Current Residents

2007-2008 Residents List

PGY-1 Residents

Thomas Cantey, MD
University of Chicago
Thomas.Cantey@uchospitals.edu
773-702-9678

Madhukar Kumar, MD
Patna Medical College (India)
Madhukar.Kumar@uchospitals.edu
773-702-1841
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Ni Liu, MD, PhD
Dalian Medical University (China)
Ni.Liu@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0113
Assistant Professor in Rheumatology UC Dept Medicine

Gloria Park, MD
Rush Medical College
Gloria. Park@uchospitals.edu
773-702-1883

Abdullah Sallaj, MD
Suny Buffalo School of Medicine NY
Abdullah.Sallaj@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0128

PGY-2 Residents

Sanjiwan Boparai, MD
Rush University
Sanjiwan.Boparai@uchospitals.edu
773-702-4829

Susan Buratto, MD
Wayne State University
Susan.Buratto@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0724

Joseph Cooper, MD
University of Chicago
Joseph.Cooper@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0746
Teaching Assistant, Human Behavior in Health and Illness, second year course, Pritzker School of Medicine

Robert Marseille, MD, JD
University of Calfornia Davis
Robert.Marseille@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0776

Sid Siahpush, MD, Ph.D., MPH
Tehran University (Iran)
Sid.Siahpush@uchospitals.edu
773-702-0768

Sibyl Simon, MD
Ross University
Sibyl.Simon@uchospitals.edu
773-834-2462
Interests: The interface between medicine and psychiatry

PGY-3 Residents

Marcela Almeida, MD
Universidade Federal Do Ceara (Brazil)
Marcela.Almeida@uchospitals.edu
773-702-4801
Interests: Women's Health, Research, Neuroimaging, Adolescent Psychiatry, and Foreign Languages
2007 Winner of the AADPRT (American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Traning) International Medical Graduate Program

Berdine Chong, MD
Creighton University
Berdine.Chong@uchospitals.edu
773-702-1539

Astrid Herard, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Astrid.Herard@uchospitals.edu
Interests: Child Psychiatry, C/L Psychiatry

Nicholas Patniyot, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Nichols.Patniyot@uchospitals.edu
773-702-1544

Theodote Pontikes, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Theodote.Pontikes@uchospitals.edu
773-702-1550
Interests: Women's Health, Psychosomatics, Family Psychiatry, Cross-Cultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bioethics, Medical Education, Public Policy, Foreign Languages
2006 Winner of the Educational Outreach Program Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2007 Awardee, American Psychiatry Association Disaster Psychiatry Fellowship

PGY-4 Residents

Elias Dakwar, MD
Creighton University
Elias.Dakwar@uchospitals.edu
773-834-3423
Interests: Neuroimaging, Neuropharmacology, Psychotherapy
Other Interests: Biking

Sandra Rodriguez, MD
Ponce School of Medicine
Sandra.RodriguezDavila@uchospitals.edu
773-834-5307
Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry
Winner, AAGP Stepping Stones Program

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2007-2008 Residents List

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