PNHP

Liz McCord, MD

Liz McCord, MD

Addiction Psychiatry

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Dr. Liz McCord is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member for the University of California-Irvine Train New Trainers Fellowship, helping health care professionals improve the delivery of addiction care in their practices. Dr. McCord’s primary clinical and scholarly focus is the treatment of addiction through an integrative approach, developed from her background in both internal medicine and psychiatry. Her articles have been published in a number of leading journals, including the Journal of ECT, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, and Journal of Surgery.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Dr. McCord earned her medical degree at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, then moved to Emory University in Atlanta where she completed her residency in internal medicine and psychiatry, served as the ambulatory chief resident for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry.

She is a proud advocate for Medicare for All and human rights.

Karen Hochman, MD, MPH

Karen Hochman, MD, MPH

Psychiatry

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Dr. Karen Hochman serves as medical director of the Substance Abuse Evaluation, Stabilization and Placement Program at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Atlanta. She also serves as assistant professor in the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. 

Dr. Hochman earned her medical degree at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of Manitoba Hospitals and the University of Toronto, followed by a clinical fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a master of public health from Emory University in Atlanta. Having practiced medicine in both the U.S. and Canada, Dr. Hochman is a strong supporter of a single-payer national health program and serves as co-chair of PNHP’s Georgia chapter.

Stephen B. Kemble, MD

Stephen B. Kemble, MD

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry

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Dr. Steve Kemble is recently retired from the private practice of psychiatry and continues to work as a psychiatrist embedded in a hospital-based primary care clinic serving a mostly Medicaid and uninsured population. He also teaches psychiatric aspects of general medical care to internal medicine residents as an assistant clinical professor of both Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine.

Dr. Kemble is a past president of both the Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association and the Hawaii Medical Association. He has a longstanding interest in health care reform, and he was appointed to the Hawaii Health Authority in 2011, charged with overall health planning for the State of Hawaii and with designing a universal health care system covering everyone in the state. Dr. Kemble serves on the board of Physicians for a National Health Program and chairs the PNHP Policy Committee.

Dr. Kemble attended medical school at the John A. Burns School of Medicine when it was a 2-year school, and completed medical school at Harvard. He trained in both internal medicine and psychiatry.

Peter Steinglass, MD, DLFAPA, FAAAP

Peter Steinglass, MD, DLFAPA, FAAAP

Psychiatry

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Dr. Peter Steinglass is president emeritus and director of the Ackerman Center for Substance Abuse and the Family. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is also a member of the Physicians for a National Health Program New York Metro chapter’s board of directors.

Dr. Steinglass has received many honors for his work in academic psychiatry as well as for his clinical and research collaborations with medical and mental health institutions, including the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Cumulative Contribution to Family Therapy Research Award, and the Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Research Award from the American Family Therapy Academy. He is also a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Academy for Addiction Psychiatry.

Most recently, Dr. Steinglass was the recipient of the 2009 Mona Mansell Award from New York’s Freedom Institute, signifying his contributions to the substance abuse treatment field. His research on alcoholism and on chronic medical illness as they affect family life has provided vital information for the clinical community. Dr. Steinglass has written more than 90 articles, book chapters, and books on these subjects.