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Institute Leadership

Board of Directors

  • Chair Neil Rosen, Psy.D. (2017-2025)
  • Director of Institute Barbara Redinger, PhD (2022-2025)
  • Assoc. Director of Inst.  Nancy Bakalar, MD (2022-2025)
  • Secretary of Inst.  Rachel Louden, LCSW (2022-2025)
  • Treasurer of Inst.  David Williams, MD (2022-2025)
  • Chair of Appointments  David Stevens, Ph.D. (2018-2025)
  • Chair of Curriculum  Pam Haglund, Psy.D.  (2022-2025)
  • Chair of Progression  Rex McGehee, MD (2021-2025)
  • Chair of Child Com Kevin Udis, PhD (2022-2025)​
  • Director at Large Amanda Hutchison M.D. (2023-2026)
  • Director at Large Richard Hennessey (2019-2025)


Committee & Program Chairs

Executive Committee

  • Director - Barbara Redinger, PhD
  • Associate Director - Nancy Bakalar, MD & Rex McGehee, MD
  • Treasurer - David Williams, M.D.
  • Secretary - Rachel Louden, LCSW
  • Board Chair - Neil Rosen, PsyD

Program Chairs

  • Adult Analysis - Barbara Redinger, PhD
  • Child Analysis - Kevin Udis, PhD
  • Adult Psychotherapy (PTP)  - Lynne Gillick, PhD
  • Library - Rex McGehee, MD
  • Psychoanalytic Referral Service - Sangeeta Patel, MD

Ombudspeople (FOR FACULTY USE ONLY)

HIPAA protections do not apply and there is no confidentiality once a complaint is lodged.  

  • Leslie Jordan, PhD
  • Roy Lowenstein, MD

Education Coordinating Committee

  • Executive & Education Coordinating - Barbara Redinger, Ph.D.
  • Admissions - Kelly Crim, LPC
  • Appointments and Promotions - David Stevens, Ph.D.
  • Bylaws -  Stacey Keller, M.D.
  • Child Analysis - Kevin Udis, PhD
  • Curriculum -  Paula Bernstein, PhD & Pam Haglund, PsyD
  • Ethics - Rhoda Singer, M.D.
  • Finance -  David Williams, M.D.
  • Progression - Nancy Bakalar, MD
  • Psychoanalyst Assistance -  Mike Moran, M.D.
  • Psychoanalytic Referral Service - Sangeeta Patel, MD
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Adult - Lynne Gillick, PhD
  • Research  -Jacob Confer, PsyD
  • Co-Associate Director - Rex McGehee, MD


Founding Members

The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis was granted provisional status by the American Psychoanalytic Association in 1969 and was recognized as an Approved Institute in 1972. The faculty in 1969 included:

  • Jose Barchilon, M.D.
  • Gaston Blom, M.D.
  • Joan Fleming, M.D.
  • Herbert Gaskill, M.D.
  • Laurence Hall, M.D.
  • I. Charles Kaufman, M.D.
  • Janice Norton, M.D.
  • Dane Prugh, M.D.
  • Herbert Schlesinger, Ph.D.
  • Rene Spitz, M.D.
  • Brandt Steele, M.D.
  • Eleanor Steele, M.D.

The Institute is a nonprofit corporation and is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine. 


Past Institute Directors

  • 1971 Janice Norton-Kaufman, M.D.
  • 1971-1974 Herbert S. Gaskill, M.D.
  • 1974-1978 Laurence B. Hall, M.D.
  • 1978-1981 Jose Barchilon, M.D.
  • 1981-1984 Herbert S. Gaskill, M.D.
  • 1984-1986 Richard C. Simons, M.D.
  • 1986-1989 Jacob G. Jacobson, M.D.
  • 1989-1992 I. Gene Schwarz, M.D.
  • 1992-1995 David M. Hurst, M.D.
  • 1995-1998 Rhoda A. Singer, M.D.
  • 1998-2001 Calvern E. Narcisi, M.D.
  • 2001-2004 Rex H. McGehee, M.D.
  • 2004-2007 Jill M. Miller, Ph.D.
  • 2007-2013 Stacey C. Keller, M.D.
  • 2013-2016 Rex H. McGehee, M.D.
  • 2016-2019 Barbara Redinger, Ph.D.
  • 2019-2022 Stacey Fry, Psy.D.
  • 2022-2025 Barbara Redinger, Ph.D.


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