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Akhilesh Agarwal MBBS - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Akhilesh Agarwal, MBBS

Interest: Forensic Psychiatry, Public Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Therapy, working with underserved/minority patients.
Interesting fact: I made a website about myself when I was 10 years old.
Medical school: Topiwala National Medical College

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Thoasin Bari, MD

Interests:

Community Psychiatry, Public Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Interesting Fact about me: Before medical school, I majored in Art History and worked in a museum where I helped create public health and art education workshops for public school students in the NYC Department of Education. I also was a rock climbing instructor for two years and still belay and boulder in my free time.

Medical School:
New York University Long Island School of Medicine
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Casey Bell, DO/MBA

Interests: Interventional Psychiatry and Consult‑Liaison Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I started skiing when I was 2 years old
Medical school: Kansas City University

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Anndrika Bhatia, DO

Interest: Public psychiatry, interventional, forensic, perinatal, neuropsych, and psychotherapy
Interesting fact: I enjoy junk journaling, poetry, and collecting cute trinkets. I also learned how to use an abacus as a child, and still instinctively use it to do simple calculations in my head!
Medical school: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jibrail Cheema MD - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Jibrail Cheema, MD

Interest: Inpatient psychiatry, first-break psychosis, Community Psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I collect Pokémon Trading Cards.
Medical school: Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Katherine Chemakin MD

Katherine Chemakin, MS/MD

Interest: Child Adolescent Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I love to travel and have been to 30 countries.
Medical school: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Heejin Cho DO - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Heejin Cho, DO

Interest: Inpatient Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry and Emergency Psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I was in a K-pop dance group in college!
Medical school: Touro College of Ostheopathic Medicine

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Quincy De Young

Interest: Global mental health and interventional psychiatry
Interesting fact: I ran a culinary magazine in college
Medical school: Hofstra/Zucker School of Medicine

Deyab

Ashrakat Deyab, MBBCh

Interest: Emergency psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, and refugee and immigrant mental health
Interesting fact: I grew up across multiple countries and continents, which sparked my love for storytelling and creating characters. I write fiction in my free time and hope to publish a novel one day.
Medical school: Cairo University Faculty of Medicine

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Elizabeth Deya‑Edelen, DO

Interest: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Hispanic Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I have played tennis since I was a kid, and lately I’ve been dabbling in pickleball
Medical school: Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Sylvia Dygulski, DO

Interest: Emergency psychiatry
Interesting fact: I love discovering unique perfumes and unique foods, I am always on the lookout for something I’ve never smelled or tasted before.
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown

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Ava Erulker, MD

Interest: Child and adolescent psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry, public psychiatry
Interesting fact: I have recently gotten into pottery and hope to make my own set of custom dishware soon!
Medical school: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Vishnu

Anuraag Vishnu Ghantasala, DO

Interest: Community psychiatry
Interesting fact: I was in Paris the day France won the World Cup in 2018!
Medical school: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Tejusv Goel, MBBS

Interest: Neuropsychiatry, Global/public mental health
Interesting fact: I have spent 3,000+ hours video gaming
Medical school: Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai

Sophia Huynh MD PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Sophia Huynh, MD

Interest: Reproductive psychiatry, consultation-psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensics, and emergency psychiatry
Interesting fact: I have been to 12 countries and do not plan on stopping traveling in residency.
Medical school: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Selma Janbey MD

Selma Janbey, MD

Interest: Global Mental Health, Addiction Psychiatry, Cultural Psychiatry, Public Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Adolescent Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I was a competitive gymnast growing up!
Medical school: St. George’s University School of Medicine

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Zoe Kartono, DO

Interest: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I’m an identical twin!
Medical school: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth – Texas COM

John Khan MD

John Khan, MD

Interest: Consultation & Liaison, Forensic Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Lifestyle Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I love cooking! My family had a restaurant and I used to work in the kitchen during high school and college! My favorite item to cook are stuffed Naans!
Medical school: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Hansini Kochhar MBBS - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Hansini Kochhar, MBBS

Interest: Forensic Psychiatry, Perinatal psychiatry, Emergency psychiatry, Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Interesting fact: I am currently learning latte art and love experimenting with different designs on my morning coffee!
Medical school: M.V.J. Medical College and Research Hospital

Olivia Levine MDPHD

Olivia Levine, MD/PhD

Interest: Neuropsychiatry, neuropharmacology, translational applications of neuroscience to psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I enjoy traveling the world, relaxing on the beach or jogging on the boardwalk next to the water, playing soccer, writing neuroscience articles, and will always have an iced coffee in hand.
Medical school: Sackler School of Medicine – New York State American Branch

