Baystate Medical Center Western Massachusetts Region MCPAP Staff

Medical director and child psychiatrist

Barry Sarvet, MD, is the chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Baystate Medical Center. Dr. Sarvet is the medical director of the Baystate Medical Center MCPAP site and the supervising medical director of three MCPAP regional sites, including Western Massachusetts (Baystate), Central Massachusetts (UMass), and Boston/Metro Region II (NEMC/Children's). Dr. Sarvet is also an associate clinical professor at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Sarvet received his medical degree at Northwestern University and did his residency at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Sarvet served on the Governor's Commission on Children's Mental Health from 2002 until 2005. Dr. Sarvet serves on the organizing workgroup committee on the National Network for Child Psychiatry Access Programs, and is involved in promoting collaborative care throughout the country. He is board-certified in psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Child psychiatrists

Bruce Waslick, MD, received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and did his residency at Tufts-NewEngland Medical Center. Dr. Waslick completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a child psychiatrist at Baystate Medical Center and is a child psychiatrist for the Baystate MCPAP. Dr. Waslick has special research interests in pediatric psychiatry disorders, randomized clinical trials, psychopharmacology in pediatric psychiatry disorders, and mood disorders.

Shadi Zaghloul, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who recently joined Baystate Medical Center's child behavioral health department. Dr Zaghloul finished his combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He completed his advanced psychiatric training in 2008 from Children's Hospital, Boston. Dr. Zaghloul, or Dr. Z as he likes to be called by his young patients, enjoys spending time with his family and playing the guitar.

Sara A. Brewer, MD is an Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with Baystate Medical Center, MCPAP and also the Child Guidance Center of Behavioral Health Network. She is a recent graduate of The Cambridge Health Alliance's Adult Residency and Child Fellowship Programs and a 2002 graduate of Harvard Medical School. She has special interest in developmental disorders, eating disorders and cognitive behavioral therapies.

Clinical nurse specialist

Marjorie Williams Kohl, APRN, CNS, received her master's in nursing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health advanced practice, and in nursing. Marjorie is a nurse for Baystate Medical Center and for the Baystate MCPAP site.

Social worker

Jodi DeVine, MSW, LICSW, received her master's degree in clinical social work from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work in 1998. She has worked primarily with children and families in different therapeutic milieus, including school-based clinics, therapeutic day school, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics, and private practice. She currently works with MCPAP at Baystate Medical Center as the team social worker.

Care coordinator

Arlyn Perez received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Elms College. Arlyn, who is fluent in both English and Spanish, has had previous experience helping families in many community agencies. Arlyn has been with MCPAP since its inception. She is an expert at finding clinical resources for families by maintaining close relationships with community mental health agencies and keeping updated information regarding wait times and availability of clinicians for special clinical populations.