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General Psychiatry Residency Program

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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). This variety ensures our residents can 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.

  • 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.

“I chose UT Southwestern because I wanted to work with patients who were Spanish speaking, and it's been an important part of my training to be able to relate to patients in their language. It was really important to go to an institution where the care that we provide to patients who are underinsured is such high quality. You have the opportunity to rotate on a dedicated psychiatric emergency space, and you see all kinds of presentations. This program has so many opportunities for you to tailor your training specific to what your interests are.”

Julia Chavez, M.D.PGY3

Application Process

We use ERAS.

We conduct virtual interviews. Details regarding the Match 2027 interview season will be posted once they are available.

  • 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 (at least one from a psychiatrist)
    • 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)
  • Additional Information

    We must receive the completed application before we will interview for the Match cycle.

    We virtually interview 8 applicants per day.

    Each applicant will complete their individual interviews in one of two blocks:

    • Morning: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
    • Afternoon: 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

    In addition, all applicants will attend:

    • Orientation: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
    • Meetings with Chief Residents & Faculty of Interest: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    • Final Closing Session: 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

    Please review your schedule carefully and plan to be present for all required sessions.

    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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Letter from the Chief Residents

  • Learn About Our Psychiatry Residency Program

    Thank you for taking the time to learn about the UTSW Psychiatry Residency Program. We are the Chief Residents of UTSW Psychiatry. We hail from Iowa, Maryland, and Texas, and our residents hail from even more states and countries. We think our program is amazing and want to SHARE what we love about our program with you.

    Our program’s mission statement is SHARED Values, SHARED Vision, SHARED Excellence. With the SHARED values of Service, Healing, Advocacy, Research, Education, and Duty, we seek to create an environment of caring and collaboration. Rooted in our values, we continually strive to become the best psychiatrists we can be for our patients.

    We have diverse clinical opportunities, world-class research, and access to high-quality, robust psychotherapy training. Working within various care systems (county, 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 you prefer a fast-paced city life, a laidback suburban lifestyle, or something in between, Dallas has a place for you!

    We 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; community and recovery-oriented psychiatry), 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 that will 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!

    Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
    Rachel Beck, M.D.
    Thomas Pak, M.D., Ph.D.
    Kaylee Schrader, M.D., M.P.H.

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

Chief Residents
(left to right)
Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Kaylee Schrader, M.D., M.P.H.
Rachel Beck, M.D.
Thomas Pak, M.D., Ph.D.

Program Structure

PGY1
PGY2
PGY3
PGY4
Electives
Special Events

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Residents

  • PGY 1

    Luke Cantu, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Rice University
    Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

    Pratima Gangupantula, M.D., M.P.H.

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

    Mohammad Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

    Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
    Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Isabel Kilroy, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Rice University
    Medical School: McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center at Houston

    Benita Lalani, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Houston
    Medical School: UT Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine

    Sarah (Morgan) Motakef, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
    Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

    Bilal Rehman, M.D., A.L.M.

    Undergraduate: Rice University
    Graduate: Harvard University
    Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Sheridan (Sher) Scott, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Lehigh University
    Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine

    Courtni Sims, M.D., M.Sc.

    Undergraduate: Tuskegee University
    Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine

    Jennifer Ude, M.D., M.Sc.

    Undergraduate: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    Graduate: Vanderbilt University
    Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Detroit Campus

    Megan Ungerman, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
    Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    • PGY 2

      Roald Credo, M.D.

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

      Emma Easterling, M.D.

      Undergraduate: University of Texas Medical Branch
      Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch

      Viviana Gonzalez, M.D., M.B.A.

      Undergraduate: Baylor
      Graduate: University of North Texas
      Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Trinity Houston, M.D., M.P.H.

      Undergraduate: University of Kentucky
      Graduate and Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

      Alexandra Koehler, M.D.

      Undergraduate: University of Kansas
      Medical School: University of Kansas

      Sloan Long, M.D.

      Undergraduate: Southern Methodist University
      Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center

      Siddharth Prasad, M.D., M.Ed.

      Undergraduate: Rice University
      Graduate: University of Texas, Austin
      Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio

      Alison Schafer, M.D.

      Undergraduate: Rice University
      Medical School: Louisiana State University

      Jessica Tran, M.D.

