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

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

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

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

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

Residency
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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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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

Fellowships
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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

Staff
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Jeremy Bydlon
Psychiatry Residency Program Administrator
612-624-4930
respsych@umn.edu

Carly Dolan

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

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.

Contact

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Rachel Talcott 
Associate Education Program Manager
talcott@umn.edu