New Fellows Selected for APA/APAF Fellowships

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:

2022-2024 APA/APAF Leadership Fellows

Cyril Appiagyei, M.D., McGaw University

Kimberlyn Baig-Ward, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

Johanna Beck, M.D., Thomas Jefferson University

Nadia Cacodcar, M.D., University of Florida

Deirdre Caffrey, M.D., New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Adam Chan, M.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Faisal Kagadkar, M.D., Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Alec Kinczewski, M.D., University of Washington

Amanda Koire, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Alejandra Morfin Rodriguez, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital

Logan Noone, D.O., Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Avani Patel, M.D., M.H.A., University of Mississippi Medical Center

Gregg Robbins-Welty, M.D., M.S., Duke University Medical Center

Alfred Tager, M.D., M.P.H., West Virginia University/Charleston Area Medical Center

Michael Tom, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2022-2024 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows

Robin Berger, B.M.B.S., University of Washington

Caitlyn Fitzgerald, M.D., Gateway Community Service Board

Richard Gomez, M.D., New York Medical College/Metropolitan Hospital

Emma Hare, D.O., University of California, Davis

Oleksiy Levantsevych, M.D., M.P.H., Pontiac General Hospital/Oakland Physician’s Medical Center

Helen Liljenwall, M.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Rubi Luna, M.D., University of California, San Francisco

Yasmin Partee, M.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center

Candice Passerella, M.D., National Capital Consortium

Joseph Pereira, M.D., Columbia University

Cecilia Rangel-Garcia, M.D., M.P.H., UCSF Fresno

Lauren Schooner, M.D., Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Nikhita Singhal, M.D., University of Toronto

Olga Sinyavskaya, M.D., Brown University

Colleen Waickman, M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine

2022-2024 Diversity Leadership Fellows

Amanda Benavides, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Anna DeLeon, M.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center

Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

Aisha Gillan, D.O., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Marcus Hughes, M.D., Howard University Hospital

Laila Hussain, D.O., Campbell University—Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

Reginald Johnson, M.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Isabelle Marcelin, M.D., New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Enioluwafe Ojo, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Melissa Peace, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina

Ahmed Radwan, M.D., Southern Illinois University

Elizabeth Richards, M.D., University of Washington

Ka-Lisha Simons, M.D., Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Mary-Catherine Skoulos, M.D., Ocean University Medical Center

Mariella Suleiman, M.D., Maimonides Medical Center

2022-2024 Public Psychiatry Fellows

Andrew Alix, M.D., University of Arizona Phoenix

Nicholas Apping, M.D., New York University, Grossman School of Medicine

Jonas Attilus, M.D., M.P.H., University of Minnesota

Barbara Banner, M.D., University of Texas, Southwestern

Nina Bihani, M.D., Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

Jacob Cross, M.D., Rush University Medical Center

Jay Davidson, M.D., M.P.H., University of New Mexico

Nicolas Fletcher, M.D., M.H.S.A., Authority Health GME Consortium

Alison Liss, M.D., Temple University Hospital

Jinal Patel, M.B.B.S., Maimonides Medical Center

Nancy Shenoi, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Alyssa Tate, M.D., University of Nevada Reno

Carolina Vicens Cardona, M.D., M.P.H., Hartford Hospital Institute of Living

Rick Wolthusen, M.D., M.P.P., Duke University Medical Center

2022-2024 Edwin V. Valdiserri Correctional Public Psychiatry Fellow

Andrew Tuck, M.D., Duke University Hospital System

2022-2023 SAMHSA Minority Fellows

Taiwo Alonge, M.D., M.P.H., Yale University

Kamyl Bogan, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville

Tashalee Brown, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Hongjing Cao, M.D., M.P.H., Baylor Scott & White Health

Catherine Castro, M.D., New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Ingrid Chen, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, Oakland

Jonathan Chou, M.D., M.S., Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital

Amira Collison, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Victor Contreras, M.D., M.S., University of California, San Francisco

Katherine Crist, M.D., Boston Medical Center

Rajat Duggirala, M.D., Saint Louis University Hospital

Truc-Vi Duong, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, Fontana

Shalini Dutta, M.D., Bronx Care Health System

Kevin Gutierrez, M.D., M.S., New York University/Langone Medical Center

Anthony Kulukulualani, M.D., ECU Brody School of Medicine/Vidant Medical Center

Anna Madrigal, M.D., San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Alexandra Ngo, M.D., M.P.H., Baylor College of Medicine

Vinh-Son Nguyen, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Adaobi Nwabuo, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, Davis

Grace Pham, D.O., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Erik Quan, M.D., New York University, Grossman School of Medicine

Sofia Sami, M.D., University of Illinois, Chicago

Olivia Shadid, M.D., University of New Mexico

Ashley Shatola, M.D., San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Alisha Subervi-Vazquez, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus

Melanie Tam, M.D., M.S., George Washington University

Tyler Torrico, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles-Kern Medical Center

Olivetta Uradu, M.D., Yale University

Natan Vega Potler, M.D., New York University

Keenan Withers, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles

2022-2023 Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellows

Joshua Dyer, D.O.

Andre Rosario, M.D. ■