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General Psychiatry Residency Program

PGY1 Residents
PGY1 Residents with Dr. Brenner on Tour of Training Sites

We train psychiatrists who are expert in the brain, the mind, and social systems and highly capable at working in teams and care systems, who meet each patient with dignity and the desire to listen, and who feel supported by our training community and in turn support each other. Our residents graduate at the cutting edge of all aspects of psychiatry, trained by outstanding, evidence-oriented clinicians to provide excellent clinical care to patients. In our innovative, exciting didactic and clinical/experiential base for training, faculty and residents work together, balancing clinical service and education. Our patients are diverse in every way: ethnoculturally, socioeconomically, and by clinical service (private, public sector, community, etc.). This variety ensures our residents are able to practice psychiatry anywhere with anyone.

Program Overview

  • Our Values, Mission, and Vision

    Values

    Service, Healing, Advocacy, Research, Education, and Duty

    Mission

    SHARED Values, SHARED Vision, SHARED Excellence

    Vision

    The UT Southwestern Psychiatry Residency Program is dedicated to developing physicians who prioritize comprehensive patient care and champion the recovery of the whole person. We are committed to training a diverse group of resident physicians who embody our core SHARED values of: Service, Healing, Advocacy, Research, Education, and Duty. Our program emphasizes the application of evidence-based, state-of-the-art, biopsychosocial models of treatment to address the diverse mental health needs of patients across various healthcare settings.

    We are committed to cultivating personalized career training pathways for our residents via unique training experiences, broad elective opportunities, and access to exceptional mentorship from nationally renowned faculty. We ensure the effectiveness of our training by focusing on core competencies such as clinical excellence, research aptitude, effective advocacy, and leadership at the local, state, national, and international levels.

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  • Evidence-Based Psychiatry

    Our curriculum is evidence based not only in content but also in teaching. Our didactic curriculum is based on the most up-to-date understanding of how adults learn, and we rigorously study our educational efforts to make sure we are effectively teaching and inspiring our residents.

    The presence and involvement of internationally recognized researchers is central to our residents engaging with the latest, most advanced, evidence-based clinical tools to prepare them to administer treatments yet to come. Our exciting research programs include:

    • Biomarkers for mental illness
    • Functional imaging in schizophrenia, depression, anorexia, addictions, and more
    • Psychotherapy research, including individual and family
    • Mental health systems and quality improvement
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Adult autism
    • Early psychosis
    • Molecular genetics of serious mental illness and addictions
    • Neurobiology of psychiatric illnesses
    • Neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and adult neurogenesis
    • Dopamine in brains of schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease
    • ECT, MST, and DBS for treatment-resistant mood disorder
    • Neurobiology of genetic vulnerability to stress
    • Neuronal signal transduction processes
    • Cognitive/social neuroscience and eating disorders
    • Sleep and arousal mechanisms, circadian rhythms, and the molecular clock
    • Dissemination and implementation research, including medication algorithms
    • Treatment resistance in mood disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse
    • Effectiveness of interventions in real-world settings
    • Psychiatric epidemiology
    • Neuropsychology
  • Breadth of Exposure and Diversity of Careers

    Our graduates are prepared to go in any direction they choose, having been exposed in depth, with appreciative understanding, to every area within psychiatry. We offer ACGME-accredited fellowships in addiction, child and adolescent, consultation-liaison, forensic, and geriatric psychiatry and sleep medicine. Some of our graduates elect to pursue these fellowships with us while others are accepted at other prominent U.S. programs.

    Our graduates have gone on to private practice, basic or clinical research careers, psychoanalytic training, academic appointments all over the U.S., and public psychiatry. Many have chosen to join our own rapidly growing faculty. We welcome applicants with any of these aspirations (or others we haven’t yet thought of), and we strive to help all our residents define their individual interests and plan a personally fulfilling career.

  • Serving the Needs of Our Diverse Dallas Community

    Advocating for Our Patients and Pursuing Health Care Equity

    Our patients cannot flourish if they are not part of a supportive community. Therefore, advocacy for our patients is an important part of our identity. We are dedicated to pursuing health care equity through vigorous efforts to educate and expose our trainees to the cultural expanse of our community. Furthermore, we value the broad backgrounds that our trainees and staff bring to our environment.

    Over two-thirds of the Dallas population identify as an ethnic minority. Dallas has the largest population of individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+ in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S. The Latin American community in Dallas is one of the fastest growing in the country.

