Courtney Deban, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2013

Next Steps: Adult Outpatient Psychiatry, Brigham & Women's Hospital, MA

Caroline Golski, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2013

Membership in Honor Societies: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) 

Next Steps: Young Adult Psychiatry, Lifespan, RI

Dylan Hershkowitz, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Biology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Membership in Honor Societies: Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) 

Next Steps: Consult-Liaison Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Benjamin Luft, MD

Undergraduate: BS, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, 2013

Next Steps: Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Yale University, CT

Shannon Maj, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2011

Membership in Honor Societies: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) 

Next Steps: Staff Psychiatrist, Butler Hospital, The Providence Center, RI

Marissa Martz, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Spanish, Hope College, Holland, MI, 2013

Next Steps: Inpatient Psychiatry, Pine Rest Hospital, MI

Timur Suhail-Sindhu, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2012

Next Steps: Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Maryland, MD

Erica Linnell, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2013

Membership in Honor Societies: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, MGH/McLean Hospital, MA

Elizabeth Olsen, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 2014

Membership in Honor Societies: Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS)

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Shiwen Yuan, MD

Graduate: MB, BS,  Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, China, 2014

Next Steps: Staff Psychiatrist, Rhode Island Hospital, RI

Jessica Turner, MD

Graduate: MS, University of North Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Fort Worth, TX

Undergraduate: BS, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

Next Steps: Psychiatrist, Private Practice, FL

Sarah Kramer, MD

Undergraduate: BA, History and Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 

Next Steps: Staff Psychiatrist, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Tufts University, MA

Timothy Steinhoff, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Chemistry, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 

Next Steps: Consult-Liaison and Psychosocial Oncology Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA

Christa Belgrave, MD

Graduate: MPH., Community and International Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 2013

Undergraduate: BS, Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL 2008

Membership in Honor Societies: Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) 

Yosef Berlow, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: BS, Behavioral Neuroscience, BA, Psychology, Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA

Jessica Obeysekare, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Anthropology, Bachelor of Philosophy, Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Next Steps: Staff Psychiatrist, Prisma Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, SC

Paul Bowary, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Teresa Daniels, MD

Graduate: MS, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA

Daniel Manfra, MD

Undergraduate: BA, English, Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Next Steps: Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Matthew Sheehan, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Biology, Yale University, CT

Next Steps: Staff Psychiatrist, Young Adult Partial Program, Butler Hospital, RI

Haizhi Wang, MD, PhD

Graduate: PhD, Neuroscience, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA

Next Steps: Inpatient Psychiatrist, Overlook Medical Center, NJ

Rachael Blackman, MD, PhD

Graduate: PhD, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2013
Undergraduate: BS, Neuroscience, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2004

Priya Kumar-Kaparaboyna, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Plan II Honors BA, Psychology BS, University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2011

Next Steps: Women's Mental Health Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA

Jennifer Hawken, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology of Global Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2010

Next Steps: Consultation-Liaison Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA

Caitlin Lawrence, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biology (BS); Public and Community Service Studies (Minor), Providence College, Providence, RI, 2015

Next Steps: Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Bryan McCarthy, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Biomedical Sciences, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2011

Next Steps: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Brown University, RI

Andrew Novick, MD, PhD

Graduate: PhD, Neuroscience, University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine, SD, 2015

Undergraduate: BS, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, PA, 2008

Next Steps: Senior Instructor in Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, CO

Jordan Anderson, DO

Combined Neuro/Psych

Undergraduate: BS, University of Illinois, 2009

Next Steps: Inpatient Psychiatrist and Neurology Consultant, Oregon Health and Sciences University, OR

Caitlin Meyer, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Human Biology, Health, and Society, Cornell University, NY

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Brown University, RI

Conor Carpenter, MD

University of Vermont College of Medicine 

Undergraduate: B.A., Economics, Government and Legal Studies, 
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 2005

Other: Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, University of Vermont

Next Steps: Inpatient Psychiatrist, Central Vermont Medical Center, VT

Kristyn Gergelis, MD

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Undergraduate: B.S., Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2010

Other: Estudios Hispanicos, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Awards: Gold Humanism Honor Society

Marc Halperin, MD

New York University School of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.S., Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2010

Next Steps: Child & Adolescent Fellowship, New York University, NY

Ingrid Lauer-Arnold, MD

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 

Undergraduate: B.A., History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Daniella Palermo, MD

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Undergraduate: B.S., Psychology, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY, 2008

Next Steps: Psychiatrist, Young Adult Behavioral Program, Rhode Island Hospital, RI

Michelle Parker, MD

University of Massachusetts Medical School 

Undergraduate: B.S., Human Physiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2011

