Completed Research and Scholarly Projects

Our residents have published and presented research on a wide variety of psychiatric conditions, therapy modalities and educational approaches.  Below are the residents’ projects by their year of graduation.

2025

Resident

Project

Mentor

Christian Binns, MD 
Binns C, Castellana M, DiMeglio J, Baqir H, Bakhai S. Addressing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting-a Quality Improvement Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

Carol Regan

Cynthia Pristach, MD

Siobhan Brady, MD

Brady S, Izekor O, Shawaf O, Regan C, Pristach C. Identifying Barriers to Increasing Resident Autonomy via Implementing Guided Trackers in a Psychiatry Residency Program: An ACGME Program Compliance Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

Smita Bakhai, MD

Odeyuwa Izekor, MD

Brady S, Izekor O, Shawaf O, Regan C, Pristach C. Identifying Barriers to Increasing Resident Autonomy via Implementing Guided Trackers in a Psychiatry Residency Program: An ACGME Program Compliance Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

 

 

Carol Regan

Cynthia Pristach, MD

Lauren Lucente, MD

Milbrand A, Lucente L, Munjal S. Improving the Student Experience in the Psychiatric Emergency Program Setting-Implementing a Reference Guide to Improve Education Quality of CPEP Call Shifts. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

 

 

Austin Milbrand, MD

Milbrand A, Lucente L, Munjal S. Improving the Student Experience in the Psychiatric Emergency Program Setting-Implementing a Reference Guide to Improve Education Quality of CPEP Call Shifts. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

 

 

Shalok Munjal, DO

Milbrand A, Lucente L, Munjal S. Improving the Student Experience in the Psychiatric Emergency Program Setting-Implementing a Reference Guide to Improve Education Quality of CPEP Call Shifts. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

 

 

Omar Shawaf, DO

Brady S, Izekor O, Shawaf O, Regan C, Pristach C. Identifying Barriers to Increasing Resident Autonomy via Implementing Guided Trackers in a Psychiatry Residency Program: An ACGME Program Compliance Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023

 

Carol Regan

Cynthia Pristach, MD

2024

Resident

Project

Mentor

Eun Beattie, MD
Beattie E.  Mental Illness in the Medical Profession.  Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2022. Josie Olympia, MD
  Beattie E, DiMeglio J, Khurana A, Rogoza K, Hayes, L, Whig R, Bakhai S. Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Utilizing the BestConnections Hospital Navigator Program:  a 1-Year Follow Up. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022
Smita Bakhai, MD
Matthew Castellana, MD
Castellana M. Exploring the Under-Recognized Diagnosis of Catatonia Through a Case Study.  Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2022  
  Castellana M, DiMeglio J, Baqir H, Bakhai S.  Improving the Outpatient Screening of Metabolic Syndrome by Increasing Blood Pressure Monitoring-A Quality Improvement Project (continued)  Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022 Smita Bakhai, MD
  Casetllana M, Haidere MN, Nazir MSZ, McPherson J, Argle GBB, Leddy J, Willer B. Regional Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Adolescents with Sports-related Concussion: Correlation with Symptoms. Poster presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Association Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts March, 2023

Barry Willer, PHD

John Leddy, MD

  D’Alonzo BA, Wiebe DJ, Master CL, Willer B, Leddy J. Relationship between Anxiety and Concussion Symptoms Among Adolescents Enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Aerobic Exercise. NeuroRehabilitation 2023 (in press)

Barry Willer, PHD

John Leddy, MD

  Castellana M, Arora-Hughes P, Green A. Concurrent Cotard and Koro Syndrome in Psychotic Depression: Case Report and Brief Literature Review. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 2023 (in press
Abigail Green, MD
  Binns C, Castellana M, DiMeglio J, Baqir H, Bakhai S. Addressing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting-a Quality Improvement Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2023 Smita Bakhai, MD
John DiMeglio, MD
Castellana M, DiMeglio J, Baqir H, Bakhai S.  Improving the Outpatient Screening of Metabolic Syndrome by Increasing Blood Pressure Monitoring-A Quality Improvement Project (continued) . Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022 Smita Bakhai, MD
  Beattie E, DiMeglio J, Khurana A, Rogoza K, Hayes, L, Whig R, Bakhai S. Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Utilizing the BestConnections Hospital Navigator Program:  a 1-Year Follow Up. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022
Smita Bakhai, MD
Kenneth Rogoza, DO
Beattie E, DiMeglio J, Khurana A, Rogoza K, Hayes, L, Whig R, Bakhai S. Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Utilizing the BestConnections Hospital Navigator Program:  a 1-Year Follow Up. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022
Smita Bakhai, MD

2023

Resident

Project

Mentor

David Burke, MD
Forrest J, Burke D, Regan C, Pristach C.  Improving Program Compliance on Annual ACGME Wellness and Well Being Surveys via Quarterly Resident Education/Wellness Surveys Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022 Carol Regan
Cynthia Pristach, MD
Justine Forrest, MD
Forrest J, Burke D, Regan C, Pristach C.  Improving Program Compliance on Annual ACGME Wellness and Well Being Surveys via Quarterly Resident Education/Wellness Surveys Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022 Carol Regan
Cynthia Pristach, MD
Laura Hayes, DO Hayes L, Whig R, Bakhai S.  Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2021. Recipient, 2021 University at Buffalo Calkins Research Fellowship
Smita Bakhai, MD
  Laura A. Hayes, D.O.; Rahat Whig, D.O.; Raphael J. Leo, M.A., M.D.; Smita Y. Bakhai, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.; Corey Leidenfrost, Ph.D. Improving Access to Community Support for Suicidal Patients Post Hospital Discharge. Manuscript, 2023 University at Buffalo Scholarly Project   

