Leadership

Senior Leadership Team

Executive Committee

  • Shirin Ali, MD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Training Division

  • John Barnhill, MD
    Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee

  • Allison Brown, PhD
    Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee

  • John Burton, MD
    Co-Chair, Psychoanalytic Fellowship

  • Katherine Cahn-Fuller, MD
    Co-Chair, Creedmoor Residency Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

  • Eve Caligor, MD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Psychotherapy Division

    Co-Chair, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Program

  • Sabrina Cherry, MD
    Co-Chair, Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE)

  • Natasha Chriss, MD
    Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee

  • Daniel Chrzanowski, MD
    Co-Chair, Psychoanalytic Fellowship

  • Jay Crosby, PhD
    Co-Chair, Psychology Division

  • Richard Glisker, MD
    Co-President, Candidate Organization

  • Emma Golkin, MD
    Co-Chair, Creedmoor Residency Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

  • Alyson Gorun, MD
    Co-Chair, Admissions Committee

  • Ruth Graver, MD  
    Co-Chair, Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE)
    Co-Chair, CAPE Analyzing and Supervising Candidates (CAPE ASC)

  • David Gutman, MD
    Co-Chair, Awards Committee

  • Jane Halperin, PhD
    Chair, Mentorship Committee

  • Bernadine Han, MD
    Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee

  • Talia Hatzor, PhD
    Chair, Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Program

  • Yael Holoshitz, MD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Training Division

  • Pamela Meersand, PhD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Child Division

  • Michelle Merrill, MD
    Co-Chair, Recruitment Committee

  • Juliette Meyer, PhD
    Chair/Director, Psychology Externship

  • Abby Mulkeen, MD
    Co-Chair, Case Intake Committee

  • Rebecca Nejat, MD
    Co-Chair, Admissions Committee

  • Sharone Ornstein, MD
    Co-Chair, Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE)
    Co-Chair, CAPE Analyzing and Supervising Candidates (CAPE ASC)

  • Sandra Park, MD
    Co-Chair, Awards Committee

  • Ellen Rees, MD
    Faculty Representative

  • Timothy Rice, MD
    Co-Chair, Child Division

  • Justin Richardson, MD
    Director

  • Alicia A. Rojas-Wainer, MD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Training Division
    Interim Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

  • Michele Rosenberg, MD
    Co-Chair, Trauma-Informed Psychodynamic Therapies Program
    Co-Chair, Psychotherapy Division

  • Alexandra Sacks, MD
    Co-Chair, Recruitment Committee

  • Jose Sanchez-Cruz, MD
    Co-President, Candidate Organization

  • David Schab, MD
    Chair, Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

  • Holly Schneier, MD
    Co-Chair, Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE)

  • Anna Schwartz, MD
    Co-Chair, Psychotherapy Division

  • Shabnam Shakibae Smith, MD
    Faculty Representative

  • Brian Smith, PhD
    Co-Chair/Admissions Coordinator, Psychology Externship

  • Barry Stern, PhD
    Associate Director
    Chair, Psychology Division
    Co-Chair, Psychotherapy Division
    Co-Chair, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Program

  • Maya Stowe, MD
    Co-Chair, Case Intake Committee

  • Nina Tager, MD
    Faculty Representative

  • Wendy Turchin, MD
    Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

  • Susan Vaughan, MD
    Chair, Advancement Committee

  • Elhav Weinstein, MD
    Co-Chair, Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

  • Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD
    Co-Chair, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Program