Professional Staff
Many of our staff are recognized leaders in their field, teach others in the profession, and have a long-standing devotion to their professions. All have a devotion to excellent service. Timothy Pylko, MD is described in LA Magazine's Super Doctors as one of the top psychiatrists in the Los Angeles region. Pasadena Magazine's Top Docs, 2009, selcted David Marcus, MD, Berry McCord, MD, Frank Minero, MD, Timothy Pylko, MD, and Dan Suzuki, MD as five of the top eleven psychiatrists in the San Gabriel Valley and beyond.
PSYCHIATRY
Terry Ann Bissell, M.D.
Dr.Terry Bissell took a rather interesting route to her M.D.degree. She has a BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She returned to school and got her Medical Degree from UCLA in 1986. She completed her Residency in Psychiatry from the Sepulveda-UCLA Program in 1990. She has a special interest in working with women in the areas of Mood and Anxiety Disorders - PMDD, Pre and Post menopausal Depression and Postpartum Depression. Her ability to interface with primary care physicians in as asset to both patients and physicians. A routine day for Dr. Bissell, however, is assessing the need for medications in men and women who are also seeing a psychotherapist. She enjoys the collaboration of working with psychotherapists and over-seeing the psychiatric medications.
Medical School: MD degree, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Warren Christianson, D.O.
Warren Christianson, D.O.
Board Certification: Adult Psychiatry
Dr. "Beau" Christenson is Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry. He completed an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, and he did his Psychiatry Residency at University of Southern California. He has significant experience at the Houston/DeBakey Veterans Administration Hospital and at the prestigious Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Touro University in Nevada.
Medical School: D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) from Touro University in Henderson, Nevada
Psychiatry Residency: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Psychiatry Fellowship: Specialty in Addiction, Baylor School of Medicine, Houston, Texas
California License: 20A8664
Sheela Gade, M.D.
Dr. Sheela Gade is Board Certified in both Adult Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Glade completed her adult Psychiatry Residency and Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. She was the Co-Chief Resident of her Child Fellowship. She was involved in psychiatric resident teaching, and she was also active in teaching medical students at Tufts University Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Gade's philosophy is to provide individualized, evidence-based care, and she believes in a collaborative approach with psychologists, therapists, general medical practitioners, pediatricians, and allied providers in psychiatry.
Areas of interest are, but not limited to, the diagnoses and treatment of ADD/ADHD, mood disorders including depression and bi-polar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders. Dr. Gade sees children, adolescents, and adults.
Medical School: M.D. degree
Psychiatry Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
California License: A106042
David Marcus, M.D.
Dr. David Marcus is Board Certified in Psychiatry and completed his medical training at the University of Kansas and psychiatric residency at the University of Rochester in New York. Also in Rochester, he participated in a Fellowship in designing and implementing clinical pharmacological trials for children and adolescents with depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD and tic disorders. He also has experience in the treatment of the chronic mentally ill, as well as ADHD, OCD, Bipolar and Tourette's Syndrome patients.
Medical School: M.D. degree, University of Kansas Medical School
Psychiatry Residency: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Fellowhsip:
University of Rochester School of Medicine
California License: A78153
Frank Minero, M.D.
Dr. Frank V. Minero is President and Director of Child and Adolescent services for San Marino Psychiatric Associates. He graduated from the New Jersey College of Medicine, and he completed both a Psychiatric Residency and Child-Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Los Angeles Country + University of Southern California. He has been in private practice in the Pasadena / San Marino Area since 1974. His practice includes the evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults on an outpatient basis.
Dr. Minero has been a member of the Southern California Psychiatric Society for over 30 years. He was elected for two terms as a District Councilor and he served on the Ethics Committee. Dr. Minero has supervised Psychiatric Residents at Los Angeles Country + University of Southern California as a Clinical Associate professor of Psychiatry since 1975.
Medical School: M.D. degree, New Jersey College of Medicine
Psychiatry Residency: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship in Child-Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
California License: G20479
Aura-Marie Pawley, M.D. 