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Scott Pruett, MD, PhD

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Graduate: Ph.D., Pharmacology, Louisiana State University School of Graduate Studies, Shreveport, LA, 2012

Undergraduate: B.A., Liberal Arts with Scientific Inquiry, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, 2006

Jared Reichenberg, MD

Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

Undergraduate: B.A., Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2012

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Barbara Ruf, MD

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Undergraduate: B.A., Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2006

Other: Postbaccalaureate premedical program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Next Steps: Geriatric Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Jessica Whitfield, MD, MPH

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Graduate: M.P.H., Public Health (Epidemiology), Columbia University, New York, New York, 2013

Undergraduate: B.A., Biology, Film and Media Studies, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 2006

Paul Baker, MD

Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

Undergrad: University of Georgia, Psychology, Athens, GA, 2010

Memberships: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

Next Steps: Psychiatrist, Partial Hospital and Outpatient, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

Amin Zandvakili, MD, PhD

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Graduate: Ph.D., Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 014; M.S.,  Biomedical Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 2010

Next Steps: Asst. Professor of Psychiatry, Brown University; Psychiatrist, VAMC, RI

Jorge Almeida, MD, PhD

Fundacao Universitaria do Abc, Brazil

Ph.D., Psychiatry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 2005

Kathryn Erickson-Ridout, MD, PhD

Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular Biology, Penn. State, 2011
B.S., Biochemistry; B.A., Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, magna cum laude, 2003

Emily Flier, MD

Undergraduate: AB, Psychology, Brown University, 2004

Emily was a section leader for a first-year medical school course called Medical Interviewing and the Doctor-Patient Relationship.

Selected Awards: She received a Hanny Scholarship for med students contemplating a career in psychiatry who demonstrate academic excellence.

Amy Grooms, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Psychology (with honors), Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2009

Omar Sultan Haque, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School 

Ph.D., Cognition and Culture, Brown University, 2013; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 2007
B.S., Neuroscience, A.B., Religious Studies, Brown University, magna cum laude, 2002

Loreen Pirnie, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Molecular, Cellular, & Develop. Biology, University of New Hampshire, summa cum laude, 2007

Loreen was student representative on the UConn School of Medicine Curriculum Committee, and manager, volunteer and Board Director at South Park Inn Homeless Shelter  

Samuel Ridout, MD, PhD

Graduate: PhD, Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, 2011 
Undergraduate: BS, Biology, University of New Mexico, 2002

Emily Rowland, MD

Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School

B.A., Psychology and Communication Studies, Hamilton College, NY, 2006

Sarah Schmidhofer, MD

Undergraduate: B.A., Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2004

Research Experience: Research fellow at Mind and Life Summer Institute in NY, focusing on the link between contemplative and developmental neurosciences in teaching contemplative practices in public schools. 

Danielle Sipsock, MD

Undergraduate: BS, Science Pre-Professional and Anthropology Honors, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2009 

Next Steps: Fast-Tracked, Child & Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, RI

Benjamin Margolis, MD

Columbia University in the City of New York

Undergraduate: School of Visual Arts

Next Step: Neurologist and Psychiatrist, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

Michael McQuiggan, MD

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Undergraduate: Providence College

Next Step: Outpatient Psychiatrist, Lifespan, East Providence, RI

Brian Theyel, MD, PhD

Graduate: University of Chicago

Next Step: Psychiatrist, Butler Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI

Harold Woodcome, MD

Columbia Universiy College of Physicians and Surgeons

Undergraduate: Brown University

Next Step: Young Adult Behavioral Health Clinic, Lifespan, Providence, RI

Elie Aoun, MD

Undergraduate: American University of Beirut

Next Step: Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, University of California San Francisco

Douglas Christie, MD

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Undergraduate: College of Charleston

Next Step: Outpatient Psychiatrist, Seattle, WA

Robert Fenster, MD, PhD

Graduate: The Rockefeller University

Next Step: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Seattle, WA

Laura Hodges, MD

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine

Undergraduate: Florida International University

Next Step: Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health, The Providence Center, Providence, R

Benjamin Jacobson, MD

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Graduate: University of Colorado

Next Step: Psychiatrist and Faculty member, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Jerome Liu, MD

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Graduate: Public Health Program of Brown University

Next Step: Outpatient Psychiatrist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI

Leonardo Batista

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)

DDS, Dental School, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil, 2002 

Jennifer Barnes

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

B.S., Biology; University  of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 2007

Kristina Gaud

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

Krista Lussier

Boston University School of Medicine  

B.S., Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1997 

Selected Awards/Research: Research lab technician, UMass Med Center: Performed behavioral studies assessing tolerance to alcohol and substances of abuse in a murine model.