    Rotations and Clinical Sites with Patients from Various Backgrounds

    Our residents have the opportunity for a vast array of different rotations and clinical sites and work with a diverse patient population:

    • Parkland Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, C/L service, and Psychiatric Emergency Department
    • Parkland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
    • Dallas Veterans Affairs Hospital (2nd largest VA Hospital in the US!)
    • Metrocare Outpatient Services: opportunity to do community-based mental health treatment, work with Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, and participate in community outreach with the Dallas homeless population
    • Forensic experience at the Dallas County Jail

    Electives Promoting Unique Cultural Exposure

    We offer elective opportunities for Psychiatry Residents in settings that promote diverse learning experiences:

    • College Mental Health at Paul Quinn College
    • Refugee Mental Health Clinic
    • Global Mental Health Experience in Guyana
    • Veterans Community Outpatient Rotation
    • Teaching Adolescents at Local High Schools

    Curricula Emphasizing Culture and Diversity

    PGY1

    • Introduction to Discrimination as a Social Determinant of Mental Health
    • Global Mental Health
    • Cultural Formulation
    • LGBTQI+ Mental Health

    PGY2

    • Assertive Community Treatment
    • LGBTQI+ Mental Health and Substance Abuse
    • Refugee Mental Health
    • Troubleshooting Multicultural Factors
    • Transitional Age Youth

    PGY3

    • Financial Planning for the Resident
    • Ethical Issues Raised by the Use of Social Media by Patients and Providers
    • Collaborative Care
    • Mindfulness

    PGY4

    • Social Media in Mental Health
    • Cultural Factors in Psychiatry
    • Antipsychiatry
    • Social Determinants of Mental Health
    • History of Psychiatry
    • Religion and Psychiatry

    Additional Learning Opportunities Emphasizing Inclusive Excellence

    Didactic lectures on special topics with objectives and activities developed by residents:

    • African Americans' Mental Health at the African American Museum
    • Latino Mental Health at the Latino Cultural Center
    • Understanding Cross Cultural Experiences

    Grand Rounds:

    • Educational series that includes expert speakers who focus on health equity in mental health care delivery

    Literature and Psychiatry:

    • Series embedded within didactics in which we read literature chosen by residents (e.g., poems, short stories)
    • The Literature and Psychiatry work group and the Resident Initiative for Solidarity and Engagement (RISE) Together committee ensure required readings come from authors of various backgrounds and that stories are reflective of cultural differences

    Training Sites

    Our residents encounter a wide variety of patient populations and systems of psychiatric care through our affiliate institutions:

    We involve every resident in each setting in a coherent plan that balances patient care and education. Diversity of settings allows residents to care for the widest possible range of patients by diagnosis, ethnic background, socioeconomic status, and location.

Application Process

We use ERAS.

  • Necessary Items

    All Application Packages Must Include:

    • Personal Statement
    • Medical Student Performance Evaluation (Dean's Letter)
    • Medical School Transcript
    • USMLE or COMLEX Transcript
    • Three Letters of Recommendation (LoRs), one of which may be the Psychiatry Standard Letter of Recommendation (view/download template)
    • CV
    • Photograph
    • ECFMG certificate (for International Medical Graduates only; we routinely sponsor J-1 visas and can discuss with applicants directly if they have specific questions about other visa sponsorship)

    Other Items:

    • Medical school diploma
    • Visa documentation (if applicable; only J-1 visas are sponsored)
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    Interview Information

    • Interviews are scheduled from 10/8/24 through 1/31/2025
    • All interviews are completed virtually
    • We use the Thalamus interviewing platform
  • Additional Information

    We must receive the completed application before we will interview (we conduct virtual interviews).

    Residents must be eligible to rotate at each of our clinical training sites. Most sites require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, and some sites do not allow exemptions to this requirement.

    Please note that as part of the application and interview process for a potential residency position in our program, we are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and you would need to meet ACGME requirements for matriculation in our program.

    Upon graduation from our residency training program, most of our graduates seek board certification from either the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. The process of board certification is separate from residency training and has additional requirements. Some board organizations require completion of all your education in an ACGME-accredited residency. Please contact the appropriate certifying board to understand your eligibility for board certification before accepting (if offered) a residency position at our institution.

    For more information or any questions, please contact our education team:

    • Phone: 214-648-7312
    • Fax: 214-648-7370
    • Email

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Program Structure

  • Letter from the Chief Residents

    Chief Residents

    Donald Egan

    Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Caila Lavine

    Caila Lavine. M.D.

    Lindsay Szauter

    Lindsay Szauter, M.D., M.P.H.

    Thank you for taking time to learn more about our program! We are excited to showcase our comprehensive training within a supportive, diverse, and engaging community, equipping you to become an outstanding psychiatrist prepared to meet the increasing mental health needs across Texas and the nation.

