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General Psychiatry Residency

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Current Residents

Current Psychiatry Residents for academic year 2024-2025.

Christopher J. Trennepohl MD, MPH

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
Jared Williams

Jared Williams MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4

Christian S. Brown MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Medical College of Georgia
  • Undergraduate
    Princeton University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Family hikes with our doggo / Competing in just about any adult sports league / Reading novels / Clipping coupons & saving money

  • Hometown
    Decatur, GA

Jessica Cheng MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Pomona College
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Psychodynamic psychotherapy, mental health in adolescents and young adults

  • Personal Interests

    Science fiction movies and novels, cooking, pottery, having a Chicago dog at a White Sox game

  • Hometown
    Sunnyvale, CA

Joshua Hollman MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Psychosis, Mania, Adolescent, Public Sector, Medical Education

  • Personal Interests

    spicy food, weight lifting, basketball, Spanish, dive bars, rap music, ultimate frisbee, the Ohio State Buckeyes

  • Hometown
    Rockville, MD

Sara Malik MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women's Mental Health, Forensic Psychiatry, Cross-cultural Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Dancing, watching Pakistani dramas, skating, hiking

  • Hometown
    Chicago, IL

Alyssa Mcbride MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of Notre Dame
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Mood disorders, psychotherapy, digital mental health technology, medical education

  • Psychiatry Interests

    Dancing, working out, singing, exploring new restaurants, spending quality time with friends and family, watching TV & movies

  • Hometown
    Frankfort, IL

Vidushri Mehrotra MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women’s mental health, addiction, psychosis, neuropsychiatry, mental health equity 

  • Personal Interests

    Bhangra, cooking, embroidery, pickleball, board games, hiking, watching movies

  • Hometown
    Appleton, WI

Ashley Sablich MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    First episode psychosis, interventional psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, health equity

  • Personal Interests

    Hiking, concerts, board games, exploring new restaurants, spending time with my cat

Shomari Sankara MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of Chicago
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Public/Community Psychiatry, First-Episode Psychosis, Recovery-Oriented care, Health Disparities

  • Personal Interests

    Photography, Board Games, Soccer

  • Hometown
    Sunrise, Florida

Sophia Yackel MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
  • Undergraduate
    Cornell University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child & adolescent psychiatry, women’s/reproductive psychiatry & community psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Cooking with my partner, taking my rescue dog for walks on Lake Michigan, trying out new restaurants, caring for my pet turtle and many house plants, long phone calls with loved ones

  • Hometown
    Madison, WI

Roger Yu MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY1
  • Medical School
    The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Vanderbilt University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Psychotherapy, community psych, cultural psych, addiction psych

  • Personal Interests

    Designing board games, trivia, pickleball, volleyball, swing dancing

  • Hometown
    Gold River, CA

Amy Bibiana De La Torre MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
  • Undergraduate
    University of Illinois Chicago
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child and Adolecent Psychiaty & Women’s Mental Health

  • Hometown
    Chicago, IL

Dominic Grisafe MD, PhD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • Undergraduate
    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Addiction, Psychedelic, Palliative, Community, Public Psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Cycling, Running, Backpacking, Cooking

  • Hometown
    Fontana/Yucaipa, California

Juhi Catherine Gupta MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women’s Mental Health, Implementation Science, Addiction, Forensics, health equity, LGBTQIA+ mental health, trauma, therapy, hypnosis

  • Personal Interests

    reading for fun, trying new restaurants, traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, dance, journaling

  • Hometown
    Lisle, IL
Juhi Catherine Gupta

Aditi Kappagantu MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of Michigan
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Inpatient psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, medical education

  • Personal Interests

    Drawing, watercolor painting, traveling, swimming, watching TV/movies

  • Hometown
    Canton, MI

Fawwad Khan MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Undergraduate
    University of California Berkeley
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Consultation-liaison psychiatry, child & adolescent psychiatry, cross-cultural psychiatry, community psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, medical education

  • Personal Interests

    Playing and watching sports (basketball, tennis, football, cricket, soccer), cooking, drinking coffee, trying out new restaurants, playing board games, watching movies, collecting records, traveling

  • Hometown
    Dallas, Texas

Wan Kwok MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women’s Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, LGBTQ+ Mental Health, First Episode Psychosis

