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.