Raphael Leo. MD

Smita Bakhai, MD

Corey Leidenfrost, PHD

  Hayes L, Whig R, Bakhai S. Improving Access to Community Support for Suicidal Patients Post-Discharge. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, 2022 Smita Bakhai, MD
  Hayes L, Mann A, Green A. Utilizing IADL Score to Improve Community Service Referrals at Discharge from an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit. Poster presentation at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, 2023 Abigail Green, MD
Abhilasha Khurana, DO
Beattie E, DiMeglio J, Khurana A, Rogoza K, Hayes, L, Whig R, Bakhai S. Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Utilizing the BestConnections Hospital Navigator Program:  a 1-Year Follow Up. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2022
Smita Bakhai, MD
Nicholas Ravvin, MD
Pizzo R, Ravvin N, Marshall D, Bakhai S.  Reducing the Frequency of Seclusion/Restraint Orders Placed Beyond 30 Minutes Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2021
Smita Bakhai, MD
  Ravvin N. Nutritional Psychiatry. Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo,May 2023
 
James Thompson, MD
Thompson J, Hanrahan L.  Reducing Rehospitalization in Early Psychosis.  A Quality Improvement Project Focused on Lowering Rapid Readmission to ECMC’s Inpatient Early Psychosis Unit.  Recipient of the Best Poster Award at the Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2021 
Laura Hanrahan, MD
  Thompson J. Insomnia and Depression through the Lens of Psychiatry. Manuscript and Virtual Poster Presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May, 2023
 
Rahat Whig, DO
Hayes L, Whig R, Bakhai S.  Increasing Rate of Attendance to First Outpatient Mental Health Appointment Post-Hospital Discharge after Suicidal Ideation Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2021
Smita Bakhai, MD
  Recipient, 2021 University at Buffalo Calkins Research Fellowship. Recipient, 2021 University at Buffalo Calkins Research Fellowship

Smita Bakhai, MD

Raphael Leo. MD

  Hayes L, Whig R, Leo RJ, Bakhai SY, Leidenfrost C. Improving Access to Community Support for Suicidal Patients Post Hospital Discharge. Manuscript, 2023 University at Buffalo Scholarly Project Corey Leidenfrost, PHD

2022

Resident

Project

Mentor

Preksha Arora-Hughes, DO

Arora, P. Hanrahan L. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Case Report in the Inpatient Clinical Setting. Accepted for the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)

Laura Hanrahan, MD

 

  Arora-Hughes P, Bushana P.  Mind Over Matter: Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Yogic Restructuring of the Default Mode Network.  Recipient of the 2020 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Arora-Hughes P. Norman A. Standardization of CPEP “Buddy Call” Training: A Quality Improvement Project. Recipient of the Best Poster Award at the 2020 Department of Psychiatry Annual Poster Day
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Arora-Hughes P, Norman A. Standardization of CPEP “Buddy Call” Training: A Quality Improvement Project. Virtual Poster Presentation at the 2nd Annual Celebration of Scholarship, Buffalo, NY, 2020
 
  Scholarly Project:  Arora-Hughes, P.  Diagnosing Avoidant/Restrictive Food Disorder with a Collaborative Inpatient Approach-A Literature Review.  Manuscript Submission, 2022  
Huma Baqir, MBBS
Baqir H, Naveed S, Ahmed S.  Treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome - Going beyond ‘benzos’. Clinical Psychiatry,  19. 27. 10.12788/cp.0066, 2020.
 
  Baqir H, Benevenuto D, Morar D, Rizvi S, Cosmo C, Batista L. Ictal Catatonia in Autoimmune Encephalitis. Rhode Island Journal of Medicine, 2020
 
  Baqir H, Benevenuto D, Morar D, Rizvi S, Cosmo C, Batista L. Identifying and Managing anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: A Literature Review. Accepted for presentation at: 173rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association; Philadelphia, PA. Apr 2020
 
  Haroon H, Baqir H, Sarfraz M, Khan M. Attitudes of the General Population Regarding Suicide in Pakistan. Accepted for presentation at: 173rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA. Apr 2020
 
  Haroon H, Baqir H, Sarfraz M, Khan M. Attitudes of the General Population Regarding Suicide in Pakistan. Presented at: 2nd Annual Celebration of Scholarship, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. June 2020
 
  Baqir HBakhai S Improving the Outpatient Screening of Metabolic Syndrome by Increasing Blood Pressure Monitoring-A Quality Improvement Project. Virtual poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2021
 
  Baqir H, Pristach CA. Initiating, Developing, and Assessing the Effectiveness of an LGBTQ+ Mental Health Curriculum in a Psychiatry Residency Program. Poster Presentation at the 174th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association: New Orleans, Louisiana. May, 2022  Cynthia Pristach, MD

Coleman Cosgrove, DO, Ph.D.

