SCHNECKSVILLE, PA (November 19, 2024) – KidsPeace has announced that Alisa R. Gutman, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the organization’s National Board of Directors.

Dr. Gutman currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she previously was a psychiatry resident and forensic psychiatry fellow.  Dr. Gutman is also the section chief and attending psychiatrist at the mental health clinic at the Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.

In addition, Dr. Gutman is the founder and medical director at the Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic. She has been an invited lecturer throughout the United States on refugee mental health, and
has authored and contributed to a wide variety of publications in the psychiatry field.

She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society.

“KidsPeace is very fortunate to add a distinguished practitioner and research scholar like Dr. Gutman to its National Board of Directors,” said Michael Slack, president and CEO of KidsPeace.  “Her experience will provide the board with valuable perspectives as we work to meet our responsibility as an industry leader and preferred provider for children’s mental health services.”

“I’m delighted to join KidsPeace’s Board of Directors, because serving the mental health needs of children and families is so important in our communities,” Dr. Gutman said.  “I am impressed that KidsPeace offers services in some of the most challenging mental health treatment spaces and for vulnerable populations. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board to ensure that KidsPeace continues to offer and deliver high-quality evidence-based care in all of its programs.”

Dr. Gutman earned her medical degree and Ph.D. from Emory University’s School of Medicine in Atlanta, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University.

Since 1882, KidsPeace has been building on its expertise to give hope, help and healing to children, adults and those who love them. Through its comprehensive range of residential treatment programs; accredited educational services; unique psychiatric hospital and foster care and community-based programs, KidsPeace is dedicated to helping people connect, transform and overcome their challenges to ensure a stable future, transition to adulthood and gain independence. Since its doors opened, more than 300,000 children have participated in one of the multitude of programs KidsPeace offers.

For additional resources or more information on how to get involved, become a foster parent or make a donation, please visit www.kidspeace.org. Follow us at www.facebook.com/kidspeace.org or on Twitter @KidsPeace.

 

Information Provided By:
Robert Martin