MCPAP
for Moms Leadership Team
Leena P. Mittal,
MD, FACLP, MS, FACLP
Medical Director of Equity, Substance Use, and
Community Partnerships
Leena
Mittal is the Associate Vice Chair for Diversity Equity and Inclusion
and the Chief of the Division of Women's Mental Health in the
Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an
Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Additionally
she serves as the Program Director for the Women's Mental Health
Fellowship at the Brigham and co chairs the Justice Equity Diversity
and Inclusion committee. Dr Mittal also serves as the
Medical Director of Equity and Innovation for the Massachusetts Child
Psychiatry Access Program
for Moms (MCPAP for Moms), an innovative statewide consultation service
for providers seeing pregnant and postpartum women with mental health
and substance use conditions. Dr Mittal is an advocate for the
needs of perinatal individuals and marginalized populations at the
local, state and national level. She has numerous publications
and speaks nationally on the treatment of mental health and substance
use conditions throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period as well
as racial equity in maternal mental health. Dr. Mittal is board
certified in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and addiction medicine.
Uruj Kamal Haider, MD
Medical Director
of Consultation Services
Dr.
Uruj Kamal Haider is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the
University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the founder and
Director of the Women’s Mental Health Outpatient Clinic at 100 Century
Drive. She completed her psychiatry residency at a University of
Massachusetts affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2018. With a
background in Neuroscience & Behavior from Wesleyan University, she
has followed this interest and presented at numerous national
conferences including the American Psychiatric Association and the
American Neuropsychiatric Association. Dr. Haider currently practices
as a general adult and perinatal psychiatrist at University of
Massachusetts Memorial/Medical School within the Outpatient Psychiatry
Department and the Community for Women’s Care (CWC) clinic. She enjoys
her role as a medical educator and has received numerous awards in
medical student teaching in Psychiatry. She serves as the medical
student Clerkship Director for the Women’s Mental Health (WMH) Elective
in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Medical
School and works with Psychiatry and Family Medicine resident
physicians rotating through the WMH elective.
John Straus,
MD
Founding Medical Director
Dr.
Straus is the founding director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry
Access Program known as MCPAP. MCPAP was the first statewide program
designed to address the shortage of child psychiatrists. MCPAP is model
for the implementation of child psychiatry programs in 30 other states.
He is president of the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access
Programs, a non-profit dedicated to providing technical assistance and
support to child psychiatry access programs. Dr. Straus was responsible
for the expansion of MCPAP to include MCPAP for Moms to address
perinatal depression, mental illness, and substance use. Support for
the national expansion of both programs is included in the FY18 federal
budget and the 21st Century Cures Act resulting in recently announced
grants to 18 states for children and 7 states for moms. Dr. Straus is
Medical Director Special Projects at the Massachusetts Behavioral
Health Partnership (MBHP), having retired to part time from his full
time position as Vice President Medical Affairs. Prior to working at
the Partnership, Dr. Straus was medical director of the Fallon
Community Health Plan. He currently is a member of the HEDIS Behavioral
Health Measurement Advisory Panel, having been involved with HEDIS
since its inception. Dr. Straus is responsible for the technique of
health plan measurement known as the “hybrid method." He is a
pediatrician having had a primary care practice for 22 years. Dr.
Straus completed medical training at Columbia University, pediatric
training at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester,
and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins Medical
School.
Amy Rosenstein
MBA
Administrative Director
Amy Rosenstein is the Administrative Director of MCPAP for Moms, and
Director of Medical, Clinical and Quality Integration at the
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP). She oversees
administration of MCPAP for Moms and the Massachusetts Consultation
Program for the Treatment of Addiction and Pain (MCSTAP) and leads a
variety of other projects that bring together MBHP’s medical and
clinical teams. Prior to this, Amy was director of MBHP's PCC Plan
Support Services Program, overseeing a team providing support to
providers in the MassHealth PCC Plan, particularly around the
integration of behavioral health and medical care. Amy has worked in a
variety of health care, behavioral health, and public health
organizations throughout her career, with a focus on improving patient
care, behavioral health integration, and training and education. She
holds an MBA from Yale School of Management.