Cosgrove C, Nijhara K, Wahlig E. Assessment of firearm access in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population: Results from a Quality Improvement study. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2020

Elizabeth Wahlig

  Scholarly Project:  Cosgrove CPsychosocial Interventions for Patients with Dementia.  Manuscript Submission, 2022  
Joseph Merkel, MD 
Merkel J, Bakhai S.  Improving Psychiatric Extended Observation Bed Handoff Virtual Poster Presentation at the 2021 Department of Psychiatry Annual Poster Day Mentor
Smita Bakhai, MD

Alyssa Norman, MD

Arora-Hughes P. Norman A. Standardization of CPEP “Buddy Call” Training: A Quality Improvement Project. Recipient of the Best Poster Award at the 2020 Department of Psychiatry Annual Poster Day
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Arora-Hughes P, Norman AStandardization of CPEP “Buddy Call” Training: A Quality Improvement Project. Virtual Poster Presentation at the 2nd Annual Celebration of Scholarship, Buffalo, NY, 2020
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Scholarly Project:  Norman A.  Scholarly Project:  The Effects of Nature on Mental Health. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, May 2022.  

Alia Syed, DO

Syed A.  An Introduction to Public and Community Psychiatry.  A Focus on Erie County.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2020

 

  Syed A. The Role of Nutrition in Depression: Evidence of a Mind-Body Connection.   Recipient of the 2020 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper
Raphael Leo, MD
  Syed A, Leo RJ. Recreational 2-Methyl-2-Butanol Use: An Emerging Wave of Misuse of an Ethanol Substitute on the Horizon? The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, 2022
Raphael Leo, MD

2021

Resident

Project

Mentor

Vincent Croglio, DO

Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the 1st Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019

Junzhe Xu, MD
Elizabeth Wahlig
  Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V, Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2019
Junzhe Xu, MD
Elizabeth Wahlig
Jonathan Davila, MD Davila J, Nazirbage JImplicit Bias or Conscious Aversion: An analysis of wait-times for the pediatric vs adult populations in CPEP. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2020 Corey Leidenfrost, PhD
Joshua Nazirbage, MD Davila J, Nazirbage JImplicit Bias or Conscious Aversion: An analysis of wait-times for the pediatric vs adult populations in CPEP Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2020 Corey Leidenfrost, PhD
Kushagra Nijhara, MBBS Heavy Metal poisoning and Psychiatric Illness.  Grand Rounds presentation at the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, January 2020
Josie Olympia, MD


  Cosgrove C, Nijhara K, Wahlig E. Assessment of firearm access in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population: Results from a Quality Improvement study. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2020
Elizabeth Wahlig

Chloe Leitch, MD

Leitch C, Frodey J, Tanaka A, Welch M, Wahlig E:  Incorporating Mindfulness into a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center:  Results from a Quality Improvement Project. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Project Day, May 2019

Elizabeth Wahlig





  Camp C, El-Atoum C, Salem S.  In Spite of PRITE:  Designing a New Curriculum for PRITE Review.  Poster accepted at the 173rd Annual American Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  El-Atoum C.  Post-Stroke Depression and the Mind Body Connection.  A Case-Report and Literature Review.  Recipient of the 2020 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper
 

Asuma Tanaka, DO

Leitch C, Frodey J, Tanaka A, Welch M, Wahlig E:  Incorporating Mindfulness into a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center:  Results from a Quality Improvement Project. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019

Elizabeth Wahlig

Gandhi Vallarapu, MD

Vallarapu G, Xu J, Wahlig E: Acute Phase ECT at the VA.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019

Elizabeth Wahlig

2020

Resident

Project

Mentor

Melinda Armstead, MD

Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V, Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the 1st Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019

Junzhe Xu, MD

Elizabeth Wahlig

  Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V, Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2019
 

Charles Camp, MD

Camp, C, Lucaj E, Mash J, Wahlig E. Designing and Implementing a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018
Elizabeth Wahlig
  Camp, CMass Shootings and Mental Illness. Psychiatry Grand Rounds through the Jacob’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Continuing Medical Education Program, presented at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center in Buffalo, NY October 2018
Sergio Hernandez
  St. Marie R, Camp C, Talebkhah K:  Implementation of Peer-led Psychopharmacology Teaching Sessions.  Poster accepted for presentation at the 173rd Annual American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)
 
  Camp C, El-Atoum C, Salem S.  In Spite of PRITE:  Designing a New Curriculum for PRITE Review.  Poster accepted at the 173rd Annual American Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)
Cynthia Pristach, MD

Jill Frodey, MD

Leitch C, Frodey J, Tanaka A, Welch M, Wahlig E:  Incorporating Mindfulness into a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center:  Results from a Quality Improvement Project. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019

Elizabeth Wahlig



  Leo R, Frodey J. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Glioblasoma Multiforme Misdiagnosed as Depression.  British Medical Journal 2020
Raphael Leo, MD

Elizabeth Lucaj, MD

Camp, C, Lucaj E, Mash J, Wahlig E.   ADesigning and Implementing a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018

Elizabeth Wahlig






  Anabolic Steroids and Psychosis.  Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2020
Zhanna Elberg, MD

Jaime Mash, MD

Camp, C, Lucaj E, Mash J, Wahlig E.   ADesigning and Implementing a Substance Abuse Group on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018

Elizabeth Wahlig

  Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders:  Treatment in the Hospital Setting.  Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, February 2020
Beth Smith, MD
  Mash JE, Leo R.  “Phenibut:  A Novel Nootropic with Abuse Potential”.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Primary Care Companion.  Accepted for Publication. 
Raphael Leo, MD

Erik Radick, MD

Viglietta S, Kwak S, Radick ENaltrexone Use Disorders Among Veterans:  Initiation in the Inpatient Setting. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018

