MIND - Key Persons
Dr. Easton has over 15 years of psychiatric research in areas related to the use of medications and ECT in the treatment of psychiatric disorders as well as anti-craving medication in addiction. He has numerous research publications and book chapters in his areas of expertise as well as having lectured nationally on topics related to the pharmacotherapeutic agents and the management of mood disorders, psychosis and addiction.
Petronilo Costa, MD is an attending physician at MIND in Deerfield, Illinois. From the beginning of his career, Dr. Costa has taken a special interest in community outreach and has become an internationally recognized authority in pediatric neuropsychiatry.
Education
Dr. Costa attended medical school at the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Brazil, where he completed his pediatrics training. He migrated to the United States for his post-graduate studies, completing his general psychiatry residency at the University of Illinois and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Melanie Dillon is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified National Counselor and Certified Alcohol and other Drug Counselor. She has been in private practice since 1993 and more recently she formed an integrated mind.body.spirit practice known as Entourage Clinical Services. At MIND she is the Patient Liaison and supports patients receiving treatment. Melanie is a Certified Holistic Cannabis Practitioner through the Holistic Cannabis Academy in Colorado. Her years of practice and facility with alternative healing methods support the innovative treatment options offered at TNC.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago
Nash N. Boutros, M.D. is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Previously he served as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri in Kansas City (UMKC) from 2014-2017. He has taught and conducted research at the University of Texas, the Ohio State University and Yale. He graduated from Cairo University College of Medicine in 1974. He is Board Certified in both Psychiatry and Neurology and specializes in neuropsychiatric conditions. He is renowned throughout the world as an authority regarding Psychiatric Electrophysiology. Dr. Boutros has published more than 220 peer reviewed papers in national and international journals in addition to 8 books and numerous book chapters.