Michael Lang, MD, FACP, DFAPA

Employment

Chair of Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine

February 16, 2022 – Present
Duties include clinical, scholastic, budgetary oversight of department with 20 clinical faculty.  I represent psychiatry division to the school, prepare annual budget, assist faculty toward professional development and shepherd the fiscal stability of the department. I also continue to act as Chief of Service for Psychiatry at ECU Health with all its associated responsibilities and a leader of the Behavioral Health Service Line in Eastern North Carolina.

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

July 2, 2007 – February 15, 2022
Duties include direct patient care in psychiatry and medicine clinics, residency training director nursing home coverage, lecturing, resident supervision, inpatient attending coverage for medicine and psychiatry wards, provision and teaching of ECT/TMS, and primary care provider and psychiatrist in East Carolina University Infectious Disease clinic.

Research technician for Dr G. Lynis Dohm

January 1997 – August 1998
Diabetes and obesity laboratory at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Duties include performing experiments, laboratory animal care, data analysis, and acquiring tissue from the Dept of Surgery for use.

Medical Training

Residency Internal Medicine and Psychiatry

October 2003 – June 30, 2007
Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC

Internship Internal Medicine and Psychiatry

July 2002 – September 2003
Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC

Education

Duke University

April 17, 2009
Fellowship Certified in Electroconvulsive Therapy

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

August 17, 1998 – May 11, 2002
Medical MD

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

January 1997 – May 1998
Graduate post-baccalaureate education in biochemistry and immunology

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

December 1995
Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Biology

Licenses and Certifications

• State of North Carolina permanent physician’s license-March 2004.  License number 200400226
• Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine Certification-August 30, 2007 to December 31, 2017. ABIM Recertification October 30, 2017. Diplomat ID 266163
• Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certification-April 3, 2009 to April 2019. ABPN Recertification September 21, 2019. Diplomat ID
• Basic Life Support recertification- January 20, 2021
• ACLS recertification- August 18, 2021
• Licensure in Suboxone Administration.  Certified-April 20, 2012.    DEA: XL8904799
• Certification in Evaluation and Administration of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by Neuronetics Corporation October 29-30, 2013.
• Fellowship in American College of Physicians November 2014.
• Distinguished Fellowship in American Psychiatric Association November 2015

Professional Experience

Vice Chair ECU Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Chief of Service for Psychiatry Vidant Medical Center

April 1, 2019 – February 15, 2022
Started leadership role assisting Chair of Psychiatry in clinical oversight of psychiatric services at Vidant Medical Center. Focus is on service line maintenance and development on both inpatient, emergency department, and Consultation services. Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Vidant Medical Executive Committee: Member as Chief of Service.  Responsibilities include oversight of providers in hospital via policy review, peer review, credentialing, liaison with hospital administration, and quality assurance.
• Chief of Service Committee: Meeting designed to allow chiefs to discuss service line interactions and process issues to allow for interdisciplinary care of patients. As chief of service, I present report to faculty as part of Quarterly Service meeting for Dept Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.
• Quality Executive Committee: As chief of service I review, help coordinate, and contribute to policy and quality initiatives for all patient care in hospital especially regarding adverse events.
• Behavioral Health Executive Committee: Receives reports from operational subcommittees and quality to help shape the service line vision for the region
• Behavioral Health Leadership Committee: Focuses on Vidant Medical Center to address unit issues, quality metrics, staffing concerns, etc
• Chair Search Committee for Vidant/ECU Vice Chair of Clinical Integration: Oversaw search for Vice chair who would serve as director of regional psychiatry service line development in Eastern North Carolina for Vidant affiliated hospitals. Responsible for review and revision of position description and job posting with office of equity &diversity, review & interview of applicants, and coordination of search committee activities. March 2019 to July 2019

Access East Board of Directors

January 1, 2023 – Present
Member of Leadership Board overseeing the activities and productivity of Access East which provides case management services in partnership with ECU Health for care navigation for highly vulnerable and/or highly complex patients.

Training Director, combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry program

July 1, 2014 – July 1, 2023
Assumed directorship role of residency after associate directorship for 6 years.  Duties included oversight and participation in recruitment, curriculum oversight with didactic teaching, rotation scheduling, administrative liaison with GME, direct supervision and training in psychiatry and internal medicine, assessment of competency standards through clinical competency committees in both departments, promotion of academic activity within resident body, and all duties previously done as associate training director.  I provide direct supervision for professional development as well as preparation for graduation and certification exams.  I also administered and oversaw the internal medicine/psychiatry 4th year medical student elective.