Elizabeth Wahlig

  From Super Bowls to Suicide:  A Systematic Review of the Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, February 2020
Matthew  Ruggieri, MD
  Haider M, Antonius D, Radick E. The Relationship between Pain and Neurobehavioral Functioning in Retired Contact Sport Athletes. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2020
Daniel Antonius, PhD

Samantha Salem, MD

Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V, Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the 1st Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2019




  Armstead M, Salem S, Croglio V, Xu J, Wahlig E. Reporting of Gun Ownership in the VA Psychiatric Inpatient Population:  Results of a Quality Improvement Project.  Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2019
Junzhe Xu, MD
Elizabeth Wahlig
  Salem S, Trigoboff E, Grace J.  Transgender and Countertransference:  Insights from a Case Report.  Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2019
 
  Camp C, El-Atoum C, Salem S.  In Spite of PRITE:  Designing a New Curriculum for PRITE Review.  Poster accepted at the 173rd Annual American Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)
Cynthia Pristach, MD

Raymond St. Marie, MD

St. Marie, Raymond.  The Neurologic Evidence of a Mind-Body Connection:  Mindfulness and Pain Control. Winner of the 11th Annual New York State Psychiatric Association 2018 11th Annual Resident Paper Competition.  Presented October 2017 New York, NY   
  St. Marie, Raymond.  The Neurologic Evidence of a Mind-Body Connection:  Mindfulness and Pain Control. Recipient of the 2017 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper
 
  St. Marie, Raymond.  The Neurologic Evidence of a Mind-Body Connection:  Mindfulness and Pain Control. American Journal of Psychiatry Resident’s Journal.  May 2018
 
  St. Marie R, Kandefer S, Bakhai Y:  A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment Over Objection  Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 2018
Yogesh Bakhai, MD
  Kandefer S, St. Marie R, Bakhai Y: Treatment Over Objection:  A Comparison Study. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric Services, Chicago, IL, October 2018
Yogesh Bakhai, MD
  St. Marie R, Camp C, Talebkhah K:  Implementation of Peer-led Psychopharmacology Teaching Sessions.  Poster accepted for presentation at the 173rd Annual American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic)
 
  Leo R, St. Marie R.  Cannabis and cannabinoid-based medicines in allaying chronic malignant and non-malignant pain.  Current Psychiatry, accepted for publication
Raphael Leo, MD

Samuel Viglietta, MD

Viglietta S, Leidenfrost C, Antonius D.  Enhanced Jail Treatment.  Recidivism, serious mental illness and substance abuse.  Poster presentation at the New York State Psychiatric Association Meeting, 2018

Corey Leidenfrost, PhD

Daniel Antonius, PhD

  Viglietta S, Kwak S, Radick E.  Naltrexone Use Disorders Among Veterans:  Initiation in the Inpatient Setting. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018
Elizabeth Wahlig
  Viglietta S. The Rorschach Inkblot Test: A history and contemporary uses in assessing psychosis. Grand rounds presentation, University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, June 2020.
Corey Leidenfrost, PhD

2019

Resident

Project

Mentor

Leeshi Feldmanj, MD

Feldman L, Gugino N, Saunders A: Buffalo VA Inpatient Psychiatry:  A Review of Barriers to Timely Discharge. Poster presented at the Annual Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017 Elizabeth Wahlig
  An Extreme Case of Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self (Munchausen Syndrome): A Case Report and Literature Review. Manuscript submission, 2019
Jeffrey Anker, MD

Natalie Gugino

Feldman L, Gugino N, Saunders A: Buffalo VA Inpatient Psychiatry:  A Review of Barriers to Timely Discharge. Poster presented at the Annual Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017 Elizabeth Wahlig
  Examining the Relationship Between Trauma and Psychosis: A Clinical Case and Literature Review. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, December 2018
 

Byung San Kwak, MD

Kwak, Byung San.  Microbiota, Cut-Brain Axis, and Behavior.  Recipient of the 2018 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper  
  Kwak, Byung San.  The Brain’s Task-positive and Default Mode Network in Mental Disorders.  Recipient of the 2019 Harold Levy Award for Best Original Paper  
  Viglietta S, Kwak S, Radick E.  Naltrexone Use Disorders Among Veterans:  Initiation in the Inpatient Setting. Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2018
Elizabeth Wahlig

Andrea Paulitsch-Buckingham, MD

Paulitsch-Buckingham A, Trigoboff E, Olympia J:  Treatment Over Objection Outcomes from a State Psychiatric Inpatient Facility.  Poster presentation at the 172nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Diego, CA, May 2019 Josie Olympia, MD
  Khalid K, Stuart C, Paulitsch-Buckingham A, Wahlig E: Assessing the Need and Readiness of Patients towards a Substance Abuse Group on an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  Poster presentation at the 2nd Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017
Elizabeth Wahlig
  Treatment Over Objection Outcomes from a State Psychiatric Inpatient Facility. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, May 2019
Josie Olympia, MD

Zachary Puca, MD

Puca Z, Bakhai Y: I-Stop in the Clinic: Findings and Impact on Practice.  Poster presentation at the 2nd Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017 Yogesh Bakhai
  Comic Book Heroes in Psychotherapy. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, January 2019
Cynthia Pristach, MD

Christina Stuart,  MD

Khalid K, Stuart C, Paulitsch-Buckingham A, Wahlig E: Assessing the Need and Readiness of Patients towards a Substance Abuse Group on an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017 Elizabeth Wahlig
  Stoicism and CBT.  Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2019
Seung-Kyoon Park

