Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Department of Psychiatry

Post Residency Career Plans

Post Residency First year Career Plans 1999-2006

1999
Catherine Birndorf, MD: Director Medical Student Clerkship in Psychiatry/ Attending Psychiatrist, WomenÕs Health Program and Consultation Liaison Service, Northwestern University

Deborah Carver, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Riccardo Cruciani, MD: Assistant Professor in Neurology and Psychiatry, Cornell/Attending, Pain Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute (Board Eligible in Psychiatry and Neurology)

Laura Downs, MD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Laurie Gordon, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Mark Green, MD: Resident in Addiction Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Public Health, Cornell

Lauri Liskin, MD: Resident in Forensic Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical College

John Meyers, MD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Joseph Murray, MD: Attending, Center for Special Services, HIV Related Disorders, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Amy Wechsler, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell


2000
Ayodele Adeigbola, MD: Public Psychiatry Fellowship New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia

Janet Baird, MD, PhD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Bezalel Dantz, MD: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Chicago (Board Eligible in Psychiatry and Medicine)

Tracey Irvin, MD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Pamela Kenworthy, MD: Resident in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Florida in Gainesville

Francis Lee, MD, PhD: Research Fellowship, Molecular Neurobiology, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, De-Witt Wallace ReaderÕs Digest Foundation, Cornell

Nancy Needell, MD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Richard Oddy, MD: Staff Psychiatrist, Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platt, Nebraska

Lori Simon, MD: Part-Time Attending, Payne Whitney Clinic Outpatient Department/Private Practice

Marie Sullivan, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Cynthia Vitko, MD, JD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Emory University


2001
Andrew Bennett, MD, JD: Research Fellowship, Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia

Lisa Berman, MD: Part-Time Attending, Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Service/Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Pamela Buchbinder, MD: Resident in Addiction Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Public Health, Cornell

Daria Colombo, MD: Part-Time Attending, Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Service/Psychoanalytic Training, New York Psychoanalytic Institute

David Fedoronko, MD: Consultation Liaison Fellowship, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia

Jill Jacobson, MD: Unit Chief, Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Service/ Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Jason Kim, MD: Part-Time Attending, Payne Whitney Clinic Outpatient Department/Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, Rockefeller University

Lorraine Marshall, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia Rebecca Smith, MD: Public Psychiatry Fellowship, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia


2002
Rebecca Adams, MD: Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Gary Brendel, MD: Research Fellowship, Neuroimaging Laboratory, De-Witt Wallace ReaderÕs Digest Foundation, Weill-Medical College of Cornell University

Greg Dillon, MD: Part-Time Attending Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Services/ Private Practice

Daniel Gorman, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston ChildrenÕs Hospital, Harvard

Chris Kauffman, MD: Consultation Liaison Fellowship, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia

Sarah Klagsbrun, MD: Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Jeffrey Schulden, MD: Research Fellowship, Epidemic Intelligence Office, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta

Khakasa Wapenyi, MD: Public Psychiatry Fellowship, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia


2003
Osman Ali, M.D. Public Psychiatry Fellowship, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia

Tuna Burgut, M.D. Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Jennifer Cooper, M.D. Resident in Addiction Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Public Health, Cornell

Beth Judge, M.D. Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Doonam Kim, M.D. Resident in Forensic Psychiatry, New York University

Charles Lilly, M.D. Clinical Research Associate, Laboratory for the Biology of Addictive Diseases, Rockefeller University

Laurie Malkoff, M.D. Attending Psychiatry Disaster Psychiatry Outreach/ Psychopharmacology Associate/Klein-Liebowitz Psychiatric Associates

Rory Marraccini, M.D. Private Practice with Hidden Valley Neuropsychiatry Clinic.Pittsburgh, PA/Medical Staff, Monongahela Balley Hospital, Monongahela, PA.

Sandra Park, M.D. Part-Time Attending Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Services/ Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

A. Valentine Raiteri, M.D. Part-Time Attending Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Services/ Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Regan Stanger, M.D. Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell


2004
Samantha Boardman, M.D. Voluntary faculty, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Anna Chapman, M.D. Study group in neuropsychoanalysis , Capetown, South Africa, (Dr. Mark Solms.) Voluntary faculty, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Psychoanalytic training, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Adam Estevez, M.D. Resident in Psychiatry and the Law, Cornell-Columbia

Peter Freed, M.D. Research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute in the laboratory of Dr. John Mann studying the neurobiology of grief.

