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