Suzanne Holroyd MD

Dr. Suzanne Holroyd has been named the chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Holroyd joins Marshall from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine where she served as vice chair for education in the department of psychiatry and neurobehavioral science, among several other administrative appointments and academic positions.

Holroyd earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed a residency in psychiatry and a clinical research fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Following her residency, she served as an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins. She joined the University of Virginia in 1992, first as an assistant professor and rising to the rank of professor in 2004. She served there until late last year when she accepted the position at Marshall. Clinically, she specializes in psychiatric disorders in the elderly, including those with dementia or memory loss disorders.