Advanced depression care is not a solo undertaking. Every patient in our program is cared for by a team — clinicians who evaluate and prescribe, technicians who deliver treatments safely day after day, and coordinators who make sure appointments, authorizations, and communication with your other providers actually happen. You should never have to hold that all together yourself.
Our clinical team includes psychiatrists and a psychiatric nurse practitioner who specialize in treatment-resistant depression and neuromodulation, supported by a care coordinator and a psychiatry technician who accompany patients through every stage of treatment. The program is directed by Amy Schattel, MD, a psychiatrist with particular expertise in depression that has not responded to standard care and interventional psychiatry techniques. We work hand in hand with our Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) service team, and our program continues to grow as we add clinicians to meet the needs of the patients who come to us.
The strength of an academic medical center
Difficult depression rarely arrives alone. It travels with anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, sleep problems, neurologic illness, and complicated medication histories — and it often needs more than one specialty at the table. As part of an academic medical center, we collaborate directly with our colleagues in psychiatry, psychology, neurology, neurosurgery, and family medicine. This means the plan we build reflects the whole picture rather than one perspective on it.
Being part of an academic center also means our clinicians stay close to the research that is reshaping depression treatment — and that new, well-supported approaches reach our patients without delay.
Who you'll work with
- Your treating clinician — a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner who leads your evaluation, recommends a treatment approach, and follows your progress with you over time.
- Your care coordinator — your point of contact for scheduling, insurance authorization, paperwork, and questions between visits.
- Your psychiatry technician — the person who will most often be with you during treatment sessions besides your treating clinician, monitoring your comfort and safety and getting to know you along the way.
- Your existing providers — we work alongside your current prescriber and therapist, not around them, and keep them informed throughout your care.