Next Step: Outpatient Psychiatrist, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI

Timothy Mariano, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: BS, Biomedical Engineering, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Graduate: MSc, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 2006 
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (MSTP), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2009

Christina Scully

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Kalya Vardi

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 

Laura Yahr Nelson

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health 

Olivia Zurek

University of Massachusetts Medical School 

B.S., Neurology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, May 2005 

 Selected Awards/Research: Undergrad Research, Bates College: As a student at Bates College received a Hughes Summer Fellowship to work on research investigating a possible neurobiological link between schizophrenia and drug addiction using rats.

Ashlee Hardesty

Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2010

B.A., International Relations, Pepperdine University, CA

Research Experience: Suicide and ECT

Next Step: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Utah

Agnieszka Janicka

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University,  2010

B.A., Psychology, Brown University, 2005

Research Experience: Imagining/Radiology,  statistical analysis

Next Step: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Mary Lajoy

Temple University School of Medicine, 2010

B.S., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 2006

Research Experience: Genetics

Next Step: Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Oregon Health Science University

Katherine Liebesny

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2010

B.S., Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University, GA, 2005

Research Experience: Neuroanatomical/behavioral correlates of child abuse.

Next Step: Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Jessica Warner

Washington University School of Medicine, 2010

B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, OK, 2006
B.A., Psychology, University of Tulsa, OK, 2006

Research Experience: NIH training grant: SE’s of sedation in children

Next Step: Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Hassan Minhas

Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan, 2009

Research Experience: Early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease,  smoking in medical students

Next Step: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Justin Schleifer, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Psychology, Rutgers College, NJ, 2005

Research Experience: Treatment of agitation, Use of open-source technologies in education

Next Step: Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Meesha Ahuja

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2010

B.S., Biology and Psychology, Pennsylvania State University (Schreyer Honors College), PA, 2006

Research Experience: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Next Step: Women's Mental Health Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI

Zoe Billinkoff

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 2010

B.A., Public Policy and American Institutions, Brown University, RI, 2005

Research Experience: Substance dependence,  marital tasks, women’s health

Next Step: Private Practice, Rhode island

Talya Benoff

New Jersey Medical School (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)

B.A. Art History, Rutgers University, NJ

Completed PGY-1 year at Boston University Psychiatry Residency

Next Step: Outpatient Psychiatrist, Rhode Island Hospital

Alison Swigart

Medical School: University of Rochester School   of Medicine and Dentistry, 2009            

Undergraduate: BA in English, Williams College,   MA, 2004            

Research Experience: Clinical Research   Assistant, Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, coordinated a pilot   study of hyaluronate(Synvisc), 2004-2005.

David Buxton

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia of   Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009             

Undergraduate: BA in Religion-Focus in Tibetan   Buddhism, Emory University, 2003            

Amy Halt

Medical School: University of Iowa Roy J. and   Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, MD/PhD, 2009          

Undergraduate: BS in Chemistry, Michigan   Technological University, Houghton, MI, 2000                   

Julie Hugo

Medical School: University of Rochester School   of Medicine and Dentistry, 2009            

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Undergraduate: BA in Biology, College of the   Holy Cross, MA, 2005            

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Matthew Krasucki

Medical School: Ross University, 2007            

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Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana, 2002            

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Emily Murphy

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of   Thomas Jefferson University, 2009                

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Undergraduate: BA in Sociology, University of   Pennsylvania, 2004                 

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Mary Rhodes

Medical School: University of Maryland School of   Medicine, 2009                

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Undergraduate: BA in Psychology, University of   Virginia, 2001                

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Erica Rosenberg Tsai

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania   School of Medicine, 2009            

Undergraduate: BA in Biological Basis of   Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, 2002            

Kristen Spalding Hull

Medical School: Brown Medical School, 2009            

Undergraduate: BA in Community Health, Brown   University, 2004            

Research Experience: Conducted research on HIV   and STD risk among adolescents with psychiatric disorders, RI Hospital,   Department of Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005-2007.

Jessica Stack

Medical School:University of Medicine &   Dentistry of New Jersey/R.W. Johnson Medical School, 2009            

Undergraduate: BS in Neuroscience, Brown   University, 2003            

Zobeida (Zee) Diaz

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2008

Undergraduate: BS in Microbiology, 1993, University of Michigan Other-Immunology, Harvard Univ. Extension Program MS in Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1999, University of Wisconsin

Karen LeBlanc

Lauren Mercer

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2008

Undergraduate: BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies 2002, Tufts University
Harvard Extension School, Health Careers Post Bacc. Program, 2003       

Research Experience: Research Scholar, General Clinical Research Center, CT; Assessing Osteoporosis risk in frail older adults; summer 2005.