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

      Ashley Tsang, M.D.

      Undergraduate: Rice University
      Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

      Nausheen Wakhlu, M.D.

      Undergraduate: University of Southern California
      Medical School: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

      • PGY 3

        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.

        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.

        Undergraduate: Baylor University
        Medical School: UT Southwestern

        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.

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

        Cara Jacobson, M.D.

        Undergraduate: Rice University
        Undergraduate-Nursing: Medical University of South Carolina
        Medical School: UT Southwestern

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

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

        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.

        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.

        Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
        Graduate: University of Texas at Dallas
        Medical School: UT Southwestern

        Rahul Tharoor, M.D.

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

      • PGY 4

        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.

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

        Marlene Giron Bravo, M.D.

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

        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.

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

        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.

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

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

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

“I started medical school knowing I wanted to pursue psychiatry, and UTSW's program was on my radar from the very first day. Despite being one of the largest programs in the country, UTSW fosters a tight-knit community where every resident feels like they belong. On interview day, I discovered that everything I had heard was true. I immediately felt welcomed. With the support and guidance of our wonderful faculty, each of us here has a tremendous variety of opportunities to forge our own unique paths to becoming the best mental health providers we can be.”

Siddharth Prasad, M.D., M.Ed.PGY2

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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 Southwestern 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 2025-2026

    American Psychiatry Association

    • Child and Adolescent Fellowship: Jasmine Liu-Zarzuela, M.D., M.P.H.
    • Diversity Leadership Fellowship: Ozlem Hokelekli, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Leadership Fellowship: Kayla Murphy, M.D.
    • Public Psychiatry Fellowship: Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., and Shivani Raman, M.D., who was also elected as Chair for 2026-2027.
    • SAMHSA Minority Fellowship: Nabila Haque, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Tope Adedolapo, M.D., M.B.A., was selected as Deputy Representative for Area 5 to the Assembly Committee of Resident-Fellow Members and elected Chair of the Assembly Committee of Residents and Fellows.
    • Emily Heydemann, M.D., M.S.W., was selected to attend the Collaborative Care Model Residency Education Conference.
    • Donald Egan, M.D., presented “Intentional Storytelling in your Medical School Application” to the Future Leaders in Psychiatry Program and updated the APA’s patient and family page on PTSD, “What Is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?”
    • A poster co-authored by Jasmine Liu-Zarzuela, M.D., M.P.H., reporting on research about music and mental health was selected by the APA New Research Press Briefing for presentation and a news release at the Annual Meeting.
    • Christian S. Monsalve, M.D., chaired the APA’s General Session “Comparison of Clinical Guidelines for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: What is the Role of Systematic Evidence Reviews?”
    • Seena Ounsinegad, M.D., took part in the panel “Stronger Together: Building Mental Health Through Advocacy” at the 2025 American Psychiatric Association and American Psychiatric Association Foundation Learning Lab in Washington DC.

    American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    • Jasmine Liu-Zarzuela, M.D., MPH, was selected for an Educational Outreach Program grant for General Psychiatry Residents.
    • Alaa Hajeissa, M.D., was selected to participate in the System of Care Special Program Clinical Poster Award and Fellowship.

    American Association of Addiction Psychiatry

    • Donald Egan, M.D., presented the poster “Inclusive Recovery: Barriers to Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment & Resources for People with Disabilities” at the 2025 Annual Meeting.

    Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

    • Courtney Chineme, M.D., presented, “Push It to the Limit! Innovations in Counteracting Catatonia in Pediatric Populations” at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
    • Seena Ounsinegad, M.D., gave two presentations at the meeting: “Be PrEP-ared: Implementing Smart HIV/AIDS Prevention Using AI and Time-Tested Strategies” and “It’s Probably Just Gas: The Role of CL Psychiatry in Care Coordination for Psychotic Pregnancy Denial.”

    American Neuropsychiatric Association

    • Moez Bashir, M.D., co-presented “A Feasibility Analysis of Using Quantitative Pupillometry in Evaluating Functional Neurological Disorder.”
    • Jaclyn Hozumi, M.D., co-presented “Post Stroke Psychosis Following L ACA Medial Frontal Lobe and L MCA Cortical Infarcts.”
    • Victor Liaw, M.D., presented “Cognitive Impairment in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.”
    • Victoria Ragland, M.D., presented “Role of Habenula-Striatum Circuit in Anticipatory versus Consummatory Anhedonia.”

    Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

    • Areej Ali, M.D., M.P.H., Layne Jordan, M.D., and Kayla Murphy, M.D., presented the poster “Mind Over Medicine: A Tailored Orientation to Prepare Psychiatry Interns for Internal Medicine Rotations.”
    • Dr. Murphy served as a representative on the resident committee and led a meeting discussing committee updates for all AMP residents.
    • Stephanie Byun, M.D., presented the poster “When estrogen goes awry: A case of perimenopausal psychosis,” created in cooperation with Nicholas Champagne-Aves, M.D., and a faculty member.
    • Melissa Dong, M.D., and Juan Carlos Zarate Jarquin, M.D., presented the poster “Challenges to liver transplant in borderline personality disorder: A trauma response to a failed donor offer resulting in removal from the waitlist.”
    • Dr. Dong served on a resident panel answering medical student questions about med/psych.
    • Ashley Ernst, M.D., presented a med/psych case titled “An itch you can’t scratch,” which was a main conference session presented to all attendees.

    Association for Academic Psychiatry

    • Resident Psychiatric Educator Award: Kayla Murphy, M.D.

    American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training

    • Will Burton, M.D., presented “Introduction to Templates: The No-Stress Scheduling Success.”
    • Rachel Beck, M.D., co-presented “Concentrating on Interventional Psychiatry.”

    Elected to the UT Southwestern Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

    • Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
    • Enrique Chiu Han, M.D.
    • Nabila Haque, M.D.
    • Renae White, M.D.

    Other Achievements

    • Temitope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., presented on the department’s Strategic Planning Group for addressing trainee’s ACGME feedback at the 2025 Dewitt C. Alfred, MD Psychiatric Symposium at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Adedolapo also gave a talk at the Metrocare ACER Spring Retreat titled “Beyond Passions – Why Desire Isn’t Enough – And What actually D.R.I.V.E.S. Success,” in which he described a model that helps achieve sustainable success while avoiding burnout.
    • Dhruba Banerjee, M.D., was selected as an Associate Editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal.
    • William Burton, M.D., was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
    • Cesar Montelongo-Hernandez, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., was invited to present his research as an Honorable Mention Awardee in the Outstanding Resident Award Program at the National Institute of Mental Health.
    • Ashley Tsang, M.D.’s research article, “Evaluating Psychiatry Journals’ Adherence to Informed Consent Guidelines for Case Reports,” was published in Research Integrity and Peer Review and featured as a “Worthwhile Read” on the Retraction Watch website.
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Where Do Residents Go After Graduation?

  • 2025
    NameCareer Path
    Rachel Beck, M.D. Continuing training at UT Southwestern as a Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow 
    Donald Egan II, M.D., M.P.H. Continuing training at UT Southwestern as an Addiction Psychiatry Fellow
    Allyson Folsom Davis, M.D. Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Washington
    Fatma Özlem Hökelekli M.D., Ph.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital
    Caila Lavine, M.D. Continuing training at UT Southwestern as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
    Christian Monsalve, M.D. Founder & Medical Director of Verigrate Health
    Diona K. Symester, M.D., M.P.H. VA Outpatient Clinic
    Samir Abu-Hamad, M.D. Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at Stanford University
    Sudad Kazzaz, M.D. Combined position in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry
    Giovani Zelada, M.D. Starting General Psychiatry and Integrated Primary Care/Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics at Healing Hands Ministries Health in North Dallas
  • 2024
    NameCareer Path
    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
    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. Talkiatry
    Brayden Efseroff, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Audrey Eichenberger, M.D. Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Washington
    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
    Marisela Muñoz Puga, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UTSW
    Kwame Nuako, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Stanford
    Eduardo Rivera Mirabal, M.D. Talkiatry
    Alex Rollo, M.D. VA Clinic - Monterey, CA
    Rija Siddiqui, M.D. Private Practice - Thorntree Psychiatric Associates in Dallas
    Natalie Spiller, M.D. Assistant Professor, UTSW
    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 Arthur-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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