AACAP Psychodynamic Faculty Training and Mentorship Initiative Recipients
Vittoria DeLucia, MD
University of Maryland Sheppard Pratt
Mentor: Angel Caraballo, MD, Adult, Adolescent, and Child Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Private Practice
Title: No Kid Left Behind Psychodynamics
Maura Dunfey Hwang, DO
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mentor: Victor M. Fornari, MD, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Manal F. Khan, MD
UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Mentor: Steven Schlozman, MD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Title: Bringing Psychodynamic Thinking to Inpatient Setting
Prema Manjunath, MD
JPS Health Network-Fort Worth
Mentor: Timothy Rice, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Title: Providing Artful Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology to Treatment Resistant Adolescents
Ajay Marken, MD
Family Health Centers at New York University Langone
Mentor: Horacio Hojman, MD, MBA, Brown University
Title: Integrating Psychodynamic Perspectives into a Community-Based Psychiatry Residency Program
Pamela McPherson, MD
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport
Mentor: Leon Hoffman, MD, Pacella Research Center New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NYPSI)
Title: Neuropsychological Development: A Psychodynamic Approach
Luc Draisma, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Mentor: Daniel S. Schechter, MD, New York University School of Medicine; Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Title: Psychodynamics in Development (in Dutch: Psychodynamiek in Ontwikkeling)
Veronica Raney, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Mentor: Lee I. Ascherman, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Building from Scratch: A Psychodynamic Training Curriculum
Tareq Yaqub, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine / Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Mentor: Oliver M. Stroeh, MD, Columbia University
Title: Fellow Elective in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Jawed M. Bharwani, MD
Creighton University
Mentor: Magdalena Romanowicz, MD, Mayo Clinic
Title: Remember to Play: Developing a Play Therapy Curriculum for a Child Psychiatry Training Program
Sarah Flynn, MD
University of South Dakota
Mentor: Ayame Takahashi, MD, Southern Illinois University
Title: Psychodynamic Lecture Series for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents
Priya M. Punnoose, MD
Children’s National Health System/George Washington University School of Medicine
Mentor: John P. Glazer, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Title: Implementation of Psychodynamics on Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Units
Meghan M. Schott, DO
Children’s National Health System/George Washington University School of Medicine
Mentor: Arden D. Dingle, MD, University of Nevada Reno
Title: Improving Knowledge of Psychodynamic Theories in a Stepwise Approach to Medical Students,
Attendings, and Fellows
Malak S. Rafla, MD
Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School
Mentor: Dorothy E. Stubbe, MD, Yale Child Study Center
Title: Developing a Culturally and Racially Informed Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program
Sarah D. Sicher, MD
Los Angeles County (LAC) and University of Southern California (USC)
Medical Center/Keck School of Medicine
Mentor: Mali A. Mann, MD, Stanford University
Title: Further Development of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training for CAP fellows at USC/LAC
Kathleen T. Baynes, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Mentor: Timothy Rice, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Title: Inspired Supervision and Mentorship: Creating a Semi-structured Curriculum for Faculty Development That Enhances Psychotherapy Supervision and Trainee Teaching
Shan Gao, MD, PhD
Western Psychiatric Hospital—University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Mentor: Roberta Isberg, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Title: Working with Emotions through a Psychodynamic Framework
Julianne Giust, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Mentor: Craigan Todd Usher, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
Title: Identifying as Psychotherapist
Burgundy Johnson, DO
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Mentor: Ted Gaensbauer, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Title: Practical Applications of Attachment Theory - A Lecture Series About Utilizing Relationships in Child Psychiatry
Jessica A. Merritt, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mentor: Efrian Bleiberg, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Initiating A Psychodynamic Training Curriculum Through Didactics and Practice
Shobha Chottera, MD
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Mentor: Ted Gaensbauer, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Title: A Taste of Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Sheena Joychan, MD
University of Connecticut/Institute of Living
Mentor: Lee Ascherman, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center
Title: Gathering Building Blocks for a Psychotherapy Curriculum
Hal Kronsberg, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Victor Fornari, MD, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Title: No Matter How Hard We May Try, All Psychiatry Is Psychodynamic Psychiatry And Why Am I Fighting With My Spouse Right Now?: Using Narrative, Role-Play, And Reflection To Understand Psychodynamic Defenses
Cody Roi, DO, MPH
Louisiana State University
Mentor: Laura Prager, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
Title: Developing a Psychodynamic Therapy Course Curriculum
Rangsun Sitthichai, MD
University of Massachusetts/ Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand/ Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorder (CANDO) Clinic
Mentor: Horacio Hojman, MD, MBA, Brown University
Title: Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology Curriculum
Paria Zarrinnegar, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Mentor: Susan Donner, MD, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Title: Improving the Access and Quality of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervision for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Dalia N. Balsamo, MD
University of California, Riverside
Mentor: Sandra B. Sexson, MD, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Title: Building a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Curriculum for a new CAP Fellowship Program
Sindhu Idicula, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Mentor: Timothy F. Dugan, MD, Cambridge Health Alliance, Lexington, MA
Title: Enhancing Psychotherapy Education for General Psychiatry Residents
Suzie C. Nelson, MD
Wright State University/Wright-Patterson Medical Center
Mentor: Ayame Takahashi, MD, Southern Illinois University
Title: Growing the Depth and Breadth of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Skills in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program
Magdalena Romanowicz, MD
Mayo Clinic
Mentor: Mary Lynn Dell, MD, DMin, Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Title: Psychodynamic Therapy Meets Young Minds in Child Psychiatry Fellowship Training
Ravi Shankar, MD
University of Missouri
Mentor: Sergio V. Delgado, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Title: Revamping Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Didactic Schedule: Getting Fellows and Faculty Members Interested, Motivated and Engaged in Therapy
Michael Adam Shapiro, MD
University of Florida
Mentor: David L. Kaye, MD, University at Buffalo
Title: A Structured Didactic Curriculum for Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy