Leadership

Walden Behavioral Care has assembled a leadership team of experienced psychiatric hospital professionals with extensive experience developing, acquiring and operating inpatient hospital services.

Walden / Corporate

Stuart Koman, Ph.D., President and CEO

David Fassler, M.D., Chairman

Bruce Klein, General Counsel

Margaret Moran, R.N., M.H.S.A., Senior Vice President of Marketing and Contracting

Gail Hanson-Mayer, APRN-CS, MPH, Vice President of Clinical Operations

Paula C. Vass, MSW, LICSW, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations

James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Walter Henritze, Interim CFO

Walden / Waltham

James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Stuart Koman, Ph.D., President and CEO Co-founder, Choate Health Systems Principal, Koman Associates, organizational consultant to senior leaders in business and healthcare Senior Clinical Advisor, Public Consulting Group, providing strategic planning and systems re-engineering to state agencies throughout the northeast United States Former President, Charles River Health Management, a psychiatric contract management division of Community Care, Inc. Governing Board, American Psychological Association practice division (1992-2000) Author, co-editor, Handbook of Adolescents and Family Therapy [back to top]

David Fassler, M.D., Chairman Co-founder, Choate Health Systems Operates Vermont's largest psychiatric practice Author of seven books for children, parents and mental health professionals, including 'Help Me, I'm Sad': Recognizing, Treating and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression Board member, American Psychiatric Association Board member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Representative to the American Medical Association Recipient of the Braceland Award for Public Education and Advocacy from the American Psychological Association Recipient of the Exceptional Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for Mental Health Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist [back to top]

Bruce Klein, General Counsel

• Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Interliant, Inc.
• Nearly 20 years of experience in private practice and as corporate counsel

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Margaret Moran, R.N., M.H.S.A., Senior Vice President, Marketing and Contracting

• Nurse executive
• Former Vice President of Marketing, Choate Health Systems
• Developed the mental health program for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Active in insurance and managed care associations, where she is well-known and widely respected for her industry knowledge and commitment to quality care

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Gail Hanson-Mayer, APRN-CS, MPH, Vice President, Clinical Operations

• Nurse Executive
• Former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Choate Health Systems
• Senior Clinical Consultant for Sterling Resources, LLC

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James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

• Dually board certified child and adult psychiatrist
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
• Lectures throughout the United States on integrating nutritional and alternative therapies in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
• Maintains a private practice, Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources which utilizes integrative medicine in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
• Medical degree, psychiatry residency at George Washington University
• Fellowship in adolescent and child psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School

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Paula C. Vass, MSW, LICSW, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations

• Oversees all admissions for treatment of eating disorders
• Supervises clinical operations for patients receiving in-patient or residential care
• Previously served as Walden's Director of Social Work and Admissions
• Served as Clinical Director/Outpatient Therapist for Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
• Served as Psychiatric Triage Clinician for North Shore Medical Center/Salem Hospital, Salem, Mass.

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