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Steve Jewell, MD is currently the Medical Director of Child Guidance and Family Solutions in Akron, a private not-for-profit organization that is the lead agency for provision of behavioral health services to the children and families of Summit County, Ohio. Primary responsibilities include: .
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a) Direct provision of psychiatric services to children and families; b) Administrative oversight of the agency’s psychiatric services; c) Member of the committees overseeing the operations and strategic direction of the agency; d) Responsible for oversight of the community child psychiatric experience of the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) child psychiatry fellows, in collaboration with Akron Children’s Hospital; and e) Co-Chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Committee of the Ohio Psychiatric Association Training: Attended undergraduate and medical school at Northwestern University, graduating in 1974. Post-graduate training included: pediatrics (St. Louis University, ‘74-‘75), child psychiatry (Northwestern, ‘75-‘77), and general psychiatry (University of Pittsburgh, ‘77-‘79). Steve is board-certified by ABPN in both General Psychiatry (1980), and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry (1984). Professional experience: a) Clinical work in public and private settings at various levels of care, including outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential, consultation/liaison, and inpatient child psychiatry; b) Managed care experience in both private and public sector managed care organizations; c) Administration of private, not-for-profit child-serving agencies providing behavioral health, juvenile justice, and child welfare services to children and families; and d) Advocacy on behalf of both child psychiatrists in community practice, and also family members of children and adolescents receiving behavioral health care within the public system. What I’d like to do on the AACP Board: I am especially excited about becoming involved in AACP’s committees addressing Quality Management and Ethics (a lifetime interest), Training and Scholarship (my newest area of professional activity), Special Populations (assuming that one such population is children), and LOCUS Development (my agency has been using the CALOCUS as a tool in assessment, treatment planning and care management for over 5 years). |
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