Residency Training

Erin Malley, MD, Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Director, Triple Board Training Program

Antoine B. Douaihy, MD, Associate Residency Training Director, Director Addictions Fellowship Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD, Associate Residency Training Director

		Michael J. Travis, MD Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412 246-5320 Fax: 412 246-5335 E-Mail: travismj@upmc.edu
Michael J Travis MD trained in medicine at Guy’s Hospital and in psychiatry at St Bartholomew’s and Hackney Hospitals, and The Royal Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, London, UK. Dr. Travis has been heavily involved in education throughout his career and was, until 2005, the Clinical Tutor, (Residency Training Director) and overall organizer of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals SHO Training in Psychiatry. He had also been working as a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neuropharmacology at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. His main research interest is the study of drug action and neural systems using functional and neurochemical imaging. He has published both original experimental research, books and book chapters in Schizophrenia, mood disorders and general Neuropharmcaology After a six month transition period Dr. Travis has been Residency Training Director and Associate Professor at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, (WPIC), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, (UPMC), since July 1 2005. He has recently taken on the role of the Region III, Mid-Atlantic, Representative for Adult Psychiatry to the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, (AADPRT).
		Erin E. Malley, M.D. Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Director, Triple Board Program Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412 246-5320 Fax: 412 246-5335 E-Mail: malleyee@upmc.edu
Erin Malley, M.D. trained in the five year combined adult/child and adolescent psychiatry program at WPIC. Upon completion of training, she accepted the position as medical director in a community clinic in Beaver County, PA. There she had extensive experience with systems of care including juvenile justice, child welfare, educational systems, and primary care. She also was clinically responsible for the entire child service line which consisted of approximately 800 children receiving services in partial programs, behavioral health rehabilitation services, family based mental health and outpatient therapy. Missing an educational/teaching component to her professional life, she accepted the position as Training Director for the Child and Adolescent Fellowship and Triple Board Training Programs at WPIC. Her interests include curriculum development, community systems of care, children with bipolar disorder and a new project piloting a telepsychiatry program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic to provide child and adolescent psychiatric consultation to an underserved area in southcentral Pennsylvania.
		Antoine B. Douaihy, M.D. Associate Director Residency Training Program Director of Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412 586-9537 E-Mail: douaihya@upmc.edu
Antoine Douaihy, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine Services (AMS), and WPIC Inpatient Dual Diagnosis Unit. He provides medical leadership for AMS, which treats over 8,000 patients annually in more than 20 programs. Dr Douaihy is a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer on substance use disorders and HIV psychiatry. He has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring medical students and psychiatry residents for the past decade. His research and publications focus on dual diagnosis/patient recovery guides and HIV psychiatry. Dr Douaihy is an investigator in numerous NIDA and NIAAA clinical research projects on substance use disorders and dual diagnosis. He has been included in the Best Doctors in AmericaⓇ 2005-2006. Dr. Douaihy has recently become the Director of our new Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry and is recruiting the first two Fellows to start in July 2008.
		Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD Associate Director Residency Training Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412-586-9157 E-Mail: ortizaguayor@upmc.edu
Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD trained in medicine through the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine’s research track program. Through his medical school training he conducted research at the NIH’s National Cancer Institute and at the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. He is the first graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s Triple Board residency program in Pediatrics/General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has served as Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Chief Resident for the Triple Board Program and more recently as WPIC’s Chief Resident for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and Track. He is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP); where he currently sits as a constituent of AACAP’s Program Committee and Physically Ill Child Committee. He is currently conducting a grant funded pilot study in conjunction with the Infectious Disease Division of Children’s Hospital of UPMC looking at the association of Group A Streptococcal infections and acute onset of Obsessive Compulsive and Tic symptoms. Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo’s interests include, Pediatric Consultation Liaison psychiatry, neuropsychiatric phenomenology of primary neurological diseases, as well as medical student and resident education.
		Abigail Schlesinger, M.D. Associate Director Residency Training Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412 578 9220 E-Mail: schlesingerab@upmc.edu
Abigail Boden Schlesinger, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director of the Child and Family Counseling Center, (CFCC), and Medical Director/ Co-Investigator of the effectiveness trial, Services for Kids in Primary Care. She has been instrumental in designing the model for the the community expansion of CFCC. The CFCC has therapists in pediatric primary care offices and provides high quality behavioral health services by actively promoting collaboration within a treatment team that includes a therapist, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a pediatric primary care provider, a youth and the family. Dr. Schlesinger has received local, regional, and national awards for teaching, leadership and academic excellence. After completing a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, she served as psychiatric medical director for a cutting-edge community-based research network that has served as a model in the University of Pittsburgh’s Clinical Translational Science Initiative, (CTSI). She has been a consultant and teacher for pediatricians, front-line mental health providers, and community members and has received a community-academic partnership award to design, test and implement novel quality improvement initiatives for youth receiving mental health treatment. Dr. Schlesinger has recently become the Associate Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Triple Board Program.

