Yale Forensic Psychiatry Fellows 2026-2027

Areej is from Pittsburgh, PA, where she completed her undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University and medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to UT Southwestern for residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. Areej has studied subjective cognitive decline as an early marker of Alzheimer's disease and functional outcomes after major surgery, reflecting her interest in how illness shapes behavior. She is also a co-author on a chapter on motivational interviewing in challenging clinical encounters. During residency, she found herself repeatedly encountering legal questions in clinical practice, from caring for critically ill obstetric patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to evaluating patients in the inpatient psychiatry unit. Those experiences led her to pursue forensic psychiatry, where she hopes to better understand and navigate the interface between medicine and the law.

Seong grew up in New York City. She pursued her undergraduate studies at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York before earning her medical degree from Yale Medical School. Dr. Hong completed her general psychiatry residency at Zucker Hillside Hospital. Her professional interests are focused on forensic psychiatry education and bioethics. Outside of her dedicated work, she enjoys exploring new cultures through cooking and travel.

Jeremy completed residency in General Adult Psychiatry in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. While a resident, he completed Yale’s Public Psychiatry Fellowship (2025-2026) and the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute’s Studies in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (2024-2026). Prior to residency, he received his bachelor’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania, his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and a doctoral degree in socio-cultural and medical anthropology from the University of California-Los Angeles.

Zach studied neuroscience and behavioral economics at Emory University. He obtained his MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia and MBA degree from the University of Southern California. He completed residency at Charles R. Drew University and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. He completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. His research interests include behavioral modification, computational modeling of neural systems, and emerging innovations in AI, prosthesis, and genetics. His clinical interests are youth in foster and forensic settings. Zach has experience in organized psychiatry, and he is passionate about the intersection of healthcare, technology, and law at multiple strata.

Hira was born and raised in Alexandria, VA. She studied cognitive neuroscience at the University of Virginia prior to completing medical school at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Hira underwent adult psychiatry training at George Washington University (GWU) as well. During her fourth year of residency training, she worked both in the United States Senate, as the American Psychiatric Association Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellow, and at GWU. Her experiences advocating for the mentally ill, who are often diverted to the criminal legal system, contributed to her desire to pursue a career in forensic psychiatry. Hira is also a researcher and has been a member of a multi-disciplinary team for the past fifteen years. She continues to present at national conferences and publish peer-reviewed research articles. In medical school, she served as an Editor for the Fusion Journal, a student-led annual research publication and was President of the William H. Beaumont Medical Research Honor Society. Additionally, Hira is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.