Adult Psychiatry Residency Faculty

Training Faculty – MD/DO

Adrienne Bentman

Adrienne Bentman, M.D.

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Residency: Psychiatry: McLean Hospital; Internal Medicine: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Fellowship: Adolescent and Family Psychiatry – McLean Hospital

Job Title: Associate Director Adult Psychiatry Residency; Director of Psychotherapy Training, Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist

Michael Sinisgalli

Scott Sinisgalli, M.D.

Medical School: University of Connecticut

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency

Dr. Javeed Sukhera

Javeed Sukhera, M.D., PhD, DABPN, FRCPC

Medical School: Ben-Gurion University

Residency: University of Rochester

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – University of Rochester

Job Title: Chair of Psychiatry, Institute of Living & Chief of Psychiatry, Hartford Hospital

Benjamin Anderson

Benjamin Anderson, M.D.

Medical School: St. Georges University School of Medicine

Residency: Westchester Medical Center

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Children’s National Medical Center

Job Title: Director of Clinical Trials Unit

Michal Assaf

Michal Assaf, M.D.

Medical School: The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University

Fellowship: Psychiatry Neuroimaging (Research)

Job Title: Director of Research, Mary W. Parker Autism Center, IOL and Director, Autism & Functional Mapping lab, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, IOL

Shahana Ayub, M.D.

Medical School: Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Washington University School of Medicine

Job Title: Young Adult Psychiatrist

Sanjay Banerjee, M.D.

Medical School: SMS Medical College

Residency: SDM Hospital, SMS Medical College

Job Title: Inpatient Psychiatrist

Dr. Carmen Black

Carmen Black, M.D., MHS-Med Ed

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Residency:  University of Pennsylvania & Medical College of Georgia

Job Title: Vice Chair of Education, Outpatient Psychiatrist

Karen Blank

Karen Blank, M.D.

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine

Residency: Cornell University School of Medicine, New York Hospital

Job Title: Psychotherapy Supervisor, Consultant

John Bonetti

John Bonetti, D.O.

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Forensic Psychiatry – Yale University School of Medicine

Job Title: Associate Director of Forensic Consultation Service, Psychotherapy Supervisor

Elizabeth Burch, D.O.

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Forensic Psychiatry – Yale University School of Medicine

Job Title: Psychotherapy Supervisor

Helen Bradshaw

Helen Bradshaw, M.D.

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University

Residency: Johns Hopkins University

Job Title: Adult Partial Hospital & Peri-Partum Psychiatrist

Penelope Carmichael

Penelope Carmichael, D.O.

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Zucker Hillside Hospital

Fellowship: Geriatric Psychiatry – Zucker Hillside Hospital

Job Title: Geriatric Psychiatrist

Michael Dewberry

Michael Dewberry, M.D.

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Medical Director, Young Adult Psychiatrist

Fogg-Waberski, Joanna Halina, MD

Joanna Fogg-Waberski, M.D.

Medical School: Medical University of Warsaw

Residency: Institute of Living

Fellowship: Geriatric Psychiatry – Institute of Living

Job Title: Associate Medical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry

Evan Fox

Evan Fox, M.D.

Medical School: University of Health Science/Chicago Medical School

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – University of  Connecticut/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Director: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Chair: Ethics, HH, Psycho-Oncologist: Quality of Life Program, HHC Cancer Institute

Miriam Friedlander

Miriam Friedlander, M.D.

Medical School: New York University School of Medicine

Residency: New York University School of Medicine

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Job Title: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

Alejandro Gonzalez-Restrepo, MD

Alejandro Gonzalez-Restrepo, M.D.

Medical School: Universidad CES

Residency: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Job Title: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

Katherine Grieco

Katherine Grieco, D.O.

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Penn State Health/St. Joseph Medical Center Family Medicine Program

Job Title: Addictions Medicine Specialist, Addiction Rotation Co-Lead

Alfred Herzog

Alfred Herzog, M.D.

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania

Residency: Yale School of Medicine

Job Title: Psychotherapy Supervisor, Resident Teacher

John Sloan Hopkins, MD

John Sloan Hopkins, M.D., M.S.P.H.

Graduate School: University of North Carolina School of Public Health

Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Job Title: Inpatient Psychiatrist, PG1 BPS Rotation

Victor Jones, M.D.

Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Job Title: Inpatient Psychiatrist, PG1 Inpatient Psychiatry Rotation

Salma Malik

Salma Malik, M.D., MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

Medical School: Fatima Jinnah Medical College

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Program Director Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, PG2 C&A Rotation

Radhika Mehendru, M.D.

Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College

Residency: Saint Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Fellowship: Geriatric Psychiatry –  Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Job Title: Inpatient Psychiatrist

Vincent McClain

Vincent McClain, M.D.

Medical School: St. George’s University, School of Medicine; Grenada, British West Indies

Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fellowship: Rushford Addiction Medicine

Job Title: Addiction Medicine Program Director, Addiction Rotation Co-Lead

Maschal Mohiuddin, MD

Maschal Mohiuddin, M.D.

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Job Title: Professionals Intensive Outpatient Program & Peri-Partum Psychiatrist

Leigh Nathan

Leigh Nathan, M.D.

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Fellowship: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Public Psychiatry – Yale University School of Medicine

Job Title: Clinical Lead of Person-centered Care in Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

Godfrey Pearlson

Godfrey Pearlson, M.D.