Tammy Gotlieb, M.D. Faculty, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, Outpatient C/L attending, Medical student mental health program, private practice.

Todd Loftus, M.D. Attending, Center for Special Services, HIV Related Disorders, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell

Alison Lomonaco,M.D. Full-time Attending Payne Whitney Clinic Inpatient Services/ Psychoanalytic Training, New York Psychoanalytic Institute

Oren Messeri, M.D. Fellow in Emergency Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center

Nicole Regent, M.D. Faculty, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, PWC WomenÕs Clinic with Dr. Catherine Birndorf, Medical Student Mental Health Program.

Julia Samton, M.D. Faculty, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, Multiple Sclerosis clinic, ParkinsonÕs Disease research (Steven Ferrando), Private practice

Christine Truman, M.D. Faculty of Brown University School of Medicine, Attending at Rhode Island Hospital in an inpatient unit and in an outpatient mood disorders program.


2005
Maha Ahmad, M.D. Resident, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell campus

Justine Donovan, M.D. Fellow in Community Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute.

David Galarneau, M.D. Faculty and full-time inpatient attending, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical Center

Andrew Gerber, M.D. Ph.D. Research Fellows, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute; Faculty of the University College in London Psychoanalytic Research Training Program; Candidate, Columbia University Center for Training and Research

Ritu Ghai, M.D. Resident, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell campus

Judith Gold, M.D. Sackler Fellow in Mother-Infant psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical Center; Faculty and full-time attending, Cornell University Department of Psychiatry

Nikki Gordon-Skovby, M.D Part-time private practice

Erika Marshall, M.D. Part-time private practice

Joseph Matta, M.D, Unit Chief, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry, St. VincentÕs Catholic Medical Center; Faculty, New York Medical College.

Lori Spechler-Sidman, M.D. Faculty, Disaster Psychiatry Outreach , Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical College; Candidate, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research


2006
Natasha H. Chriss, M.D. Full-time private practice; Psychoanalytic Training, New York Psychoanalytic Institute; Faculty, Cornell University Department of Psychiatry

Christina C.Dziedzic, M.D. Faculty and full-time inpatient attending, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical Center

Diana Feldman, M.D. Resident, Geriatric Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell program

Kendall L. Genre, M.D. Attending psychiatrist, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana; Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University.

Bruce Leuchter, M.D. Faculty and Director, Neuropsychiatry clinical service, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical Center

Mark J.Petrini, M.D. Attending psychiatrist, Emergency Room of New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia campus; Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Neala Rafizadeh, M.D. Attending psychiatry, Inpatient service, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia campus; Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Karen B. Rosenbaum, M.D. Resident, Forensic psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles

Charles P. Stowell, M.D. Resident, Psychosomatic psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell program

Christina A. Treece, M.D. Resident, Psychosomatic psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell program

April J. Zhu, M.D. Attending psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, California; Attending, Teen and WomenÕs Mood and Hormone Clinic and faculty, University of California, San Francisco


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General Psychiatry Residency Program

Educational Leadership

The Residents

Awards and Honors

The Program

Contact Information

Important Dates

Holiday Schedule

PGY 1
·  Overview
·  Clinical Program
·  Educational Program
·  Program Requirements

PGY 2
·  Overview
·  Clinical Program
·  Educational Program
·  Curriculum (pdf)
·  Program Requirements

PGY 3
·  Overview
·  Clinical Program
·  Educational Program
·  Curriculum (pdf)
·  Program Requirements

PGY 4
·  Overview
·  Clinical Program
·  Curriculum (pdf)
·  Program Requirements
·  Chief Residency
·  Residents Graduation Papers

For All Residents
·  Departmental Education Events
·  Fellowships

Special Programs
·  Child Track

Neurology-Psychiatry Combined Residency Program
·  Outline of PGY I-VI Years
·  Faculty
·  Application Process

Life after Residency
·  Post Residency Career Plans

·  Resident's Graduation Papers
·  Resident Publications

The Application Process

Child & Adolescent Training Program

Geriatric Psychiatry Training Program: Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry