Adult Psychiatry Residents

Anna Blazejowskyj, MD
Hometown: Bayonne, New Jersey
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical interests: Outpatient psychiatry, college mental health, women's mental health 
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, dancing, thrifting, wood working
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Exploring the Metroparks, hanging out with my co-residents

Hana Bui, MD
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Undergraduate: University of Central Florida
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Community psychiatry, assertive community treatment, serious mental illness
Hobbies: Wheel throwing ceramics, baking cakes and sourdough bread, foraging for edible mushrooms/plants
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Exploring the Metropark system

Kathryn Courlas, DO
Hometown: Kirkland, Washington
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Medical School: A.T. Still Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical interests: Inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensics psychiatry 
Hobbies: hiking, camping, boating, skiing, snowboarding, eating bomb food, watching true crime/cult documentaries
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: hiking the dogs through Chagrin Reservation and taking them to swim at Edgewater, eating at Amba, Zhug, Pacific East, and M Italian; hot pot with co-residents!

Tyler Densmore, DO
Hometown: Madison, Ohio
Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical interests: Psychosis, community psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, college mental health
Hobbies: Cooking, guitar, video games, biking, hiking, crossword puzzles
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Going for a bike ride on the towpath trail

Margaret Skoch Musso, MD, MA
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Clinical interests: Serious mental illness, first episode psychosis, community psychiatry, intersection between theology and psychiatry
Hobbies: reading, spending time with my family, biking, going to the beach, singing and playing piano, attending musicals
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: exploring bookstores (my favorite is Loganberry!)

Dongyan Xu, MD
Hometown: Beijing, China
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical interests: Nutritional psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, college mental health, transitional age youth, psychedelics 
Hobbies: Dungeons and dragons, salsa dance, video games, cooking, enjoys delicious food/drink, fitness
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: D&D sessions with fellow residents.

Maria Zarif, MD, JD
Hometown: Oak Brook, Illinois
Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Clinical interests: Interventional psychiatry, consult liason, college mental health, transitional age youth 
Hobbies: Reading YA fantasy/SciFi books, thrifting, watching documentaries
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Working out at TAC near the UH campus, exploring cheap international food, metro parks

Rastriyata Bhandari, MBBS
Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Medical School: KIST Medical College, Kathmandu
Bio: I grew up near lakes, hills and mountains and they say that the things we love as a child remain in us thus I am attracted to water bodies and greenery in Cleveland. I find peace around Lake Erie and its sunsets; Lake Milton its boating and its scenic shoreline. I also like reading inside the botanical garden. Residency at Cleveland has given me this opportunity of being by myself and exploring more on my own identity. In terms of clinical interests, I am exploring psychotherapy currently. 

Heather Coronado, MD
Hometown: Pomona, CA
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico
Medical School: American University of Antigua
Clinical interests: Addiction psychiatry, forensics psychiatry 
Hobbies: Traveling, going to sports events, arts and crafts, shopping, learning to play golf 
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Attending sporting events, exploring metro parks with my dog, finding new coffee shops

Olivia Dahl, MD
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Hobbies: Painting, hiking, composting, reading, plants, writing 
Clinical Interests: Narrative medicine/psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, interventional psychiatry,  psychotherapy
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Yoga, barre, bopping around town with my puppy

Amy Li, MD
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Undergraduate: University of Richmond
Medical School: University of Toledo
Clinical interests: College mental health, cultural psychiatry, immigrant/refugee populations
Hobbies: Travel, exploring new restaurants, cooking, writing, anime
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Sunset at solstice steps, Alpaca farm

Pooja Potluri, MBBS
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Medical School: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Clinical interests: Addiction, adult inpatient
Hobbies: Does traveling count? Starting to learn how to cook!
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Walk around the flats, check out the brewery scenes

Kaylyn Ringgenberg, MD
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
Undergraduate: University of Arizona
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson
Clinical Interests: Child adolescent psychiatry, culturally sensitive care, community psychiatry
Hobbies: Cooking, board games, gardening, traveling
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Explore new restaurants, taking the dogs on adventures, hiking MetroParks

Joaquin Santoy, MD
Hometown: Ottawa, IL
Undergraduate: University of Texas at San Antonio
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Tobias Squier-Roper, MD
Hometown: State College, PA
Undergraduate: New York University
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Clinical interests: Psychedelics, psychotherapy, MMI, education, disparities, humanities, ethics, forensics
Hobbies: Video games, board games, cooking, D&D, cycling, scary movies
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Trying new restaurants, dinner parties

Cole Bergeron, MD
Hometown: Houma, Louisiana
Undergraduate: Lousiana Tech University
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shrevepor
Hobbies: Sports/exercise, learning new languages/cultures, eating XD
Clinical Interests: Sports psychiatry, psychoanalysis
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Going for walks in downtown Cleveland, visiting the Metroparks; canoeing in Lake Erie, ice skating at the downtown rink during the winter, grabbing a pizza from IL Rione

Oluwatoyin Busari, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate: State University of New York at Albany
Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine

Sebastian Giakas, MD
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
Clinical interest: Forensic psychiatry, neuromodulation and procedural psychiatry (TMS, ECT, ketamine, psychedelics), treatment resistant depression
Hobbies: I love to run, hike, snowboard and surf when I can, watch sports, and play basketball. I love to watch movies, travel, and am a big foodie. Love to hang with friends.
Favorite things to do in Cleveland: I love going to any sporting event here, relaxing with a beer and friends as one of the many outdoor patios or rooftops, hiking in the nearby parks, running in Ohio City, attending concerts, exploring all of the neighborhoods.

