Relief Resources
Our Team
Yitzchok Abramczyk
Director, Relief Montreal
Gila Bar-Tal
Clinician Researcher, Relief Israel
Arielle Benisti
Pediatric Referrals, Tristate Region
Daniel Berman
Director, Relief Los Angeles
Shaindy Bodenheimer
Pediatric Referrals, Tristate Region
Rivka Burstein
Administrative Assistant, Tristate Region
Blimi Compton
Office Manager, Tristate Region
Rachel Etziony
Controller
Yitzy Faivushevitz
Adult Referral Specialist, Tristate Region
Kayla Feder
Assistant Liaison for Higher Level of Care
Devora Follman
Clinician Liaison for Higher Level of Care
Mordechai Leib Gestetner
Relief Specialist, Relief Monroe
Binyomin Gewirtz
Director, Relief Florida
Shiffy Griver
Clinician Liaision, Tristate Region
Simi Halpern
Development Assistant, Tristate Region
Shaya Hamer
Referral Specialist, Relief UK
Suri Hauer
Administrative Assistant, Tristate Region
Chani Kaiser
Adult Referral Specialist, Tristate Region
Duvie Kessner
Director of Operations
Shlomo Katz
Director, Relief Israel
Eli Kofman
Director, Relief Midwest
Devorah Levinson
Director Eating Disorder Division
Menachem Lowy
Director, Relief Monroe
Gita Leigh
Office Manager, Relief UK
Shuly Marmorstein
Clinician Researcher, Relief Specialist, Relief Toronto
Esti Mernick
Receptionist, Tristate Region
Shifra Pfeffer
Project Coordinator Eating Disorder Division
Motti Rapoport
Regional Director, Director, Relief Toronto
Nechama Rosenberg
Adult Referral Specialist, Tristate Region
Jonny Ross
Director, Relief UK
Riki Schwartz
Director of Pediatric Referrals, Tristate Region
Shiffy Shachor
Office Manager, Referral Specialist, Relief Israel
Yisrael Slansky
Director Relief Maryland
Eli Stewart
Adult Referral Specialist, Tristate Region
Avi Tatel
Adult Referral Specialist Tristate Region
Relief Resources
Medical Advisory Board

John T. Walkup M.D.
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Margaret C. Osterman Board Designated Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Professor of Human Genetics
- University of Chicago

Michael Jenike, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
- Harvard Medical School
Director Psychiatric Neuroscience Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael Liebowitz, M.D.
Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Glenn Hirsch, M.D.
Medical Director
- New York University Child Study Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Philip J. Wilner, M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director of Behavioral Health
- New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Catherine Birndorf, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
CEO/ Medical Director
- The Motherhood Center

David Pelcovitz, PH.D.
Director of Psychology
- North Shore University Hospital
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Katharine L. Loeb, PH.D.
Director of Research and Training
- Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment (CCEBT)

Michelle Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Edna B. Foa, PH.D.
Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- University of Pennsylvania

Charles A. Kaufmann, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Columbia University

John T. Walkup M.D.
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Margaret C. Osterman Board Designated Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Professor of Human Genetics
- University of Chicago

Michael Liebowitz, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
- Harvard Medical School
Director Psychiatric Neuroscience Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel Berman
Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Glenn Hirsch, M.D.
Medical Director
- New York University Child Study Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Philip J. Wilner, M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director of Behavioral Health
- New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Catherine Birndorf, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
CEO/ Medical Director
- The Motherhood Center

David Pelcovitz, PH.D.
Director of Psychology
- North Shore University Hospital
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Katharine L. Loeb, PH.D.
Director of Research and Training
- Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment (CCEBT)

Michelle Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Edna B. Foa, PH.D.
Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- University of Pennsylvania

Charles A. Kaufmann, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Columbia University