Jacob-Light

Jacob Light, DO

Interesting fact: I was a collegiate gymnast and I also used to coach gymnastics growing up!
Medical school: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Anupam Mahadeo MD

Anupam Mahadeo, MD

Interest: Consult-liaison psychiatry, Emergency psychiatry, and Inpatient psychiatry
Interesting fact: I used to be a competitive weightlifter and I have competed in both the US and UK.
Medical school: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

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Emily McAllister, DO

Interest: I’m so thrilled to have ended up in my specialty of choice- Psychiatry! Within that I am still open but leaning towards Child and Adolescent Psych. I love working with children and their families which I was able to explore right here at Maimo with a Child Psych Sub-I my 4th year of med school. I ultimately want to work as an outpatient psychiatrist in a clinic setting and also hope to contribute research to the field or even write a book one day.
Interesting fact: I’m a Hufflepuff- take that as you will😊
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York

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John McGinn, MD

Interest: Child and adolescent psychiatry
Interesting fact: I have a scuba diving license and have explored the deepest recreational shipwreck dive in the Caribbean
Medical school: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Ishani Mehta

Ishani Mehta, MBBS

Interest: Interventional psychiatry, biological psychiatry and neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Interesting fact: I’m a self-taught dessert baker! I love experimenting with elaborate recipes and exploring new flavors. My go-to is a chocolate chip cake with fresh mixed berries on top!
Medical school: Maharaja Agrasen Medical College

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Evelyn Menkes, DO

Interest: Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Public Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I sang for the Pope with my high school choir!
Medical school: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Baris Ors, MD

Interest: Consultation‑Liaison Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry, Outpatient Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
Interesting fact: My music playlist has 30 languages and one terrible singer—me
Medical school: Ankara University School of Medicine

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Sonya Priven‑Grinblat, DO

Interest: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, First‑Break Psychosis
Interesting fact: I love to travel and do it as much as I can! I’ve been to 37 countries so far
Medical school: Rowan‑Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine

Mahnoor Raheel DO

Mahnoor Raheel, DO

Interest: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I am a coffee aficionado! I love exploring new coffee shops, collecting coffee beans from around the world, and trying different brewing methods at home. My go to order is an iced vanilla latte with oat milk!
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York

Krista Ramiah DO

Krista Ramiah, DO

Interest: CAPS, gender affirming care, LGBTQ+ issues, helping marginalized communities
Interesting fact: I’m a dungeon master for dungeons & dragons in my free time
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown

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Jeonghyun Shin (Janet), MD

Interest: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Public Psychiatry, Research
Interesting fact: I played in my medical school’s basketball team!
Medical school: Seoul National University

Ruth Sofi, DO

Ruth Sofi, DO

Interest: Global psychiatry, community psychiatry, psychotherapy, and outpatient
Interesting fact: I love to try different cuisines
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown, NY

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Zain K. Soofi, MD

Interest: Muslim mental health, Contemplative practices, Addiction Psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I am the best freestyle rapper you’ve never seen.
Medical school: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Varghese

Ajin Varghese, DO

Interest: Addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry
Interesting fact: I love UK Garage
Medical school: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Vishwanath

Vineet Vishwanath, DO

Interest: Culturally adapted CBT, psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapy, personality disorders, LGBTQ+ psychiatry, and interventional psychiatry
Interesting fact: I almost went to culinary school instead of college. Whenever I’m not at the hospital, you will almost always find me in my kitchen experimenting with new flavors, or exploring the hottest restaurants and pop ups in the city!
Medical school: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Maryanna Volfson, DO

Interest: Interventional Psychiatry, Chronic Pain, Addiction Psychiatry
Interesting fact: I used to do Ballroom, Latin, Modern, and Hip‑Hop dance
Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Harlem

Johnny Ye MD - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Johnny Ye, MD

Interest: Undecided currently, maybe Sports Psychiatry or Addiction psychiatry.
Interesting fact: I started collecting watches recently.
Medical school: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine

Daniel Zhao MD - PGY1 Psychiatry Residency

Daniel Zhao, MD

Interest: CBT, intersection of mental health and technology.
Interesting fact: I enjoy meditation and went to a week long meditation retreat in Thailand my fourth year of medical school.
Medical school: New York Medical College

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