The Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center is led by Executive Director Jair Soares, MD, PhD, the Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair In Psychiatry at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and Chief Medical Officer Lokesh Shahani, MD, MPH, FACP.
Leadership Team
Physicians and Psychologists
The physicians and psychologists of the Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center are faculty within the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Our world class team of specialists proudly offers individualized care, with treatment options and services providing a continuum of care, allowing us to provide ongoing care to the patient after they leave our campus. All of our physicians and psychologists at the Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center are members of the faculty at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
Browse Physicians and Professional Staff
UTHealth Houston has the largest number of academic psychiatric faculty members in the state of Texas. In addition to teaching and training burgeoning mental health care providers, the faculty are also highly invested in quality patient care.
Notice of Nondiscrimination
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (“UTHealth Houston”) and UT Physicians comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. UTHealth Houston and UT Physicians do not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
UTHealth Houston and UT Physicians:
- Provide people with disabilities reasonable modifications and free appropriate auxiliary aids and services to communicate effectively with us, such as:
- Qualified sign language interpreters.
- Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats).
- Provide free language assistance services to people whose primary language is not English, which may include:
- Qualified interpreters
- Information written in other languages.
If you need reasonable modifications, appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or language assistance services, contact clinic staff.
If you believe that UTHealth Houston or UT Physicians has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with: University Relations & Equal Opportunity, Section 1557 Coordinator, 7000 Fannin, Suite 150, Houston, Texas 77030, 713-500-2255, or by email at [email protected]. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, phone, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the University Relations & Equal Opportunity, Section 1557 Coordinator is available to help you.
You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.
Contact Us
Call 713-500-1500 to connect with one of our experienced behavioral health experts. We are available on-site 24/7 to talk with you.
If you are in a mental health crisis and in need of immediate help, please call 988 or seek care at your closest emergency room.