Urgent Appeal. The Maryland Health Department, led by Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, has made a perplexing decision to shut down groundbreaking research at Spring Grove Hospital Center, a state psychiatric facility. This decision halts the only inpatient trial in the US on ketogenic therapy for schizophrenia, overseen by Dr. Deanna Kelly, an esteemed researcher with 27 years of experience conducting inpatient clinical trials for schizophrenia.