Beth McGinn,
M.Ed
Program Manager
Beth
McGinn is the manager of MCPAP for Moms. Ms. McGinn holds a master’s
degree in mental health counseling from Cambridge College. She brings
nearly two decades of experience working in both public health and
direct care services, most recently coordinating a program to promote
early literacy with low income and immigrant populations at the
Cambridge Public Health Department. She has shown leadership in working
with at-risk and vulnerable populations. She is also an
experience facilitator as a Mental Health First Aid trainer to help
break the stigma of mental illness. Ms. McGinn has dedicated her career
to helping women and children lead healthy and successful lives.
Parvena Baldeo
Program Coordinator
Bio coming soon.
Tiffany A. Moore
Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG
Obstetrics Liaison
Dr.
Moore Simas is an obstetrician-gynecologist (Ob/Gyn) and
physician-scientist, who aims to improve the health of parent-child
dyads and their families by using adult education and public health
principles that inform patient, provider, practice, health system, and
population-level initiatives, especially those integrating obstetrics
and mental health care. Dr. Moore Simas is the Ob/Gyn Department Chair,
and Professor of Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Population &
Quantitative Health Sciences at the UMass Chan Medical School. She is
the founding Obstetric Engagement Liaison of MCPAP for Moms and Medical
Director of Lifeline for Moms. She has a federally funded research
portfolio and serves her profession nationally through SASGOG’s Board
of Directors, the Council on Patient Safety’s Maternal Mental Health
Safety Bundle, ACOG’s Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group
(Co-Chair), and AIM’s Postpartum Discharge Transitions Safety Bundle,
among others. Her academic achievements have led to over 100 peer
reviewed publications. Dr. Moore Simas’ passion is her family – she
became a parent through biology, fostering, and adoption; this informs
her approach to caring for mothers, parents, children, and families.
MCPAP
for Moms Substance Use Disorder Team
Leena P. Mittal,
MD, FACLP, MS, FACLP
Medical
Director of Equity and Innovation
Leena
Mittal is the Chief of the Division of Women's Mental Health at Brigham
and Women's Hospital and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical
School, and serves as the Program Director for the Women's Mental
Health Fellowship at the Brigham. Additionally, Dr Mittal is the
Medical Director of Equity and Innovation for the Massachusetts Child
Psychiatry
Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms), an innovative statewide
consultation service for providers seeing pregnant and postpartum women
with mental health and substance use conditions. Dr Mittal has
numerous publications and speaks nationally on the treatment of mental
health and substance use conditions throughout pregnancy and the
postpartum period. Dr. Mittal is board certified in psychiatry,
psychosomatic medicine and addiction medicine.
Gina Gallagher, M.Ed.,
LACD I, PMH-C
SUD Project Manager, Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion Co-Chair
Gina
Gallagher received her master’s in counseling psychology from UMASS
Boston and is a Level I Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LACD). She
brings over 25 years’ experience providing direct treatment to
individuals with substance use needs and has managed a variety of SUD
treatment programs including acute treatment services/detox,
post-detox, outpatient programs. Most recently, she managed a bridge
clinic at Boston Medical Center providing medication for addiction
treatment (MAT) for patients with opioid and alcohol use disorders.
Gina is a strong advocate supporting women in their quest for recovery
and has volunteered as a Cuddler for newborns with Neonatal Opioid
Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). She has completed Postpartum Support
International’s evidence-based training program in perinatal mood and
anxiety disorders, in addition to their advanced training in perinatal
psychotherapy and is certified in perinatal mental health. Gina is
co-chair of MCPAP for Moms Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee
which was formed to help meet our racial equity goals.