 Gina Magyar-Russell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling
Loyola University Maryland
Pastoral Counseling Department
8890 McGaw Road
Suite 380W
Columbia, MD 21045 410.617.7687
gmmagyarrussell@loyola.edu Education
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
M.A., Bowling Green State University
B.A., University of Michigan Biography
Dr. Gina Magyar-Russell is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University in Maryland and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JHSOM) in Baltimore, MD. She is a licensed psychologist in Maryland who specializes in psychological and spiritual adjustment following adverse health events, with particular emphasis on treatment of anxiety, mood, and spiritual problems among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). She has co-authored several papers on religion/ spirituality and health, as well as depression and anxiety, in a variety of medical patient populations. Dr. Magyar-Russell is the principal investigator of an ongoing study funded by the American Heart Association examining the prevalence and functional impact of anxiety disorders among cardiac patients who have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). She maintains active research interests in the areas of religious and spiritual coping, spiritual struggle, and resilience (in particular among CVD and cancer patients), and integrates religion and spirituality into her practice of psychotherapy. |
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