Tinsley Grimes-Webster, MD
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Undergraduate: UCLA and Vanderbilt University for M.Ed.
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Alexander Mittman, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical School: Dartmouth College

Kristen Palmer, MD
Hometown: Upper Arlington, Ohio
Undergraduate: The Ohio State University, Cleveland State University
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Clinical Interests: Inpatient psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosis, social determinants of health, LGBTQ centered care
Hobbies: Kayaking, camping, Ohio State everything, watching Love Island and true crime, sushi
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Breweries, Edgewater/Headlands beach, Blossom concerts, exploring the metroparks and national park

Arvin Smith, MD
Hometown: West Windsor, New Jersey
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, biomarkers of depression, psychiatry in hip hop, interventional psychiatry, college mental health, transitional age youth
Hobbies: Music (hip hop, edm) both production and listening, music videos, freestyle cooking (Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, ect), growing/naming spices, lifting/running, trying different beers and various cuisines.
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Hitting the “beach” and the Flats in the summer and sitting by the water (can also jet ski), going to bars/clubs around Cleveland with good people, visiting trails, hitting the studio in Independence.

Michael Wong, MD MBA
Hometown: Bolingbrook IL
Undergraduate: Benedictine University
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine and A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University for MBA
Clinical interests: Adult inpatient services, severe mental illness, organizational psychiatry, healthcare management, leadership & medical education 
Hobbies: Exploring restaurants, podcasts, personal finance 
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: PATIO SZN

Denise Zheng, MD
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Undergraduate: Rice University
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center
Clinical Interests: Inpatient psychiatry, consult-liaison psychiatry, transitional age youth, and working with underserved communities
Hobbies: Playing/learning the guzheng, traveling, Face-timing family and friends, watching dramas
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Visiting the art museum, enjoying the fall weather with color-changing leaves, exploring the Metroparks

Rachel Branning
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction, chronic pain and gender affirming care
Hobbies: Reading, hanging with my nephews, watching films, listening to records
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra, Cocktail bars

Beena Haque
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Clinical interest: Community psychiatry, geriatric and child psychiatry (I believe them to be more similar than you’d initially think!)
Hobbies: Playing piano, reading, crocheting, singing. 
Favorite things to do in Cleveland: I’m new here! But so far, I love Edgewater Park. And I’m always open to recommendations about the best places to go shopping.

Gaoliang Jiao
Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, transitional age and college mental health, immigrant mental health, psychedelics 
Hobbies: Music/going to concerts, tennis, reading, checking out the cleveland sports scene, cooking, anime, video and board games
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Edgewater beach, patio season and guardians games in the summer!

Tyler Jones
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Substance use, addiction psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, climate psychiatry, college mental health, transitional age youth, psychedelics 
Hobbies: Watching/playing soccer, football (buffalo bills, OSU), frisbee golf, aquariums, video games, 
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Going to the aquarium, going out to the Flats, museums in University Circle, Lakeshore, Guardians and Cavs games

James Lui
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Public and community psychiatry, reducing disparities in mental health treatment and outcomes in AAPI populations, advocacy and research regarding housing and housing services as social determinants of mental health, and psychedelics.
Hobbies: Cooking and eating, biking and restoring vintage bikes, traveling, hiking/camping/backpacking, and hanging out with my cats Rotini and Linguini.
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Biking on the Canal Towpath Trail. It goes from the city center almost 80 miles south through Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and is so serene! I also love checking out the local food vendors at the West Side Market, browsing the Ohio City Bike Co-Op for hidden gems (think a thrift store for bike parts and accessories), or catching a Guardians game in the beautiful stadium downtown.

Deirdre Martinez-Meehan
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Clinical interests: Child Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry
Hobbies: Thrifting and crafting. Lounging with my family. Going to the park! There are tons nearby. 
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Trying new restaurants, going to see the Guardians or the Cavs. Art museum, Little Italy, and exploring new neighborhoods.

Daniel Phillip
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical interests: Interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, Queer+ behavioral healthcare
Hobbies: Baking, cooking, weight lifting, wine making, spending time with the fam! 
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Cleveland Metropark's, Cleveland Cultural Gardens, bubble tea from Raan Thai, visiting the islands of NE Ohio

Joseph Piks
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Clinical Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction medicine
Hobbies: Watching black and white movies, cooking, running, concerts, karaoke, video games
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Dinner in Little Italy, Guardians games, Cavs games, Cleveland State University Basketball games, Edgewater Park

Lisa Tan
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, community psychiatry, forensic psychiatry
Hobbies: Drawing, crafting, gardening, playing with my cats
Favorite Things to do in Cleveland: Skateboarding in Edgewater, going to the Cleveland Museum of Art, going to concerts