Section Head Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Service

October 30, 2013 – Present
Oversight and management of TMS service to include maintenance of education, provision of consultation and care using TMS, and marketing/consultation/liaison to outside providers in Eastern North Carolina.  I oversee the TMS resident elective.

Section head Electroconvulsive Therapy Service

July 1, 2011 – Present
I assumed oversight of ECT service coordinating care with the Anesthesiology Department to provide treatment for patients with refractory depression and psychosis.  I am part of a three-physician team and I am responsible for maintenance of all ECT policies & procedures.  I also directly address any grievances or issues within the program.

Director Local Management Entity psychiatric outreach program

October 1, 2010 – February 15, 2023
In this role I serve as a primary LME physician providing both therapy and medication management to a nine-county catchment area for both the persistently mentally ill and the uninsured/indigent.  Additionally, I supervise therapists in the LME program, a nurse providing onsite lab services and injections, and a nurse practitioner providing direct patient care in clinic. I am the CLIA designated supervisor for the clinic laboratory.

Associate Residency Training Director, Combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry program

July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2014
Responsibilities include supervising the development of resident curricula to meet ACGME requirements for competency-based education; revision and maintenance of a system for residency program evaluation; providing regularly scheduled feedback to residents; advising and assisting chief residents with call schedules and conferences; mentoring chief residents in their academic pursuits; counseling residents in personal issues and career development/planning; organizing, developing, and assisting in the recruitment process, internal reviews and ACGME RRC reviews; interacting with the institution’s Graduate Medical Education division; and working collaboratively with the Program Director on the day-to-day administration of the residency program.

Assistant Residency Training Director Adult Psychiatry Residency Program

September 15, 2009 – June 30, 2010
Responsibilities include screening of applications for the resident interview season; restructuring of the supervision process and documentation thereof for residents; conducting semi-annual reviews to document resident’s progress through training; and serving on the Resident Education Committee.

Supervisor for multiple interns in psychiatry residency

2007 – Present
Provided one hour per week of individual oversight regarding diagnosis, medication management, professional development, and board preparation.

Supervisor in clinic for internal medicine residents

2007 – Present
I served as direct clinical supervisor for clinical care of patients for four to eight residents in their resident run clinic.  Case studies and journal articles were also reviewed on a weekly basis as part of the clinic experience.

Chief Resident for Psychiatry

July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007
I serve as intermediary between the resident body and attending staff, organized rotations/call schedules for residents, and participated in resident advisory meetings among other activities.

Small group leader of psychiatry small group sessions for M1 and M2 psychiatry courses

January 2005 – May 2006

Consultation Experience

• Faculty representative/liaison for ECU CME accreditation consultant – June 5, 2015
• Served as Consultant for development of an inpatient internal medicine/psychiatry ward service at Carolinas Medical Center to UNC-Charlotte medicine/psychiatry faculty – May 26, 2016
• Department committee member for five-year review of Chair of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine – May 2019

Professional Committees

Chair of Pathology Chairperson Search Committee

April 8, 2024 – Present
Lead on search process for new Pathology Department Chair.  I oversee committee process, advertising, application review, communication, and interviewing.

Access East Board of Directors

June 2023 – Present
Member who attends monthly meetings to review progress of Access East which provides case management services in alignment with ECU Health.

Association of Medicine & Psychiatry Leadership Council

September 2017 – Present

• Elected Secretary of Leadership Council for 2-year term September 2017 to October 2019 Duties include recording minutes and maintaining file of by-laws, conference calls, exhibitors/sponsors and coordinating events with the President.
• Elected Treasurer for 2-year term October 2019 to September 2021. Duties include providing financial reports during leadership meetings, oversight of budget for organization and national meeting, and assuring payments for organization expenses.
• Elected Vice-President of AMP October 2021 to September 2023 for 2-year term. Duties included assistant to President in management decisions, oversight and production of the AMP Webinar series, and participation in Leadership Council and Executive Council
• Elected President of AMP October 2023 to September 2025 for 2-year term. Duties include Chairing Leadership and Executive Council, Coordination of organization management with Professional Exchange Service Company (PESC), and oversight of organizations fiscal health. Projects include developing management support for organization, partnering with a sponsor/exhibitor group, and promoting CME/MOC activities for members among other projects.

Association of Medicine & Psychiatry Planning Committee

October 28, 2013 – Present

• Served as Committee member to conceptualize, recruit speakers, design brochure, and arrange meeting locations for annual AMP national meeting in Chicago, Illinois October 2014.  I recruit sponsorship for the meeting and I also oversee the poster competition for acceptance and display for resident presentations.
• Co-Chair for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Annual Meetings. Organized and coordinated monthly planning committee conference calls, helped design brochure and sponsor prospectus, and overall presentation of meeting.