2018

Resident

Project

Mentor

Kiran Khalid, MBBS

Khalid K, Stuart C, Paulitsch-Buckingham A, Wahlig E: Assessing the Need and Readiness of Patients towards a Substance Abuse Group on an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017

 

Bernette Lucaj, MD

Ruiz B, Ohale V, Ojo K, Afful C, Lescouflair E:  Synthetic Oxytocin and its Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression. Annual Poster Presentation, Harlem Hospital Medical Center, March 2016

 

  Ruiz B, Raza Q, Anaghara M, Akerele E: Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder:  Inflammatory Markers could serve as a guide to predicting impending manic exacerbation and guide the optimization of treatment. Annual Poster Presentation, Harlem Hospital Medical Center, March 2015
 
  Gender Dysphoria. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, January 2018
 

Simon Lucaj, MD

Zachariah B, Thomas A, Lucaj S, Wahlig E, Stanislawski A:  Implementing Focus Groups as a Means of Improving Recovery-Oriented Programming on the Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit a the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement Project Day, May 2016

Elizabeth Wahlig

 

  Lucaj S, Leo RJ: Tianeptine Sodium: A “Nootropic” with Potentially Lethal Consequences. Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, in press 2018
Raphael Leo, MD

Amber Saunders-Parden, MD 

Feldman L, Gugino N, Saunders A: Buffalo VA Inpatient Psychiatry:  A Review of Barriers to Timely Discharge. Poster presented at the Annual Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2017

Elizabeth Wahlig

Brian Zachariah, MD

Zachariah B, Thomas A, Lucaj S Wahlig E, Stanislawski A:  Implementing Focus Groups as a Means of Improving Recovery-Oriented Programming on the Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.  Poster presentation at the Annual UB Department of Psychiatry Resident Quality Improvement and Research Projects Day, May 2016

Elizabeth Wahlig

Aimee Stanislawski

 

  Impulsivity as a Vulnerability Marker for Substance Use Disorders, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, January 2018.
 

2017

Resident

Project

Mentor

Lovejit Kaur, MBBS

McLeod M, Russell J, Kaur L, Brooks V. Putting the PEP in CPEP:  A lecture series designed to orient residents to the psychiatric emergency room. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Atlanta, Ga., May 2016

Victoria Brooks, MD

Megan McLeod, MD

McLeod M, Russell J, Kaur L, Brooks V. Putting the PEP in CPEP:  A lecture series designed to orient residents to the psychiatric emergency room. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Atlanta, Ga., May 2016

Victoria Brooks, MD

2016

Resident

Project

Mentor

Lauren Derhodge, DO

Derhodge L. Lower Limb Disease:  Considerations in Psychiatric Patient The Journal of Lower Limb Medicine Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine,  June (1), 2014 (33-34)  
  Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Physical Restraints in the CPEP Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, April 2016
Yogesh Bakhai, MD

Sarah Gibbons, MBBChBAO

Scholarly Project:  Gender Dysphoria:  Complexities in Clinical Care.  Grand Rounds presentation at the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, February 2016

Stephen Skiffington, PhD

Laura Hanrahan, MD

Hanrahan L, Reimers K, Hernandez S: Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient with Psychosis. Presentation at the Scholarly Exchange Day; University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, May 2013 Sergio Hernandez, MD
  Hanrahan L, Hernandez, S.  Evidence Based Medicine in Psychiatry-A Clinical Elective.  Poster presentation at the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education Annual Meeting, Keystone, Colorado, June 2014
 
  Elberg Z, Scharf M, Ruberman L, Kirsch DJ, Hanrahan L, Jojik M, Sharma S.  Working with Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) and College Student Mental Health (CSMH):  Opportunities for Collaboration and Integration in General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training.  Workshop presentation at the AADPRT Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2015
Zhanna Elberg, MD
  The Revolving Door:  A Look at Factors Effecting Readmission to Inpatient Psychiatry.  Grand Rounds presentation at the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, January 2016
Daniel Antonius, PhD
  Elberg Z, Hanrahan L.  SMI (serious mental illness) in TAY (transitional age youth).  Deconstructing Complex Issues to Build Age Appropriate Solutions.  Workshop presentation at the 46th Annual American Association of Directors of Residency Training Meeting, Austin, Texas, March 2016
Zhanna Elberg, MD

Melissa Heffler, MD

Contraband:  A War on Drugs in the Erie Count, New York Jail System.  Poster presentation at the American Association of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 2015

Natasha Cervantes, MD

Thomas Veeder, MD

Veeder TA, Kaye D. Pharmacogenomics: Is it ready for Prime Time? Academic Rounds, Division of Child Psychiatry, September 2014 David Kaye, MD
  The Psychodynamics of Psychosis. Grand Rounds presentation at the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry March 2015
 
  Veeder TA, Leo RJ. A systematic review of psychiatric disorders, experiential and precipitating factors associated with genital self-mutilation among males. Poster Presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatics Annual Conference, Austin, TX  September 2016
Raphael Leo, MD

Lauren Zohler, DO

Russell J, Zohler L, Martin P, Kaye D, Sengupta S, Daniels G, Figliotti V, Frank R:  A Psychiatric Education Program in Child & Adolescent Mental Health for Child Welfare Workers.  Poster presentation at the Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 2014

Peter Martin, MD

2015

Resident

Project

Mentor

Bridget Casey-Leavell, DO

Casey-Leavell B, Cervantes AN: The SAFE Act in the Courts: Rulings, Appels and Briefs. Poster Presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago, IL 2014.

