Our Expert Team

Director: Una McCann, M.D.
Associate Director: O. Joseph Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training: James A. Fauerbach, Ph.D.
Director, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic:Gerald Nestadt, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Behavioral Sleep Disorders Clinic: Michael T. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Golda S. Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Director, Pediatric OCD Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:
Marco Grados, M.D., M.P.H.

O. Joseph Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic. He completed his psychiatric training at Johns Hopkins in 1996, having served as chief resident in his final year. Dr. Bienvenu joined the faculty full-time in 1999 after completing a research fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology and a doctorate through the Johns Hopkins Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. His area of particular research interest involves the interface of personality traits and anxiety and depressive disorders, and he currently has a federal grant to expand his expertise in the genetic underpinnings of these characteristics. Dr. Bienvenu directs the academic program for resident education in the anxiety disorders and teaches medical students about these common conditions.

James A. Fauerbach, Ph.D. has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences since 1991. He is chief psychologist on the burn trauma services at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (pediatrics) and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (adults), and Director of Cognitive Behavioral Training in the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. His research, focusing on the role of emotion and psychopathology in illness and injury, has been supported by federal and private agencies.

Lisa A. Wuyek, Ph.D., joined the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty full time in 2008.  She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), particularly exposure and response prevention.  Prior to coming to Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wuyek worked at the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Treatment Program at the Menninger Clinic, where she provided intensive inpatient CBT for treatment refractory OCD and other anxiety disorders.  Dr. Wuyek sees patients in both the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and the OCD Clinic at Johns Hopkins.  Her research interests are focused on improving and refining treatments for the anxiety disorders, and in furthering understanding of common features of these disorders, particularly attempts to control one’s thoughts.  Dr. Wuyek is also involved in teaching and training psychiatry residents in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of the anxiety disorders. 

Marianne Kistner is the Administrative Secretary for the Anxiety Disorders Clinic.  She handles the scheduling for your initial evaluation at the clinic, and can answer your questions regarding various billing options. Email: mkistne1@jhmi.edu