ECU Psychiatry Service Line Administrative Team

July 1, 2023 – Present

Workgroup devised as part of realignment of Behavioral Health Services.  This group is responsible for identifying variances in quality/productivity or conceptualizing projects to advance the strategic planning for psychiatry/psychology services.  Reports to Service Line Executive Committee

ECU Psychiatry Service Line Executive Team

July 1, 2023 – Present

Leadership group devised as part of realignment of Behavioral Health Service.  The Leadership group receives reports from varied subcommittees including SLAT and devises plan to achieve fruition of projects.  Reports to Clinical Executive Committee for ECU Health.

Professional Development

Lapin Leadership Series

March 2024 – Current
Leadership development series put forth by Lapin International to educate and optimize leadership awareness and skills especially in difficult situations. I participate in regular educational group sessions with other leaders within ECU Health.

Physician Leadership Institute

September 2017 – April 2018

• Member of 7th class of PLI which provided lecture and small group hands on discussion for development of leadership and management skills including personality assessment, managing change, assessment of well-being, population health among other topics.
• Attended PLI Master Class Symposium on Emotional Intelligence – May 18, 2018

Vidant Accelerated Leadership

October 5-7, 2022
Three-day immersive experience on adjusting philosophy of leadership styles and providing insight on internal and personality influences on leadership style. This is an ongoing group process.

Harvard Program for Clinical Chairs

January 21 – February 2, 2024
Two week immersive experience at the T.H.Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University to expand administrative, leadership, budgeting, and human resource development as Chairs. Awarded 46 CME Credits and Certification of Completion.

Community Activities/Outreach

Member Stare Psychiatry Leadership Group

April 1, 2024 – Current
ECU representative of leadership group comprising psychiatry leaders from North Carolina Medical Schools and Hospital developing advocacy for psychiatric access and care throughout the state.  This informal group liaisons with the legislature to inform on challenges facing Psychiatric practice.

President Eastern Youth Orchestra

September 1, 2022 – Current
Serve as leader of Executive Board and provide oversight of budget, management of conductor concerns, parent/organization liaison, and advancement of organization membership.

Professional Service

• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Yilmaz Yildirim, MD for promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Rochester July 22, 2020.
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Tushar Thakre, MD for promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Medical College of Virginia August 26, 2020.
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Frank Clark, MD for promotion to Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Greenville, South Carolina March 19, 2021
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Dejuan White, MD for promotion to Associate Professor o Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia July 28, 2023
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Vasu Venkatachalam, MD for promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia August 23, 2023
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Jonathan Kaplan MD for promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science and Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College Chicago, Illinois August 5, 2024
• Reviewed credentials and composed Letter for Promotion of Ryan Wagoner MD for promotion to Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at University of South Florida Tampa, Florida August 23, 2024
• Reviewed credentials and completed evaluation form for Promotion of Allison J Smith MD to Associate Professor -Education Track at Medical University of South Carolina February 17, 2025

Media Projects/Involvement

• Lang, M. The Five Minute Primary Care Psychiatry Consult Podcast. ECT in Primary Care. Published by UC-Irvine TNT Faculty. September 27, 2021.
• Multiple podcast episodes for GME/AHEC Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals Series 2022
• Multiple podcast episodes for Psychiatric Medications Podcast Series with Eastern AHEC CME 2023
• Various news interviews and media appearances 2018-2023

Research Experience

Principal Investigator

• Development of Child Oriented Therapy within an outpatient psychiatry clinic. AHEC Grant 217937. July 1, 2022-June 30 2024
• Evaluation of the Scale for Anxiety & Depression Within Treatment Groups. ECU IRB 15-001568 December 2015 to November 30, 2016
• Katie B Reynolds Charitable Trust grant “Integrating Mental Health Care in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Clinic.” Grant #2009-092. July 1, 2009-December 31, 2011

Sub-Investigator

Multiple research projects 2011-2020 including biomarkers studies, depression trials, and ASPREE trial

