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Office
Therapeutic & Learning Centers, P-LLC
12640 Rolling Road, Dream Catcher Meadows
Potomac, MD 20854Phone+1 301-251-1190Fax+1 301-251-9110
Summary
- My life’s work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and neurodevelopmental disorders, especially those associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. My practice, Therapeutic & Learning Centers, P-LLC is situated on a 6.5 acre property, Dream Catcher Meadows, a farm animal sanctuary in Potomac MD, which is operated by my 501c3 nonprofit, 7th Generation Foundation, Inc.
Education & Training
- Children's National Hospital/George Washington UniversityFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004 - 2006
- MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2004
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2001
- University of North CarolinaMaster of Public Health, Health Policy & Administration, 1993 - 1995
- North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Science, Biological Sciences-Microbiology, Magna Cum Laude, 1987 - 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 2004 - 2025
- NC State Medical License 2020 - 2022
- DC State Medical License 2003 - 2016
- TN State Medical License 2013 - 2016
- GA State Medical License 2012 - 2015
- PA State Medical License 2012 - 2014
- VA State Medical License 2001 - 2002
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- "Washington's Top Doctors" Award Recipient Washingtonian Magazine, 2010, 2015-2016
- Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2014
- Who's Who of Executives and Professionals 2012, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsTreatment algorithm for the use of psychopharmacological agents in individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol and/or with diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (...Mansfield Mela, Ana Hanlon-Dearman, A. G. Ahmed, Susan D Rich, Rod Densmore
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology = Journal De La Therapeutique Des Populations Et De La Pharmacologie Clinique. 2020-07-16
Journal Articles
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in DSM-5co-authored with Natalie Novick Brown, PhD, Psychiatric News, 1/20/2013
- Executive Dysfunctions and the Sleepy Secretary of ADHDAttention Magazine - The Journal of CHADD, Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 1/1/2012
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and DSM-V: Through the Lens of a Child PsychiatristChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Society of Greater Washington Newsletter, 1/1/2009
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Society's Preventable Mental Health EpidemicToronto, Canada - 1/20/2015
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Transitional Youth IssuesVienna, Austria - 1/16/2015
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: The Preventable Epidemic of Mental Illness.University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry, Minneapolis, MN, 2014; Georgetown University Scho - 1/6/2015
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Other
- Better Safe than Sorry Project
www.BetterSafethanSorryProject.com
Churchill High School in Potomac, MD - 1/1/2014 - A Neurodevelopmental Paradigm for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderNatalie Novick Brown, PhD and Susan D. Rich, MD, MPH., The Judge's Page, Court Appointed Special Advocates and National Council for Juvenile and Family Cou
1/1/2014 - Diagnosing FASD in the Era of DSM-5: Good News for the Forensic ContextNatalie Novick Brown, PhD; Judge Anthony Wartnik (Retired) Susan D. Rich MD, MPH.
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Press Mentions
- Open House to Highlight Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in PotomacSeptember 6th, 2017
- Leading Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Susan Diane Rich, MD, MPH, DFAPA, Is to Be Recognized as a 2017 Top Doctor in Potomac, MarylandAugust 29th, 2017
- Leading Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Susan Diane Rich, MD, MPH, DFAPA, to Be Recognized as a 2017 Top Doctor in Potomac, MarylandApril 28th, 2017
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Committees
- Voting Physician Member, Prevention Committee Chair, Montgomery County Alcohol & Other Drug Advisory Council 2012 - 2014
- President, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Society of Greater Washington 2010 - 2017
Professional Memberships
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- Distinguished Fellow
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External Links
- Websitehttp://www.susandrich.com
- Nonprofithttp://www.7thgenerationfoundationinc.org
- Prevention Campaignhttp://www.bettersafethansorryproject.com
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