PERRY L. BELFER, Ph.D., Director. Dr. Belfer established Newton-Wellesley Eating Disorders and Behavioral Medicine in 1997. He previously co-founded the outpatient Eating Disorders and Behavioral Medicine Programs at Newton-Wellesley Hospital which he directed from their inception in 1984 to 1996. Dr. Belfer also has coordinated an outpatient anxiety disorders program at McLean Hospital, served as Senior Clinical Consultant at the McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School Eating Disorders Center, and coordinated health behavior risk reduction programs at Boston area hospitals.
Dr. Belfer holds a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and has published articles on behavioral medicine, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, group therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy. Dr. Belfer earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Catholic University of America in 1982, completed his clinical internship at the Boston V.A. Medical Center and post-doctoral training at McLean Hospital. Dr. Belfer's specialty areas include the treatment of eating disorders, chronic pain, coping with chronic illness, cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders and time-limited group psychotherapy.
CHRISTINE A. ADAMS, PSY.D., Psychologist. Dr. Christine Adams comes to Newton Wellesley Eating Disorders & Behavioral Medicine with a wide range of experience in treating individuals with eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and depression. Dr. Adams earned her doctoral degree in 2004 from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, and did post-doctoral training at the Behavioral Health Services of the New England Conservatory of Music and Salem State College. She went on to work at the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center. Prior to earning her degree Dr. Adams worked at the MGH Chelsea Health Center, Bedford VA Hospital, the Wayside Community Counseling Center, Simmons College Counseling Center, and Women’s Protective Services. Dr. Adams’ research experience includes work at Brandeis University Institute for Health Policy, the National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Needs Assessment, and the Trauma Center at HRI.
DEBORAH BARR, Ph.D., Psychologist. Dr. Deborah Barr comes to Newton Wellesley Eating Disorders & Behavioral Medicine with a wealth of experiences treating eating disordered individuals and patients with depression and anxiety disorders. Dr. Barr earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology in 1990 from the New School for Social Research and received a post doctoral Master of Science in clinical psychopharmacology from the California School for Professional Psychology- Alliant and is recognized by The National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She was a psychological consultant to The Comprehensive Obesity Treatment Center, Department of Medicine, Cornell Medical Center, New York City and a consultant at the Cognitive Therapy Center of New York. Before moving to Massachusetts Dr. Barr was in private practice for fifteen years in New York City.
WENDY EPSTEIN, Ph.D., Psychologist. Dr. Epstein is a graduate of the Advanced Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ATP) and a postseminar psychoanalytic candidate at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She has been in private practice in Brookline for almost 20 years, where she sees individuals and couples with a wide range of problems. Dr. Epstein received her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982, where she specialized in cognitive-behavioral therapy, completed her clinical internship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Harvard Medical School (1983), and postdoctoral training at both the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (1984) and the Department of Psychiatry, Newton-Wellesley Hospital (1984). She has served in attending, clinical, and clinical-administrative capacities at Westwood Lodge and Beverly Hospitals.
RICHARD GOMBERG, M.D., Psychiatrist. Dr. Gomberg received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1995. He completed his internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA in 1996, and his residency at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge in 1999, where he served as Chief Resident of the Psychopharmacology Service. Dr. Gomberg trained in psychoanalysis at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and is now on their faculty. Some of Dr. Gomberg's clinical positions include having worked in the outpatient department, the Outpatient Addiction Service, and the Geriatrics Service at the Cambridge Health Alliance. Dr. Gomberg has extensive experience in the treatment of eating disorders, anxiety disorders, affective disorders, and post traumatic disorders.
TINA KURYS, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Kurys earned her M.S.W. at Boston College in 1993 and completed her clinical training at the Brookline Community Mental Health Center. She completed a Behavioral Medicine Fellowship at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in 1994. Ms. Kurys has been on the clinical staff of Newton-Wellesley Eating Disorders and Behavioral Medicine since 1997. Ms. Kurys' specialty areas include treatment of eating disorders as well as substance abuse and dependence, coping with chronic illness/disability, coping with chronic pain and cognitive-behavioral therapies.
ROBERTA PEARLE LAMB, RD, MPH, LDN, Registered Dietician. Ms. Roberta Pearle Lamb comes to NWEDBMED with broad experience in nutrition counseling with eating disordered individuals and other medically high risk populations. She serves as Director of Nutrition Services at Walden Behavioral Care, including developing and integrating nutrition services at multiple levels of care on Walden’s Eating Disorders service (since 2005). Previously, Ms. Lamb worked as a clinical dietitian at the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center. She worked as a consultant dietitian at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA and at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center Weight Loss Program, also in Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Lamb earned her Bachelor of Science in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University in 1982 and her Masters in Public Health with nutritional science specialization from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1984. She serves on the American Dietetic Association Standards of Practice Committee for Eating Disorders (expected publication of new standards in JADA, 2011) and serves as the Eating Disorders Resource Professional in the ADA’s Behavioral Health Nutrition practice group (term 2007-2010).
STEWART URIST, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker. Stewart Urist comes to Newton Wellesley Eating Disorders & Behavioral Medicine with a wealth of experiences working with eating disordered individuals and their families, as well as patients dealing with medical illness, depression and anxiety disorders. Mr. Urist graduated from the Simmons College School of Social Work with an M.S. in Social Work in 1972. Most recently he worked at the Eating Disorders Unit of Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA. Prior to that he worked for Magellan Behavioral Health where he specialized in helping the most at risk members with eating disorders, their providers and families to establish and coordinate effective treatment. Previously, Stewart Urist also had a long successful career working for the Boston VA Health Care System where he held a wide range of clinical, administrative and supervisory positions.
JOAN WARRENSKI, M.D., Psychiatrist. Dr. Warrenski is experienced in the area of psychopharmacologic management of eating disorders having worked for some years as the staff psychiatrist at the Deaconess Waltham Hospital's Eating Disorders treatment program before coming to Newton-Wellesley Eating Disorders and Behavioral Medicine's outpatient services. Dr. Warrenski received her M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine in 1985 and completed her internship at the Boston V.A. Medical center and her residency at the New England Medical Center. Dr. Warrenski also served as Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the New England Medical Center. Dr. Warrenski completed a fellowship in adult psychotherapy at the Harvard University Health Services. Dr. Warrenski holds academic appointments at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston College School of Nursing. Dr. Warrenski's clinical specialties include psychiatric management and psychopharmacologic treatment of eating disorders, psychopharmacologic treatment of anxiety and affective disorders, and geriatric psychiatry.
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