Philip Gehrman

Dr. Craig Chepke is a Board-Certified psychiatrist in clinical practice as the medical director of Excel Psychiatric Associates in Huntersville, NC. He serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry for the Atrium Health Psychiatry Residency Program and is the Chief Medical Officer of the Psych Congress portfolio of Continuing Education conferences. Dr. Chepke earned his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency at Duke University. As part of an interdisciplinary treatment team in his practice, he employs a person-centered care model to tailor treatments to each individual's needs, integrating traditional pharmacotherapy with psychotherapeutic and physical health and wellness interventions. His clinical and academic interests include serious mental illness, movement disorders, ADHD, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chepke has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is a recipient of the NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award.

Dr. Gehrman is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a clinical psychologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He directs the Sleep, Neurobiology and Psychopathology lab at Penn. He has an active research program exploring the mechanisms and treatment of sleep and circadian dysregulation in the context of mental health disorders. Dr. Gehrman’s clinical specialization is on the delivery of cognitive behavioral and chronotherapeutic interventions for insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and other sleep disorders. The overarching goal of his work is to advance the understanding of the links between sleep and mental illness through translational research that spans biology to therapeutics.

Dr. Gehrman is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a clinical psychologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He directs the Sleep, Neurobiology and Psychopathology lab at Penn. He has an active research program exploring the mechanisms and treatment of sleep and circadian dysregulation in the context of mental health disorders. Dr. Gehrman’s clinical specialization is on the delivery of cognitive behavioral and chronotherapeutic interventions for insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and other sleep disorders. The overarching goal of his work is to advance the understanding of the links between sleep and mental illness through translational research that spans biology to therapeutics.

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. He then attended graduate school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where he was awarded a “National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship”. His research thesis focused on impact of substance abuse. He graduated from the School of Public Health in 1987 with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree.

Dr. Jain served a three-year residency in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He followed that by obtaining further specialty training, by undergoing a two-year fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, Dr. Jain completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Research Psychiatry at the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute, in Houston. He was awarded the “National Research Service Award” for the support of this postdoctoral fellowship.

Hara is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner currently working in outpatient care but has experience in inpatient and psychiatric hospital settings.
She serves as owner, clinician and clinical preceptor in her private group practice, Fortitude Wellness Group, and is the Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director of a CARFaccredited Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Greater Chesapeake Health and Wellness in Baltimore City. Hara completed her undergraduate degree at Rutgers University and her Master’s degree in education from Monmouth University in New Jersey. She completed her
Master’s degree in nursing from the University of Maryland with her Post-Master's training as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner from Drexel University.

As a national speaker and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) she has presented on disease states and pharmacology for mental health. This includes clinical
perspectives of and approved treatment options for bipolar I and II disorders, as well as both oral and long-acting treatment options for schizophrenia at various conferences. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Psychiatric Nurse Association. She is also a sitting Board Member for the non-profit organization Abilities Network. Her areas of expertise include severe mental illness and psychotic disorders for high-risk populations, mood disorders, depression-related disorders, anxiety, trauma, and attention deficit disorder. She treats across the lifespan from children to adults and also provides medication-assisted treatment for patients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Hara is committed to health equity within mental health and psychiatry.

Dr. Gehrman is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a clinical psychologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He directs the Sleep, Neurobiology and Psychopathology lab at Penn. He has an active research program exploring the mechanisms and treatment of sleep and circadian dysregulation in the context of mental health disorders. Dr. Gehrman’s clinical specialization is on the delivery of cognitive behavioral and chronotherapeutic interventions for insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and other sleep disorders. The overarching goal of his work is to advance the understanding of the links between sleep and mental illness through translational research that spans biology to therapeutics.

William Sauvé, MD is Chief Medical Officer at Osmind, where he focuses on driving the success of Osmind’s nationwide network of 800+ independent psychiatry practices and expanding access to cutting-edge psychiatric care.

Dr. Sauvé brings extensive experience in interventional psychiatry, particularly in expanding access to treatments like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and esketamine. Prior to joining Osmind, he served as Regional Medical Director for Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth Centers, where he helped grow the organization's network to nearly 200 dedicated interventional psychiatry centers nationwide.

His journey in psychiatry began with 11 years of distinguished service as an active-duty Navy psychiatrist. Following his residency, he was deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar Province as the regimental psychiatrist for the 7th Marine Regiment.

After his military service, he served as Military Clinical Director at Poplar Springs Hospital for three years before founding Virginia Interventional Psychiatry, one of the first interventional psychiatry practices in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Dr. Sauvé received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his residency in adult psychiatry through the National Capital Consortium, which includes the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, and USUHS. He earned his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Biochemistry from Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania.

He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and maintains an active membership in the American Psychiatric Association and the Clinical Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Society.