Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

About Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Director, Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Academic Title: Professor

Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Board Certifications:
Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine

Jefferson's Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry offers services for both inpatients and outpatients.

Inpatient

The Division provides psychiatric consultations to people who are hospitalized with medical, surgical and/or obstetrical illnesses:

Patients may a have psychiatric illness that precedes their medical-surgical problems.
The medical-surgical problem may contribute to or cause psychiatric symptoms.
Patients may have difficulty coping with their medical-surgical problems or the side effects of their treatments.

Care is delivered by faculty, residents and medical students of the Division. Call 215-955-9545 for consultation requests.

Outpatient

Dr. Elisabeth Kunkel is an expert in the psychiatric aspects of cancer. She also evaluates and treats people who have both medical-surgical problems and psychiatric needs. Call 215-955-6685 for consultation requests.
Dr. Madeleine Becker is an expert in managing psychiatric problems in people who have medical illness. She provides outpatient psychiatric consultation for the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program. Call 215-955-6106 for consultation requests.
Dr. Keira Chism consults with people who have unexplained physical symptoms or who have medical-surgical problems. Call 215-955-9545 for consultation requests.
Dr. Dimitri Markov treats patients with various medical and psychiatric illness, sleep disorders and anxiety disorders. Call 215-955-5094 for consultation requests.
Dr. Tal Weinberger consults on psychiatric issues in people who are in need of an organ transplant or who have medical-surgical problems. Call 215-955-9545 for consultation requests.