New Fellows Selected for APA/APAF Fellowships
The fellowships provide specialized training for psychiatry residents, postresidency research fellows, and early career psychiatrists.
The APA/APA Foundation (APAF) Fellowships provide psychiatry residents the experiential learning, training, and professional development they need to be leaders in the field of psychiatry. The fellowships offer opportunities to work with Congress on health policy, conduct research, expand access to care to minority and underserved populations, focus on child psychiatry or substance abuse, and much more. In addition, the fellows get exclusive opportunities to be a part of APA leadership councils and network with APA members from around the country.
Here is a list of the new fellows in each fellowship:
2021-2023 APA/APAF Leadership Fellows
Samir Abu-Hamad, M.D., M.S., University of Texas Southwestern
Anum Iqbal Baig, M.D., Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science
Simone Bernstein, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Karen Dionesotes, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Medicine
Rahael Gupta, M.D., M.S., UCLA
Sarah Hanafi, M.D., B.Sc., McGill University
Jihoon Kim, M.D., M.Sc., Yale University School of Medicine
Caroline McCool, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Ihuoma Njoku, M.D., University of Virginia
Mary Rockas, M.D., M.B.A., New York University
Adrienne Rosenthal, M.D., M.B.A., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
Omar Shah, M.D., Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Jessica Steinsiek, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina Hospitals
Zhi-Yang Tsun, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester
Ashley Van Haverbeck, D.O., Henry Ford Allegiance Health
2021-2023 APA/APAF Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Timothy Becker, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Felicia Boakye-Dankwah, M.D., UCLA/ Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center
Michael Chung, M.D., M.H.S., SUNY Downstate Medical Center
William Coe, M.D., M.P.H., Yale School of Medicine
Kaylee Davis-Bordovsky, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern
Michael Dinh, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Sarah Gabriel, M.D., University of Hawai’i Psychiatry Residency Program
Rachel Han, M.D., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Isaac Johnson, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Brian Levins, M.D., Medical College of Georgia
Alicia Lindsay, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
Danielle Lowe, M.D., Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
Christina Macenski, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Soe Thein, M.D., University of California, Davis
Chelsea Younghans, M.D., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Capital Consortium
2021-2023 APA/APAF Diversity Leadership Fellows
Omotola Ajibade, M.D., M.P.H., Hackensack Meridian Ocean Medical Center
Huma Baqir, M.B.B.S., M.D., University at Buffalo
Brijae Chavarria, M.D., M.A., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Erin Fletcher, M.D., M.P.H., University of California Riverside School of Medicine
Fiona Fonseca, M.B.B.Ch., M.S., St. Mary Mercy Hospital Livonia, Michigan
Diego Garces Grosse, M.D., Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Asmara Hoo-Cardiel, D.O., Michigan State University
Rachel Kay, M.D., University of Minnesota
Karyn Korsah, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Thara Nagarajan, M.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Chidinma Okani, M.D., Yale School of Medicine
Tierra Simmons, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
Chenghui Su, D.O., UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles
Yvonne Uyanwune, M.D., M.P.H., Yale University
Maria Veronica Clare Vigilar, M.D., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Capital Consortium
2021-2023 APA/APAF Public Psychiatry Fellows
Jose Bou Nassif, M.D., Saint Louis University
David Cho, M.D., Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Amy Gallop, M.D., Saint Louis University
Bushra Khan, M.D., University of Toronto
Melissa Lavoie, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Jon Lindefjeld, M.D., M.Sc., NCC -Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Capital Consortium
Desta Lissanu, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
Mark Morales, M.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Celeste Peay, M.D., J.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
Collin Shumate, M.D., University of California, Davis
Amit Suneja, M.D., M.P.H., University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Hospital
Sukanya Vartak, M.D., Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn
German Velez, M.D., Boston University Medical Center
Chidi Wamuo, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
2021-2023 APA/APAF Edwin V. Valdiserri Correctional Public Psychiatry Fellow
Parvaneh Nouri, M.D., M.P.H., University of Colorado
2021-2022 APA SAMHSA Minority Fellows
Rohit Abraham, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.T., Boston Medical Center
Kavitha Anandalingam, M.D., New York University School of Medicine
Brittany Atuahene Robinson, M.D., Yale School of Medicine
Pranav Aurora, M.D., Sc.M., SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Jade Avery, M.D., New York Presbyterian/Columbia University
Raheel Chaudhry, M.D., Henry Ford Allegiance Health System
Zola Chihombori Quao, M.D., M.H.S., University of California, Davis
Flavia DeSouza, M.D., M.H.S., Georgetown University
Stephanie Eng, M.D., University of Chicago Medical Center
Natasha Gambhir, D.O., Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas
Nelly Gonzalez-Lepage, M.D., M.B.A., Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sonal Jain, D.O., Boston Medical Center
Atasha Jordan, M.D., M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Courtney Kandler, M.D., National Capital Consortium
Shuchi Khosla, M.D., Michigan State University
Ellen Kim, M.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Loma Linda University
Somto Obi, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Kyu Young Oh, M.D., New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Etuajie Oiyemhonlan Halbert, D.O., M.S., Howard University Hospital
Megan Shedd M.D., M.P.H., University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Michael Sun, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
Sharely Torres, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Barbara Trejo Ortega, M.D., Yale University
Jean Vilus, M.D., McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Francois Williams, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Alexandra Yoon, M.D., George Washington University
Michael Hsu, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ulziibat Person M.D., Ph.D., Nassau University Medical Center
2021-2022 APA/APAF Spurlock Congressional Fellows
Mandar Jadhav, M.D.
Eric Rafla-Yuan, M.D. ■
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Patrick Odai-Afotey is the program manager in APAF and the Division of Diversity and Health Equity.
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Published online: 26 July 2021
Published in print: August 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021
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