Dr. Leonard Lantz, Medical Director

Dr. Lantz joined the AWARE Medical Team in July 2005, after having completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and his M.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Dr. Ira Lourie, M.D., Chief Medical Consultant

Dr. Lourie joined AWARE in February1998. He is responsible for creating AWARE’s psychiatric service. The former medical director of a residential treatment center run by the State of Maryland’s Mental Health Administration, he serves part time as medical director of a multi-service children’s service agency, the Pressly Ridge Schools of Maryland. Dr. Lourie worked at the National Institute of Mental Health from 1973 to his retirement in 1991. While with the National Institute, he developed and administered the Child and Adolescent Service System Program. Since 1991, he has been a partner in the Human Service Collaborative and has consulted with numerous states. He is a published author.

Dr. Krista David, Staff Psychiatrist

Dr. David has been with AWARE since September 2005, after having completed her Psychiatric residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. She obtained her B.A. in biology from Bard College at Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1996 and her M.D. in general psychiatry from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine in Vermillion, South Dakota, in 2000. She is a board-certified general psychiatrist.

Dr. Alan Reyes, Staff Psychiatrist

Dr. Reyes joined the AWARE Medical Team in June 2006. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in biology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his doctorate from the University of Texas Medical School. He fulfilled his residency in psychiatry in Galveston, Texas.

Dr. Lynn Mousel, Staff Psychiatrist

Before joining AWARE, Dr. Lynn Mousel worked for six years at a residential treatment center for children and adolescents ages 10-18 in Des Moines, Iowa. She started in Great Falls in July 2011 with referrals from case managers for clients already involved in wrap-around services who need psychiatric evaluation or ongoing care. She sees both children and adults. Originally from Omaha, Neb., Dr. Mousel earned an undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in psychology from Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. She attended medical school at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha, where she remained for a residency in psychiatry in a combined program with the University of Nebraska and Creighton University. After three years of residency with adult psychiatry, she spent additional years of residency training in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Dr. Celeste Pfister, Staff Psychiatrist

Dr. Celeste Pfister consults with Montana’s Successful Starts children's program, works therapeutically with children and adults and provides medical leadership to AWARE’s outpatient teams. Before attending medical school, she was a junior high school math and science teacher. She later received her doctor of medicine degree from The Ohio State University. She trained for four years in adult psychiatry in Columbus, Ohio, followed by two years training in a child and adolescent fellowship at the University of Cincinnati and Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. She joined AWARE in mid-July 2011.