    We have diverse clinical opportunities, world-class research, and access to high-quality, robust psychotherapy training. Working within various care systems (public safety net, private, veterans' and children's hospitals, and public, private, forensic, homeless, and community-based clinics), we are exposed to patients from a wide array of backgrounds with a broad range of psychiatric and medical conditions. We become familiar with a full breadth of medications, psychotherapy modalities, and cutting-edge interventional treatments, preparing us for independent clinical practice and desirable fellowship positions.

    Dallas is known for its vibrant culture and friendliness. Our metro area is the largest in Texas, 4th-largest in the U.S., and home to over 7.5 million people, with more moving here every day. Dallas offers something for everyone—whether a fast-paced city life, a laidback suburban lifestyle, or something in between, Dallas has a place for you!&

    We also pride ourselves on our flexibility to customize training. Across our practice settings, residents may choose from over 60 electives in PGY 3-4. We also offer areas of concentration (education; global and cultural psychiatry; interventional psychiatry; mental health, policy, and law; psychotherapy; transitional age youth; women’s mental health), allowing our residents unique clinical and scholarly experiences. Mentorship from residents and faculty is highly valued and thoroughly incorporated within our curriculum and various community initiatives. We are committed to helping you develop foundational skills to become a great psychiatrist, as well as opportunities to gain unique skills to set you apart as you start your career.

    The journey to becoming a psychiatrist is both a rewarding privilege and a challenging responsibility. As such, we are committed to a culture of support. Our motto is “never worry alone,” and our leaders, attendings, and residents exemplify it through personal and intentional connection. As one of the largest U.S. psychiatry residencies, our coalition of diverse and talented faculty and residents connect with and support one another between and across classes and ranks, as evidenced by regular feedback meetings with leadership built into didactics time and our very active Psychiatry Residents Organization.

    Additionally, we are committed to a culture of respect for individuality and diversity. Our patients come from many walks of life, as do our residents. We seek and celebrate opportunities to learn from one another and grow in understanding of how issues of diversity (including, but not limited to, culture, race, gender identity, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and religion) shape our patients and our psychiatric practice.

    We are proud to be UT Southwestern Psychiatry Residents. We want to meet you and share much more about what makes our program so special and to learn about you during the application process. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to hear more about our program or personal experiences. We wish you all the best!

    • Phone: 214-648-7312
    • Fax: 214-648-7370
    • Email
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Current Residents

  • PGY1
    Tamanna Basri, M.D., M.M.S.

    Tamanna Basri, M.D., M.M.S.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Graduate: University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
    Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Adam Brantley, M.D.

    Adam Brantley, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Brigham Young University
    Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    William Burton, M.D.

    William Burton, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Baylor University
    Medical School: UTSW

    Nicholas Champagne-Aves, M.D.

    Nicholas Champagne-Aves, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
    Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    Julia Chavez, M.D.

    Julia Chavez, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Rice University
    Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

    Cara Jacobson, M.D.

    Cara Jacobson, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Rice University
    Undergraduate-Nursing: Medical University of South Carolina
    Medical School: UTSW

    Mehvish Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Mehvish Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M
    Graduate: UT Health
    Medical School: UTSW

    Jennifer Oruebor, M.D., M.M.S.

    Jennifer Oruebor, M.D., M.M.S.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Graduate: Boston University School of Medicine
    Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

    Avery Rogers, M.D.

    Avery Rogers, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
    Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    Stephanie Shea, M.D., M.B.A.

    Stephanie Shea, M.D., M.B.A.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Graduate: University of Texas at Dallas
    Medical School: UTSW

    Rahul Tharoor, M.D.

    Rahul Tharoor, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

  • PGY2
    Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

    Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

    Undergraduate: Howard University
    Medical School: Howard University

    Jonas Beyene, M.D., M.M.S.

    Jonas Beyene, M.D., M.M.S.

    Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

    William Burton, M.D.

    William Burton, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Baylor University
    Medical School: UTSW

    Stephanie Bui, M.D., M.B.A.

    Stephanie Bui, M.D., M.B.A.

    Undergraduate: University of Southern California
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

    Sarah Elmer, M.D.

    Sarah Elmer, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
    Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

    Marlene Giron Bravo, M.D.

    Marlene Giron Bravo, M.D.

    Undergraduate: The Catholic University of America
    Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

    Gisela Gonzalez, M.D.

    Gisela Gonzalez, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Southwestern University
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine

    Emily Heydemann, M.D., M.S.W.

    Emily Heydemann, M.D., M.S.W.

    Undergraduate: Pomona College
    Medical School: UTHealth San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    Ayomipo Ifidon, M.D.

    Ayomipo Ifidon, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Georgia Southern University
    Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    John-Stephane Kouam, M.D.

    John-Stephane Kouam, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
    Medical School: UTHealth San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    Seena Ounsinegad, M.D.

