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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
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Sabine Schmid, PhD, LP
Director for Psychology Education
612-273-9116
schmids@umn.edu
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Karen "Kay" Powell, DO
Program Director
powel784@umn.edu
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Matej Bajzer, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director
mbajzer@umn.edu
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Melvina Bissonette, MD
Associate Program Director, Minnesota VA site
melvina.bissonette@va.gov
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Felicia Hansell, MD
Associate Program Director
hans4864@umn.edu
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Richelle Moen, PhD
Assistant Program Director
moenx008@umn.edu
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Tolu Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH
Associate Program Director
odebu001@umn.edu
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Lionel Wininger, PhD, LP
Assistant Program Director
winin006@umn.edu
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Brianna Engelson, MD
Chief Resident
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Valencia Garcia, MD
Chief Resident
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A. Irem Sonmez, MD
Chief Resident
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Sheila Specker, MD
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Psychiatry Site Director
speck001@umn.edu
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Heather Swanson, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Addiction Medicine Site Director
heather.swanson@va.gov
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C. Jacquetta Blacker, MD, MA
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
blac0622@umn.edu
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Chinmoy Gulrajani, MBBS, DFAPA
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
cgulraja@umn.edu
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Benjamin Braus, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowsip Program Director
benjamin.braus@va.gov
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Ziad Nahas, MD, MSCR
Neuromodulation Medicine Fellowship Program Director
znahas@umn.edu
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Jeremy Bydlon
Psychiatry Residency Program Administrator
612-624-4930
respsych@umn.edu
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Lacey Bydlon
Undergraduate Medical Education Coordinator
lbydlon@umn.edu
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Carly Dolan
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neuromodulation Fellowships Coordinator
Administrative Lead for Residency Didactics
cldolan@umn.edu
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Gao Sheng Lee
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Coordinator
forensicpsych@umn.edu
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Rachel Talcott, C-TAGME
Associate Education Program Manager
talcott@umn.edu
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Melissa Tholen
Fellowship Administrator/Education Admin
thole107@umn.edu
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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.