Natasha Cervantes, MD

  Cervantes AN, Antonius D, Casey-Leavell B: The SAFE Act in New York: Where Are We One Year Later? Research in Progress Presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago IL 2014
 
  Gun Policy and the Mentally Ill. Grand Rounds presented at University at Buffalo, Department of Psychiatry, Buffalo NY, 2014
 

Ah Young Kim, MD

Kim, AY, Goldberg P, Schuyler H.  Emergency Psychiatric Services for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Emergency Child Psychiatry: an update on policies, services, and practice.  Clinical perspectives Presentation #27 at the AACAP 58th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario Daniel Antonius, PhD
  Kim AY, Mariano MT, Ghosh B.  Case report:  Mania with psychotic features status post right temporal lobectomy.  Poster presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 60th Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, November 2013
Biswarup Ghosh, MD
  Kim AY, Antonius D. Comparison Between Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders who Present at the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program:  A Pilot Study.  Poster presentation at the 167th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, May 2014
Daniel Antonius, PhD
  Management and care of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who present at the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, January 2015
 

Joshua Russell, MD

Russell J, Zohler L, Martin P, Kaye D, Sengupta S, Daniels G, Figliotti V, Frank R:  A Psychiatric Education Program in Child & Adolescent Mental Health for Child Welfare Workers.  Poster presentation at the Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 2014 Peter Martin, MD
  McLeod M, Russell J, Kaur L, Brooks V:  Putting the PEP in CPEP:  A lecture series designed to orient residents to the psychiatric emergency room. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA, May 2016
Victoria Brooks, MD

2014

Resident

Project

Mentor

Chandrika Balgobin, DO

Balgobin C, Reimers K, Pristach C: Feedback on the Fly: Using Sticky Notes as a Teaching Tool. Poster Presentation at the Scholarly Exchange Day; University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, May 2013

Cynthia Pristach, MD

Amr Beltagui, MBChB

Landmark Legal Cases Influencing Civil Commitment Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, Department of Psychiatry, February, 2014

Natasha Cervantes, MD

Stephanie Beneski-Barlow, DO

Beneski-Barlow S.A., Hernandez S, Antonius D: Medical Student Perception of Psychiatry/Mental Illness before & after Psychiatric Curriculum. Poster Presentation at the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry Annual Conference; Keystone, Colorado, June 2014.

Sergio Hernandez, MD

Allison Dailey, MD

Mental Health and Pregnancy. Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, January, 2014

 

Joshna Singh, MBBS

Cheektowaga Police Crisis Response Team:  A Pilot Project. Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, April, 2014

Michael Cummings, MD

2013

Resident

Project

Mentor

Michael DiGiacomo, MD

Getting Better all the Time.  The Importance of Quality Improvement in Psychiatry.  Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2013 Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Mariano MTBrooks VL, DiGiacomo M, Warren CPSYCH: Teaching a patient hand-off mnemonic to help psychiatric resident decrease communication error.  Poster presentation at the 166th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May  2013
Victoria Brooks, MD
  Mariano MT, Brooks VL, DiGiacomo M, Warren C.  Improving the psychiatric emergency room patient hand-off system through resident education.  Poster presentation at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Annual Education Conference, Orlando, FL, February 2013 and University at Buffalo Scholarly Exchange Day, Buffalo, NY, May 2013
 

Maria Mariano, MD

Mariano MT, Grace J, Trigoboff E, DiStefano DJ, Olympia JL, Watson T. “Individuals with Threatening or Violent Criminal Behavior: Civil Commitment or Release After Incarceration?” Innovative Clinical Neuroscience 8 (6)29-34, 2011

Jeffery Grace, MD

  Leo RJ, Mariano MT. “Psychological Distress and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Palliative Care.” Essentials of Palliative Care Medicine, Vadivelu N, Kaye AD, Berger JM (eds.). Springer Science-Business Media, LLC, 2013
Raphael Leo, MD
  Mariano M, Mathew N, Del Regno P. “A PRITE Review Curriculum That Residents Enjoy and Want to Continue: Is Team Based Learning the Right Answer?” Poster presentation at the AADPRT Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, March 2012

Paula Del Regno, MD

 

  Mariano MT, Brooks VL, DiGiacomo M, Warren CPSYCH: Teaching a patient hand-off mnemonic to help psychiatric resident decrease communication error.  Poster presentation at the 166th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May  2013
Victoria Brooks, MD
  Mariano MT, Brooks VL, DiGiacomo M, Warren C.  Improving the psychiatric emergency room patient hand-off system through resident education.  Poster presentation at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Annual Education Conference, Orlando, FL, February 2013 and University at Buffalo Scholarly Exchange Day, Buffalo, NY, May 2013
 
  Kim AY, Mariano MT, Ghosh B. Case report: Mania with psychotic features status post right temporal lobectomy.  Poster accepted at Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 60th Annual Meeting, Tuczon, AZ, November 2013
Biswarup Ghosh, MD

Nick Mathew, MB, BCh, BAO

Noghrehkar D, Mathew N, Plotkin S, Leonard K. “IV Fluid Administration in Electro-Convulsive Therapy and the Post-Anesthetic Course.” Poster presentation at the American Medical Association Interim Meeting; New Orleans, LA, November 2011

Kenneth Leonard, PhD

 

  Mariano M, Mathew N, Del Regno P. “A PRITE Review Curriculum That Residents Enjoy and Want to Continue: Is Team Based Learning the Right Answer?” Poster presentation at the AADPRT Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, March 2012
Paula Del Regno, MD

