Pamela Steadman-Wood, Ph.D., ABPP is a board certified specialist in Geropsychology. Dr. Steadman-Wood is a staff psychologist at the Providence VA Medical Center (PVAMC) and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Brown Alpert Medical School. She earned her doctorate at the University of Rhode Island then completed residency and fellowship at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Steadman-Wood has expertise in integrated care program development and evaluation. Her current professional endeavors focus on integrated geriatric mental and behavioral health services. Dr. Steadman-Wood is currently the General Outpatient Mental Health Section Chief at the Providence VAMC. Dr. Steadman-Wood’s clinical activities include assessment and treatment of mental health disorders, neuropsychological, functional and capacity evaluations, chronic illness management, behavioral medicine and dementia care management in older adult Veterans. She supervises Brown Clinical Psychology residents and fellows (from both behavioral medicine and neuropsychology tracks). Dr. Steadman-Wood is also a regional trainer and training consultant for the VA Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) competency training program for Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Depression (VA ACT-D) and has been invovled in the development of national webinars on evidence-based psychotherapy with older adults. Dr. Steadman-Wood has received several accolades for her professional Geropsychology services: 1) recipient of the 2014-2015 Alpert Medical School of Brown University’s Excellence in Teaching Award; 2) recipient of the 2014 Hospital Association of Rhode (HARI) Francis R. Dietz Award for Public Service in recognition of her work developing geriatric integrated care programs 3) recipient of several Special Contribution Awards from the Providence VA for her Home-Based Primary Care integrated care program development efforts. Dr. Steadman-Wood is also a co-editor of a professional guide for mental health providers on providing home care for older adults published in 2020.
