Neuropsychiatry Track

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Neuropsychiatry Track

The goal of the neuropsychiatry track is to prepare residents for work with complex cases at the interface of psychiatry, neurology, and general medicine. Residents on the track will develop their history-taking, cognitive and physical examination, and interdisciplinary communication skills. The Neuropsychiatry Track is good preparation for those interested in fellowships in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry (BNNP), Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, or neuroscience-informed research careers. It is not a replacement for BNNP training and does not allow you to sit for the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties certification exam in BNNP.

The components of the Neuropsychiatry Track include:

  • Primary Neuropsychiatry Clinic x 2 years
  • Elective rotations will be determined on an individualized basis and can be completed either as a longitudinal experience in the afternoon, or as a shorter morning elective in at least two of the following:
    • Memory Clinic (UIH)
    • Cognitive and Vascular Cognitive Clinics (JBVA)
    • Movement Disorders (UIH)
    • Neurocircadian / Sleep Clinic (JBVA)
    • Neurorehabilitation (Schwab)
    • Neuropsychology (extended rotation) (UIH)
    • Neuroradiology (UIH)
    • Epilepsy/EEG/EMU (UIH)
  • A scholarly project related to Neuropsychiatry

Joseph J. Cooper MD, FANPA

  • Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
  • Director, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship
  • Vice Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
  • University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Cooper completed undergraduate studies in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, medical school and residency in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, fellowship in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry at Northwestern University, and Fellowship in Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching and Scholarship (MERITS) at the University of Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. From 2018-2024 he served as the Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry and in 2024 assumed the role of Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program.

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Joseph J. Cooper

Luke Petry MD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Director, TMS Service
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Petry attended Loyola Stritch School of Medicine then began residency in the UIC Psychiatry program where he was Chief Resident of Education and selected as a National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative Scholar. He works on the inpatient med-psych unit, in the outpatient neuropsychiatry clinic, as a supervisor of medical student and resident trainees, and performs Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) procedures.

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Luke Petry

Victor Valencia MD

  • Visiting Clinical Instructor and Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry (BNNP) Fellow
Dr. Victor Valencia grew up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at Loyola University of Chicago. He received his Medical Degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Valencia is currently a visiting clinical instructor and the BNNP fellow at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Victor Valencia's professional interests include research, catatonia, neuromodulation, and neuropsychiatry.

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Anisha Narayan MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY4

Aditi Kappagantu MD

  • Psychiatry Resident - PGY3

Aditi Kappagantu is a psychiatry resident at the University of Illinois Chicago. She grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan where she majored in biochemistry and minored in statistics and medical anthropology. She later graduated from medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

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