Karen Reimers, MD

Reimers K, Arana B. Anorexia in an Elderly Female with Chronic Schizophrenia. Poster presentation at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2013 Belito Arana, MD
  Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about DSM-5 but were Afraid to Ask Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2013
David Kaye, MD
  Reimers K, Pristach C: New Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Elective Rotation for Psychiatry Residents. Poster presentation at the Scholarly Exchange Day; University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, May 2013
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Balgobin C, Reimers K, Pristach C: Feedback on the Fly: Using Sticky Notes as a Teaching Tool. Poster Presentation at the Scholarly Exchange Day; University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, May 2013
 
  Hanrahan L, Reimers K, Hernandez S: Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome in an Acute Psychiatric Inpatient with Psychosis. Presentation at the Scholarly Exchange Day; University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, May 2013
Sergio Hernandez, MD
  Reimers K, Emmert BA, Benedict RHB, Sziegeti K. Capgras-like Visual Decompensation in Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) with Therapeutic Response to Donepezil:  2 Clinical Cases with Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging Correlates. Poster Presentation at the Alzheimer¹s Association International Conference, Boston MA, July 2013
Kinga Szigeti, MD

Liju Varghese, MBBS

Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about DSM-5 but were Afraid to Ask Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, March 2013

David Kaye, MD

2012

Resident

Project

Mentor

Deepti Chopra, MBBS

Chopra D, Saldana A. “Recognizing the salient features of silent stroke.” Presentation at Annual Resident Scholarly Exchange Day, UB, May 2009 Alicia Saldana, MD
  Chopra D, Wheat D. “Multi-facted Peer Intervention: Experiences in Smoking Cessation.” Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the American College of Preventive Medicine, Orlando FL, 2012
Kim Griswold, MD
  Wheat D, Chopra D. “Multi-facted Peer Intervention for Smoking Cessation in Individuals with Mental Illness.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, January 2011
 

Seema Dewarni, MBBS

Leo, RJ Dewani, S.  Is there Evidence for the Utility of Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Vulvodynia?  A Systematic Review of the Literature.  Presented at the 5th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Lima, Peru, March 2013 

Raphael Leo, MD

 

Ritu Goel, MBBS

Leo RJ, Goel R. “The Delirious Substance Abuser.” Current Psychiary 11(1):58, 2012

Raphael Leo, MD

 

  Kaye DL, Sherk Y, Goel R.” Parent Workshop: Sleep Management in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).” Workshop presentation at the UB Department of Psychiatry, April 2012
David Kaye, MD

Jarod Masci, MD

Clapp JD, Masci J, Bennett SA, Beck JG. “Physical and psychosocial functioning following motor vehicle trauma: Relationships with chronic pain, posttraumatic stress, and medication use.” European Journal of Pain, Aug 2009

Joshua D. Clapp

  Clapp JD, Masci J, Bennett SA, Beck JG: “Medication Use and Functioning in Comorbid Pain and PTSD.” Poster presentation at the annual AAPM meeting; Las Vegas, NV, 2010
 

Annemarie Mikowski, DO

Wrzosek M, Marvin R, Del Regno P, Mikowski A, Manring J, Satish, U, Nastasi R. “Spot the Nots for Slots: Perspectives on Selecting Residents from Applicants for Psychiatry Training.” Workshop presentation at the AADPRT Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2012

Paula Del Regno, MD

Yakov Sherk, MD

Kaye DL, Sherk Y, Goel R. “Parent Workshop: Sleep Management in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).” Workshop presentation at the UB Department of Psychiatry, April, 2012

David Kaye, MD

2011

Resident

Project

Mentor

Zhanna Elberg, MD

Del Regno P, Elberg Z. “Teaching Psychosomatic Medicine Topics in the Small Group Setting and Session Planning Techniques.” Workshop presentation at the 57th Annual Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Meeting, Marco Island, FL, 2010 Paula Del Regno, MD
  Worth the Fight! Residency Training and the Aggressive Patient - How Far Have We Come?  Grand Rounds Presentation, University at Buffalo, April 15, 2011
Cynthia Pristach, MD
  Elberg Z, Parekh S, Leonard K, Pristach CA. “The Use of Multi-Level Team Approach to Enhance Resident Journal Club in a Psychiatric Residency Program.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the ACGME, Orlando, FL, 2012
Kenneth Leonard, PhD

2010

Resident

Project

Mentor

Michael Adragna, MD

 “Resident Profiles on Facebook: Content, Attitudes and Experiences.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, January 2010; presentation at Incoming Residency Week, UB, June 2010

David Kaye, MD

Raman Chahal, MBBS

Chahal R, Yucel K, MacDonald K, Taylor VH, MacQueen GM. “Anterior cingulated volume in never treated compared to extensively treated people with unipolar depression.” Neuroanatomy Volume 5 (Suppl 2):2-3, 2006 K Yucel
  Yucel K, McKinnon K, Chahal R, et al “Anterior cingulate volumes in never-treated patients with major depressive disorder.” Neuropsychopharmacology Volume 33 (Issue 13):3157-3163, 2008
 
  Yucel K, Kinnon M, Chahal R, et al. “Increased subgenual prefrontal cortex size in remitted patients with major depressive disorder.” Psychiatry. Research: Neuroimaging Section; Volume 173 (Issue 1):71-76, 2009
 
  “My Multicultural Patients: A Look at Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychiatry.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, February 2010
Seung-Kyoon Park, MD

