Education Office
The education mission is to educate University of Minnesota medical students, residents, and fellows in the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to the practice of psychiatry, to advance our understanding of the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, and to serve residents of Minnesota through clinical expertise.
Psychiatry Education Office address:
F256 West Building
2450 Riverside Avenue South
Minneapolis
MN 55454
Email: psyched@umn.edu

M. Philip Luber, MD
Director for Psychiatry Education
612-273-9820
mpluber@umn.edu

Sabine Schmid, PhD, LP
Director for Psychology Education
612-273-9116
schmids@umn.edu

Lora Wichser, MD
Director, Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship
wich0033@umn.edu

Stephanie Wick, DO, MBA, MS
UMMC Site Director, Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship
wickx111@umn.edu

Karen "Kay" Powell, DO
Program Director
powel784@umn.edu

Matej Bajzer, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director
mbajzer@umn.edu

Melvina Bissonette, MD
Associate Program Director, Minnesota VA site
melvina.bissonette@va.gov

Felicia Hansell, MD
Associate Program Director
hans4864@umn.edu

Richelle Moen, PhD
Assistant Program Director
moenx008@umn.edu

Lionel Wininger, PhD, LP
Assistant Program Director
winin006@umn.edu

Brianna Engelson, MD
Chief Resident

Valencia Garcia, MD
Chief Resident

A. Irem Sonmez, MD
Chief Resident

Sheila Specker, MD
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Psychiatry Site Director
speck001@umn.edu

Heather Swanson, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Medicine Site Director
heather.swanson@va.gov

C. Jacquetta Blacker, MD, MA
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
blac0622@umn.edu

Chinmoy Gulrajani, MBBS, DFAPA
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
cgulraja@umn.edu

Benjamin Braus, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowsip Program Director
benjamin.braus@va.gov

Ziad Nahas, MD, MSCR
Neuromodulation Medicine Fellowship Program Director
znahas@umn.edu

Jeremy Bydlon
Undergraduate Medical Education Coordinator
612-624-4930
psychmed@umn.edu

Carly Dolan
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neuromodulation Fellowships Coordinator
Administrative Lead for Residency Didactics
cldolan@umn.edu

Chris Eriksen
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Coordinator
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Coordinator
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowsip Coordinator
Behavioral Science Learners
addictionmed@umn.edu
erik0020@umn.edu

Gao Sheng Lee
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Coordinator
forensicpsych@umn.edu

Rachel Talcott, C-TAGME
Residency Program Administrator
talcott@umn.edu
Support Psychiatry Resident Education
Your gift to the Dr. Eric Brown Memorial Resident/Fellow Fund honors the memory of this brilliant psychiatrist and educator and advances the legacy he established in support of excellence in psychiatry resident education.