Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
 
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Elisabeth Kunkel, MD - Director

1020 Sansom Street
Thompson Building, Suite 1652
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Phone: 215-955-6683 (general information)
Fax: 215-955-8473

Services Offered

Inpatient
Drs. Kunkel, Becker and Markov provide psychiatric consultations to people who are hospitalized with medical, surgical, and/or obstetrical illnesses:
  1. Patients may have psychiatric illness that precedes their medical-surgical problems.
  2. The medical-surgical problem may contribute to or cause psychiatric symptoms.
  3. 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. (215)955-6685

Dr. Madeleine Becker is an expert in managing psychiatric problems in people who have medical illness. She provides outpatient psychiatric consultation for the bariatric surgery program. (215)955-6106

Dr. Keira Chism consults on people who have unexplained physical symptoms or who have medical-surgical problems. (215)955-9545

Dr. Marina Goldman consults on people who have chronic pain, especially sickle cell disease, or who have medical-surgical problems. (215)955-9545

Dr. Dimitri Markov treats patients with various medical and psychiatric illness, sleep disorders and anxiety disorders. (215) 955-5094

Dr. Tal Weinberger consults on psychiatric issues in people who are in need of an organ transplant or who have medical-surgical problems. (215)955-9545

Insurance Accepted for Outpatients
Medicare or PPO's (check with insurance company)

Clinical Faculty

  • Elisabeth Kunkel, MD (Director)
  • Madeleine Becker, MD (Associate Director)
  • Keira Chism, MD
  • Marina Goldman, MD
  • Dimitri Markov, MD
  • Tal Weinberger, MD