    Seena Ounsinegad, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Medical School: UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

    Kaylee Schrader, M.D., M.P.H.

    Kaylee Schrader, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

  • PGY3
    Kanwal Ahmed, M.D.

    Kanwal Ahmed, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Dallas
    Medical School: UTSW

    Rachael Carstens, M.D.

    Rachael Carstens, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Abilene Christian University
    Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

    Colin Goodman, M.D.

    Colin Goodman, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Dallas
    Medical School: McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    Brendalyn Iweh, M.D.

    Brendalyn Iweh, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Baylor University
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    Benjamin Kannenberg, M.D.

    Benjamin Kannenberg, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
    Medical School: University of Wisconsin

    Kireet Koganti, M.D.

    Kireet Koganti, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Dallas
    Medical School: Texas A&M

    Nicole Larsen, M.D.

    Nicole Larsen, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    Olivia Rater, M.D.

    Olivia Rater, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Yale University
    Medical School: University of Wisconsin

    Seyed Parsa Ravanfar, M.D., Ph.D.

    Seyed Parsa Ravanfar, M.D., Ph.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Melbourne, Australia
    Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

    Abibat (Tobi) Saliu, M.D.

    Abibat (Tobi) Saliu, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of North Texas
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    Brittany Turner, M.D.

    Brittany Turner, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Medical School: UTSW

  • PGY4
    Rachel Beck, M.D.

    Rachel Beck, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
    Medical School: McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center, Houston

    Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Medical School: UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

    Allyson Folsom Davis, M.D.

    Allyson Folsom Davis, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University-Commerce
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    Zachary Kennedy, M.D.

    Zachary Kennedy, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Health Professions
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

    Caila Lavine, M.D.

    Caila Lavine, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
    Medical School: University of Arizona

    Christian Monsalve, M.D., M.S.

    Christian Monsalve, M.D., M.S.

    Undergraduate: Fordham University
    Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    Diona Symester, M.D., M.P.H.

    Diona Symester, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: Syracuse University
    Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

    Lindsay Szauter, M.D., M.P.H.

    Lindsay Szauter, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: Yale University
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    Kelston Thomas, M.D.

    Kelston Thomas, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Maryland
    Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Headshot of Donald Egan

“UT Southwestern attracted me because of the breadth of its clinical sites, the diversity of patient populations treated, and its strong research and community mental health components. Many programs have these (or, at least, claim that they do), but what makes UTSW stand out is the support and innovative spirit within the program shared by faculty, administration, and residents...Residency is a short period in the entirety of my career as a physician, so I want to learn and experience as much as I can. I knew from my interview day and research that residents work at large academic settings (Clements), large community hospitals (Parkland), the VA, Terrel State Hospital, and many clinics. Some of the sickest and most complicated patients in the region are treated by the residents, giving them unique learning opportunities unavailable to residents at many other programs.”

Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H.PGY4

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Resident Life

  • Committees and Task Forces

    Resident Initiative for Solidarity and Engagement (RISE) Together Committee

    The RISE Together Committee is a resident-developed and resident-led group that was created to address issues of diversity and inclusion in our residency program with the goal of moving from a mindset of diversity as an independent goal to a mindset of diversity as a path to excellence in our program through the implementation of four initiatives: recruitment, creating a safe place to train, patient care, and resident education. Our goals are to raise awareness in faculty, staff, and residents about issues pertaining to racism, create a safe place to train, increase recruitment efforts of underrepresented minority residents, and teach faculty, residents, and staff about issues pertaining to race in patient care settings. We work to assess all aspects of residency training with subcommittees that focus on these topics: residency education/curriculum development, advocacy/community outreach, resident experience, patient experience, and resident recruitment. The RISE Together Committee operates under the residency education committee and receives substantial support from program leadership. Through the committee, initiatives have been developed such as the following:

    • "Celebrate Diversity Day" dedicated to showcasing our residency program diversity
    • Special education seminars at the African American Museum and Latino Cultural Center
    • Lectures on microaggressions and discrimination as a social determinant of mental health

    We have expanded already existing lectures on how to incorporate topics of race and culture when providing care to our diverse patient population and invited several Grand Rounds speakers to deliver lectures pertaining to race and diversity. The task force has also created new seminar content, including two special seminar days focused on African American and Latino mental health, held at the Dallas African American Museum and the Dallas Latino Cultural Center. The residency program has restructured didactics to include a full Cultural Psychiatry & Antiracism Curriculum and has developed and implemented an antiracism workshop, "Racism: A Black Mental Health Crisis," which is embedded within the Psychiatry Clerkship that includes participation from trainees, faculty, and staff.

    We recently obtained a book fund to create a cultural library for our residents and to provide each resident with a copy of the Clinical Manual of Cultural Psychiatry.

