Postresidency Placements

Our residents go on to rewarding careers at sites ranging from small community clinics to major research universities. Many choose to stay in Buffalo for fellowships and clinical positions, joining our area’s active, ever-growing community.

2023
David Burke, MD	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Justine Forrest, MD	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Laura Hayes, DO	Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship University of Rochester
Abilasha Khurana, DO	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University of Maine
Russell Pizzo, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Nicholas Ravvin, MD	Private Practice Buffalo, New York
James Thompson III, MD	Locum tenens Rochester, New York
Rahat Whig, DO	Faculty University at Buffalo

2022
Preksha Arora-Hughes, DO	Outpatient Psychiatry Western New York Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Huma Baqir, MBBS	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Coleman Cosgrove, DO	Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Yale University
Joseph Merkel, MD	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Alyssa Norman, MD	Outpatient Psychiatry Talkiatry
Alia Syed, DO	Faculty University at Buffalo

2021
Vincent Croglio, DO	Private practice Buffalo, N.Y.
Jonathan Davila, MD	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Chloe-El Atoum, MD	Inpatient psychiatry SSM St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, Illinois
Joshua Nazirbage, MD	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Kushagra Nijhara, MBBS	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University at Buffalo
Asuma Tanaka, DO	Assistant professor Boston University School of Medicine
Gandhi Vallarapu, MD	Outpatient Psychiatry Buffalo Psychiatric Center

2020
Melinda Armstead, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University of California, Davis
Charles Camp, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Jill Frodey, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Elizabeth Lucaj, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Jamie Mash, MD	TBD
Erik Radick, MD	Outpatient psychiatry St. Luke's Physician Group, Philadelphia
Samantha Salem, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Duke University
Raymond St. Marie, MD	Outpatient psychiatry Western New York Veteran's Affairs Hospital
Sal Viglietta, MD	Inpatient psychiatry Traditions Behavioral Health Santa Barbara

2019
Leeshi Feldman, MD	Private practice Miami, Fla.
Natalie Gugino, MD	Consultation liaison psychiatry fellowship George Washington University
Byung San Kwak, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Andrea Paultsch-Buckingham	Outpatient psychiatry WNY VA Health Care System
Zachary Puca, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Christina Stuart, MD	Inpatient psychiatry California Psychiatric Transitions MHRC

2018
Bavneet Kaur Gujral, MD	Faculty University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Kiran Khalid, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Simon Lucaj, MD	Faculty Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, N.Y.
Bernette Lucaj, MD	Outpatient psychiatrist and faculty Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, N.Y.
Amber Saunders Parden, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry University at Buffalo
Brian Zachariah, MD	Faculty South Texas Behavioral Health Program

2017
Isuan Askikhia, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Kelly Jaziri, MD	Private practice Norwich Psychiatric Center Norwich, Conn.
Lovejit Kaur, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Megan McLeod, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University of Oregon Portland, Ore.
Adelia Sazanov, MD, DO	Private practice
Julia Shakh, MD	Inpatient psychiatry WNY VA Health Care System
Albert Thomas, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo

2016
Joseph Cestero, MD	Staff physician Veteran’s Affairs Hospital Charleston, S.C.
Lauren Derhodge, DO	Faculty University at Buffalo
Sarah Gibbons, MBBChBAO	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Jessica Grudzien, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Laura Hanrahan, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Melissa Heffler, MD	Forensic psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Rebecca Hicks, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Thomas Veeder, MD	Faculty Oregon Health and Sciences University Portland, Ore.
Lauren Zohler, DO	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Children’s National Medical Center Washington, D.C.

2015
Bridget Casey, DO	Forensic psychiatry fellowship University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
Ah Young Kim, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry program New York University New York, N.Y.
Joshua Russell, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo

f2014
Chandrika Balgobin, DO	Psychosomatic fellowship Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
Amr Beltagui, MD	Inpatient psychiatrist Norfolk Regional Center Norfolk, Neb.
Stephanie Beneski-Barlow, DO	Inpatient psychiatrist Unity Behavioral Health Rochester, N.Y.
Ramnarine Boodoo, MBBS	Child and dolescent psychiatry fellowship University of New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M.
Allison Dailey, MD	Inpatient and outpatient psychiatrist Adena Medical Center Chillicothe, Ohio
Poonamdeep Gill, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University of Chicago Chicago, Ill.
Khyati Khotari, MBBS	Faculty University at Buffalo
Aditi Parashar, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Joshna Singh, MBBS	Faculty University at Buffalo
Aryan Wahab, MD	Inpatient and outpatient psychiatrist Rouge Valley Hospital Toronto, Ontario

2013
Muneer Ali, DO	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Michael DiGiacomo, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Maria Mariano, MD	Psychosomatic fellowship program University of California Los Angeles, Calif.
Nick Mathew, MBBChBAO	Addiction fellowship program Yale University New Haven, Conn.
Melissa Perry, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Karen Reimers, MD	Outpatient psychiatrist Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire, Wis.
Liju Varghese, MBBS	Outpatient psychiatrist Novant Medical Group Thomasville, N.C.

2012
Deepti Chopra, MBBS, MPH	Psychosomatic fellowship Yale University New Haven, Conn.
Peter Clark, DO	Child and adolescent fellowship Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine Hamilton, N.J.
Seema Dewani, MBBS	Outpatient psychiatrist Mayo Clinic Health System Austin, Minn.
Biswarup Ghosh, MBBS	Faculty University at Buffalo
Michael Godzala, MD	Partial hospitalization program Kaleida Health Care System Buffalo, N.Y.
Ritu Goel, MBBS	Child and adolescent fellowship University at Buffalo
Jarod Masci, MD	Assertive community treatment program Lakeshore Behavioral Health Buffalo, N.Y.
Annemarie Mikowski, DO	Faculty University at Buffalo

2011
Laura De Mento, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Long Island Jewish Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine Long Island, N.Y.
Zhanna Elberg, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Emily Gavett, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Upstate Medical University Syracuse, N.Y.
Peter Martin, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y.
Shrenik Parekh, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University of Oregon Eugene, Ore.
Sachin Relia, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wis.
Rebecca Schaeffer, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Shiva Srinivasan, MBBS	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Md.

2010
Michael Adragna, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship Brown University Providence, R.I.
Ramandeep Chahal, MBBS	Staff psychiatrist University of Western Ontario Stratford, Ontario
Sergio Hernandez, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Allison McGuerty, MD	Staff psychiatrist Buffalo Psychiatric Center Buffalo, N.Y.

2009
Kamaljeet Boora, MBBS	Staff psychiatrist Community Psychiatry Associates Sacramento, Calif.
Maria Oliviera, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Simrita Singh, MBBS	Staff psychiatrist Community Psychiatry Associates San Francisco, Calif.
Viktor Yatsynovich, MD	Staff psychiatrist University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

2008
Mark Balas, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Aimee DiPasqua, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Ruben Gagarin, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Christine Lim, MD	Faculty University at Buffalo
Jeffrey Moll, MD	Staff psychiatrist SCI Forest Marienville, Pa.
Robin Warner, MD	Staff psychiatrist Buffalo General Hospital

2007
Opeoluwa Akinnusi, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Vijay Amarendran, MBBS	Staff psychiatrist Middlesex Hospital Middletown, Conn.
Vrushali Gersappe, MBBS	Sleep fellowship University at Buffalo
Denise Giessert, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo
Tariq Latif, MBBS	Staff psychiatrist Arcadia Hospital Bangor, Maine
Jesus Ligot, MD	Staff psychiatrist People’s Place Clinic Milford, Del.
Matthew McKenna, MD	Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship University at Buffalo