		Karen L. Katunich, Ph.D. Director of Psychotherapy Training Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412 246-5429 Fax: 412 246-5410 E-Mail: katukl@upmc.edu
Karen L. Katunich PhD is a Senior Clinician in WPIC’s Adult Mood Disorders Clinic. There and in her private practice she specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, borderline personality disorders, trauma and geriatric/end of life issues. As a former Air Force Officer she first began extensive teaching experience at the US Air Force Academy and has since taught at the undergraduate and graduate level at local colleges and universities. In the USAF she also developed expertise in leadership and management training as well as in organizational development and change. Dr. Katunich has combined her leadership, teaching, organizational and clinical skills in her work as Program Coordinator of Western Center (a 400 bed facility for adults with mental retardation), and Director of Operations for a regional behavioral care company providing services to Long Term Care populations. She first came to UPMC as a Human Resources and Development Consultant in 2001. Her unique skills have made a significant contribution to the reorganization and revitalization of psychotherapy training at WPIC. Dr. Katunich received her doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University and her internship training at the Pittsburgh Consortium-VAMC.
		Jules Rosen, M.D. Director Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412-246-5900 Fax: 412 586-9300 E-Mail: rosenji@upmc.edu
Dr. Rosen MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and the Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry Services at UPMC. He is also the Director of the ACGME - approved Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program. He has authored over 75 peer-reviewed articles in his subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry and is a nationally recognized expert in this area. His areas of research interest include pharmacological treatment of behavioral disturbances in dementia, and organizational changes in nursing homes to enhance quality of life. He has developed and tested a variety of educational tools to enhance the care of nursing homes residents. In addition to serving as the Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, he is also the Director of the Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Clinicia-Educator Track. In 2003, he was named Educator of the Year by the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry.
		Christine A. Martone, M.D. Program Director of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412 246-6040 Fax: 412 625-0223 E-Mail: martoneca@upmc.edu
Christine Martone MD trained in medicine at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. She received her psychiatric training at Loyola University Hospital in Chicago, IL and at case Western Reserve, Hanna Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Martone is board certified in Psychiatry with Additional Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. As staff psychiatrist of the Allegheny County Behavior Clinic since 1977, Dr Martone provides the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with psychiatric assessments, consultation, and testimony. Since 1985, she has served as chief psychiatrist and medical director to the Behavior Clinic. Dr Martone spent three years as staff psychiatrist at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh from 1993-1996. She maintains a private practice primarily focused on forensic issues. In 2001 Dr Martone was appointed Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. As such, she was responsible for the creation and development of the program securing accreditation. She is responsible for the administration of the program and is actively involved in the teaching and supervision of the fellows. Dr Martone has presented at numerous conferences and workshops for both lay and professional audiences. She has presented at both APA and AAPL. She launched the Pittsburgh Forensic Psychiatry Journal Club Additionally, she has been a contributor to the Pittsburgh Legal Journal.
		Wesley E. Sowers, M.D. Program Director of Public Service Psychiatry Fellowship Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412-350-3716 E-Mail: sowerswe@upmc.edu
