Our Staff
Randy Pardell MD DFAPA Director
Randy Ian Pardell, MD, DFAPA established TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC with the goal of providing the highest quality psychiatric care to residents of the Hudson Valley and now Saratoga Spring, NY. Dr. Pardell emphasizes, “We address both the physiological and psychological aspects of each patient to create the optimal individualized treatment plan including medication management, genetic testing, psychotherapy, nutritional and bioidentical hormone supplementation and now Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) the newest technology for treatment resistant depression.”
Dr. Pardell, a board-certified psychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and the New York University School of Medicine with honors. He completed, with distinction, the Master in Pharmacology Program sponsored by Neuroscience Education Institute. He completed a Mini-Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation from Harvard Medical School at the Berenson-Allen Brain Stimulation Center at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital Center in Boston. As a highly regarded lecturer, Dr. Pardell has educated fellow physicians and mental health clinicians on the latest pharmacologic and innovative treatments of psychiatric disorders. He was recognized by Castle Connolly as a Top Doctor in the Hudson Valley in the Hudson Valley Magazine in 2010 and Top Doctor in US and News and World Report in 2011. Dr. Pardell has also been featured in Cablevision’s series “Meet the Leaders” to discuss his utilization of TMS to help patients overcome treatment resistant depression.
Dr. Pardell facilitates weekly educational symposia to ensure the clinical staff has the latest updates in mental health treatment.
Terri Coonrad-Hershkowitz NP-P
Ms. Hershkowitz has been immersed in mental health nursing for over 25 years. She was employed on the inpatient mental health units at Benedictine Hospital and then St. Francis Hospital. She completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at State University of New York at New Paltz, and then received her Master’s Degree in Nursing Science from the Russell Sage College in Troy, New York.
Upon completing her nurse practitioner’s degree, Ms. Hershkowitz was employed at Kaiser Permanente until 1999 at which time she joined Dr. Pardell at Riverview. Terri has been trained and certified in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and will assist Dr. Pardell in our TMS program as an integral part of the TMS Center of the Hudson Valley.
Ellyn Enisman CEC, LMSW
Ellyn Enisman is a Licensed Master of Social Work and a Certified Coach. She brings to her practice, advanced training and experience in counseling and over 20 years of corporate and individual coaching experience. She has held both leadership and management positions in industry as well. Ellyn partners with clients in a collaborative process to support them through life and career transitions and develop fulfilling personal and work relationships. Through counseling, she works proactively to help clients move forward through a process of self discovery that can reduce emotional suffering and create positive change. In an additional focus of her practice Ellyn helps college students, recent grads, and experienced professionals navigate career challenges including job search strategy and acquisition and interview skill training. She is the author of the recently published book: Job Interview Skills 101, The Course You Forgot To Take, a book written specifically for college students and recent grads. Ellyn holds a Master of Social Work from Adelphi University, a Certificate in Human Resource Management from Marist College and is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Adelphi University. She is a member of The International Coach Federation, Society of Human Resource Management, American Society for Training and Development, The National Association of Social Workers, and is the Board President of People, Inc.
Megan Chipkin BSN, RN, Nurse Pracitioner Intern and TMS Technician
Riveriview Psychiatric Medicine, PC is excited to have Meghan join our practice. She is currently enrolled at Russell Sage College to obtain a Nurse Practioner degree. She will be performing her internship with us for this year. She will be involved in both our psychiatric and TMS programs. She is a Raike master and provides a warm and welcoming clinical style to our practice.
Joseph Kruk, TMS Technician
Joseph is a Junior at SUNY New Paltz majoring in Biochemistry and taking a premedical curriculum. He has been trained by Dr. Pardell and certified by Neuronetics to administer TMS treatments. Joseph brings his intelligence, compassion and humor to each patient interaction and he is a wonderful addition to our TMS team. Joseph will be participating in our clinical research program to help further TMS as a scientifically rigorous treatment for neuropsychiatric illnesses.
