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Peng Pang, MD, MSc, MBA Clinical Assistant Professor Director, Child Inpatient Psychiatry Service |
 | Dr. Peng Pang directs the psychiatric care of patients on 12 North. She completed her residency in Psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center and a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pang has a Master of Science degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and has published original research papers in prestegious scientific journals. She also has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Pang takes a family-centered approach to the care of her patients, working closely with families to resolve long-term problems with behavior and relationships. She individualizes her treatment to the developmental age and needs of each child. She incorporates relaxation techniques, mindfulness, tai chi, yoga and other self-soothing skills into her practice, to help children manage their anxieties. |
| Darla Broberg, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical Director |
 | Dr. Darla Broberg, a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in children's disorders, directs the clinical psychology services on 12 North. Dr. Broberg has held clinical appointments in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Pediatrics since 1990. Prior to becoming the clinical director of the Inpatient Child Psychiatry in 2011, Dr. Broberg was the pediatric medical psychologist for Stony Brook University Hospital. She has extensive experience treating children and families exposed to traumatic events, living with chronic life-threatening diseases and coping with grief. |
| Gabrielle Carlson, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics |
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Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D., has been professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stony Brook University since 1985. Dr. Carlson obtained her MD degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed her adult psychiatry training at Washington University in St. Louis and at the National Institutes of Mental Health. She completed a fellowship and research fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA and subsequently taught on the faculty. Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression and bipolar disorder, specifically. She has written over 200 papers and chapters and has co-authored two books. Dr. Carlson is listed in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors in the New York Metropolitan area and Newsday's Best Doctors. She was awarded the American Psychiatric Association's Blanche F. Ittleson Award for research in child and adolescent psychiatry and the New York Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Hulse Award. She has been president of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and is the chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Program Committee. Dr. Carlson has a strong commitment to community child and adolescent psychiatry. She works closely with Eastern and Western Suffolk BOCES, school districts and mental health agencies. |