Medical School: Newcastle on Tyne University, England

Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Fellowship: Post Stroke Depression-Bench to Bedside – Johns Hopkins Hospital

Job Title: Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, and Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine

David Pepper

David Pepper, M.D.

Medical School: Saba University of Medicine

Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Director of Emergency Psychiatry

Jonathan Raub

Jonathan Raub, M.D.

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard University

Fellowship: Forensic Psychiatry – University of Rochester

Job Title: Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, PG2 C&A Rotation

Tonya Ruggieri

Tonya Ruggieri, M.D.

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Co-Director, Center for Interventional Psychiatry

Tilla Ruser, M.D.

Medical School: Humboldt – University of Berlin

Residency: New England Medical Center

Fellowship: Addictions Psychiatry – Yale New Haven Hospital

Job Title: Adult Day Intensive Outpatient Psychiatrist

Dahlia Saad-Pendergrass

Dahlia Saad-Pendergrass, M.D.

Medical School: American University of Beirut

Residency: Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Job Title: Psychotherapy Supervisor, Resident Teacher, C/L Researcher

Carla W. Schnitzlein, DO

Carla Schnitzlein, D.O.

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Job Title: Associate Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry

Harold Schwartz

Harold Schwartz, M.D.

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency: New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic

Fellowship: Forensic Psychiatry – New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center

Job Title: Psychiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychotherapy Supervisor, Resident Teacher

Manu Sharma, MD, FAPA

Manu Sharma, M.D., FAPA

Medical School: Mysore Medical College and Research Institute

Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Job Title: Assistant Medical Director for Research and Innovation, Neuroscience Course Director

Raymone Shenouda

Raymone Shenouda, M.D.

Medical School: University of Alexandria

Residency: Lincoln Hospital

Fellowship: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry – Yale University School of Medicine

Job Title: Program Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, ER/CL Course Director

Kyle Shepard

Kyle Shepard, D.O.

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Fellowship: Adult Psychoanalytic Training and Hospital-Based Psychotherapy – Austen Riggs

Job Title: PG4 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Course Director

Joseph Trettel

Joseph Trettel, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate School: University of Connecticut

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital and University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Fellowship: Neuropsychiatry – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Job Title: Neuropsychiatrist, Co-Director, Center for Interventional Psychiatry

Karina Weiss

Karina Weiss, M.D.

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine

Residency: Harvard Longwood

Job Title: Professionals Intensive Outpatient Program

Katharine Woods

Katharine Woods, D.O., M.S.

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital

Job Title: Associate Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, PG2 Inpatient Rotation Lead

Joshua Wortzel

Joshua Wortzel, M.D., MPhil, M.S.

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine

Residency: University of Rochester

Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Brown University

Job Title: Young Adult Psychiatrist

Peter Zeman

Peter Zeman, M.D.

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine

Residency: Institute of Living

Job Title: Outpatient Psychiatrist

Ran Zhao

Ran Zhao, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Johns Hopkins University

Job Title: Community Psychiatry Rotation Lead, Psychopharmacology Course Director

Training Faculty – PsyD/PhD

Dr. Jimmy Choi

Jimmy Choi, PsyD

Training Institution: Pepperdine University

Post Doc Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Job Title: Director of Cognitive Rehabilitation Services

Rosemarie Coratola, PsyD, LMFT

Rosemarie Coratola, PsyD, LMFT

Training Institution: Antioch University New England, University of Bridgeport

Psychology Internship: Institute of Living

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Bridgeport Hospital

Job Title: Coordinator of Family Therapy, Resident Couples/Family Therapy Course Director, Clinical Psychologist

Jennifer Ferrand

Jennifer Ferrand, PsyD

Training Institution: University of Hartford, Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology

Post Doc Education: Institute of Living

Job Title: Director, Well-Being Department, PG3 Advanced Therapy Course Director

Melissa Jourdain

Melissa Jourdain, PsyD

Training Institution: Nova Southeastern University

Post Doc Education: Institute of Living

Job Title: Manager of Inpatient Psychology, Clinical Psychologist

Richard Lautenbach

Richard Lautenbach, PhD

Post Doc Internship: Newington V.A. Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium

Post Doc Education: Elmcrest Hospital

Job Title: Director of Resident Group Therapy Supervision, Clinical Psychologist

Kristin Slyne

Kristin Slyne, PsyD, ABPP-CN

Training Institution: University of Hartford

Post Doc Education: Yale University and UConn Health

Job Title: Manager of Neuropsychology & Psychology Testing Services; Training Director, Neuropsychology APPCN Fellowship, Clinical Psychologist

Michael Stevens

Michael Stevens, PhD

Training Institution: University of Connecticut

Post Doc Education: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Job Title: Director, CNDLAB at the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center

Director, Child & Adolescent Research at The Institute of Living

Associate Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center

David Tolin

David Tolin, PhD, ABPP

Training Institution: University of Arkansas

Internship: VA Medical Center, Boston

Job Title: Director, Anxiety Disorders Center & Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Director of Resident CBT Supervision

Aieyat Zalzala

Aieyat Zalzala, PhD

Training Institution: Purdue University

Post Doc Education: Institute of Living

Job Title: Assistant Training Director of Psychology Training, Cultural Psychiatry Course Director, Clinical Psychologist