Education & Training
1999-2001 - Child Psychiatry Fellowship, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
1996-1999 - Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Boston, MA
1998-1999 - Ginsburg Fellow to the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
1998 - Harvard Longwood Training Committee Representative
1998 - Residency Retreat Committee Coordinator
1996 - MD - Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
1996 - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1996 - John W. Pick Award – awarded to the medical student showing the most outstanding promise for achievement in the field of psychiatry
1995 - J.E. Watkins Academic Scholarship for Academic Excellence
1992-1996 - Tulane Phoenix Society Student Chair – student-run program that provided free, confidential counseling to medical students
1996 – MPHTM - Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
1991 – BS - Psychology, summa cum laude, State University of New York at Binghamton
1990 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Licensure & Certifications
Louisiana Medical Certificate No. 13239R
Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Psychiatry – Specialty
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Subspecialty
Professional Experience
2020-present - Private Practice - Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist
New Orleans, LA
2006-2020 - Private Practice - Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist
Pelts, Kirkhart & Associates, New Orleans, LA
2001-present - Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
2001-2006 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Jefferson, LA
2001-2008 - Contract Psychiatrist, Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, Houma LA
2000-2011 - Contract Psychiatrist, Greenwell Springs State Hospital, Greenwell Springs, LA
2000-2011 - Contract Psychiatrist, Southeast Louisiana State Hospital, Mandeville, LA
2001 - Contract Psychiatrist, New Orleans VA Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
1996 - Medical Consultant, Akosombo, Ghana, West Africa
Worked with patients and their families from a medical boat on the Volta River in Ghana, as well as in regional psychiatric hospitals
1991-1992 - Teaching Assistant, New York Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Alternative Learning Program for Emotionally Disturbed Children, Glen Cove, NY
Professional Memberships
1992-present American Psychiatric Association
1992-present American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Community Involvement & Honors
2001-present Guest Lecturer
Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, LA
Ochsner Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson, LA
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) Louisiana Chapter
Tulane School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Training Program, New Orleans, LA
2008-2020 - Named to “Best Doctors in America® List”, as reported in New Orleans Magazine
Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2008 – 2020
Adult Psychiatry 2019, 2020
Publications
Wuttke, J. (2003). A Resident's Guide to Keeping up With the Literature. In Tonya Foreman-El Masri and Leah Dickstein (Eds.), A Resident's Guide to Surviving Psychiatric Training. American Psychiatric Association Press.
Wuttke, J. (2003). See One, Do One, Teach One: Your Role as a Teacher. In Tonya Foreman-El Masri and Leah Dickstein (Eds.), A Resident's Guide to Surviving Psychiatric Training. American Psychiatric Association Press.