Residents News

University of Louisville
by Anne Bickel, Residency Coordinator

The Resident's Graduation and Award Ceremony for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville was held on Thursday, June 12, 2003 at the Louisville Science Center Riverview Room. Allan Tasman, M.D., Professor and Chairman and Kathy Vincent, M.D., hosted the event for faculty, guests, residents and their families.

Kathy Vincent, M.D., Director of Residency Education, and Dr. Tasman presented the graduation certificates to Jennifer Bowman, M.D., Tina James, M.D., Marina Katz, M.D., Tehmina Khan, M.D., Bethany McGovern, M.D., Glenna Major, M.D., Sunil Nair, M.D., G. Scott Tallent, M.D., and Greg Williams, M.D., Mohammad Shafii, M.D. and Dr. Tasman presented the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry graduate certificates to Anoop Karippot, M.D., and Amjad Nisar, M.D. Kathy Vincent, M.D., presented the Addiction Resident graduate certificate to Jeffrey Gordon, M.D.

Jennifer Bowman, M.D. will continue her training until November 30, 2003 and is currently exploring job opportunities.

Five residents will remain in Louisville. Greg Williams, M.D., and Glenda Major, M.D., will continue as PGY-5 child and adolescent residents. Tehmina Khan, M.D., has accepted a faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry, and Anoop Karippot, M.D., has accepted a faculty position in the Child Division of the Department of Psychiatry. G. Scott Tallent, M.D., will be going into private practice in Louisville and participating in the Advanced Psychotherapy Program at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute.

Two residents, Sunil Nair, M.D., and Dr. Amjad Nisar, M.D., have accepted positions in Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Nair will join a group practice in Berea. Dr. Nisar will be in the Hazard area.

Four of the residents will be leaving the state. Bethany McGovern, M.D., has accepted position at Southwestern Indiana Mental Health in Evansville, Indiana. Marina Katz, M.D., is going into private practice in San Diego, California where her family lives. Jeffrey Gordon, M.D., will be going into private practice in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Tina James, M.D., will begin a two-year Addiction Fellowship at NYU-Bellevue.

Dr. Vincent presented Andrew Skinner, M.D., with the Past President of the Residents' Association Award. She also presented Tina James, M.D., and Padma Reddi, M.D., the Past Co-Chief Residents recognition certificates.

Dr. Skinner gave out the two Residents' Association Awards. The Golden Appreciation Award, for the staff member judged to be the most helpful to the residents, was given to Anne Bickel. The Golden Apple Award went to Kathy Vincent, M.D., for outstanding teaching.

The Donald & Dorothy Strauss Award was presented by Dr. Vincent to Laurie Ballew, D.O., for her excellence as a psychotherapy supervisor to the residents. The Community Psychiatry Award was presented to Andrew Skinner, M.D., by Robert Caudill, M.D., from Seven Counties Services.

The Martin L. Grossman Award in Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry for Outstanding Resident in C/L was presented by Chris Stewart, M.D., to Vital Shah, M.D.

Joyce St. Clair, widow of Dr. Harvey St. Clair, and Allan Tasman, M.D., presented the Harvey St. Clair, M.D. Award in Psychodynamics to Jennifer Bowman, M.D.

The Norton Psychiatric Center Award was presented by David Casey, M.D., to Marina Katz, M.D.,

Sajida Shahzad, M.D., received the Resident Pfizer Research Award from Steve Lippmann, M.D., in recognition of the outstanding research paper.

The Pfizer Inpatient Award for clinical excellence was presented Kathy Vincent, M.D., to PGY-2 resident Joyce Spurgeon, M.D.,

Dr. Vincent also gave The Ruby and John Schwab Award for Academic Achievement to Glenna Major, M.D. This award recognizes achievements in research, writing, and teaching during the residency and is sponsored by Astra-Zeneca.

The Dr. Henry P. & M. Paige Durkee Laughlin Foundation Merit Award, given in recognition of professional achievement, dedication and scholarship, and to confer the title of Laughlin Fellow was given to Tina James, M.D. by Dr. Vincent.

