Jonny Gerkin, M.D.

E-mail: gerkin@med.unc.edu

Phone: (919) 843-2369

Education:

B.A., Biology, Case Western Reserve University

M.D., Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Residency Training, University of North Carolina General Psychiatry Residency Program

Summary Statement:

Dr. Gerkin’s primary clinical activity is directing the psychiatry consultation service where he supervises residents and medical students in the evaluation and management of psychiatric presentations in the medically ill. He also supervises residents and medical students in an adult and geriatric psychiatric medication management clinic. His academic activities include directing the Consult-Liaison Didactics for 3rd year residents, directing the Psychiatry Consult Case Conference, lecturing 3rd year medical students during their psychiatry rotation and co-directing a Paper’s Course, which is designed to integrate critical appraisal of classic, seminal and current literature into the core curriculum of 3rd and 4th year psychiatry residents. His administrative activities include significant participation in the critique and advancement of the residency training curriculum, heavy involvement in recruitment and development of program trainees, and the development and implementation of a Psychosomatic Fellowship under the mentorship and direction of Dr. Rosenstein, Director of Hospital Psychiatry. Dr. Gerkin enjoys incorporating supportive pscyhcotherapeutic interventions in medication management clinic as well as at the bedside that are based in CBT, DBT and insight oriented modalities. Currently, he is not directing any specific research projects, but intends to become more involved in translational and clinical research in the context of the practice of academic psychosomatic medicine as his clinical and academic experience increases.