Wesley Sowers is graduate of Brown University and the Northwestern University Medical School and completed residencies at the Cook County Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. He is currently the Medical Director for the Office of Behavioral Health in the Department of Human Services of Allegheny County, PA. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at WPIC and has recently become Director of the Center for Public Service Psychiatry there. He is board certified in Adult Psychiatry with sub-specialty certifications in Addiction and Administrative Psychiatry. He has been President of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists since 2004 and has served on their Board of Directors since 1988. He is also a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatrists, the American Public Health Association, American Orthopsychiatry Association, and is on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Psychiatric Administrators. He is Addiction Section Editor for the Community Mental Health Journal and is on the Scientific Program Committee of the APA’s Institute on Psychiatric Services. Clinically, he has extensive experience in the provision of treatment and services to special populations such as homeless men and women, criminal offenders, sexual minorities, and substance users. He has served abroad as Medical Director for organizations in El Salvador and Sudan.
		Robert Marin, M.D. Associate Director of Public Service Psychiatry Fellowship Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412-586-9305 E-Mail: marinr @upmc.edu
Robert Marin, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, completed medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, neurology fellowship at Harvard Medical School, psychiatric residency at Dartmouth Medical School, and subspecialty training in geriatric psychiatry at UPMC. He has longstanding interest in psychotherapy and the tradition of psychiatry as a healing profession. He offers to senior residents an introductory course on the role of meditation, mindfulness, and self-awareness in professional development. As a neuropsychiatrist his research has focused on the significance of motivational loss. At WPIC he contributes to the teaching program in geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, supervising inpatient geriatric care and teaching principles of neuropsychiatric assessment to PGY I and PGY II residents. He has been a physician activist for many years, focusing especially on community and clinical interventions that address the social and political roots of social violence. He is currently the Medical Director of the Hill Satellite Center which has become a major training site for residents interested in community mental health, psychological trauma, and the integrated practice of psychotherapy and biological psychiatry. He serves also as Associate Director of the Center for Public Service Psychiatry and its affiliated fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry, which is dedicated to preparing psychiatrists for leadership roles in a recovery oriented system of psychiatric care.
		Ms. Kimberly Kirchner, (formerly Becher) Program Coordinator Psychiatry Residency & Fellowships Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412 246-5320 Fax: 412 246-5335 E-Mail: becherks @upmc.edu
Kim Kirchner earned an associates degree in Business administration at The Western School of Health and Business Careers. She has been with Western Psychiatric since December, 2001 and accepted the Program Coordinator position in May of 2005. Ms. Kirchner came to the Office of Residency Training having worked in the WPIC CEO's office for the previous 3 years. In her previous role, she was pivotally involved in the organization of WPIC's Disaster Response team, in addition to administrative responsibilities within the CEO's office. Ms. Kirchner brought this wealth of experience into her role as the Program Coordinator of Residency Training here at WPIC, and has excelled in her post. Ms. Kirchner's enthusiasm for Residency Training is evident and appreciated by all of the current residents and Staff of the ORT. She was the recipient of the 2006 Golden Apple Award for non-faculty staff voted by the residents. Ms. Kirchner is well respected at WPIC, knows the right people and gets things done.
Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry
		Neal D. Ryan, M.D. Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic 3811 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Telephone: 412-246-5873 Fax: 412-246-5880 E-Mail: ryannd@upmc.edu
Neal D. Ryan, MD, has a BA degree from MIT in computer science and electrical engineering and an MD from Yale. He completed his general psychiatry training at Columbia as well as a research post-doc. He completed his child psychiatry fellowship at The University of Pittsburgh where he has been a member of the faculty for the past two decades and where he holds the Joaquim Puig-Antich Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is widely published in his area of research, affective disorders in children and adolescents. He is Director of Education for the Department, with overarching responsibility for all our departmental education efforts. He is Director of Informatics for WPIC. Most recently, he also assumed the role of Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Message from Dr. David J. Kupfer, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, WPIC

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