University of Kentucky
by Tag Heister, MSLS, Academic Coordinator/Medical Librarian

The University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry held its Nineteenth Annual Resident Graduation and Awards Banquet on June 11, 2003, at Spindletop Hall. Residents, faculty and special guests enjoyed an outstanding evening with fine food, warm welcomes and fond farewells as we ended another academic year. We welcomed several of our new interns who were able to attend the banquet, including Dr. Candace Gibson and her husband, in-coming surgery intern, Toby, from the University of Mississippi, Dr. Will French, Dr. Vincent Blanch and his wife Erin, and Dr. Jeff Tuttle, all from the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Katz, Director of Residency Training, also introduced Mr. Ernest Bean of NAMI, Mt. Sterling. Mr. Bean was recognized for the generous scholarship money recently given to the Department from NAMI, Mt. Sterling, which will be used for resident travel to national meetings.

Dr. Lon Hays, Chairman, began the awards section of the program with his presentation of the Chairman's Award to Dr. Catherine Martin, Vice-Chair for Research, for her contributions in the areas of research and research education.

This was followed by recognition of the resident graduates. There were two residents completing General Psychiatry training, Dr. Ronee Aaron and Dr. James Kimball. Dr. Aaron will be moving to Davenport, Iowa, to join a private practice group that serves inpatient and outpatient clientele. Dr. Kimball will be returning to his hometown, Salt Lake City, where he will be working in a private, inpatient setting.

Completing the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry program were Dr. Alicia Carlos and Dr. Jeffrey Weyeneth. Dr. Carlos completed her training several months ago and has been working part-time for Bluegrass Comprehensive Care and spending time at home with her two young boys. Dr. Weyeneth will be moving to Davenport, Iowa, to join the same private practice group as Dr. Aaron, but in the child division.

Dr. Josh Cabrera and Dr. Julie Hagedorn were our two Triple Board graduates. Dr. Cabrera will be joining another Triple Board graduate, Dr. Brian Stafford, at Tulane, and Dr. Hagedorn will be going to work for Bluegrass Comprehensive Care.

Awards given by the Psychiatry residents included the Residents' Outstanding Supervisor Award to Dr. Teresa Gevedon, UK Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Administrator, and the Residents' Outstanding Teacher Award to Vincent Mullen, M.D., Chief of the Consultation/Liaison Service. The residents awarded Dr. Robert Granacher of Lexington Forensics Institute and Dr. Amy O'Neill of Bluegrass Comprehensive Care as Outstanding Community Supervisors. Special Recognition awards went to Sandy Tipton, Staff Assistant to the Residents, and Lesli Broyles, Staff Assistant to the residency training program.

In the area of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the residents awarded Dr. Robert Aug as Outstanding Supervisor, and Mareen Dennis, MA, as Outstanding Teacher. Dr. Robert Simon was recognized as the Outstanding Community Supervisor, and Dr. Thomas Hunter of the University of Miami received Special Recognition for his telemedicine course on child psychopharmacology that he taught from his office in Miami to our classroom in Lexington.

Dr. Debra Katz continued as master of ceremony for the next portion of the program in which residents were honored. The Third-Year Medical Student Teaching Award to the Outstanding Resident Teacher was given to Dr. Tim Houchin, first year resident. The Psychiatry Residents' Research Award went to Dr. Julie Hagedorn. Dr. Todd Durell, incoming Chief Resident, received the Suzanne I. Park Memorial Psychotherapy Award.

Two new awards were given this year that are named in honor of two current faculty members. The first is the Arnold Ludwig Award to the Outstanding Resident Teacher/Scholar which went to Dr. James Kimball and Dr. Michael Cerullo. The next award, the H. Otto Kaak Outstanding Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award was given to Dr. Jeffry Jacobs, incoming Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Chief Resident. The Abraham Wikler Award to the Outstanding Resident was received by Dr. LaDonya Reed.

The evening was completed by Dr. Edwina Zettler and Dr. Tonia Sweet who provided a humorous program called "Entertainment Tonight" that featured photographs and commentary on many of our faculty and residents. We looked back on the past year as one of challenge and accomplishment. We will miss those who have completed training and are moving on to the next level of their professional careers, but we look forward enthusiastically to the new academic year ahead.

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