MEDICAL DIRECTOR

George C. Daul, Jr., MD, is a board certified psychiatrist and an eating disorders specialist. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Tulane University School of Medicine. He worked with Susan Willard for 22 years, up until she retired in 2009. Their collective expertise has served to assist thousands of eating disordered patients from across the country in their recovery. Dr. Daul is experienced and skilled in the inpatient management of eating disorders and is an expert in the psycho-pharmacological aspects of treatment.

CLINICAL DIRECTOR

Renee M Bruno, MD , is Clinical Consultant of the Eating Disorders Treatment Center at River Oaks Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Bruno has extensive clinical training and experience in the areas of Women's Mental Health and wellness, multidisciplinary treatment of Eating Disorders and Reproductive Psychiatry. She is a Board certified Psychiatrist with clinical and research interest in Gender Specific child, adolescent and adult psychiatry.

SENIOR NUTRITIONIST

Linda Ponder, MS, LDN, RD is the Senior Nutritionist at the Eating Disorders Treatment Center at River Oaks Hospital.  She earned her B.S. degree in Dietetics from Louisiana State University and her M.S. degree in Nutrition and Food Science from Texas Woman’s University. She is a Registered Dietitian, a member of the American Dietetic Association, and a member of the international Academy for Eating Disorders. In addition to her work on the inpatient unit at River Oaks Hospital, Linda also sees patients in the outpatient eating disorders clinic. She recently founded the Eating Disorder Center in Baton Rouge, where she has assembled a multidisciplinary team to treat outpatients. She has traveled extensively, lecturing on the role of the nutritionist in the treatment of eating disorders.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Marion McGavran, GSW, obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Tulane University. She began working at River Oaks Hospital in 2003 and assumed the position of Program Director on the Eating Disorders Unit in January of 2006.