Our Clinical Leadership

Ken Weiner, MD, CEDS, FAED

Founding Chairman

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS

Chief Science Officer

Howard Weeks, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFAACAP

Chief Medical Officer

Anne Marie O'Melia, MS, MD, FAAP, CEDS-C

Chief Clinical and Quality Officer

Harry A. Brandt, MD

Chief of Medical Services

Heather VanHooser, MBA, MSN, RN

Chief Nursing Officer

Stephanie Setliff, MD, CEDS

Regional Medical Director

Elizabeth Wassenaar, MS, MD, DFAPA, CEDS-C

Regional Medical Director

Steven F. Crawford, MD

Regional Medical Director

Deborah M. Michel, PhD, CEDS-S, FAED

National Clinical Director of Virtual Care

Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, PhD, FAED, CEDS-C

Leslee Marcom, PhD, CEDS-C

Regional Clinical Director

Elizabeth Easton, PsyD, CEDS

Director of Psychotherapy

Dori Bowling, LCSW

Vice President, Quality Assurance

Jeana Cost, MS, LPC, CEDS

Vice President of Operations and Clinical Service, ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

Craig Johnson, PhD, CEDS, FAED

Senior Clinical Advisor

Susan McClanahan, PhD, CEDS

Senior Clinical Advisor

Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, FAED, F.iaedp, CEDS

Senior Medical Advisor

Allison Chase, PhD, CEDS-S

Senior Clinical Advisor

Jamie Phillips , RN

Regional Nursing Director

Amy Richards, RN, BSN

Regional Nursing Director

Lara Kenik, MS, RN

Regional Nursing Director

Jennifer Vittitow, RD, LD, CEDS-C

Regional Nutrition Director

Kelsey Estry, MS, RD, LDN

Regional Director of Nutrition

Jessica Barth Nesbitt, MA, RD, LD, CD, CEDS-C

Regional Nutrition Director

Emmett Bishop, Jr., MD, FAED, CEDS

Founding Partner

Charles Brady, PhD, ABPP

Consultant for Mood & Anxiety Program

Douglas W. Bunnell, PhD, FAED, CEDS-S

Clinical Advisor

Natalie Goodwin, PhD

Regional Clinical Director