Isela A. Werchan, M.D.

Isela A. Werchan is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Werchan is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry. Werchan completed her undergraduate studies at The University of Texas at El Paso. She received a medical degree at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and completed her general psychiatry residency training at Dell Medical School.

Her training experience includes the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, traumatic and obsessive compulsive disorders and psychotic disorders. She has special interests in cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavioral therapy and substance abuse group therapy.

Her current primary focus involves the assessment and treatment of substance abuse disorders. She has experience in residential treatment program centers, inpatient psychiatric hospital care, outpatient psychiatry and outpatient psychotherapy.