Post-Doctoral Fellowship Faculty

VAMC Psychology Service

Kenneth M. Adams, PhD, ABPP
Chief, Psychology Service, Ann Arbor VAMC
Director of Training, Clinical Psychology Internship Program
Chair, Medical Ethics Committee, Ann Arbor VAMC
Professor of Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Michigan
Diplomate, ABPP, Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology
Ph.D., 1974, Wayne State University
Editorial Board:
The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Editor)
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Psychology and Aging
Neuropsychology
Specialty: Neuropsychology

Winnetha S. Benn, PhD
Staff Psychologist, Ann Arbor VAMC
Chief, Vocational Rehabilitation Section and Assessment Section
Ph.D., 1989, Wayne State University
Specialties: Neuropsychology, individual psychotherapy

Linas A. Bieliauskas, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Ann Arbor VAMC
Associate Professor of Psychology,
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Michigan
Diplomate, ABPP, Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology
Ph.D., 1976, Ohio University
Editorial Board:
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Associate Editor)
Specialty: Neuropsychology

Henry "Gus" Buchtel, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Ann Arbor VAMC
Associate Professor of Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Michigan
Editorial Board: Cortex
Ph.D., 1969, McGill University
Specialties: Neuropsychology, Epilepsy
surgery, functional brain imaging (PET & fMRI)

Steve Chermack, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Chief, Mental Health Clinic
V.A. Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ph.D. 1994, Kent State University
Specialties: Substance abuse and mental health,
including treatment engagement and outcome, violence and victimization,
health care utilization and severe mental illness.

Nicholas Giardino, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist, PTSD Clinic
and Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Ph.D. 2001, Rutgers University
Specialties: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety in
chronic medical illness.

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Lawrence Perlman. PhD
Staff Psychologist, Mental Health Clinic
Ann Arbor VAMC
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Ph.D., 1972 New York University
Specialties: Common factors and integration of psychotherapy approaches; health psychology groups for wellness, insomnia treatment, and pain management; therapy outcome research; treatment of depression, anxiety, eating, and oppositional disorders; autism and Asperger's disorder.

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Sheila Rauch, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist, PTSD Section
Ann Arbor VAMC
Ph.D. 2000, University of North Dakota
Specialties: Trauma, influence of media on sexually impositional behavior,
influence of alcohol on sexually impositional behavior.

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Cathleen (McDonald) Zepelin
Chief Psychometrician, Psychology Service, Ann Arbor, VAMC
B.A., 1977, Oakland University
Past President, National Association of Psychometrists
Specialties: Neuropsychological testing, sleep research

In Coordination with the VAMC Psychiatry Service

Israel Liberzon, MD
Chief of Psychiatry Service VAMC
Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan
M.D., 1986, Tel Aviv University
Specialties: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,
Neurobiological Aspects of Behavior

In Coordination with the University of Michigan

Stanley Berent, PhD, ABPP
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of
Michigan, Departments of Psychiatry,
Neurology, and Psychology
Diplomate, ABPP, Clinical Psychology and
Clinical Neuropsychology
Ph.D., 1972, Rutgers State University
Editorial Board: The Clinical Neuropsychologist;
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Specialties: Neuropsychology

Bruno Giordani, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and
Psychology, University of Michigan
Director of Neuropsychology Division of the
Department of Psychiatry
Ph.D., 1982, University of Virginia
Specialties: Child Neuropsychology

Scott Langenecker, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2001, Marquette University
Specialties: Clinical Neuropsychology, Treatment-Resistant Depression
fMRI in normal and depressed individuals.

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Carol Persad, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2000, Michigan State University
Specialties: Aging and Executive Functions

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