PediPRN Care Team

Karyn Horowitz, MD, is the director of outpatient child psychiatry and behavioral health services at Lifespan. Dr. Horowitz received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, where she graduated Alpha Omicron Alpha; she completed two years of internal medicine training at the University of Chicago Hospitals and both her adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Columbia University. Dr. Horowitz is an associate professor (clinical) in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Sarah Hagin, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s Hospital who specializes in the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal and feeding disorders. She is the project manager of the Pediatric Psychiatry Resource Network (PediPRN) at Bradley Hospital, and an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Dr. Hagin received her undergraduate degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She completed both her master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology (specializing in health psychology) from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She completed a clinical child/pediatric psychology internship at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore, and completed her fellowship training at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital.

Dr. Hagin’s research interests are in the areas of pediatric gastroenterology, nutrition, and liver diseases, health promoting behaviors in children with chronic illnesses, and integrating behavioral health care into the medical setting.
 

Richard M. Smith, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, and has been in practice since 1989. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by residency and fellowship training at the Medical College of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, and the University of Maryland. 

Dr. Smith is a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. He has spent the bulk of his career in general outpatient child psychiatry and community mental health working with kids of all ages and abilities, and a broad range of mental health issues.