William M. McDonald, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Fuqua Center Director Dr. William M. McDonald graduated from Duke Medical School in 1984 and was the Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Duke and a member of the clinical faculty before moving to Emory in 1993. Throughout his career, Dr. McDonald has concentrated extensive research efforts on understanding the neuroanatomy and clinical features of mood disorders such as mania and depression, particularly when these disorders occur late in life. Dr. McDonald's primary contribution to clinical services was the development of the Geriatric Mood Disorders Program at Wesley Woods. Dr. McDonald is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry. He is a reviewer for the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines on electroconvulsive therapy. He has been named by Woodward-White as one of the Best Doctors in America and received the 2001 Dean's Award for Medical School Teaching. Dr. McDonald currently holds the J.B. Fuqua Chair in Late-Life Depression at Emory University's School of Medicine.
	Eve H. Byrd, MSN, MPH, APRN-BC Associate Director Ms. Eve H. Byrd graduated from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University where she earned her Bachelors in Nursing in 1984 and her Masters in Psychosocial Nursing in 1999. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a licensed Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. She earned her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Her experience includes medical/surgical nursing, public health nursing and home health nursing. She is an adjunct faculty member at Emory's School of Nursing. Ms. Byrd is a member of the Georgia Geriatrics Society and an affiliate member of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. She also currently chairs the Atlanta region Aging and Mental Health Coalition.
CLINICAL SERVICES
	Raymond Young, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Raymond Young joined the Fuqua Center in January of 2004. Dr. Young received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in 1998. He completed a combined Internal Medicine-Psychiatry Residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Hospital in Chicago, IL.  He is board certified in Psychiatry as well as Internal Medicine. Dr. Young serves as the codirector for the Internal Medicine Psychiatry residency program, the Associate Director of the Consult Liaison Service at Emory University Hospital and the Director of Outpatient Clinical Services and the Director of the partial hospitalization program.
	Sherry Dey, MSN, CNS Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Ms. Sherry Dey graduated from the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing earning a Bachelors degree in Nursing in 1978. In 1990 she was awarded a Masters of Science in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from Georgia State University. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psych-Mental Health Nursing. She has extensive experience working in a variety of mental health settings including outpatient, residential and acute care settings. Ms. Dey joined the Fuqua Center in 2003 to work in research and provide clinical services. In addition to providing clinical services to Fuqua Center patients, she also provides community clinical services at the Wesley Woods Towers, Budd Terrace and several assisted living facilities in Atlanta.
	Patricia Huskey Patient Service Associate Ms. Huskey began working in the front office at the Fuqua Center in September 2005. She assists with patient scheduling, checking patients in and out of appointments, maintaining patient charts, verifying insurance and entering charges. Ms. Huskey was previously employed at Behavior Medicine Institute of Atlanta. Prior to residing in Atlanta, she was employed with Valley Home Care in Paramus, NJ as a Sr. Billing / Collection Analyst.
EDUCATION
	Ellen H. Wright, MEd Coordinator, Medical Student Education Ms. Ellen Wright completed a BS in Secondary Education at the Georgia State College for Women with majors in History and Social Studies. Her Master's degree is in Media Education and Library Science from West Georgia State University, and she also completed some doctoral work at Georgia State University. Before joining Emory, Ms. Wright worked for the International Nursing Service Association (now Global Health Action) and at the Georgia Governor's Office for Energy Resources. She joined Emory University's School of Medicine in 1997 to coordinate medical student education for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She works closely with Dr. William McDonald, the Director of Medical Student Education for Psychiatry, to ensure that all medical students meet the necessary clinical requirements.
	Nancie A. Vito Program Coordinator, Community Education and Research Ms. Nancie Vito holds a BS in Psychology and a BA in Spanish. She has completed graduate coursework at New York University's Ehrenkranz School of Social Work and is currently working towards a Master of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory. Ms. Vito joined our team in May 2004, bringing with her several years of experience in the nonprofit and mental health field. She currently coordinates Fuqua Center community education programs and contracts, including the training program Decreasing Depression and Suicide in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, in which care managers throughout Georgia receive comprehensive training on depression. She is a certified leader in the evidence-based Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and is a certified instructor in the QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program.
	Andrew Katz, MSW Program Coordinator Mr. Andrew Katz holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Georgia and a BA in English from Oberlin College in Ohio. Mr. Katz joined the Fuqua Center in 2006, bringing with him several years of experience working in domestic and international nonprofit and mental health agencies. He currently coordinates the Fuqua Center resource development program, which includes the Senior Mental Health Support Alliance and the Clinician Resource Center. He is committed to broadening access to mental health care in rural and underserved communities and in developing programs that will help make quality mental health care accessible for all older adults. Mr. Katz is co-coordinating the Older Adult Peer Specialist Program, in which older adults who have experienced recovery from mental illness help support peers in their community who are coping with mental illness.
RESEARCH
	Paul Holtzheimer, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Paul Holtzheimer graduated with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in 1999. He completed his psychiatry residency at University of Washington and was Chief Resident of Outpatient Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center during his final year. He then completed a one-year research fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at University of Washington. He joined the faculty of Emory University in 2004. Dr. Holtzheimer has been involved in neuropsychiatric and neurologic research since medical school. His primary research interests are in the functional neuroanatomy and neuropsychopharmacology of mood disorders, especially when these disorders occur in the context of medical and neurologic illness.