Recent Graduates | Psychiatry Residency Program | MedStar Health
Recent graduates

We are committed to doing the utmost to help our residents achieve their career goals beyond residency. So far, our residents have 100% board pass rates and have gone on to have outstanding careers. We are very proud of them. Below is a list of where the most recent Georgetown graduates have gone upon leaving our program.

2023 Graduates

  • Barsegh Barseghian, MD,  Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of California San Diego

  • Laure Experton, MD,  Outpatient Psychiatrist and Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • Christian Moser, MD,  Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship at the American Psychiatric Association

  • Zach Selke, MD,  Clinical Psychiatrist, Eastern Shore Hospital Center

  • Hiroe Hu, DO,  Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health

  • Sruthi Poduval, MD,  Child Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Washington

  • John Stewart, MD,  Child Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles

2022 Graduates

  • Anam Ahmed, MD, Geriatric Fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center
  • Nina Axiotakis, DO, Transferred to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Jeremy Chaikind, MD, Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at Innova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia
  • Ashley Chorath, MD, Transferred to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Thomas Cochran, MD, Faculty at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
  • Drew Cumming, MD, Transferred to NIMH for his PGY4 to focus on research
  • Martekuor Dodoo, MD,  Consultation Liaison Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Samantha Matuella, MD,  Faculty at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Psychiatry
  • Daniel Pustay, MD,   Faculty at West Virginia University Hospital Department of Psychiatry
  • Kirsten Salmela, MD, Transferred to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at The University of Washington Medical Center

2021 Graduates

  • Samuel Allen, MBBS, Medical Director, McClendon Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Joyce Nguyen, MD, Private Practice in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Noorulain Jhandiya, DO, Women’s Unit Psychiatrist, Rikers Island Jail, New York Health+Hospitals
  • Kimberly Clawson, MD, Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Psychiatry
  • Sidra Qadir, MBBS, Inpatient Psychiatry at Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia
  • Julie Baldinger, DO, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Virginia
  • Michael Champ, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Vermont

2020 Graduates

  • Yasmin Banaei, MD, Private Practice in Washington, D.C.
  • Sabina Bera, MD, Psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center
  • Ragini Bhushan, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of San Francisco
  • Megan Bowers, MD,  Child & Adolescent Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Psychiatry
  • Daniel Maass, MD, Consultation Liaison Fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Onyeka Nwobi, MD, Research Fellowship at National Institutes of Health
  • Greg Ross, MD, Psychiatrist at Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center

2019 Graduates

  • Kelsey Blanchard, MD, Psychiatrist at Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Lisa Do, DO, Psychiatrist at Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Heather El-Amamy, Forensics Fellow at New York University
  • Rohini Mehta, MD, Psychiatrist at Augusta, GA Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Ismatt Niazi, MD, Child and Adolescent Fellow at UCLA
  • Meggie Chochol, MD, Child and Adolescent Fellow at the Mayo Clinic

2018 Graduates

  • Shaheja Bandealy, MD, MPH, MGUH Faculty at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Psychiatry department
  • Caitlin Elsenbeck, MD
  • Brandon Greenfield, MD, MA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at University of Iowa
  • Soyoung Lee, MD, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Jim Monestime, MD, Psychiatrist at Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Samuel Schiavone, DO, Psychiatrist at Walter Reed Medical Center
  • Matthew Weingard, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Duke University
  • Jacob Swartz, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Ryan Vesny, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Children's National Medical Center

2017 Graduates

  • Nauf Azad, DO, Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medstar Georgetown University
  • Sarah Kleinfeld, MD, Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, Yale University
  • Jacob Laskey, MD, Attending Psychiatrist at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, WA
  • Joanna Lim, MD, Attending Psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
  • Elizabeth Silber, MD, Attending Psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Burke, VA
  • Leah Walker, MD, Private Practice in Women’s Mental Health
  • Bryce Wininger, MD, Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

2016 Graduates

  • Anthony Belotto, MD, Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medstar Georgetown University
  • Aquanette Brown, MD, MBA, Attending Psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
  • Matthew Hopkins, MD, Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Nicholas Morris, MD, Attending INOVA
  • Nima Sheth, MD, Attending Partial Hospitalization Program MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

2015 Graduates

  • Scott Gershan, MD, Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry NYU
  • Rivka Ben Dor, MD, NIMH Clinical Fellowship

  • Leela Magavi, MD,* Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins

  • Diana Mata, DO, Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

  • Gabriele Morosoff, MD,* Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Harita Raja, MD, Private Practice in Women's Health Psychiatry

2014 Graduates

  • Marie Rose Alam, MD — Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Maryland
  • Milangel Concepcion, MD, MPH* — Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, GWU/Children’s National Health System

  • Jonathan Dela Luna, SJ, MD — Attending Psychiatrist, Partial Hospitalization Program, St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island

  • Deepali Gangahar, MD — Fellow in Addiction Psychiatry, University of Maryland

  • Patrice J Holmes, MD* — Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Yale University

  • Timberly Humbert, MD — Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine, Harvard University-Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  • Sonal Jagasia, MD, MPH — Attending Psychiatrist, Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland; Attending Psychiatrist, Outpatient Programs, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

  • James Edward Wicht, MD, JD — Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine, Georgetown University/NIMH/Washington Hospital Center; Attending Psychiatrist at Washington Hospital Center

2013 Graduates

  • Kathrine Adams, DO, Group Practice, St Petersburg, Florida
  • Nevin Arora, MD, Fellow in Sleep Medicine, Stanford University
  • Ted Liao, MD, Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine, New York University; Associate Training Director Residency Program at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
  • Carlina Mejia, MD, Group Practice, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Nathan Pilgrim, DO, Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, Georgetown University
  • Gundeep Sekhon, MD, Fellow in Geriatric Psychiatry, Stanford University
  • Supriya Sharma, DO*, Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2012 Graduates

  • Gamze Camsari, MD*, Resident in Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic
  • Ashley Hillard, MD, Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine, Georgetown University/NIMH/Washington Hospital Center
  • Arkady Korotinsky, MD, Fellow in Sleep Medicine, University of Maryland
  • Pramit Rastogi, MD, Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University
  • Michael Twist, DO, Group Practice, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • M. Carolina Zerrate, MD*, Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia & Cornell Universities

2011 Graduates

  • Caroline Ahlers, MD, Private Practice, Falls Church, Virginia
  • Cory Alfers, DO, Group Practice, Arlington, Virginia
  • Lisa Calusic, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Services, Inova Fairfax Hospital; Private Practice, Falls Church, Virginia
  • Jennifer Desi, MD, Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine, Georgetown University/NIMH/Washington Hospital Center
  • David I. Driver, MD*, Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMH/GWU/Children's National Health System
  • Sai Ramanujam, MD, Private Practice, Altoona, Pennsylvania

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