Post Pediatric Portal Faculty Expertise
Fellows train with a distinguished, multidisciplinary faculty spanning all major psychiatry subspecialties, including general adult, child & adolescent, geriatric, addiction, consult liaison, emergency, and forensic psychiatry, with expertise in both clinical care and research, ensuring comprehensive guidance across the continuum of practice and discovery. Additional dedicated teaching faculty at affiliated community sites further enrich the learning experience.
- Program Director, Post Pediatric Portal, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Director, Inpatient Psychiatric Services, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Chair, IRB, University Hospitals
- Associate Program Director, Child Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Program Director, Adult Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Co-Activity Director, Grand Rounds, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Director, Community Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Co-Director, Addiction Recovery Services, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Division Chief, Adult Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Family Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine
- Kuhn Family Chair in Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospitals
- Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Medical Director and Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Senior Director, Behavioral Health in Population Health/Primary Care Institute, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Electroconvulsive Therapy, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Director, Mood Disorders Program, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Director, Ketamine Infusion for Depression Clinic, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Director, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Clinic, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Joseph R. Calabrese, MD Chair for Bipolar Disorders, University Hospitals
- Director, Forensic Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Division Chief, Forensic Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
- Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Clinical Director, Child Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Division Chief, Psychiatry, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- James A. Horner Chair in Child Psychiatry, University Hospitals
- Director, Pain Management Institute, University Hospitals
- Psychiatrist-in-Chief, University Hospitals
- Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Consult-Liaison, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Program Director, Post Pediatric Portal, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Chief Quality Officer, Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Vice Chair, Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Director, Population Health Education, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Director, Public and Community Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Chief Medical Officer, Population/Behavioral Health, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
- Professor of Psychiatry, CWRU School of Medicine
Ashley VanDercar, MD, JD
- Associate Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Ashley VanDercar, MD, JD began her career as an attorney, working in the healthcare field. In 2012, she enrolled in medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. After graduation, she moved to Cleveland for postgraduate training and completed the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Case Western Reserve University Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry – which she is now the Associate Director of.
Dr. VanDercar has published on a variety of topics, including organizational psychiatry, the insanity defense, school shooters, and terrorism. She has presented nationally on topics ranging from psychiatric malpractice to mental illness in cult leaders. She also lectures for the Cleveland Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Training and co-teaches a semester-long course at the University of Akron School of Law.
Dr. VanDercar’s clinical practice is at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare, a Regional Psychiatric Hospital, where she leads an inpatient competence to stand trial evaluation and restoration unit. In that role, she provides education to medical students, psychiatry residents, and forensic psychiatry fellows.