    LGBTQI+ Inclusion Committee

    The LGBTQI+ Inclusion Committee was created by residents to enhance awareness of the unique mental health risks and psychiatric needs of LGBTQI+ individuals via four realms: didactics, patient care, mentorship, and resident recruitment. Sample activities:

    • LGBTQI+ mental health seminar
    • Therapy group for LGBTQI+ individuals in the Parkland outpatient psychiatry clinic
    • Advocated for patient registration template changes in the electronic medical record
    • Campus-wide mentoring group for residents and fellows
    • Resident and medical student educational activities for improving LGBTQI+ health knowledge

    Wellness Committee

    The Wellness Committee aims to create a structure of support and interconnectedness between residents in the psychiatry program. We strive to promote wellness by planning and coordinating a variety of resident events, creating an avenue for advocacy with program leadership, and assisting residents with low-cost psychotherapy options. Many of the committee’s previous events and projects have fallen under the following categories: general socializing, mindfulness, fitness, nutrition, and parental support. To help achieve our goals, we work closely with the Resident Wellness Center, the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center, and our program leadership.

    Mentorship Committee

    The Mentorship Committee was created to assist each of our residents with identifying a mentor and engaging in a rewarding relationship that fosters career and personal development. We help with assigning mentors to interns and helping connect PGY 2-4 residents with mentors at UT&nbspSouthwestern and in the community. We also host various events throughout the year (e.g., Speed Mentoring, Women in Psychiatry Social, Parents Support Groups) to help residents meet potential mentors.

    See the Mentorship menu item for more details.

    Bad Outcomes Committee

    The Bad Outcomes Committee is a psychiatry faculty- and resident-run committee focusing on avenues by which we can discuss, process, and reflect on adverse outcomes in psychiatry. Our group defines a "bad outcome" as any patient care-related event that causes a resident significant distress. Examples include a patient suicide or attempted suicide, a patient’s adverse reaction to medication, or violence by a patient. A main goal of the committee is to ensure that residents are supported when they experience an adverse outcome. We developed the standard operating procedure after an adverse outcome, which is a formal procedure that provides concrete steps that will happen after a resident experiences an adverse event to ensure that the resident is supported.

    We plan and implement bad outcomes conferences (also known as morbidity and mortality rounds) quarterly, during the weekly Grand Rounds time. These lectures consist of a faculty member presenting an anonymized case in which an adverse outcome has occurred. The goal is to learn and reflect on the case. We also plan a 4-hour special seminar during didactics in the spring, where we present various topics related to adverse outcomes in psychiatry.

    Organized Psychiatry

    The Organized Psychiatry Task Force seeks to serve the same purpose as organized psychiatry as a whole, to connect psychiatrists from various portions of the country, state, and local municipalities, in order to promote education, advocacy, and networking. The Task Force accomplishes this purpose by serving as a connection between the psychiatry residency and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (TSPP, a state-organized psychiatry organization) and the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (NTSPP, a county-organized psychiatry organization). Events throughout the academic year include, but are not limited to, TSPP conferences (Fall and Spring), with their associated Resident Fellow Member committee gatherings, and monthly NTSPP dinner meetings, which include didactics and networking opportunities.

  • Mentorship Program

    Objectives

    • Identify and obtain support and guidance on clinical, research, personal, and administrative thoughts and ideas for residents in each postgraduate year
    • Ensure each resident has at least one mentor by the end of residency

    Advisee Responsibilities (PGY1)

    • Begin identifying career interests, personal strengths, and weaknesses
    • Learn how to set personal goals during training
    • Contact advisor to arrange meetings (minimum expectation is to meet quarterly)

    Mentee Responsibilities (PGY 2-4)

    • Participate in self-reflection of personal strengths and weaknesses
    • Participate in developing personal goals during training
    • Set clinical priorities and develop professional profile
    • Contact mentor to arrange meetings (minimum expectation is to meet quarterly)

    Role of the Mentorship Committee

    • Increase resident satisfaction with support for clinical, research, and personal matters
    • Help identify particular areas where residents feel they need more support
    • Help residents find mentors or change advisors/mentors (e.g., by providing profile information for available mentors)
  • Resident Achievements 2023-2024

    Leadership and Professional Development

    Samir Abu-Hamad was selected for the Laughlin Fellowship at the American College of Psychiatrists.

    Samir Abu-Hamad and Katherine Karlay were inducted into the UT Southwestern Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society.

    Tope Adedolapo was selected for the American Psychiatric Association’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.

    Maravet Baig-Ward received the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL) Rappaport Fellowship and presented at the Gold Humanism Honor Society National Summit in Atlanta.

    Rachel Beck was named an American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Scholar.

