Erin Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy

Assoc. Dean for Student, Alum, & Community Engagem

Erin Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy

Assoc. Dean for Student, Alum, & Community Engagem

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine: General Internal Medicine

  • ESPEARMAN@augusta.edu
  • (762) 374-7471
  • BBR 3524

Education

  • MD, Medicine Medical College of Georgia, 2005

  • BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General Spelman College, 2001

Certifications

  • Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine

  • BLS

  • Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • PHY State of Georgia, 2010

Awards & Honors

  • 2025 MCG White Coat Ceremony Keynote Speaker 2025

  • 2025 AMA Inspiration Award Americal Medical Association, 2025

  • 2025 AMWA Exceptional Mentor Award American Medical Women's Association, 2025

  • 2023 MCG Department of Psychiatry Clinical Faculty Member of the Year Award 2023

  • 2023 National Alumnae Association of Spelman College Hall of Fame Award 2023

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • GMED 5077

    Ambulatory Adult Select
  • PSRY 5000

    Basic Psychiatry Clerkship
  • PSRY 5002

    Consult-Liaison Psych Extn.
  • RMED 5000

    Medicine
  • MEDI 6100

    Orientation to Medicine
  • RPSY 5000

    Psychiatry
  • MEDS 3100

    Scient Interpr & Crit Thinking

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Mental health in medicine crisis: a quantitative survey of mental health of rising/current physicians, 2024
    Abstract
  • Studying the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Web-based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Hospitalized Adults with Suicide Risk (Lock to Live), 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Safe Administration of ECT in a Suicidal Patient With a Space-Occupying Astrocytoma, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • QTc monitoring in adults with medical and psychiatric comorbidities: Expert consensus from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry, 2020
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Globus Pharyngeus: Etiology, Taxonomy, and Reponse to Electroconvulsive Therapy, 2019
    Journal Article, Professional Journal