Publications

• Lang, Michael. Management of Depression in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. Audio-Digest Obstetrics/Gynecology. Vol 59, Issue 11. June 7, 2012.
• Pagano, JJ. Penders, T. Lang, M. Gooding, Z. Electroconvulsive Therapy Improves Persistent Psychosis After Repeated Use of Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (Bath Salts). The Journal of ECT, 29(4): p59-60. November 16, 2013
• Lang, M. Overview of the Anxiety Disorders. Audio-Digest Internal Medicine. Vol 60, Issue 45. December 7, 2013.
• Lang, M. Managing Depression in Primary Care. Audio Digest Internal Medicine. Vol 62, Issue 16. April 28, 2015.
• John, Nadyah. Lang, Michael. Shelton, PG, Ingersoll, Jennifer. Training Psychiatry Residents in Professionalism in the Digital World. Psychiatric Quarterly, Oct, 2016. 1-8 DOI 10.1007/s11126-016-9473-8
• Johnson, Toni. John, Nadyah. Lang, Michael. Shelton, PG. Accrediting Graduate Medical Education. Psychiatric Quarterly. October 14, 20192016. DOI 10.1007/s11126-016-9475-6
• Lang, M. Depression in Pregnancy. Audio Digest Obstetrics & Gynecology Vol 65, Issue 09. May 7, 2017
• Lang, M. Changes in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Edition) and Electroconvulsive Therapy. Audio-Digest Psychiatry. Vol 46, Issue 13. July 7, 2017
• Lang, M. Evidenced Based Prescription of Narcotics. Audio Digest Internal Medicine 66:36 September 28, 2019
• Lang, M. When is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Indicated? The Hospitalist. May 24, 2019
• Lang, M. Alternative Therapy for Management of Chronic Pain. Audio Digest Family Medicine 67:38 October 14, 2019
• Lang, M.: Management of Psychiatric and Social Comorbidity with Dementia. Audio Digest Internal Medicine 67:10 (March 14) 2020
• Xiong, G. Pinkhasov, A. Mangal, J. Huang, H. Rado, J. Gagliardi, J. DeMoss, D. Karol, D. Suo, S. Lang, M. Stern, M. Spearman, V. Onate, J. Annamalai, A. Saliba, Z. Heinrich, T. Fiedorowitz, J. QTc Monitoring in Adults with Medical and Psychiatric Co-Morbidities. A Consensus Statement from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry. J Psychosomatic Research. May 11, 2020. 135:110138. PMID: 32442893.
• D’Souza, Ryan. Lang, M. The Prescription Drug Monitoring System. StatPearls. September 1, 2020. Bookshelf ID: NBK532299 PMID: 30335332
• Smith-Martinez, L. Muppavarapu, K. Lang, M. Antidepressants, TMS, and the risk of affective switch in bipolar depression. Current Psychiatry. Vol 20. No 4. April 2021. P24-28.
• Pinkhasov A, Xiong G, Bourgeois JA, Heinrich TW, Huang H, Coriolan S, Annamalai A, Mangal JP, Frankel S, Lang M, Raj P, Dandois M, Barth K, Steward AL, Rado J, Pesek J, Sanders A, Spearman-Mcarthy V, Gagliardi J, Fiedorowicz JG. Management of SIADH-related hyponatremia due to psychotropic medications—An expert consensus from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Dec 2021:151:110654. PMID: 34739943 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110654
• Lang, M. Support needed to improve behavioral health. The Daily Reflector Opinion Column. February 21, 2023.
• Rynn, M. Meltzer-Brody, S. Benca, R. Lang, M. Brown, C. Impact of the Youth Behavioral Health Crisis in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal. Vol 84. Issue 5. September 1, 2023.

Awards

• Received 2024 ECU Health Patient Choice Award as a Top Performing Clinician
• Received 2023 ECU Health Patient Choice Award as a Top Performing Clinician
• Received Outstanding Service Award at Association of Medicine and Psychiatry National Meeting October 12, 2018
• Received ECU Master Educator Award at Brody Faculty Meeting February 8, 2018
• ECU Dept Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Faculty of the Year 2014-15
• ECU Department of Internal Medicine Teaching Award from second year resident class June 12, 2014
• Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education. Presented from the American Psychiatric Association. January 13, 2014.
• ECU Dept of Psychiatry Faculty of the Year 2009-2010
• Outstanding Resident Consult Liaison Service Department Psychiatric Medicine- June, 2004
• Resident of the Month Department of Psychiatry-December 2005

Professional Organizations

• American Psychiatric Association member since November 2004
• Association of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry member since July 2002
• American College of Physicians member since July 2002
• North Carolina Medical Society member since March 2004
• American Medical Association member from January 2005 to June, 2009
• Pitt County Medical Society member since January 2005
• North Carolina Psychiatric Association member since July 2006
• American Association of Directors Psychiatry Residency Training member since January 2015