    Isabel Clark, Vincent Li and Vinay Kotamarti served as Chief Residents for the General Psychiatry Program. Dani Morelli and Charlotte McLean served as Chief Residents for the Medicine/Psychiatry Program. Vika Ragland served as Chief Resident for the Neurology/Psychiatry Program.

    Donald Egan received the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s (AAAP) John Renner Travel Award.

    Özlem Hökelekli received the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health’s Southwestern Scholarship at the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

    Katherine Karlay was selected for the National Neuroscience Ambassadors Fellowship and received a travel award to attend the international ECT conference.

    Christian Monsalve received the Best Oral Presentation Prize at the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was awarded the 2024-2025 American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship. He received the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Educational Outreach Program for General Psychiatry Residents. He continued to participate in the American Psychiatric Association Ethics Committee as an APA/APAF Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow.

    Dani Morelli was awarded an American Board of Internal Medicine Grant for” Building Trust Through Diversity, Health Care Equity, Inclusion and Diagnostic Excellence in Internal Medicine Training”.

    Kayla Murphy was elected as a Resident-Fellow Member representative to the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP). 

    Thomas Pak was awarded the APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He is also a member of the Medical Student and Resident Committee Member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and was awarded an Education Outreach Program Award from AACAP. He also served as PGY-2 Class Rep, and on the Mentorship Committee, Bad Outcomes Committee, Social Media Committee, and Residency Selection Committee of UTSW Psychiatry. 

    Parsa Ravanfar was selected for the American Psychiatric Association’s SAMHSA Funded Minority Fellowship.

    Tobi Saliu and Seena Ounsinegad were selected for the American Psychiatric Association’s Diversity Leadership Fellowship.

    Scholarly Presentations and Publications

    Thomas Pak presented a panelist session of "Healthcare Heroes are Human Too" at AACAP in New York.  Thomas also presented a poster at the Society of Biological Psychiatry conference. He also published an opinion piece in JAACAP about Wicked: The Musical, published in Academic Psychiatry about "Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry: Threat or Blessing?" and in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice " Navigating the Discussion of Mental Illness with Vietnamese Americans." He also published in Kevin, MD of "Beyond K-pop and kimchi: Unraveling the mental health tapestry of Korean Americans."

    Seena Ounsinegad’s poster, “OCD on the Psychosis Spectrum” was presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

    Kayla Murphy presented two oral presentations at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry annual meeting titled, "Neuromodulation in Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)" and "Fall Risk and Prevention: A Guide for the Geriatric Mental Health Workforce." She also presented an oral presentation at the American Geriatric Society annual meeting titled, "Dementia Dialogue: An Educational Workshop for Medical Students.” She presented two posters at the AGS annual meeting titled “The Impact of Emphasizing Confirmatory Blood Pressure in a Geriatric Clinic" and "Dementia Dialogue: An Educational Workshop for Medical Students.” She also presented a poster at the ACP Texas Chapter meeting titled "Impact of Confirmatory Blood Pressure Measurement at Internal Medicine Clinics at a Large Academic Medical Center" and a poster at the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry annual meeting titled "Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Systematic Review.”

    Christian Monsalve delivered the oral presentation "The Changing Landscape of Recommendations for the Treatment of Youth with Gender Incongruence" at the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  He delivered the oral presentation "Physician Assisted Suicide: Racial Disparities in California, New Jersey, and Oregon in 2021" at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry in Austin, Texas. He delivered the Short Oral Communications Presentation "Emerging Differences Among Recommendations for the Treatment of Youth with Gender Dysphoria" at the 23rd World Psychiatric Association World Congress of Psychiatry in Vienna, Austria.

    Vinay Kotamarti presented "Disentangling the Diagnoses of Psychotic Depression, Catatonia, Neurocognitive Disorders, and Delirium: A Multidisciplinary Approach."

    Vincent Li presented a poster titled "Pep up the prep needs assessment to improve a psychiatry clerkship shelf exam review;" a poster titled "A cultural psychiatry curriculum overhaul: an approach to reimagining cultural psychiatry in psychiatry resident didactics;" and co-presented a workshop titled "Beyond cultural competency: developing and implementing a cultural psychiatry curriculum" at the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) 2023 Annual Meeting. 

    Donald Egan, Rachel Beck, and Trisha Modi presented a workshop titled, “Interventional Psychiatry: Are We Ready to Train?” at the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training.

    Adam Dinoff’s poster “Persistent Delirium” was presented at the American Neuro-Psychiatric Association.

    Enrique Chiu-Han presented a poster "The Schelling Landscape: A Platonic View on Intention and Cognition" at The Science of Consciousness 2024 conference in Tucson, AZ.

