Robert James Malcolm, Jr, MD

A.J. Manett completed his B.S. in Chemistry-Engineering from Washington and Lee University in 2005 and his M.D. from the University of Toledo in 2009. In 2013, he completed a residency in Psychiatry at MUSC and served as Chief Resident. In 2014, he completed a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at MUSC. Upon completion of training, he began working with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health at the Charleston-Dorchester Mental Health Center. He served as a Clinical Assistant Professor for the MUSC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences from 2014 until 2016, where he supervised residents and taught medical students. In 2016, he returned to MUSC to join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Brain Stimulation Laboratory Division in the Department of Psychiatry. As a member of the Brain Stimulation team, he provides a variety of brain stimulation treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders such as treatment-resistant depression. These treatments include electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). He also leads an inpatient treatment team at the Institute of Psychiatry that helps stabilize acute symptoms of mood disorders and psychotic disorders. Dr. Manett has board certifications in both Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. He has an interest in the treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders and mood disorders. He is licensed by the DEA to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opiate use disorders. He is also active in the teaching and training of medical students and residents at MUSC.

Wendy E. Balliet, PhD is a psychologist in Charleston, SC specializing in psychology services. With expertise in various specialties and fluent in English, she provides compassionate care to her patients. Located at the MUSC Health Institute of Psychiatry, Dr. Balliet offers her services to both new and existing patients, helping them navigate their mental health and well-being.Generated from the website

Raymond F. Anton, M.D. is an addiction psychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist. He is a distinguished university professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, where he holds the Thurmond Wellness Endowed Chair. He the scientific director of an NIAAA-funded Alcohol Research Center, and the director of the Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry.Dr. Anton is a past-president of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) and is currently on the board of directors (secretary) of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA). He is an elected fellow to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is also currently serving as chair of the ACTIVE workgroup, a consortium of academics, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry whose task it is to define the best methods for clinical trials for alcohol use disorders. He also holds a prestigious Career Development Award (K05) from NIAAA to assist in mentoring junior researchers and developing genetic and brain imaging technologies.He is internationally known for his expertise in alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy and the use of lab tests to identify various drinking patterns. He has published over 300 articles and book chapters and has active funding for incorporating neuroimaging and genetics into alcohol treatment trials. He also helped pioneer the clinical utility of the CDT blood test for the detection and monitoring of heavy alcohol use and has been a member of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry workgroup on CDT measurement standardization. In June 2017, he was awarded the prestigious Henri Begleiter Award for Research Excellence by the Research Society on Alcoholism.