Sergio Hernandez, MD

“Mental Illness and All that Jazz: Using the Arts to Reduce Stigma.” Plenary presentation, ADMSEP Meeting, Park City, Utah, June 2007

Linda Pessar, MD

  “Using the Arts in Psychiatric Medical Student Education.” Small group presentation for PsychSIGN , APA Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 2008
 
  “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got that Swing: Creating a Multimedia Mental Status Exam.” Workshop, ADMSEP Meeting, Galveston, Texas, June 2008  
  “Healing Arts.” Roundtable discussion, Gold Humanism Honor Society 3rd Biennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
 
  “The Lives of Others: Using a Film Club to Encourage Interest in Psychiatry.” Poster presentation at the ADMSEP Meeting Porstmouth, Maine, 2009
 
  Hernandez S, Waterman T. “Copyrights and Wrongs: Understanding the Fair Use Exception.” Workshop at the ADMSEP Meeting Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 2010
 
  “Using music to Teach Psychiatry.” Panel discussion at the Annual PsychSIGN Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2010
 

Allison McGuerty, MD

“Americans and Death: How Can Doctors do Better for the Dying Patient?” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, March 2010

Jonathan Holt, MD

Shrenik Parekh, MBBS
Leo, RJ., Srinivasan, SP,  Parehk, S.  The Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in Pediatric Chronic Pain.  Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16 (1): 2-8 (journal article) ISSN: 1475-357X, Feb 2011 Raphael Leo, MD
  Elberg Z, Parekh S, Leonard K, Pristach CA. “The Use of Multi-Level Team Approach to Enhance Resident Journal Club in a Psychiatric Residency Program.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the ACGME, Orlando FL, 2012
Kenneth Leonard, PhD

Sachin Relia, MBBS

Eli-Solh AA, Akinnusi ME, Moitheennazima B, Ayyar L, Relia S. “Endothelial function in patients with post-CPAP residual sleepiness.” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine6 6(3):251-255, 2010

AA Eli-Solh, MD

Shiva Shrinivasan, MBBS

Srinivasan, S.P., Hall, JM & Leo, R.J. Vocal Cord Dysfunction Arising from Vagal Nerve Stimulator Removal.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(12): 1412-1413, 2009

Raphael Leo, MD

 

  Leo, RJ.Srinivasan, SP,  Parehk, S.  The Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in Pediatric Chronic Pain.  Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 16 (1): 2-8 (journal article) ISSN: 1475-357X, Feb 2011
 

2009

Resident

Project

Mentor

Kamaljeet Boora, MBBS

Boora K, Xu J, Hyatt J. “Encephalopathy with combined lithium-risperidone administration.” Acta Psychiatr Scand,1-2, 2008

Junzhe Xu, MD

  Boora K, Xu J, Hyatt J. “Encephalopathy with combined lithium-risperidone administration.” Poster presentation at SMBS Scholarly Exchange Day, 2008
 

Simrita Singh, MBBS

“Antipsychotic Induced Movement Disorders: A Focus on the Atypical Antipsychotics.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, January, 2009

Raphael Leo, MD

2008

Resident

Project

Mentor

Mark Balas, MD

“Drug Therapy of Insomnia.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, December, 2007

Cynthia Pristach, MD

Christine Lim, MD

“The Virginia Tech Shooting: How Good are We at Predicting Violence.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, October, 2008

Seung-Kyoon Park, MD

Jeffrey Moll, MD

“Meth Madness and the Medical System in Crisis.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, January, 2008

Robert Whitney, MD

Robin Warner, MD

“Translating Hallucinations.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, May, 2008; American Psychiatric Association MindGames winner, 2007

Linda Pessar, MD

2007

Resident

Project

Mentor

Vijay Amarendran, MBBS

“The Happy Slug: Fatigue and Apathy in the Treatment of Depression.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, January 2007

 

American Psychiatric Association MindGames winner, 2007

Anselm George, MD

Vrushali Gersappe, MBBS

“From Shunned to Shining: Impact of the Media on Psychiatry.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, March 2007

Paula Del Regno, MD

Tariq Latif, MBBS

Leo RJ, Latif T. “Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Experimentally Induced and Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Review.” The Journal of Pain, 2007

Raphael Leo, MD

  “rTMS in Chronic Pain: A Review.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, March 2007
 

Buddy Ligot, MD

Ligot JS. “Promoting Healthier Relations with the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Resident-Driven Educational Model.” American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal 2(7):2-3, 2007 Cynthia Pristach, MD
  “Perceptions and Beliefs on Religion and Spirituality.” Grand Rounds presentation, UB, February, 2007
 
  Leo, RJ, Ligot, JSA.  A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression.  Journal of Affective Disorders, 97:13-22, 2007
Raphael Leo, MD

2006

Resident

Project

Mentor

Dori Hobika, MD

Hobika D, Garde J, Halbreich, U. “Elected Women Officers in the Professional Organizations of Psychiatrists and Neuroscientists.” Poster presentation at the 2nd International Congress of Women’s Mental Health, Washington, D.C., 2004

Uriel Halbreich, MD

  Hobika D, Garde J, Halbreich, U. “Response Rates to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.” Poster presentation at the 2nd International Congress of Women’s Mental Health, Washington, D.C., 2004
 

Kuldip Jassal, MBBS

Leo RJ, Jassal K, Bakhai J. “Nonadherence with Psychopharmacologic Treatment Among Psychiatric Patients.” Primary Psychiatry, Vol 12, No 6:33-39, June 2005

Raphael Leo, MD