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GenaLynne Mooneyham, MD

Medical Director, NIMH Autoimmune Brain Disorders Program
National Institute of Mental Health
Silver Spring, Maryland

Dr. Mooneyham is the Medical Director of the NIMH Autoimmune Brain Disorders Program at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Mooneyham completed a triple board residency at Indiana University School of Medicine, and she is board certified in General Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. After training, Dr. Mooneyham was on faculty at Duke University School of Medicine where she served as the Director for the Pediatric Consultation & Liaison Psychiatry Service within Duke Children’s Hospital and Co-Director for the Pediatric Autoimmune Brain Diseases Clinic. Dr. Mooneyham joined the NIMH in 2020 and her translational research efforts are centered on defining best practice in the collaborative care for pediatric patients with Autoimmune Encephalitis. She provides consultation on patients across the lifespan and works closely with the Undiagnosed Disease Program at the NIH. Dr. Mooneyham also has a particular interest in understanding the cellular mechanisms of disease specific to organic causes of psychosis and catatonia. Her work addresses the need for patient advocacy in clinical decision making and building consensus in disease models where multi-disciplinary care is required.

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