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Marsha N. Wittink, M.D., M.B.E.

Marsha N. Wittink, M.D., M.B.E.

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Contact

Appointment (585) 276-3700

Locations

Inpatient Medicine in Psychiatry (IMIP) Unit - Rochester

Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, Unit 1-9200
Rochester, NY 14642

(585) 275-8686

About Me

Dr. Wittink works with a team of nurses, social workers, physicians, pharmacists and psychologists to deliver compassionate care targeted to patients with concomitant medical and mental health needs. She is also involved in medical student and resident teaching and research. She is passionate about ...
Dr. Wittink works with a team of nurses, social workers, physicians, pharmacists and psychologists to deliver compassionate care targeted to patients with concomitant medical and mental health needs. She is also involved in medical student and resident teaching and research. She is passionate about working with patients and families to determine health goals and improve overall quality of life.

Certified Specialties

Family Medicine - American Board of Family Medicine

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Research (SMD)

Associate Professor - Department of Family Medicine (SMD) - Joint

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Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 2004 - 2005

Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 2002 - 2004

Residency, Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. 2000 - 2002

Internship, Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. 1999 - 2000

Education

MD | Jefferson Medical College. 1999

Awards

Dr. Robert Joynt Kindness Board Excellence Award. 2019 - 2022

W.G. Stuber Award (for "unusual promise in an academic career"). 2018

Strong Star for Interdisciplinary Excellence, Inpatient Medicine in Psychiatry Unit 19200. 2017

UR Pursuing Excellence Leader. 2017

Academic Medical Professional Leadership Program for Mid-Career Women. 2016 - 2017

Scholar, Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Geriatric Mental Health sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health. 2008 - 2010

Merck/American Geriatric Society New Investigator Award. 2007

Resident's Faculty Research Award, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine. 2005

Summer Research Institute sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health. 2003

Resident Teaching Award, Department of Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University. 2002

Chief Resident, Department of Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. 2001 - 2002

Award for distinction in Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College. 1999

Magna Cum Laude, Cornell University. 1993

Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society. 1991 - 1993

Research

Dr. Wittink graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in biopsychology and received her MD from Jefferson Medical College and a masters in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine and Academic ...
Dr. Wittink graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in biopsychology and received her MD from Jefferson Medical College and a masters in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine and Academic Chief of the new division of Medicine in Psychiatry. Her research efforts are driven by her clinical experiences navigating the often separate silos of medical and psychiatric care.

Dr. Wittink is the chair of the National Medical-Psychiatry Unit (MPU) Consortium and she is the director of the Laboratory of Integration Services for Complex Needs (LISCN).

Dr. Wittink has been awarded grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop strategies to elicit and incorporate patient priorities into care.

Research Lab

Laboratory of Integration Services for Complex Needs (LISCN)

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Publications

Journal Articles

Padrino S, Chan AC, van Schijndel M, Wittink M

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 October 4 Epub 10/04/2024.

Choi JJ, Maeng DD, Wittink MN, Olivares TE, Brazill K, Lee HB

Population health management.. 2024 October 2 Epub 10/02/2024.

Wittink M, Chan AC, Padrino S, Silverstein SM

Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2023 September 174 (9):991-993. Epub 02/23/2023.

LoCastro M, Wang Y, Sanapala C, Jensen-Battaglia M, Wittink M, Norton S, Klepin HD, Richardson DR, Mendler JH, Liesveld J, Huselton E, Loh KP

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2023 June 14 (5):101529. Epub 05/25/2023.

LoCastro M, Sanapala C, Wang Y, Jensen-Battaglia M, Wittink M, Norton S, Klepin HD, Richardson DR, Mendler JH, Liesveld J, Huselton E, O'Dwyer K, Cortes AM, Rodriguez C, Dale W, Loh KP

Cancer medicine. 2023 April 12 (7):8581-8593. Epub 12/19/2022.

Yilmaz S, Koita F, Zittel J, Wells M, Mohile S, Wittink M, Kelly JM, Sedrak M, DeCaporale-Ryan L, DiGiovanni G, Magnuson A

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2023 March 14 (2):101429. Epub 01/20/2023.