Dr. Gigi Pawley as she is commonly known, completed both her residency training in General Psychiatry and Fellowship training in Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Upon completion of training, she joined San Marino Psychiatric Associates (SMPA) and Pacific Clinics East in Monrovia, where she was Medical Director for several years. Dr. Pawley has extensive training and experience in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, developmental and other disorders of childhood. She is especially interested in taking care of ADHD patients as children, youth, or adults, along with their families.
Dr. Pawley conducts comprehensive and thorough psychiatric evaluations to ensure proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment of her patients. She believes in a global approach to psychiatric care, which includes biological, psycho-social, and spiritual components of treatment. It is also her practice to encourage collaborative care of her patients with other medical providers, therapists, and educators involved in the care of her patients.
Timothy Pylko, M.D.
Dr. Timothy Pylko received his M.D. degree from the University of Toronto School of Medicine, and he completed his Psychiatric Residency at UCLA. Timothy Pylko practices both at San Marino Psychiatric Associates (SMPA) and at Las Encinas Hospital, Two South program. Dr. Pylko embraces a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of approaching patients and other families seeking help. He holds clinical faculty positions at UCLA School of Medicine and at USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Pylko was recognized as a Super Doctor for his outstanding expertise in Psychiatry in the December 2008 publication of the Los Angeles Magazine.
Medical School: M.D. degree, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto, Canada (1982)
Psychiatry Residency: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (1986)
California License: G051671
Daniel Suzuki, M.D.
Dr. Suzuki received his undergraduate degree at Stanford University, attended medical school at Northwestern University Medical School and completed his residency at the UCLA San Fernando Valley Program in Psychiatry. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Suzuki was selected by his fellow physicians as a "Top Doc", as published in the June 2009 edition of Pasadena Magazine. Dr. Suzuki is the Medical Director of Aurora Las Encinas Hospital
Certifications: Psychiatry and Neurology
Specialties: Adult Psychiatry
Medical School: M.D. degree, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL
California License: G56664
Psychology
Mary Fox, Ph.D.
Dr. Mary Fox received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University, did an Internship at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and took a Fellowship in Community Psychology at the University of Rochester in New York. She has been on the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and has recently taught on health risks at the University of California, San Diego. Throughout Mary Fox has maintained a private practice with adults, couples, and partners, and she feels that her work with clients in psychotherapy and with university students represents the challenge of inquiry and growth in both settings.
Graduate School: Ph.D. degree, Clinical Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Internship: University of California, San Francisco, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Community Psychology: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
California License: PSY 6817
Social Work
Camille Fagenson, L.C.S.W.
Camille Pylko Fagenson, L.C.S.W. has her Masters degree from the University of Southern California School of Social Work, and has been a licensed therapist for twenty years. She works with individuals, couples, adults and seniors. Ms. Fagenson has experience in treating mood and anxiety disorders, women's issues including postpartum depression and emotional struggles with infertility, relationship / marital problems, grief issues and more.
Graduate School: M.A. degree in Social Work, University of Southern California
California License: LCS 14489
Megan Snyder-Grossman, L.C.S.W
Marriage and Family Therapy
Daniel Doyle, M.F.T
Daniel Doyle is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 10 years experience in the field. Daniel has a diverse background of training and experience. He works with individuals dealing with mental health, relationship, and addiction issues. Additionally, Daniel works with children and adolescents. Daniel's training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, as well as creative arts therapy, allow him to utilize a variety of approaches to his work with clients, based on their individual needs.
Graduate School: M.A. degree in Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies
California License: MFC 40024
Linda Hill, M.F.T.
Linda Hill is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 10 years experience in the field.
Donna Janosik, M.F.T.
Donna Janosik has over ten years experience working with individuals, children, adolescents, seniors, couples, families, and groups. Her expertise includes: mood and personality problems, anger management, giref counseling, women's issues, and psychotic disorders.