Sparsha Reddy

Undergraduate: BA in Biological Sciences, 2004, Rutgers University, Summa cum Laude

Research Activities: Research Assistant, New York University Women’s Health Study, 2005

International Health: Apoorva Hospital, India, Volunteer, Summer, 2004,                                              Chinmikah Mission Hospital, India, Volunteer, Sumer 2002

Leanne Rifenburg

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2008

Undergraduate: BA in Psychology, 2001, Bryn Mawr College                                                              

Jennifer Scruggs

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, 2008

Undergraduate: BA in Philosophy and Psychology, 2001, Yale University
MS in Pharmacology, 2003, Tulane University

Research Experience: Research Assistant, Yale University; Naloxone and opiate withdrawal; VAMC, West Haven, CT, 2001-02

Jennifer Trayner

Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, 2008

Undergraduate: BA in Biology, 1998, Stanford University
Post-Bacc, 2001 California State University

Publications: Butler RW, Haser JK.  Neurocognitive effects of treatment for childhood cancer.  Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews.  2006 Jun; 12:184-191.

Cynthia Yang

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, 2008

Undergraduate: BA/MD in Medical Science/Psychology, 2005, Boston University, Magna cum Laude

Research Experience: Boston University, Effects of Exercise on Depression and Quality of Sleep in Urban Women, summer 2005

Tanya Thomas

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, 2007
Undergraduate: BS in Anthropology, 2003, Florida State University

Publications: 
Tanya Thomas, Submitted to ACP Medical Student Abstract Competition, Thrombocytopenia of Unknown Origin: A Mystery Diagnosis

Brian Daly

Medical School: Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine, 2007
Undergraduate: BS in Finance, 1990, Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

Prior Career: Public Health Advisor, NYC Dept. of Health, 1993-94
Investigator, NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, 1994-96
Supervising Investigator, NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, 1996-2001

Awards: Golden Key Honor Society

Jefferson Joseph

Medical School: Brown Medical School, 2007

Undergraduate: BA in Psychology & Ethnicity, 2002, Brown Univ.

Publications: R. Jefferson Joseph BA, Katharine A. Phillips MD, Brown University Dept of Public Health, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): An Often Secret and Serious Disorder in Adolescents, 08/2006

Marianna Kessimian

Medical School: Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 2007

Undergraduate: BA in English, 2002, George Washington Univ.

Awards: Summer Research Scholarship- BU School of Medicine; Presidential Academic Scholarship to GWU; English Honors Program Graduate Neighbor's Project Scholarship

Hobbies: Reading Fiction, Yoga/Pilates, Urban Rebounding, Cooking

Valerie Miller

Medical School: Drexel Univ. College of Medicine, 2007
Undergraduate: BA in History, 1999, Bryn Mawr College AS, 1996, Cottey College

Tilottoma (Tilo) Mukherjee

Medical School:  Ben Gurion University/Columbia University, 2006

Internship: Englewood Hospital/Mt. Sinai, Internal Medicine

Undergraduate: BA in Physics (minor in Economics), 2000, University of Virginia

Prior Career: Life Insurance Underwriter, MassMutual Financial Group, 2000-01

Aye Myint-U

Medical School: Tulane Univ. School of Medicine, 2007
Undergraduate: Premedical Postbac, 2001, Goucher College
MA in International Relations, 2000, Johns Hopkins Univ. BA in History, 1996, Cornell Univ.

Laura Stanton

Medical School: Drexel Univ. College of Medicine, 2007
Undergraduate: Premedical Postbac, 2001, Columbia Univ.
BA in English, 1997, Bowdoin College

Publications: 
Stanton, L., Fundamentals in Geriatrics Lecture Series, Department of Geriatrics, Brown University, Providence, RI, Psychosis in the Elderly, 09/2006

Pamela Bochiechio

Education:

SUNY- Buffalo School of Medicine, 2006

BS in Biology and Psychology, 2002, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

Publications:

Erin Gates

Education:

Medical School: Albany Medical College, NY, 2006

Undergraduate: A.H., Harvard University, 2001; BA

Psychology, 1996, Colgate University

Publications:

-Wilson CR, Sherritt L, Gates E, Knight J. Are Clinical Impressions of Adolescent Substance Use Accurate? Pediatrics, 114:536-540, 2004.

Erin Gates

Education:

Medical School: Albany Medical College, NY, 2006

Undergraduate: A.H., Harvard University, 2001; BA

Psychology, 1996, Colgate University

Publications:

-Wilson CR, Sherritt L, Gates E, Knight J. Are Clinical Impressions of Adolescent Substance Use Accurate? Pediatrics, 114:536-540, 2004.