Duberstein PR, Hoerger M, Norton SA, Mohile S, Dahlberg B, Hyatt EG, Epstein RM, Wittink MN

Social science & medicine.. 2023 January 317 :115546. Epub 11/24/2022.

Losing Personhood: Experiences of Individuals caring for a family member with dementia

Carter, R.; Norton, S.; Moskow, M.; Bobry, M.; Van Orden, K.; Heffner, K.; Wittink, M.

Innovation in Aging. 2023; Volume 7(1): 104.

Watson EE, Sanapala C, Cortes AM, Klepin HD, Wittink M, Norton SA, Richardson DR, Dale W, Magnuson A, Mendler JH, Liesveld JL, Huselton EJ, O'Dwyer KM, LeBlanc TW, El-Jawahri A, Wong M, Loh KP

Blood advances.. 2022 November 86 (21):5707-5710. Epub 1900 01 01.

Abdallah M, Kadambi S, Parsi M, Rai M, Mendler JH, Wittink M, Duberstein PR, Tsang M, Klepin HD, Loh KP

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2022 November 13 (8):1230-1235. Epub 09/03/2022.

Johnson EM, Poleshuck E, Possemato K, Hampton B, Funderburk JS, Grewal H, Cerulli C, Wittink M

Military medicine.. 2022 June 10 Epub 06/10/2022.

Wittink MN, Rosenberg T, Waller C, Qiu P, McDaniel S

Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2022 13 :1026415. Epub 09/13/2022.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Crean HF, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Chan KL, Qiu P

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2021 February 36 (3-4):1588-1606. Epub 11/24/2017.

Embick ER, Maeng DD, Juskiewicz I, Cerulli C, Crean HF, Wittink M, Poleshuck E

Archives of women's mental health.. 2021 February 24 (1):85-92. Epub 06/16/2020.

Loh KP, Abdallah M, Kadambi S, Wells M, Kumar AJ, Mendler JH, Liesveld JL, Wittink M, O'Dwyer K, Becker MW, McHugh C, Stock W, Majhail NS, Wildes TM, Duberstein P, Mohile SG, Klepin HD

Leukemia & lymphoma.. 2021 February 62 (2):387-398. Epub 10/11/2020.

Poleshuck E, Wittink MN, Crean H, Juskiewicz I, ReQua MA, Cerulli C

Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2021 12 :738840. Epub 11/17/2021.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Qiu P

Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2021 12 :711819. Epub 12/02/2021.

Van Orden KA, Lutz J, Conner KR, Silva C, Hasselberg MJ, Fear K, Leadley AW, Wittink MN, Baumhauer JF

Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2021 12 :796499. Epub 01/11/2022.

Wittink MN, Cross W, Goodman J, Jackson H, Lee HB, Olivares T, Maeng DD, Caine ED

Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2020 September 171 (9):885-892. Epub 05/04/2020.

Loh KP, Duberstein P, Zittel J, Lei L, Culakova E, Xu H, Plumb S, Flannery MA, Magnuson A, Bautista J, Wittink M, Gilmore N, Targia V, Conlin A, Berenberg J, Vogel VG, Mohile SG

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2020 July 11 (6):1006-1010. Epub 12/30/2019.

Funderburk JS, Levandowski BA, Wittink MN, Pigeon WR

Psychological services.. 2020 February 17 (1):110-117. Epub 10/01/2018.

Poleshuck E, Wittink M, Crean HF, Juskiewicz I, Bell E, Harrington A, Cerulli C

Journal of women's health.. 2020 February 29 (2):242-252. Epub 09/09/2019.

Augenstein, T. M.; Pigeon, W. R.; DiGiovanni, S. K.; Brazill, K. P.; Olivares, T. E.; Farley-Toombs, C.; Lee, H. B.; & Wittink, M. N.

NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. 2020; 1(4): 8.

Wittink MN, Levandowski BA, Funderburk JS, Chelenza M, Wood JR, Pigeon WR

Journal of interprofessional care.. 2020 34 (3):400-406. Epub 12/18/2019.