  • Personal Interests

    Drawing & Painting, Baking, House Plants, Yoga

  • Hometown
    Cleveland, OH

Dominick Martinico MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    UIC College of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child and Adolescent psychiatry, Forensic psychiatry, depression and anxiety disorders, medical education and mentorship

  • Personal Interests

    Custom cars, racing radio controlled vehicles, playing fantasy card games, playing the saxophone, watching Northwestern football, spending time with friends and family

  • Hometown
    Elmwood Park, IL
Dominick Martinico

Julia Spaczai MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women’s Mental Health, Addiction, Forensics, LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Psychosis

  • Personal Interests

    Food, Plants, Pilates, Reading, Travel, Painting

  • Hometown
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Nila Suresh MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Women’s Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Health Equity, Psychedelic and Novel Therapies

  • Personal Interests

    Music, creative writing, traveling, painting, photography

  • Hometown
    Pittsburgh, PA

Margarete Wallner MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY2
  • Medical School
    Rush Medical College
  • Undergraduate
    University of Michigan
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child and adolescent psychiatry, medical education, emergency psychiatry, LGBTQ+ mental health, health equity

  • Personal Interests

    Spending time with family and friends, singing, reading, watching Michigan Basketball and Football, watching the Chicago Bulls

Noah Borchardt MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Wisconsin
  • Undergraduate
    University of Wisconsin
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Cross-cultural psychiatry, advocacy, psychotherapy

  • Personal Interests

    Dog parks, snowboarding, ice skating, traveling, drag bingo

  • Hometown
    Verona, Wisconsin

Krystal Del Castillo MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of California – Irvine School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of California, Irvine
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child & adolescent psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, public psychiatry, trauma

  • Personal Interests

    House plants, journaling, reading, weight-lifting, concerts, good coffee, spending time with loved ones

  • Hometown
    Los Angeles, CA

Lia DeRoin MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Native mental health, women's and perinatal mental health, consultation/liaison psychiatry, catatonia, psychosis, trauma, medical education

  • Hometown
    Lawrence, KS
Lia DeRoin

Kevin Garland MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Brigham Young University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Inpatient psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosis

  • Personal Interests

    Spending time with my wife/kids, hiking, skiing, eating, board games, trivia

  • Hometown
    Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Kevin Garland

Chris Hensler MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2022
    Physician-Scientist Training Program (non-degree 1 year research program), and Geriatric Medicine Area of Concentration
  • Undergraduate
    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2013
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Interventional Psychiatry, Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Multi-culturally competent mental healthcare, LGBTQ+ mental healthcare, Street Psychiatry, Neuro-epigenetics, Addiction, Suicidality, Toxicology, Psychosis, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Nosology, Narrative Medicine

  • Personal Interests

    Finding niche cafés in the city, seeking Chicago’s best iced latte, adoring my nieces/nephews, road trips, baking, gardening, podcasts, hiking, video games (Pokemon & Zelda), Painting (by numbers), Graphic design, Legos, exploring other art mediums (trying to get into glasswork!), and community advocacy

  • Hometown
    Pittsburgh, PA, Broomfield, CO, and several others

Anisha Narayan MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans

AJ Shangguan MD, PhD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Residency
    Northwestern University
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    psychosis, trauma, cognitive therapy, inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, psychoneuroimmunology, MRI, and metabolic imaging

  • Personal Interests

    Cross-stitching, board games, Chinese fantasy dramas/novels

  • Hometown
    Wilmette, IL

Dillon Sharp MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
  • Undergraduate
    Princeton University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Inpatient Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry, Addiction, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Emerging Psychopharmacology, Public Perceptions of Psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Concerts, Board Games, Sci-Fi, Cycling, SCUBA Diving, Weightlifting

  • Hometown
    Chicago, IL

Sydney Singleterry MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical School – Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate
    Baylor University – Waco, Texas
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care, C-PTSD, Neuropsychiatry, Psychopharmacology

  • Personal Interests

    Gaming (mostly console), current events, good coffee, ‘The Office’

  • Hometown
    Plano, Texas
Sydney Singleterry

Tiffany Teng MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, healthcare policy

  • Personal Interests

    Reading, drawing, video games, concerts, hiking, boxing, hanging out with my husband, cat, and friends

