Minority Fellows Announced; Applications Invited for Next Group
The following psychiatry residents have been selected to participate in the APA Minority Fellowships Program as APA/CMHS fellows (funded by the Center for Mental Health Services) or Zeneca Fellows (funded by Zeneca Pharmaceuticals).
The APA Minority Fellowship Program provides educational enrichment to psychiatrists in training and stimulates their interest in providing quality and effective services to minorities and the underserved. It is also designed to involve the resident fellows in psychiatry in the work of APA and to give APA the perspective of young psychiatrists.
Applications are now being sought for both fellowships. The CMHS fellows receive a government stipend and incur a payback obligation, whereas the AstraZeneca fellows do not receive stipends and, therefore, do not incur a payback obligation.
AstraZeneca fellows serve for two years. Residents must be at least a PGY-2 to apply or a PGY-5 for the substance abuse segment.
More information is available from Marilyn King, program coordinator, at (202) 682-6096; e-mail: mking@psych.org. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2000.
1999-2000 CMHS Fellows
Tracy Benford, M.D., Northwestern University Medical School
Varanise Booker, M.D., University of Louisville
Cynthia Fowler, M.D., University of Calfornia, San Francisco
Martin Johnson, M.D., University of Maryland
Steven Lee, M.D., Columbia University
Substance Abuse Fellows
Rhonda Allen, M.D., University of Maryland
Denise Bridgeford, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Teresita Sanjurjo, M.D., University of South Florida/James Haley VA Medical Hospital
Ramon Solhkhah, M.D., New York State University School of Medicine
Continuing Fellows
Sayonara Baez, M.D., University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Yeshuschandra Dhaibar, M.D., UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Patricia Knaudt, M.D., Duke University Medical Center
Petros Levounis, M.D., New York University
Oscar Rosas, M.D., Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1999-2001 Zeneca Fellows
Victoria Barnes, M.D., Albert Einstein Medical School
Gabrielle Beaubrum, M.D., King Drew Medical Center
Cathy Bell, M.D. (one-year Zeneca), University of Hawaii
Francisca Ifesinachukwu, M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Shahnoor Khan, M.D., West Virginia University
Richard Lee, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center
Jacquelyn McLemore, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Rajendra Morey, M.D., University of New Mexico
Brett Murphy-Dawson, M.D., Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Alexandra Obiora-Oputa, M.D., St. Elizabeths Hospital
Veronica Williams, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
1998-2000 Zeneca Fellows
Evaristo Akerele, M.D., Columbia University
Itoro Ibia, M.D., St. Elizabeths Hospital
Susan Ishiyama, M.D., Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Debora Storey Johnson, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
Khanh-Trang Nguyen, M.D., St. Elizabeths Hospital
Christie Sams, M.D., Massachusetts Mental Health Center