James Ingraham

Education:

Medical School: SUNY- Buffalo School of Medicine, 2006

Undergraduate: BA,Chemistry, 2002, The Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, MD

Awards:

Deans Letter of Commendation (2003-2004)

Johns Hopkins Deans List, 1998-2002

Hobbies:

Running, weight training, golf, foot/base/basket-ball, reading

Natalie Lester

Education:

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2006
Undergraduate: BA magna cum laude, Anthropology and Psychology, 2001, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Publications:

Christine Montross

Education:

Medical School: Brown Medical School, 2006 Undergraduate: MA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2006, Brown University

MA, Creative Writing, 1998, University of Michigan

BS, Natural Resources, 1996, University of Michigan

BA, French, 1996, University of Michigan

Publications

Todd Peters

Education:

Medical School: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, 2006

Undergraduate: BA, magna cum laude, Biochemistry, 2002, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD

Publications:

Donald Rost Banik

Education:

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006

Undergraduate: MPH, 2006, A.T. Still University Kirksville, MO

BA, Psychology, 1996 DePaul University of Chicago, IL

Publications:

Joy Somberg

no information on the website

Scott Shaffer

Education:

Medical School: Rutgers/UMDNJ/R.W. Johnson Med School BA/MD Program, 2006
Undergraduate: BA with Highest Honors, Biological Sciences, 2003, Rutgers University

Awards:

Hop Vu

Medical School:  Tulane University, 2001

Residency: University of Colorado Health Science Center, Psychiatry, 2005-2007

Undergraduate: BA in Philosophy, 1997, Loyola University

Fellowship:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, 2001-02, Department of Physiology

                       Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, 2002-05, Department of Medicine

Jennifer Harris

2005, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

1989, BA, English & Studio Art, Bowdoin College

Poonam Modha

Poonam completed her undergraduate education at MIT in Biology with a concentration in anthropology in 2001. She conducted cancer research in the lab of Dr. Robert Weinberg at Whitehead Institute. In addition to participating in research and anthropological fieldwork, Poonam volunteered in the Bone Marrow Transplant and Oncology units at Childrens Hospital in Boston.

Education:

Noah Philip

Hello All! With the ordeal of the interview trail fading into the past, there are really three pearls about Brown to pass along to future applicants - . First, the residents here are fantastic- I was looking for a well-rounded group of people, with diverse interests with the time and energy to pursue them.

Thaddeus Shattuck

Education:

2005, MD, Dartmouth Medical School

2004, MPH, Dartmouth Medical School Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences (Scholarship Awardee)

1998-99, post-baccalaureate pre-med, University of Vermont

1996, BA, English Literature, Georgetown University

Paul Christopher

I chose Brown because...

Paul Dellemonache

Kathryn Fleming-Ives

I chose Brown because...

I chose Brown for several reasons: happy and friendly residents, a strong program with a balance between psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, and an amazing city that has art, culture, universities, and the ocean. In the short time I have been here, I already know it was the right choice.

Education:

Keelin Garvey

Education:

2005, MD, Univ. Massachusetts Medical School

2000, BA, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale

Jose Arvizu Olvera

no information on site

David Block

I chose Brown because... When I was applying for residency programs, I knew I wanted to be in one of three regions: the greater Boston area, NYC, or Chicago, having lived at some point in all of them.

Hilary Cerullo

no information availible on site

Maria Luisa Hincapi

After just four years of being away, I am back for Psychiatry training. It is true what they say Providence really grows on you. It has an amazing diversity of quaint things to do that you really cannot find anywhere else (e.g.

Joshua Kane

One of the things that attracted me to Brown was meeting residents who had traveled a circuitous route to psychiatry. At Brown there are many residents who have had other careers or pursued other interests before going into psychiatry. I think these experiences can only help in making a connection with patients and becoming better doctors. Providence is also a unique blend of city and town.

Jocelyn Kreiss

After graduating from Emory University in 1996, I decided to spend time gathering some clinical experience while applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology. Along with volunteering as a mental health worker in a geriatric day program, I had the opportunity to pursue other interests. A passion for hiking and camping led to work as a backpacking instructor for Outward Bound.

Melissa Ludwig

I have been very happy with my choice of Brown for residency. The program is diverse and interesting, with multiple sites of differing character. The faculty happily view teaching as part of their career, rather than a bother. The residents are competent and dedicated, but not competitive or single-minded.

Michael Wolfe

The one piece of advice I give to applicants, which was also given to me, is "go with your gut." The psychiatry residency at Brown University was definitely the place that felt most right for me when I interviewed. When I was looking for a program I wanted several things: diversity in hospital settings and population of patients,well-rounded and inspiring colleagues, andhappy residents.