    Enrique Chiu Han, Sravan Narapureddy, and Rachel Beck presented a workshop titled "A Trip into the Future: Preparing Residents for Psychedelics and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy" at the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training.

    Maravet Baig-Ward presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the Gold Humanism Honor Society Summit in 2024.

    Teaching and Education

    Maravet Baig-Ward presented 4 different didactic lectures (2 for residents, 1 for medical students, and 1 for psychology faculty and trainees), and presented to a high school student workshop.

    Rachel Beck, Lindsay Szauter, Bryan Kromenacker, Allyson Davis, and Donald Egan served as Psychiatry Facilitators for medical students in the UT Southwestern Colleges program. 

    Enrique Chiu-Han co-founded and helped organize monthly activities for the resident psychedelics interest group.

    Enrique Chiu Han, Sravan Narapureddy, Rachel Beck, Zachary Kennedy, Samir Abu-Hamad, and Vika Ragland planned and developed a 4-hour special seminar on the therapeutic use of psychedelics in psychiatry given to the PGY1-PGY4 residents in 2023.

    Enrique Chiu-Han, Sravan Narapureddy, Rachel Beck, Vika Ragland, Samir-Abu Hamad, and Zachary Kennedy organized the special seminar on psychedelics.

    Enrique Chiu Han, Rachel Beck, Parsa Ravanfar, and Sravan Narapureddy planned and presented a 3-hour special seminar on psychedelics to graduating MS4 medical students as part of their Frontiers in medicine curriculum. 

    Vincent Li co-led a didactic seminar on giving and receiving feedback and facilitated psychiatric educational sessions in the UTSW Simulation Center for medical students.

    Dani Morelli led the UTSW Medical School Colleges Ethics Session on Responding to Microaggressions.

    Thomas Pak is vice-chair of the American Medical Association RFS Committee on Medical Education and is a Council Member of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Thomas also taught a dance workshop and hosted a fashion show at the AACAP in New York. At UTSW psychiatry, Thomas also coordinated with other residents for a special didactic on Adverse Patient Outcomes.

    Advocacy and Community Service

    Thomas Pak, Sruveera Sathi, Tobi Saliu, Stephanie Bui, and Brendalyn Iweh served as Co-Chairs of the Mentorship Committee.

    Emily Nguyen and Donald Egan served as Co-Representatives for Organized Psychiatry (NTSPP). Tope Adedolapo and Sarah Elmer began service as rising Co-Representatives.

    Emily Nguyen and Rachel Beck were Co-Presidents of the Psychiatry Residents Organization (PRO). Zachary Kennedy served as PRO Vice President and Parsa Ravanfar as PRO PGY2 Class Representative. Seena

    Ounsinegad began service as the rising PRO Vice President and Victoria Okuneye began service as the rising PRO PGY2 Class Representative.  

    Christian Monsalve continued to volunteer as a Counseling Coordinator for Faith Fitness Ministry, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Dallas, where he connects local young adults of limited financial means with grants to subsidize psychotherapy. 

    Vincent Li Served as a clinical team leader for medical and health professions students during the Southwestern Christian Fellowship annual medical mission trip.

    Özlem Hökelekli served as Chair of the Wellness Committee. 

    Enrique Chiu-Han, Seena Ounsinegad, Sun Choi, and Thomas Pak have been volunteering in the Match Master’s program providing support for medical students in the application process.

    Rachel Beck and Lindsay Szauter organized a group of residents to help with the "Be a Santa for a Senior" program by purchasing holiday gifts for older adults in need at Home Instead Senior Care.

    Bobbie Banner, Donald Egan, and Lindsay Szauter served as Co-Chairs of the LGBTQ+ Mental Health Committee.  Seena Ounsinegad, Ashley Ernst, and Lauren Ford began service as the rising Co-Chairs.

    Maravet Baig-Ward served as Chair of the Bad Outcomes Committee.

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Where Do Residents Go After Graduation?

