Behavioral Medicine Graduate Psychology Training Programs Faculty

Dr. Hays is a licensed clinical psychologist, in New Jersey and New York, specializing in health psychology and has worked at Cooper University Healthcare System since 2021. She is currently serving as the Wellness Psychologist and in that role responsible for program development and support of ongoing efforts across multiple levels of the CUH system to promote work-life balance, professional fulfillment, and resiliency amongst employees. She also provides patient care as well as supports the training of graduate students and postdoctoral students on the Behavioral Medicine consultation-liaison service across several settings. Within the hospital, she serves on several committees including Resiliency Resources Team, Graduate Medical Education Wellness Committee, and Physician Wellness Committee.

Dr. Hays received her undergraduate education at Bucknell University and earned her MS and PhD in Clinical Psychology (health emphasis) from Drexel University. She completed both internship and postdoctoral residency in clinical health psychology at VA Connecticut Healthcare System during which time she also held an academic appointment at Yale School of Medicine. She has published in peer-reviewed journals as well as serves as reviewer for scholarly publications. Dr. Hays is a member of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, the American Psychological Association, and Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Dr. LaGrotte is a licensed clinical psychologist with a health psychology focus and she has recently joined Cooper University Health System in July of 2020. She completed her psychology internship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with a focus on behavioral sleep medicine and her postdoctoral residency at the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University.
 
She provides psychological consultation and psychotherapeutic intervention for patients and families within the areas of Critical Care Services and Orthopedics. Dr. LaGrotte previous research has been in the areas of sleep, obesity/bariatrics, mild traumatic brain injury, and psychosocial wellbeing in collegiate student athletes. She has published in peer-reviewed journals as well as serves as reviewer for scholarly publications. She is a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Skelton is a licensed clinical psychologist, in California and New Jersey, specializing in health psychology and has worked at Cooper University Healthcare System since 2020. He completed his psychology internship in Health Service Psychology at the Sierra Nevada Veteran Affairs Healthcare System and his postdoctoral residency in Primary Care Psychology at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Healthcare System in affiliation with the University of California San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry. 

He is currently serving as the Psychologist in Cooper University Hospital’s Emergency Department. Dr. Skelton provides patient care, as well as supports the training of graduate students and postdoctoral students on the Behavioral Medicine consultation-liaison service across several settings. He assists with teaching medical students and Emergency Medicine Residents through didactics and shadowing experiences. Within the hospital he serves on several committees, including  Suicide Prevention, Resiliency Resources Team, Emergency Medicine Care Plan, Child Abuse Research Education Services, Cooper Healthcare System Care Plan Committee, and Behavioral Medicine Diversity Equity and Inclusion. He is a member of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and American Psychological Association.

Dr. Doremus is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in health psychology at Cooper University Health Care. In addition to providing direct patient care he supervises psychology trainees (pre-doctoral externs and interns as well as post-doctoral fellows) on the Behavioral Medicine Consultation-Liaison service. His specific clinical focus involves patients who engage in aggression and care-interfering behaviors, developing personalized behavioral care plans, and supporting staff in effective engagement with this population.

Dr. Doremus’s current research aims to develop an adaptive psychological pain intervention which can be effectively delivered in a brief clinical setting. Additionally, he seeks to expand current understanding of the composition and role of psychological consultation-liaison teams in acute care settings, and has published his work in peer-reviewed journals. He is an active member of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, New Jersey Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Association. 

Dr. Fishman is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialization in health psychology and psycho-oncology. Since completing a fellowship at Cooper in 2023, Dr. Fishman has joined the faculty and continued her work in oncology and on the general Consultation-Liaison Service. Along with provision of direct patient care, Dr. Fishman works alongside Dr. Fizur in the postdoctoral residency program. She provides supervision to externs, interns, and postdoctoral fellows on the consultation-liaison service. She is involved in quality improvement, development, and research as a member of Cooper’s Improvement of Care at End-of-Life Committee and serves on the general and ambulatory bioethics committees. She is a member of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and American Psychological Association.