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Mission Statement | MIRECCs | Consultants

Mission Statement

To generate new knowledge about the causes and treatments of mental disorders, apply new findings to model clinical programs, and widely disseminate new findings through education to improve the quality of veterans’ lives and their daily functioning in their recovering from mental illness.

MIRECC Centers

VA Healthcare Network Contact Info Focus
VISN 1
New England Healthcare System
Bruce Rounsaville, M.D., Director
Email: Bruce.Rounsaville@yale.edu or Bruce.lowe@va.gov
West Haven, Connecticut
Improve care for veterans with mental illness and substance dependence
VISN 3
NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network
Larry Siever, M.D., Director
Email: Larry.Siever@va.gov
Bronx, New York
Investigate causes and treatments of serious mental illness
VISN 4
Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network
David Oslin, M.D., Director
Email: Dave.Oslin@va.gov Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Advance care for veterans with concurrent physical, mental and/or substance use disorder
VISN 5
Capitol Health Care Network
Alan S. Bellack, Ph.D., ABPP, Director
Email: Alan.Bellack@va.gov
Baltimore, Maryland
Improve care for veterans with schizophrenia and for their families
VISN 6
Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network
Gregory McCarthy, Ph.D., Director
Email: gregory.mccarthy@duke.edu
Salisbury, North Carolina
Create a translational medicine center for the clinical assessment and treatment of post-deployment mental illness
VISN 16
South Central VA Health Care Network
Greer Sullivan, M.D., M.S.P.H., Director
Email: sullivangreer@uams.edu
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Close the gap between mental health research and clinical practice
VISN 19
Rocky Mountain Health Care Network
Lawrence E. Adler, M.D., Director
Email: Lawrence.Adler@va.gov
Denver, Colorado
Improve care for suicidal veterans through integration of research, education and clinical practice
VISN 20
Northwest Network
Murray A. Raskind, M.D., Director
Email: Murray.Raskind@va.gov
Seattle, Washington
Investigate the genetics and neurobiology of schizophrenia, PTSD and dementia
VISN 21
Sierra Pacific Network
Jerome Yesavage, M.D., Director
Email: Jerome.Yesavage@va.gov
Palo Alto, California
MIRECC Fellowship Hub Site
Individualize treatments for veterans with PTSD or with Alzheimer's Disease
VISN 22
Desert Pacific Healthcare Network
Stephen R. Marder, M.D., Director
Email: Stephen.Marder@va.gov
Los Angeles, California
Improve functional outcomes of veterans with psychotic disorders

 

Consultants

Ira Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health

Antonette Zeiss, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief Consultant

Thomas Horvath, M.D.
Coordinator, Science Advisor,
Mental Health Strategic Healthcare Group

Jim Williams, MPA
Central Office Liaison for the MIRECC