Tracy Suzanne Cummings, MD

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Dr. Cummings serves as the Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Medical Director for the Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs at the Lindner Center of Hope. As a staff psychiatrist for LCOH, she specializes in the assessment and treatment of children through emerging adulthood. Dr. Cummings seeks to integrate all aspects of health, mental and physical, into the treatment process. Working with a multidisciplinary team, Dr. Cummings’s current clinical work encompasses comprehensive assessment and intensive treatment to optimize each patient’s personal route to mental wellness. Her outpatient pharmacotherapy work is centered around youth and young adults but can span all age ranges.

Dr. Cummings began her Adult General Psychiatry Residency training with the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and completed her training at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. She specialized in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry during her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toledo Medical Center. She gained experience working with individuals and families coping with severe and chronic psychiatric issues at Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital in Toledo while completing her fellowship training. Prior to joining Lindner Center of Hope, Dr. Cummings was a staff psychiatrist at a federally qualified health center in southern Ohio working to integrate mental healthcare into primary care offices, sparking her interest in providing collaborative consultation in youth mental health. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. She is licensed by the State Medical Board of Ohio.

A published clinician who has enjoyed the opportunity to participate in research, Dr. Cummings has made significant effort to represent the field locally, regionally and nationally on a wide range of topics in various media formats in order to provide education to patients and families while reducing the stigma of seeking mental health services.

This provider offers telehealth visits. 

Areas of Specialty and Interest:

• Child and Adolescent PHP and IOP
• Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services
• Child and Adolescent Consultation
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Workplace Burnout
• Patient and family education and empowerment

 Degree(s):

• 2022 Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Operations, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2005 Doctor of Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
• 2000 Bachelor of Arts, Zoology, Summa Cum Laude, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Internship and Residencies:

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, 2008-2010
• Chief Resident, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, 2009-2010
• Adult General Psychiatry Resident, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, 2007-2008
• Adult General Psychiatry Resident, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 2005-2007

Licensure, Certification and Membership:

• Ohio State Medical Board
• Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Board Certified in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

Honors and Awards:

• Listed in Cincinnati Top Docs and Cincy Best Docs multiple years
• Lindner Center of Hope Employee of the Year 2020
• University of Toledo Medical Center, Chief Resident, Child & Adolescent Department.
• University of Toledo Medical Center, Sharad Multani Award for excellence in clinical care.
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Excellence in Teaching Award in Psychiatry
• University of Toledo Medical Center, Dr. Sam Schaeffer Award, Peer Chosen Award

Publications:

• Lisdexamfetamine in Pediatric Binge Eating Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review.
  Guerdjikova AI, Blom TJ, Mori N, Matthews A, Cummings T, Casuto LL, McElroy SL. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2019 Nov/Dec;42(6):214-216.
• Game-based biofeedback for pediatric anxiety and depression
  Knox, M.; Lentini, J.; Cummings, T.S.; McGrady, A.; Whearty, K.; Sancrant, L.
  Mental Health in Family Medicine, Volume 8, Number 3, September 2011, pp. 195-203(9).
• Treatment of catatonic schizophrenia with lorazepam and aripiprazole
  Cummings,D. Noordsy. Schizophrenia Research. 2009, Volume 112, Issue 1, pp. 194-195.