Chhatre S, Wittink MN, Gallo JJ, Jayadevappa R

American journal of men's health.. 2020 14 (5):1557988320945461. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink H, Blatter T, Outermans J, Volkers M, Westers P, Verschuren O

PloS one.. 2020 15 (10):e0239203. Epub 10/28/2020.

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Gallo JJ, Wittink MN, Morales KH, Lee DI, Guzzo T, Vapiwala N, Wong YN, Newman DK, Van Arsdalen K, Malkowicz SB, Schwartz JS, Wein AJ

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2019 December 1037 (35):3463-3464. Epub 09/30/2019.

Duberstein PR, Maciejewski PK, Epstein RM, Fenton JJ, Chapman B, Norton SA, Hoerger M, Wittink MN, Tancredi DJ, Xing G, Mohile S, Kravitz RL, Prigerson HG

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2019 November 22 (11):1394-1400. Epub 06/25/2019.

Gum AM, Epstein-Lubow GP, Gaudiano BA, Wittink M, Horvath C

BMJ : British medical journal. 2019 September 24366 :l5360. Epub 09/24/2019.

Loh KP, Mohile SG, Epstein RM, McHugh C, Flannery M, Culakova E, Lei L, Wells M, Gilmore N, Babu D, Whitehead MI, Dale W, Hurria A, Wittink M, Magnuson A, Conlin A, Thomas M, Berenberg J, Duberstein PR

Cancer.. 2019 July 15125 (14):2506-2513. Epub 03/28/2019.

Poleshuck E, Perez-Diaz W, Wittink M, ReQua M, Harrington A, Katz J, Juskiewicz I, Stone JT, Bell E, Cerulli C

Journal of community psychology.. 2019 June 47 (5):1000-1013. Epub 04/18/2019.

Loh KP, Mohile SG, Lund JL, Epstein R, Lei L, Culakova E, McHugh C, Wells M, Gilmore N, Mohamed MR, Kamen C, Aarne V, Conlin A, Bearden J, Onitilo A, Wittink M, Dale W, Hurria A, Duberstein P

The oncologist.. 2019 June 24 (6):e292-e302. Epub 04/23/2019.

Rodenbach RA, Norton SA, Wittink MN, Mohile S, Prigerson HG, Duberstein PR, Epstein RM

Patient education and counseling.. 2019 May 102 (5):909-915. Epub 12/12/2018.

Magnuson A, Lei L, Gilmore N, Kleckner AS, Lin FV, Ferguson R, Hurria A, Wittink MN, Esparaz BT, Giguere JK, Misleh J, Bautista J, Mohile SG, Janelsins MC

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2019 May 67 (5):928-936. Epub 1900 01 01.

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Gallo JJ, Wittink M, Morales KH, Lee DI, Guzzo TJ, Vapiwala N, Wong YN, Newman DK, Van Arsdalen K, Malkowicz SB, Schwartz JS, Wein AJ

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2019 April 2037 (12):964-973. Epub 03/12/2019.

Norton SA, Wittink MN, Duberstein PR, Prigerson HG, Stanek S, Epstein RM

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2019 February 27 (2):669-675. Epub 07/28/2018.

Team-based suicide prevention: Lessons learned from early adopters of collaborative care

Wittink, M.: Levandowski, B.; Funderburk, J.S.: Wood, J.; Chelenza, M., & Pigeon, W.

Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2019; .

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Gallo JJ, Malkowicz SB, Schwartz JS, Wittink MN

MDM policy & practice.. 2019 4 (1):2381468319855375. Epub 06/21/2019.

Pudalov LR, Swogger MT, Wittink M

International review of psychiatry.. 2018 December 30 (6):210-223. Epub 03/01/2019.

Mohile SG, Magnuson A, Pandya C, Velarde C, Duberstein P, Hurria A, Loh KP, Wells M, Plumb S, Gilmore N, Flannery M, Wittink M, Epstein R, Heckler CE, Janelsins M, Mustian K, Hopkins JO, Liu J, Peri S, Dale W

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN.. 2018 March 16 (3):301-309. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Qiu P

BMJ open.. 2018 February 28 (2):e019465. Epub 02/02/2018.

