Class of 2023 Graduates

Group photo in formal dress

Our graduates pursue a wide gamut of opportunities following graduating from residency. Some continue their medical training, matching into competitive fellowships. Others begin their career, working at:

  • Academic institutions
  • Private hospitals and clinics
  • State hospitals
  • Veterans’ Affairs Medical Centers

Similarly, our residents work in different areas of psychiatry, including

  • Inpatient psychiatry
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Outpatient psychiatry
  • Collaborative care
  • Telepsychiatry
  • Emergency psychiatry
  • Research

Below is a list of recent graduates and where they went following residency:

Class of 2023  
Tirsit Berhanu, MD Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic, Chicago, IL
Linda Nix, MD, MPH Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA
Matteo Respino, MD Indiana University, Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, Indiannapolis, IN
Rayyan Sami, MD Riveredge Hospital, Inpatient Unit, Chicago, IL
Neha Navneet Sharma, MD University of Maryland, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Baltimore, MD
Neal L. Swartz, MD Private Practice, Lakewood, OH
Bianca Volbers, MD VA Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic, Ohio

 

Prior Classes

Alan Akira, MD

Private Practice, Chicago, IL

Aniruddha Deka, MBBS

Consultation Liaison Fellowship, Yale University

Joshua Eloge, MD

RUSH University Medical Center, Research Treatment Center, Chicago, IL

Phillip Henry, MD

Compass Health Center, Chicago, IL

David Rizk, MD

San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Shireen Samson, MBBS

Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, IL

Faraz Sultan, MD

RUSH University Medical Center, Alzheimer’s Research Center, Chicago, IL

Eric Tiede, MD

 Telepsych, Private Practice Group
Emilio Garcia, MD

Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA
Dhruthi Kalangi, DO

Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Juhi Kushwaha, MD

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Chicago, IL
Leora Massey, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (C&A) Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Kelly Rhodes, MD

RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Hannah Statz, MD

Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Amanda Wellmann, MD

Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA

Caleb Bragg, MD

LifeStance Health, San Diego, CA

Vanessa Cutler, MD, MPH

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Caprice Gilpin, MD 

Margaret Mary Health Collaborative Care, Batesville, IN

Miriam Robinovitz, MD

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mia Bell, MD

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Radhika Chimata, MD 

Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System, Streamwood, IL

Victor Patron Romero, MD

Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship and MacLean Medical Ethics Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Kumail Hussain, MD

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Maureen Joyce, MD, MPH

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

David Sholtes, DO

RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Huzaifa Ashraf, MD

Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

Elisa Crystal, MD

Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, IL

Sanjaya Dharmapuri, MD

C&A Psychiatry Fellowship, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Brian Hesler, MD 

Mercy Health Partners, Muskegon, MI

Tara Thomas, MD

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

Michael (Jake) Byrne, MD

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Brown University, Providence, RI
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