Education Office
About Us
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: [email protected]
Sabine Schmid, PhD, LP
Director for Psychology Education
612-273-9116
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Karen "Kay" Powell, DO
Program Director
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Melvina Bissonette, MD
Associate Program Director, Minnesota VA site
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Felicia Hansell, MD
Associate Program Director
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Tolu Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH
Associate Program Director
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Lionel Wininger, PhD, LP
Assistant Program Director
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Jeremiah Atkinson, MD
Chief Resident
Hasti Hadizadeh, MD
Chief Resident
Caitlin Raasch, MD
Chief Resident
Jeremy Chaikind, MD
Speciality-Specific Transitions Director
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Tom Briese, MD
Clinical Immersion Director
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Sheila Specker, MD
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Psychiatry Site Director
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Heather Swanson, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Medicine Site Director
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C. Jacquetta Blacker, MD, MA
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
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Chinmoy Gulrajani, MBBS, DFAPA
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
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Benjamin Braus, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowsip Program Director
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Ziad Nahas, MD, MSCR
Neuromodulation Medicine Fellowship Program Director
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Song Burkhart
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Neuromodulation Medicine Fellowship Program Administrator
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Jeremy Bydlon
Psychiatry Residency Program Administrator
612-624-4930
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Lacey Bydlon
Undergraduate Medical Education Administrator
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Gao Sheng Lee
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Administrator
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Rachel Talcott, C-TAGME
Associate Education Program Manager
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Melissa Tholen
Fellowship Administrator/Education Admin
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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.