  • Hometown
    New Hartford, NY

Vivek Yanamadala MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    The Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Outpatient, interventional

  • Personal Interests

    Buckeyes, STL sports, Travel, NYT crosswords

  • Hometown
    St. Louis, MO

Alexander Brenner MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
  • Undergraduate
    Washington University in St. Louis, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Medical Education, Women’s Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Mood and Anxiety Disorders

  • Personal Interests

    Baking, Gardening, Video Games, Music, Spending time with friends and family

  • Hometown
    Chicago, IL
Alexander Brenner

Grace Faulkner MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    B.S. Biology, Duke University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Consultation/liason, medical education, women’s mental health, mood and anxiety disorders

  • Personal Interests

    Travel, cooking and baking, gardening, napping, exploring new restaurants, biking, reading, spending time with my animals and husband

  • Hometown
    Stuart, FL
Grace Faulkner

Damek R. Homiack MD, PhD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
  • Graduate School
    Ph.D. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Neuroscience
  • Undergraduate
    B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Psychology
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Geriatrics, Consult/Liasion, Addiction

  • Personal Interests

    Classic and foreign films, live music, parades, basketball

  • Hometown
    Broomfield, CO
Damek R. Homiack

Jonathon Skurya MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    Central Michigan University College of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Michigan State University Bachelor of Science Physiology
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Addiction psychiatry, long-acting injectable antipsychotics, forensic psychiatry, first break psychosis, music in psychiatry

  • Personal Interests

    Playing and listening to music, spending time with my wife and golden retriever, playing basketball

  • Hometown
    Chesterfield, Michigan

Christopher J. Trennepohl MD, MPH

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • Graduate School
    UNC Gillings School of Public Health
  • Undergraduate
    Davidson College
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Public psychiatry, severe mental illness, dual diagnosis

  • Personal Interests

    Horror movies, Pokemon, fitness.

  • Hometown
    Monticello, IN

Jared Williams MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Medical education, first-break psychosis, community mental healt

  • Personal Interests

    Hiking, biking, good books and movies

  • Hometown
    Greenville, NC
Jared Williams

Lia DeRoin MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Native mental health, women's and perinatal mental health, consultation/liaison psychiatry, catatonia, psychosis, trauma, medical education

  • Hometown
    Lawrence, KS
Lia DeRoin

Chris Hensler MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2022
    Physician-Scientist Training Program (non-degree 1 year research program), and Geriatric Medicine Area of Concentration
  • Undergraduate
    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2013
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Interventional Psychiatry, Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Multi-culturally competent mental healthcare, LGBTQ+ mental healthcare, Street Psychiatry, Neuro-epigenetics, Addiction, Suicidality, Toxicology, Psychosis, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Nosology, Narrative Medicine

  • Personal Interests

    Finding niche cafés in the city, seeking Chicago’s best iced latte, adoring my nieces/nephews, road trips, baking, gardening, podcasts, hiking, video games (Pokemon & Zelda), Painting (by numbers), Graphic design, Legos, exploring other art mediums (trying to get into glasswork!), and community advocacy

  • Hometown
    Pittsburgh, PA, Broomfield, CO, and several others

Jared Williams MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Medical education, first-break psychosis, community mental healt

  • Personal Interests

    Hiking, biking, good books and movies

  • Hometown
    Greenville, NC
Jared Williams

Noah Borchardt MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Wisconsin
  • Undergraduate
    University of Wisconsin
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Cross-cultural psychiatry, advocacy, psychotherapy

  • Personal Interests

    Dog parks, snowboarding, ice skating, traveling, drag bingo

  • Hometown
    Verona, Wisconsin

Anisha Narayan MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans

Lia DeRoin MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    Northwestern University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Native mental health, women's and perinatal mental health, consultation/liaison psychiatry, catatonia, psychosis, trauma, medical education

  • Hometown
    Lawrence, KS
Lia DeRoin

Grace Faulkner MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4
  • Medical School
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Undergraduate
    B.S. Biology, Duke University
  • Psychiatry Interests

    Consultation/liason, medical education, women’s mental health, mood and anxiety disorders

  • Personal Interests

    Travel, cooking and baking, gardening, napping, exploring new restaurants, biking, reading, spending time with my animals and husband

  • Hometown
    Stuart, FL
Grace Faulkner