Wittink MN, Walsh P, Yilmaz S, Mendoza M, Street RL, Chapman BP, Duberstein P

Patient education and counseling.. 2018 February 101 (2):214-220. Epub 08/08/2017.

Qiu P, Caine ED, Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN

Journal of affective disorders.. 2018 February 227 :38-47. Epub 10/06/2017.

Chhatre S, Gallo JJ, Wittink M, Schwartz JS, Jayadevappa R

JRSM open.. 2017 November 8 (11):2054270417738511. Epub 11/09/2017.

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Wong YN, Wittink MN, Cook R, Morales KH, Vapiwala N, Newman DK, Guzzo T, Wein AJ, Malkowicz SB, Lee DI, Schwartz JS, Gallo JJ

Medicine.. 2017 May 96 (18):e6790. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chhatre, S.; Gallo,J.; Wittink, M.; Schwartz, S.; Jayadevappa, R.

JRSM Open. 2017; 8(11).

Guetterman TC, Creswell JW, Wittink M, Barg FK, Castro FG, Dahlberg B, Watkins DC, Deutsch C, Gallo JJ

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions.. 2017 37 (2):76-82. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Yilmaz S, Walsh P, Chapman B, Duberstein P

Contemporary clinical trials communications.. 2016 December 154 :214-221. Epub 10/11/2016.

Qiu P, Caine ED, Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Li J

PloS one.. 2016 11 (8):e0161097. Epub 08/15/2016.

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Gallo JJ, Wittink M, Morales KH, Bruce Malkowicz S, Lee D, Guzzo T, Caruso A, Van Arsdalen K, Wein AJ, Sanford Schwartz J

Contemporary clinical trials.. 2015 November 45 (Pt B):296-301. Epub 10/03/2015.

Poleshuck E, Wittink M, Crean H, Gellasch T, Sandler M, Bell E, Juskiewicz I, Cerulli C

Contemporary clinical trials.. 2015 July 43 :83-92. Epub 04/30/2015.

Hou F, Cerulli C, Wittink MN, Caine ED, Qiu P

BMC women's health.. 2015 March 2115 :28. Epub 03/21/2015.

Forster A, Dickerson J, Melbourn A, Steadman J, Wittink M, Young J, Kalra L, Farrin A,

Clinical rehabilitation.. 2015 March 29 (3):211-20. Epub 07/23/2014.

Forster A, Dickerson J, Young J, Patel A, Kalra L, Nixon J, Smithard D, Knapp M, Holloway I, Anwar S, Farrin A,

Lancet.. 2013 December 21382 (9910):2069-76. Epub 09/18/2013.

Mollen CJ, Miller MK, Hayes KL, Wittink MN, Barg FK

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.. 2013 November 20 (11):1164-70. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Morales KH, Cary M, Gallo JJ, Bartels SJ

The patient.. 2013 6 (1):35-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Jayadevappa R, Malkowicz SB, Wittink M, Wein AJ, Chhatre S

Health services research.. 2012 October 47 (5):1902-25. Epub 03/14/2012.

Wittink MN, Givens JL, Knott KA, Coyne JC, Barg FK

Journal of mental health.. 2011 October 20 (5):429-37. Epub 07/22/2011.

Joo JH, Wittink M, Dahlberg B

Qualitative health research.. 2011 August 21 (8):1065-74. Epub 04/04/2011.

Wittink MN, Cary M, Tenhave T, Baron J, Gallo JJ

The patient.. 2010 3 (3):145-157. Epub 1900 01 01.

Dahlberg B, Barg FK, Gallo JJ, Wittink MN

Ethos (Berkeley, Calif.). 2009 September 137 (3):282-313. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Joo JH, Lewis LM, Barg FK

Journal of general internal medicine.. 2009 March 24 (3):402-7. Epub 01/21/2009.