  • 2024
    NameCareer Path
    Adler-Neal, Adrienne Pending
    Baig-Ward, Kimberlyn Maravet UTSW Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
    Banner, Barbara UTSW Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
    Boswell, Nicholas UTSW Faculty, Parkland Psychiatric Emergency Department
    Clark, Isabel UTSW Faculty, General Psychiatry
    Diack, Khady Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Children's National, Washington DC
    Jack, Jasmine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Massachusetts General, McLean Hospital
    Jones, Cassandra UTSW Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship
    Karlay, Brittany (Katherine) UTSW Faculty, Medical Director of Parkland ECT Program, Parkland Psychiatric Emergency Department
    Kotamarti, Vinay Psych ED Physician, Tower Health, Reading, PA
    Li, Chengxi (Vincent) UTSW Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
    Liu, Zhengshan Pending 
    McLean, Charlotte Hospitalist and Inpatient psychiatry, University of Washington
    Morelli, Danielle Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Nguyen, Emily UTSW Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
    Narapureddy, Sravan Outpatient Group Private Practice, West Palm Beach, Florida
    Newton, Scott Salience Health
    Ramamurthy, Swetha UTSW Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
  • 2023
    NameCareer Path
    Nora Abdullah, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Yale
    Alexandra Antonioli, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, UTSW
    Joyce Chen, M.D. Outpatient Psychiatrist/Neurologist, Spokane, WA
    Lillian Cole, M.D., M.S. Talkaitry
    Brayden Efseroff, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Audrey Eichenberger, M.D. Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Washington
    Matthew Faubion, M.D.  
    Sarah Hergert, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Colette Kendrick, M.D. East Texas Behavioral Network
    Neema Khonsari, M.D. Lone Star Circle of Care (FQHC located in Round Rock, TX)
    Joshua Lampley, M.D. North Texas Veterans Affairs - Outpatient Trauma Clinic
    Adeeb Masood, M.D.  
    Marisela Muñoz Puga, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Kwame Nuako, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Stanford
    Eduardo Rivera Mirabal, M.D. Talkaitry
    Alex Rollo, M.D. VA Clinic - Monterey, CA
    Rija Siddiqui, M.D. Private Practice - Thorntree Psychiatric Associates in Dallas
    Joshua Walther, M.D., M.P.H. Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Bernice Yau, M.D. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia
    Laura Yuan, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, UTSW
  • 2022
    NameCareer Path
    Samia Arhur-Bentil, M.D. Private Practice
    Kaylee Davis, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Anna Faubion, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Michael Giles, M.D. Sonara Health CEO
    Charles Ho, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Jay Italiya, M.D. Private Practice
    Darlene King, M.D. UTSW
    Alexis Kropf, M.D. Talkiatry/Moonlight in Parkland Psychiatry ER
    Megan Lowther, M.D. Private Practice
    Hunter Neely, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of California, Davis
    Marquis Peacock, M.D. ACT Team, Charlotte, NC
    Damilo Salako, M.D. Private Practice
    Jenny Tan, M.D. Private Practice
    Margaret Wang, M.D. Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle
    Ashlin Szalanski, M.D., M.P.H. Combined Position at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 2021
    NameCareer Path
    Arqam Abdali, M.D. Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern
    Evelyn Ashiofu, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, New York Presbyterian Hospital 
    Antara Banik, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, New York Presbyterian's Combined Columbia/Cornell
    Cecilia Fitz-Gerald, M.D. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Yale-New Haven Hospital
    Michael Jennings, M.D. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern
    Eleanore Knox, M.D. Eating Recovery Center, Plano, TX
    Dimitri Macris, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
    Maryann Muyco, M.D. Outpatient Psychiatry Practice, Houston, TX
    Amelia Rezai, M.D. Private Practice
    Arielle Rubin, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Arizona
    Juan Sosa, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Christopher Sterwald, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of California, Davis
    Jarrod Tunnell, M.D. Child & Adolescent Fellowship, UT Southwestern
    Halide Turkozer, M.D. Child & Adolescent Fellowship, Mass General/McLean Hospital, Boston
    Megan Verlage, M.D. Faculty, UT Southwestern (Inpatient Psychiatry Service)
    Robert Weir, M.D. Combined Position at Blue Sky Neurology at St. Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City
  • 2020

    Name

    Career Path

    Saira Bhatti, M.D.

    Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia University

    Theresa De Freitas Nicholson, M.D.

    Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, New York University

    Karen Duong, D.O.

    Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern

    John Dykema, III, M.D.

    Faculty at UT Southwestern, Ambulatory Clinic

    Andrew Fritz, M.D.

    Faculty at UT Southwestern, Veterans Administration Hospital Trauma Clinic

    Rogelio Garcia, M.D., M.D.

    Outpatient Psychiatrist, County Hospital affiliated with University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

    Joseph Guillory, M.D.

    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern

    Susana Lampley, M.D.

    Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern

    Carlisdania Mendoza, M.D.

    Faculty, Outpatient Psychiatrist at Maimonides Medical Center, New York City

    Patrick O'Malley, M.D., M.P.H.

    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

    Lindsay Page, M.D.

    Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

    Tulsie Patel, M.D.

    Outpatient Psychiatry Practice, Los Angeles

    Mohona Sadhu, M.D.

    Faculty at UT Southwestern, Inpatient Psychiatry Service

    Meagan Whitney, M.D.

    Faculty at UT Southwestern, Emergency Psychiatry Department

    Rachel Zettl, M.D., M.Ed.

    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UT Southwestern

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