Dr. Lisa Zak-Hunter, PhD, LMFT - Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Director of Behavioral Health
Provides conventional and brief psychotherapy, integrated care services, consultations for residents and faculty; behavioral health preceptor for residency program; oversees behavioral health curriculum and residents' 2nd year behavioral medicine rotation, assists with Wellbeing and Resilience Curriculum.
Dr. Tai Mendenhall, PhD, LMFT - Professor, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Provides conventional and brief psychotherapy. Dr. Mendenhall's primary appointment is in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. He is the former Director of Behavioral Health at St. John's.
Susan Pfau, LMFT - 2022-23 Predoctoral Intern
Provides conventional and brief psychotherapy, integrated care services, and consultations for residents and faculty. She also conducts early childhood (ages 0-5) assessments and serves as a behavioral health preceptor. Assists with behavioral health curriculum including lectures, review of resident/patient interactions, and behavioral medicine rotation.
Dr. Katherine Montag Schafer, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES - Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Is a Certified Diabetic Care and Education Specialist.
Also provides chronic disease management, consultations for residents and faculty, and pharmaceutical precepting for residency program.
Christopher Ackerman, LGSW, LADC - experience working in mental health and addiction services. Offers care coordination services, assists with outreach and scheduling of mental health and substance use disorder appointments, and a variety of social work needs.
Souk Moua, BSW - Offers care coordination services, has a long history of working in our community, speaks Hmong, helps coordinate office follow-ups with our hospitalized patients, assists with social work needs such as housing, insurance, food insecurity, and county benefits.