Bogner H, Dobransky LN, Wittink MN

Ethnicity & health.. 2008 November 113 (5):465-78. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Morales KH, Meoni LA, Ford DE, Wang NY, Klag MJ, Gallo JJ

Archives of internal medicine.. 2008 October 27168 (19):2125-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Dahlberg B, Biruk C, Barg FK

Qualitative health research.. 2008 September 18 (9):1174-83. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nguyen GT, Wittink MN, Murray GF, Barg FK

The Gerontologist.. 2008 June 48 (3):300-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Bogner HR

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2008 21 (1):17-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Switzer JF, Wittink MN, Karsch BB, Barg FK

Qualitative health research.. 2006 November 16 (9):1207-16. Epub 1900 01 01.

Barg FK, Huss-Ashmore R, Wittink MN, Murray GF, Bogner HR, Gallo JJ

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences.. 2006 November 61 (6):S329-39. Epub 1900 01 01.

Morales K, Wittink M, Datto C, DiFilippo S, Cary M, TenHave T, Katz IR

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2006 January 54 (1):70-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Barg FK, Gallo JJ

Annals of family medicine.. 2006 4 (4):302-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Crane MK, Wittink M, Doukas DJ

American family physician.. 2005 October 172 (7):1263-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink MN, Oslin D, Knott KA, Coyne JC, Gallo JJ, Zubritsky C

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2005 October 20 (10):927-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bogner HR, Wittink MN

Journal of women's health.. 2004 13 (6):739-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bogner HR, Wittink MN, Merz JF, Straton JB, Cronholm PF, Rabins PV, Gallo JJ

Community genetics.. 2004 7 (4):202-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wittink M, Straton JB

The Journal of family practice.. 2003 February 52 (2):104, 106. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kalra L, Perez I, Gupta S, Wittink M

Stroke.. 1997 July 28 (7):1386-91. Epub 1900 01 01.

Towards Integrated Medical and Mental Health Care in the Inpatient Setting: What is the Role of Psychology?

Pudalov, L; Swogger, M; Wittink, MN.

International Review of Psychiatry. .

Adapting a patient-centered communication tool for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia and their oncologist.

Watson E, Sanapala C; Cortes AM, Klepin HD; Wittink M; Norton S; Richardson DR; Dale W, Magnuson A; Mendler JH; Liesveld JL; Huselton EJ; O'Dwyer KM; LeBlanc TW; El-Jawahri A; Wong M, Loh KP.

Blood Advances. .

The mediating effect of maternal wellbeing on the association between neighborhood perception and child wellbeing: A longitudinal investigation.

Panisch, L. S.; Juskiewicz, I.; Crean H. F.; Cerulli, C.; Wittink, M.; Poleshuck, E. L.

Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Books

Goldman-Cecils Medicine, 27th Edition (2023)

Chapter: Medical Care of Patients with Psychiatric Diseases

Authors: Wittink, MN; Greysen, SR

Publisher: Elsevier, New York 2023

Handbook of Geriatric Assessment 5th Edition (2018)

Chapter: Cognitive Assessment

Authors: Wittink, MN Pawar, N Pacos-Martinez, A

Publisher: JB Learning 2018

Handbook of Suicide in Veterans and Military Populations (2017)

Chapter: Person Centered Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Settings

Authors: Duberstein, P, Wittink, MN, Pigeon, W

Publisher: Oxford University Press 2017

Psychology and Geriatrics (2015)

Chapter: Person Centered Suicide Prevention

Authors: Duberstein, P.; Wittink, M.

Publisher: Elsevier, San Diego 2015

Late Life Mood Disorders. (2013)

Chapter: Late Life Depression in Primary Care

Authors: Wittink MN, Duberstein, P, Lyness, J

Publisher: Oxford University Press 2013

Late-life mood disorders (2012)

Chapter: Late-life depression in the primary care setting

Authors: Wittink, M; Duberstein, P; Lyness, J

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York 2012

Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research (2010)

Chapter: Funding and Publishing Integrated Studies

Authors: Britt Dahlberg, Marsha Wittink, Joseph J. Gallo

Publisher: SAGE 2010

Handbook of Geriatric Assessment (2006)

Chapter: Cognitive Assessment

Authors: Joseph J. Gallo Marsha Wittink

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston 2006

Handbook of Geriatric Assessment (2006)

Chapter: Depression Assessment

Authors: Gallo, JJ, Wittink, MN

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston 2006

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