Harry Brandt, M.D., Director of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt

Dr. Brandt has 20 years of experience studying and treating people with eating disorders. Throughout his career, Dr. Brandt has regularly focused his vast psychiatric experience on eating disorders, having previously served as the Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the National Institutes of Health, and the Center for Eating Disorders at both Mercy and St. Joseph Medical Centers.

Participating in the difficult process of healing patients, however, remains Dr. Brandt’s true passion.
“Our central focus is on eating disorders,” says Dr. Brandt. “Our professional staff and unit is specifically designed to help a patient with an eating disorder recover, regardless of severity or complexity.”
Dr. Brandt received his bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., with a triple concentration in Chemistry, Biology, and Biochemistry. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1983.
 

Steven Crawford, M.D., Associate Director of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt

Dr. Steven Crawford has 15 years experience studying and treating people with eating disorders, focusing primarily on providing the best care to patients with serious eating disorders.

When he’s not treating eating disorders, he’s teaching other physicians about them and engaging in groundbreaking research. Dr. Crawford serves on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine where he teaches medical students and trainees about the identification of eating disorders. Additionally, he serves as a lead investigator in federally funded research grants.

He sees his specific role at the Center for Eating Disorders as “helping to knit the whole eating disorder program together so that every patient who comes in has a master treatment plan which maps out that individual’s goals.”
Dr. Crawford received his bachelor’s degree from LaSalle College in Philadelphia with a dual major in biology and psychology. He attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine from 1982 to 1986.
 

Sarah Blake, MSW, LCSW, Social Worker and Outreach Coordinator at Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt

Sarah has worked with eating disorders in a variety of settings, providing individual, family and group therapy over the past ten years. For the past two years, she has worked as a community outreach and admissions coordinator, including speaking engagements, connecting with referral sources, patient response, and public relations. Sarah also provides outpatient therapy for the Center for Eating Disorders. She is passionate about providing support and establishing a positive environment for her patients at the Center for Eating Disorders.

Sarah obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland and her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.