral and neuropsychiatric problems in individuals with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, the young adult transition in ASD, and genetic disorders in developmental neuropsychiatry.
Dr. Wisner-Carlson has held numerous leadership positions, including acting clinical director at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital in Jessup, Maryland. He is Board Certified in Neuropsychiatry by the United Counsel for Neurologic Subspecialties.
