Psychiatrists

David M. Band, M.D.
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Medical Director, Co-founder, Co-director

Dr. Band is the Medical Director of Potomac Centers for Excellence, LLC, the parent company of Sterling Behavioral Health Services, LTD, and Potomac Psychological Center, LLC. He grew up in suburban Philadelphia and received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

After working for one year, including a summer as a Park Ranger, he attended the George Washington University Medical School and graduated in 1980. His Flexible Medical Internship was completed in Boston in 1981, and his Psychiatric Residency at the National Institute of Mental Health - St. Elizabeths Hospital, in Washington, D.C., was completed in 1984. Dr. Band was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service in 1980 and served on active duty for over 20 years. During that time, he worked on the Navajo Reservation in a very rural traditional setting, and then gained extensive inpatient and outpatient experience, both clinical and administrative, in an urban setting with patients diagnosed with a full range of psychiatric illnesses.

During his last six years with the USPHS, Dr. Band ran a community-based treatment program in Washington, D.C. Upon leaving the USPHS, he spent 15 months as the Medical Director of an adolescent residential treatment hospital before co-founding Sterling Behavioral Health Services. Dr. Band specializes in treating children and adolescents, including angry and/or depressed teenagers. His areas of clinical expertise include ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, school problems, obsessive-compulsive disorder, court-ordered psychiatric evaluations, and conduct and behavioral issues, including those associated with pervasive developmental disorders such as Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

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Sangeeta Chitlu, M.D.
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist

Dr. Sangeeta Chitlu is a qualified, board eligible, child, adolescent and an adult psychiatrist. She completed her Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the University of Maryland/ Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD. While there, she served as a chief resident during her final year of training. She completed her Psychiatry residency training at the Howard University Hospital, Washington D.C in 2007. She was a research assistant at the University of North Carolina,Greensboro in the Department of Prevention of Youth Violence and Aggression prior to joining her Residency. She finished her initial medical training in India before moving to the US in 2002.

She specializes in treating depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, trauma and ADHD. She provides an individualized treatment program that encourages each and every patient to work to their greatest potential and empowers families to assist their children in the treatment process.

She is a Member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the Psychiatric Society Of Virginia. Dr. Chitlu has been living in the Northern Virginia area since 2003. She can also speak in Hindi and Telugu fluently.

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Maria Carmen V. Gonzales-Vigilar, M.D., MS
Board Certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist

Dr. Gonzales-Vigilar joined Sterling Behavioral Health Services in July 2008. She is a board certified child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist. Her interests include developmental disabilities, depression, anxiety, psychosis, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma related conditions including abuse, and disruptive behaviors including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Currently, she is the medical director of Grafton, a residential treatment center in Berryville , VA , serving children and adolescents. Her initial medical training was at the University of Santo Tomas , Manila , Philippines where she received her medical degree in 1987. For the next 18 months, she served as a government physician in lower income areas of Manila . In 1990, she came to the United States to pursue graduate studies, receiving a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech in 1995. Prior to her formal residency training, she participated in an outreach psychiatric treatment program at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington , DC . In 2003, she completed her adult psychiatric residency program at Henry Ford Hospital , Detroit , MI . She continued her training in a child and adolescent fellowship program at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. She served as the chief resident in her senior year and completed her training in 2006. She became a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for Adult Psychiatry in 2006 and for Child/Adolescent Psychiatry in 2007. She spent the majority of her practice in an outpatient setting at Michigan before her family moved to Virginia .

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