Recent Graduates

Professional Activities of Former Residents Upon Graduation

Graduating Residents 2007

Susanne Ahmari, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Affective and Anxiety Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

Nancy Bivens, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Schizophrenia
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

Melissa Bowker-Kinley, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Maine Medical Center

Itai Danovitch, M.D.
Fellow in Substance Abuse
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Elizabeth Fitelson, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Intensive Outpatient Program Columbia.University
Fellow in Public Psychiatry, Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Elizabeth Hantman, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Eileen Kavanagh, M.D., M.P.A.
Attending Psychiatrist, Intensive Outpatient Program Columbia.University
Candidate, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training
Private Practice

Christina Mangurian, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service, Audubon Clinic
Fellow in Public Psychiatry, Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute
APIRE/Lilly Research Fellow

David Merrill, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Michelle Merrill, M.D.
Acting Assistant Director of Residency Training
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Candidate, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training
Private Practice

Jonathan Posner, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Oregon Health Sciences University

Katharine Stratigos,
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Graduating Residents, 2006

Jeremy Butler, M.D.
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Columbia-Cornell/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice  

Toya Clay, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Chicago

Kareem Ghalib, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Kelli Harding, M.D.
Research Fellow
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

Diane McLean, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice  

Ann Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Jeffrey Miller, M.D.
Research Fellow
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Bret Rutherford, M.D.
Research Fellow
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

David Schab, M.D., M.P.H.
Attending Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia Research Unit
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

Roman Snihurowych, M.D.
Bosch Foundation Fellowship
Berlin, Germany

Gregory Tau, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
New York University
Private Practice  

S. Robert Vorel, M.D., Ph.D.
Substance Abuse Fellow
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice  

Graduating Residents, 2005

Sharon Alspector, M.D.
Fellow in Consultation Liaison and Psychiatric Education
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Melissa Arbuckle, M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Residency Training
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Mark Bradley, M.D.
HIV Research Fellow and Fellow in Consultation Liaison
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Ilana Braun, M.D.
Fellow in Consultation Liaison
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Private Practice

Allegra Broft, M.D.
Research Fellow in Eating Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Daniel Chrzanowski, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Victoria Cressman, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Schizophrenia
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Jennifer Fellowes, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, 9Garden North
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Andrea Kondracke, M.D.
Resident in Internal Medicine
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Benjamin Nordstrom, M.D.
Substance Abuse Fellow
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice  

Scott Schobel, M.D.
Research Fellow in Schizophrenia
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute  

Christine Wittmann, M.D.
Fellow in Emergency Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Graduating Residents, 2004

Robert Berman, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Affective and Related Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Jean-Marie Bradford, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Alex Dranovsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Schizophrenia
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Mark Eldaief, M.D.
Fellow in Combined Neurology and Psychiatry Program
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Michael Friedman, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, 9Garden North
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Jeffrey Friend, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist
University of California at Davis  

Adam Goldyne, M.D.
Forensic Fellow
University of California at San Francisco
Private Practice

Elizabeth LeQuesne, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

M. Bijoy Mathew, M.D.
Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Alicia McGill, M.D.
Candidate, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic
Training and Research
Private Practice

Drew Ramsey, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Daniel Richter, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, General Clinical Research Unit
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Graduating Residents, 2003

Elizabeth Bromley, M.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
University of California at Los Angeles

Dianna Dragatsi, M.D.
Fellow in Public Psychiatry
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Sylvia Emmerich, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, 9 Garden North,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

David Leonardo, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Affective and Anxiety Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Amir Levine, M.D.
Clinical and Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Alan Liu, M.D.
Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York State Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice  

Richard Nathanson, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, 9 Garden North,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Ankur Saraiya, M.D.
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
New York University
Private Practice

David Sherman, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Arielle Stanford, M.D.
Research Fellow in Schizophrenia
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice 

Joanna Steinglass, M.D.
Research Fellow in Eating Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Susan Turner, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, 9 Garden North,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Graduating Residents, 2002

Mark Groves, M.D.
Fellow in Consultation Liaison,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Private Practice

Jordan Karp, M.D.
Fellow in Geriatric Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh

Pamela Maskara, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Private Practice

Benjamin McCommon, M.D.
Fellow in Public Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Attending Psychiatrist, Intensive Outpatient Program,
Columbia/New York  Presbyterian Hospital,
Private Practice

William Olcott
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Britta Ostermeyer, M.D.
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Case Western Reserve University

Steven Rudin, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Aneil Shirke, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff, August Aichorn Center
Candidate, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training
Private Practice

Susan Stern, M.D.
Staff, Columbia Psychiatric Associates
Private Practice

Serena Volpp, M.D.
Fellow in Public Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute
and Asian Bicultural Center
Gouverneur Hospital
Private Practice

William Wu, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Suzanne Yang, M.D.
Research Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in French Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis,
Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University

Graduating Residents, 2001

Alycia Bartley-Heinsen, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Brett Blatter, M.D.
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Columbia, Cornell and NY State program

Rebecca Chaplan, M.D.
Staff, Columbia Neuropsychiatric Service
Candidate, Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training
Private Practice

Amar Das, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Affective Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Amelia Gallitano-Mendel, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Faculty,
Washington University

Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Affective Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Karyn Horowitz, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Hallie Lightdale, M.D.
Fellow in Emergency Psychiatry
New York University

Seth McGowan, M.D.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Sanjay Mathew, M.D.
Research Fellow in Anxiety Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Private Practice

Tarique Perera, M.D.
Research Fellow in Affective Disorders
Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute 
Private Practice





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