Agustin Yip

About me: I was initially drawn to the Brown program because of its dedicated research track (there is an impressive range of research opportunities here), but I have since discovered its many other strengths: the program directors are flexible and responsive to residents'; needs, the teaching is first-rate, and clinical rotations are uniformly excellent across the different sites.

Kimberly Leonard Chiappone

Education:

2003 SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences- M.D.
1999 University of Rochester- B.A. Psychology

Post Residency Position

Attending, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine

Brian Mika

Education:

Notre Dame, BA Psychology
Univ. Illinois CoM, ’03

Post Residency Position

Attending, C/L Service, Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA

Philip Russell

Education:

U Maryland, BA Philosophy
MCP Hahnemann SoM, ’01    

Post Residency Position

Attending, VA Med. Ctr., Providence, RI

Gail Serruya

Education:

Brown, BA Biology
Rush Med. Coll., ’03

Post Residency Position

Continuing at Penn, Private practice

Susan Szulewski

Education:

NY Univ, BA
Karol Marcinkowski Univ., ’01

Post Residency Position

Unit Chief, Attending, PAS, Butler Hospital

Marcus Tjia

Education:

MIT, BS Biology 
Mt. Sinai SoM, ’02

Post Residency Position

Psychosomatic Fellowship, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Michelle Conroy

Education:

Dartmouth, BA History
Brown Univ. SoM, ’03

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Fellowship – NYU

Angela Lacombe

Education:

U Wisconsin, BA Psychology
Chicago Coll. Osteo. Med., ’03

Post Residency Position

Attending, Eleanor Slater Hospital

Laura Henrichs

Education:

Boston U., BA Psychology
Univ. Rochester SoM, ’03

Post Residency Position

Child/Adolescent fellowship, Rochester

Daisy Bassen

Education:

Princeton, New Jersey, BA, English - 1998
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown 

Craig Kaufmann

Education:

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, BS, Biology and Society - 1998
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

RI Hospital/ACI; Access-RI; Private Practice, RI

Daniel Kim

Education:

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, BS, Biology and Neuroscience - 1998
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Attending, NY Presbyterian Hospital

Andrea Kretzschmar

Education:

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, BA, Liberal Arts Honors Program - 1997
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Attending, Butler Hospital

Joshua Nathan

Education:

BS, Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 1995
Graduate School, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996-2000
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Attending, RI Hospital

Carolyn Sammon

Education:

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, BA, Political Science- 1991
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Postbaccalaureate Studies - 1995-1998
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Group Practice, Woonsocket, RI

Jodi Stephenson

Education:

The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, BS, Biology - 1996
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, MD - 2002

Post Residency Position:

Attending, Butler Hospital

Pamela Hahn

Education:

Craig Heacock

Education:

Colorado College, BA, Biology - 1989
University of Wisconsin, MS, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development -1993
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Attending, Fort Collins, CO

Wei-Li Hsu

Education:

NY Col. Osteopathic Med., ‘01

Post Residency Position

Attending, LI Jewish Medical Center/North Shore Hospital

Iouri Mazour

Education:

Chernivtsi State Medical Institute, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, MD, - 1991
Internship OB-GYN, City General Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine -1992
Attending Physician, OB-GYN, City General Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine - 1996
PGY-1, Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri - 2002

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Fellowship, UMDNJ

Edward Maxwell

Education:

University of California -Berkeley, BS, Natural Resources - 1983
Brown University School of Medicine, MD - 1998
Walter A. Hass School of Business, UC-Berkeley, MBA, Health Care Management - 2000

Post Residency Position

Fellowship, RI Hospital

Nada Milosavljevic

Education:

University of Denver, BA, Political Science - 1987
University of Notre Dame Law School, JD - 1990
St. George's University School of Medicine, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Cambridge

Tracy Kuniega Pietrzak

Education:

University of Scranton, BS, Biology - 1997
University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown

Matthew Sager

Education:

St. Norbert College , BA Fine Arts, BS Natural Science - 1996
University of Wisconsin Medical School, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Attending, Partial Hospital, RI Hospital

Katherine Bradshaw

Education:

Columbia College of Columbia University, BA, History - 1987
Columbia Universtiy School of General Studies, Writing Program - 1987-1988
Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University School of Medicine, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Cambridge Hospital

Katherine Bradshaw

Education:

Columbia College of Columbia University, BA, History - 1987
Columbia Universtiy School of General Studies, Writing Program - 1987-1988
Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University School of Medicine, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Cambridge Hospital

Sarah Caraisco

Education:

Vassar College, BA, Psychology - 1997
New York Medical College, MD - 2001

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, NYU

Alice-Lee Vestner

Education:

Hampshire College, BA, Latin American Studies - 1991
University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Fellowship, Brown

Penelope Yanni

Education:

University of Reading, BS, General Agriculture - 1988
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS, Animal Sciences - 1991
Albany Medical College, MD/PhD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Group Practice, RI

Michael Arsenault

Education:

University of Miami, BS, Biology - 1994
University of Miami School of Medicine, MD - 1998

Post Residency Position

Group Practice, Florida 

Jeffrey Burock

Education:

University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, (BS, Biology), 1995
Creighton University, Omaha, NE (MD), 1999

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Fellowship, Brown

Mark Elliott

Education:

Georgetown University, BA, Interdisciplinary, Catholic Studies - 1996
Georgetown University School of Medicine, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Attending, Partial Hospital, RI Hospital 

Satayam Jain

Education:

N.R.S. Medical College, Calcutta, India, M.B.B.S. - 1996
Creighton University/University of Nebraska Medical Center, PGY-1, General Psychiatry, 2000-2001

Post Residency Position

Attending, Schizophrenia Research Unit, N. Texas. VA Health Care System, UTSW Med Center, Dallas

Lisa Lambert

Education:

Kenyon College, BA, Biology - 1996
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Group Practice, Florida

R. Lowell McRoberts

Education:

Austin College, BA, English - 1996
University of Texas at Galveston, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Attending, Inpatient, RI Hospital

Laura Ruoff

Education:

State University of New York at Syracuse, BA, Philosophy - 1986
State University of New York at Syracuse, PhD, Philosophy - 1993
Albany Medical College, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Cambridge

Laura Levine

Education:

Washington University, BA, Biology - 1994
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Attending, Butler Addiction inpatient

James Standefer

Education:

Grinnell College, BA, English - 1988
Columbia University School of Social Work, MSSW - 1993
Union Theological Seminary, M. Div. - 1993
University of Vermont College of Medicine, MD - 2000

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown

Holly Tytell

Education:

Brown University, BS, Biomedical Sciences- 1975
Brown University School of Medicine, MD - 1978
Internal Medicine Residency, PGY-1&2, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard, 1978-1980
Emergency Room Medicine Residency, Northwestern Medical School, 1980-1982
Private Practice, Emergency Room Medicine, Maine,1982-2001

Post Residency Position

Gerard Gagne

Education:

University of Rochester, BS, Neuroscience - 1995
Brown University School of Medicine, MD - 1999
Co-chief resident, Brown University General Psychiatry Residency - 2002-2003

Post Residency Position

Research Fellowship, Butler

Susan Kelly

Education:

Hamilton College, BA, Philosophy - 1977
University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD - 1998
Co-chief resident, Brown University General Psychiatry Residency - 2002-2003

Post Residency Position

Attending, Butler; Affiliated Group Practice

Chirstine Rayner

Education:

Stanford University, BAS, Biology and English - 1990
St. Bartholomew's & The Royal London School of Medicine - 1998

Post Residency Position

Community Psychiatry, Providence

Boris Royak

Education:

Case Western Reserve University, Computer Science and Chemistry - 1995
Case Western Reserve University, MD - 1999

Post Residency Position

Medical Director, Regional Healthcare System, Ohio

Margi Shah

Education:

Case Western Reserve University, BA, Psychology - 1995
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MD - 1999

Post Residency Position

Attending, Columbia affiliated programs, New York

Audrey Tyrka

Education:

State University of New York, College at Purchase, BA, Psychology - 1988
Cornell University Medical College: Research Assistant: 1988-1992
Columbia University, College of General Studies: Premedical Certificate - 1991
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD/PhD (Psychology) - 1999

Post Residency Position

Landis Mitchner

Education:

Tougaloo College, BA, Biology - 1992
Brown University, MD - 1998

Jody Underwood

Education:

Hamilton College, BA, Women's Studies - 1987
UMDNJ - Newark, MD - 1995
Co-chief Resident, 2001-2002

Post Residency Position

Staff Psychiatrist, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Giavanna Bouthiette

Education:

Brown University, BA, Comparative Literature - 1989
Brown University School of Medicine, MD - 1997

Post Residency Position

Staff Psychiatrist, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Andrew Donohue

Education:

University of Delaware, BA, Biology - 1993
University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa, DO - 1998
Co-chief Resident, 2001-2002

Post Residency Position

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Gary Epstein-Lubow

Education:

Vassar College, BA, Cognitive Science - 1989
Ohio State University College of Medicine, MD - 1997
Co-chief Resident, 2001-2002

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Adam Hauser

Education:

University of Virginia, BA, Sociology - 1990
MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, MD - 1999

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sumaira Khan

Education:

F. G. College for Women, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, HSSC - 1985
Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan, MBBS - 1992

Post Residency Position

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Amy Mazza

Education:

Kenyon College, BA, Chemistry and English - 1995
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD - 1999

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Western Psychiatric Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jason Jones

Education:

University of Miami, BS, Biology - 1996
University of Miami School of Medicine, MD - 1998

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Curt LaFrance

Education:

Wake Forest University, BA, Psychology - 1991
Medical College of Georgia, MD - 1995
Graduate of Combined Neurology-Psychiatry Residency

Post Residency Position

Research Fellowship, NIMH T-32 Combined Treatments, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Michael Liebowitz

Education:

State University of New York at Stony Brook, BA, English and Psychology - 1990
State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, MD - 1997

Post Residency Position

Staff Psychiatrist, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut

Kathleen Brady

Education:

American University, BA - 1969
University of Louisville, PhD, Neuropsychopharmacology - 1979
University of Louisville School of Medicine, MD - 1982
Pathology Residency, 1982-1987

Post Residency Position

Laurence Dopkin

Education:

Cornell University, BA
Consumer Economics and Housing - 1989
St. George's University, MD - 1992

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Andrea Mernan

Education:

George Washington U. Bachelor in Business Administration - 1979
University of Munich, Germany 1977-78
New York U. MBA - 1983
George Washington U. MD - 1997
Co-chief resident, Brown University General Psychiatry Residency - 2000-2001

Post Residency Position

Adrienne Hall

Education:

Occidental College, BA, French - 1983
University of Southern California School of Medicine, MD - 1998

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Linda Northam

Education:

State University of New York at Purchase, BA, Dance - 1979
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, MD - 1998

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

William Ottowitz

Education:

Siena College, BS, Biology - 1988
State University of New York at Buffalo, MD - 1993
Neurology residency, 1996-1998

Post Residency Position

Research Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Functional Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts

Jason Peck

Education:

Ohio State University, BS, Neuropsychology - 1990
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, MD - 1997

Post Residency Position

Research Fellowship, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Neuropathology and Sleep, Providence, Rhode Island

Marco Renazco

Education:

The University of Texas - Austin, BA, Psychology - 1991
Texas A&M University College of Medicine, MD - 1997
Co-chief resident, Brown University General Psychiatry Residency - 2000-2001

Post Residency Position

Staff Psychiatrist, North Texas Affiliated Medical Group, Ft. Worth, Texas

Amanda Speicher

Education:

Dartmouth College, BA, Biology - 1992
Dartmouth Medical School, MD - 1997

Post Residency Position

Staff Psychiatrist, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Keri Lemmond

Education:

Stephen Austin State University, BS, Biology - 1990
Texas A&M University College of Medicine, MD - 1996

Post Residency Position

Staff psychiatrist, Northern Rhode Island Community Mental Health Center, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Sharon Silverman

Education:

Vassar College, BA, Psychology - 1991
Sackler School of Medicine, MD - 1996

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Attending, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, Private Practice, Boston, Massachusetts

Josephina Santa Romana

Education:

University of the Philippines, BS, Biology - 1989
University of the Philippines Medical School, MD - 1994

Post Residency Position

Staff psychiatrist, Family Center at the Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Heather Abrahams

Undergraduate: Mount Holyoke College, BA, Psychobiology - 1993
 

Post Residency Position: Child and Adolescent Fellowship, Brown University

Naureen Attuillah

Education:

St. Michael's Convent School, A-levels, 1989
Aga Kahn University Medical College, Pakistan, MD - 1994
Co-chief Resident, Brown University General Psychiatry Residency - 1999-2000

Post Residency Position

Attending and staff psychiatrist, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

William Brennan

Education:

 Northestern University, BS, Biology - 1975

Dan Comiskey

Education:

Williams College, BA, Philosophy - 1988
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, MD - 1996

Post Residency Position

Forensic psychiatry fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts

Rana Dagher

Education:

American University of Beirut, Lebanon, BS, Biology - 1990
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, MD - 1995

Post Residency Position

Staff psychiatrist, General Psychiatry and Addictions Program, Bangor, Maine

G. Thamara Hinojosa Davis

Education:

Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Santiago, Ecuador, MD - 1994

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship - Brown University

Jacqueline Lebel

Education:

Florida State University, BS, Biological Sciences - 1989
Florida State University College of Law, JD - 1993
University of Rochester Medical School, MD - 1997

Post Residency Position

Child and Adolescent Fellowship - Brown University