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Christopher M. Palmer, MD, received his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and completed his internship and psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. He is currently the director of the Department of Postgraduate...

Marjorie Overhiser has been with McLean’s Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education since 2012. As conference coordinator, she handles logistics for educational programs presented by the department, including weekly Grand Rounds lectures and large-scale conferences for mental health care...

Abigail Rice, MSN, RN, is the clinical training specialist for inpatient, residential, and partial hospital services in McLean’s Nursing Department. Ms. Rice began her nursing career in 2005 as a staff nurse at McLean’s Klarman Eating Disorders Center. Graduating from St. Joseph College of Maine in...

Joseph Stoklosa, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital. He serves as the clinical director of McLean’s Division of Psychotic Disorders. Previously, he served...

Kelly Carlson, PhD, PMHNP-BC, started at McLean as a professional development specialist in 2016. Dr. Carlson taught undergraduate and graduate nursing courses before beginning her role at McLean orienting new nursing staff.

Danielle Murkidjanian, MSN, RN, is one of the clinical training specialists for inpatient services in McLean’s Nursing Department. Ms. Murkidjanian began her nursing career in 2011 at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital on the telemetry/stroke unit. She also has experience in inpatient mental health, in the...

Denise A. Soccio, DNP, RN, earned a doctorate in education from Regis College and she has over 30 years experience in clinical psychiatric nursing. She has been a professor at Regis College in the pre-licensure nursing program for 15 years. As a result of her published research conducted at Regis...

Lois W. Choi-Kain, MEd, MD, is the director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute. The institute provides training and supervision for numerous proven treatments, including mentalization-based treatment (MBT), dialectical behavioral therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (DBT-PTSD)...