The Yale Department of Psychiatry honored residents, fellows, and faculty at its annual Residency & Fellowship Commencement Ceremony held June 17 at Davenport Residential College.
The event marked the graduation of 20 residents and 24 fellows.
The honorees included the following residents: Shelley Lucile Amen, MD, PhD; Javier Ballester Gonzalez, MD; Katherine Anne Blackwell, MD, PhD; Ryan William Blum, MD; Andrea Bulbena-Cabre, MD, MSc; Robert Joseph Feeley, MD; Brian A. Frankel, MD; Maria Ghanbari Motlagh, MD; Marilise Alexis Hyacinth, MD, PhD; Katherine Klingensmith, MD; Alan Seth Lewis, MD, PhD; Paige McLaughlin, MD; Adam Mecca, MD, PhD; David Thomas Moore, MD, PhD; Daniel Moreno De Luca, MD, MSc; Justyna Piasecka, MD; Albert R. Powers III, MD, PhD; Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD; Jerome Henry Taylor, Jr., MD; and Samuel T. Wilkinson, MD.
Fellows honored were:
Addiction Psychiatry: Noah Alexander Capurso, MD, MHS; Ayana Martina Jordan, MD, PhD; Grace Eun Kwon, DO; Marie-Josee Lynch, MD, CM, FRCPC; Teofilo Enrique Matos Santana, MD; Caridad del Carmen Ponce Martinez, MD; Mandrill R. Taylor, MD, MPH; Mona Thapa, MD.
Forensic Psychiatry: Lucas Barrett Paul Bachmann, MD; Dalia Nahal Balsamo, MD; Hassan M. Minhas, MD; Kyle C. Walker, MD; Scott Andrew Walmer, DO.
Geriatric Psychiatry: Tapsi Dayanand, MBBS; Renz Jarrett Juaneza, MD, MRT(NM); Giulia Sorrentino, MD; Brandon C. Yarns, MD.
Psychosomatic Medicine: Vanessa Juliane Lentz, MD; Aum Pathare, MD.
Public Psychiatry: Julio Ballestas, MD; Brady Heward, MD; Leigh Nathan, MD; Tobias Wasser, MD.
Quality and Patient Safety: Amy Stevens, MD, MBA.
Faculty Awards
Stephen Fleck Award
Richard Schottenfeld, MD
Awarded to a faculty member who demonstrates the highest standards of a clinician and educator, following in the footsteps of the late Dr. Stephen Fleck, a long-time member of the Yale faculty who served as a shining example of a clinician-scholar who insisted on giving the highest priority to patient care and teaching.
Chairman’s Award
Megan Smith, DrPH, MPH
The Chairman's Award is given to a junior, full-time faculty member who has excelled in the department's goals of enriching knowledge, transmitting understanding and providing excellence in the delivery of care.
Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award
Jerome Schnitt, MD
The recipient for this award is chosen from the voluntary (clinical) faculty and has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the department, on a completely voluntary basis. The areas of service include, but are not limited to, teaching, supervision, and committee work.
Resident Awards
Laughlin Foundation Merit Award
Alan Seth Lewis, MD, PhD; Daniel Moreno De Luca, MD, MSc; Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD
For more than thirty years, the Laughlin Family Foundation has honored outstanding residents in psychiatric training programs across the country. Award recipients are selected by the senior faculty at their universities. This award is presented to an outstanding fourth-year resident who combines clinical and scholarly excellence.
Resident Teaching Award
Katherine Klingensmith, MD
The Resident Teaching Award is given in memory of our former resident and colleague, Dr. James Longhurst. It acknowledges and recognizes the contribution of a Yale Psychiatry Resident as an outstanding teacher and role model. The residents are nominated for this award by students, peers, and faculty.
Ira Levine Award
Chadrick Lane, MD
The Ira Levine Award was established in 2004 to recognize outstanding PGY-2 psychiatry residents who best embody the qualities of clinical excellence, breadth of learning, and devotion to the care of severe psychiatric illness exemplified by Dr. Levine.
Chief Resident Certificates
Katherine Klingensmith, MD; Marilise Alexis Hyacinth, MD, PhD
Awards Presented by the Psychiatry Residents' Association (PRA)
PRA Teaching Award
Richard Kravitz, MD; Zheala Qayyum, MBBS
This award acknowledges the outstanding contribution of one or more attending physicians to the education and development of the residents.
Benjamin S. Bunney Award
Neil Bruce, MD; Kali Cyrus, MPH, MD; Marilise Alexis Hyacinth, MD, PhD
The Benjamin S. Bunney Award is awarded annually to a resident who has demonstrated exceptional service to the Psychiatry Residents’ Association (PRA) mission of advocacy for residents and patients, clinical care, and education.
PRA Supportive Services Award
David Nestico, Project Coordinator, Yale Department of Psychiatry Residency Program
This award goes to an outstanding nurse, social worker, or other support staff.
Featured in this article
- Shelley Amen, MD, PhD
- Katherine Blackwell, MD, PhD
- Noah Capurso, MD, MHS
- Brady Heward, MD
- Marilise Hyacinth, MD, PhD
- Ayana Jordan, MD/PhD
- Katherine Klingensmith, MD
- Richard Kravitz, MD
- Caridad Ponce Martinez, MD
- Adam Mecca, MD, PhD
- David Moore, MD, PhD
- Maria Motlagh, MD
- Leigh Nathan, MD
- David Nestico
- Albert Powers, MD, PhD
- Zheala Qayyum, MBBS
- Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD, FAPA
- Richard Schottenfeld, MD
- Tobias Wasser, MD
- Samuel Wilkinson, MD