Behavioral Medicine

As members of the Department of Behavioral Medicine, our goal is to address the psychological needs of our patients and their families. We are available to assist them, throughout the course of their illness and treatment, in coping with the emotional aspects of medical problems and surgery.

CINN Psychologists

Von Shade-Zeldow, Ph.D. Dr. Shade-Zeldow developed the CINN Department of Behavioral Medicine in 1991 and currently serves as its director. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Purdue University in 1976 and is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Shade-Zeldow serves as a member of the program development advisory group for ABTA and has been a frequent speaker at their symposia. She has also been involved in research examining the post-stroke adaptation of patients and their caregivers. Her clinical interests include patient and family adjustment to potentially catastrophic illness, stress and pain management, and pre-surgical education and intervention with medical patients.

Dino Kostas, Ph.D. Dr. Kostas joined the CINN Department of Behavioral Medicine in August 1996. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University Medical School in 1994 and completed a fellowship in geropsychology and rehabilitation at Rush University Medical Center. He holds an academic appointment in the University of Chicago Hospital's Department of Psychiatry and is a consultant to the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Rush University Medical Center. His clinical interests include the psychological concomitants of illness, the treatment of depression and anxiety, and stress and pain management.