Departments

PGY1

Harris Wild, DO

Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harlem)
Hometown: Tenafly, New Jersey
Interests in Psychiatry: psychotic disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders, research in novel treatments
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: Helping to bring mental health care to some of those in NYC who need it the most.
Leisure/Hobbies: painting, playing the guitar

Charles Surette, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Hometown: Millbury, Massachusetts
Interests in Psychiatry: Child/adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: The chance to live in New York and take care of its diverse population
Leisure/Hobbies: Watching sports, trying new restaurants and breweries  

Conner Bracy, MD

Genevieve Jing, MD

Gauhar Raina, MD

Nicholas F. Homsy, MD

Medical School: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Graduate School: Tufts University School of Medicine (MS, MPH)
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Interests in Psychiatry: Neuromodulation, Psychopharmacology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Public Health
Leisure/Hobbies: Boston Sports, Formula 1, Classical Antiquity, Philosophy, Traveling, Writing

PGY2 

Liana Lau, MD

Michael Hughes, MD

Robert Toro-Santiago, MD

Elaine Li, MD

Jason Reece, MD

Valentino Vasy, MD

Brandon Jun, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Interest in Psychiatry: Psychosis, Trauma
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: Working with the most vulnerable patient population
Leisure/Hobbies: Cooking, musical theater, wine enthusiast, full-time cat dad

Briana Mizrahi, MD 

PGY 3

Nisha Patel, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University
Hometown: Panama City, Florida
Interests in Psychiatry: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry
Best things about Metropolitan Hospital: The close-knit relationship between the residents and the attendings making for a harmonious work environment and living in NYC!
Hobbies: Travel, Hot Yoga and Crime Thrillers! 

Raul Madrigal, MD

Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Hometown: Laredo, Texas
Interests in Psychiatry: General or Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Best things about Metropolitan Hospital: co-residents, location, diversity in patient population
Hobbies: travelling, exploring the city, trying new restaurants/bars, going to the beach, jogging in Central Park, Netflix on a rainy day 

Damien Lee Young, MD

Shehram Majid, MD

Medical School: UT Houston Medical School
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Interest in Psychiatry: Consultation Liaison Psychiatry or Geriatrics
What I like best about Metropolitan: The diverse patient population that I get to work with everyday! My co-residents, attendings, and the rest of the people I work with.
Interests/Hobbies: working on cars, geeking out on tech, cooking, traveling, and reading cool books! 

Jonathan Martin, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University
Hometown: Naples, Florida
Interests in Psychiatry: Geriatrics, neurocognitive disorders
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: Seeing (nearly) the whole DSM-5 in the first two years of training; the incredible colleagues
Hobbies: Traveling, happy hours, exotic food, thought-provoking reality TV, working out

Lisett Planche, MD

Medical School: American University of Antigua
Hometown: Born in Cuba, raised in Bronx, New York
Interests in Psychiatry: Addiction, Assertive Community Treatment, ECT
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: Diversity/cultural background of our residents/staff. Diversity in patient population. Amazing location
Leisure/Hobbies: Exploring art/music museums, outdoor dining, wedding crashing

PGY4

Sylvia Kim, MD

Medical school: St. George’s University
Home Town: Seoul, New York
Interests in Psychiatry: Geriatric Psychiatry
What I like about Metropolitan Hospital: working with co-residents and supportive attendings, training in NYC
Leisure/ Hobbies: Spending time with my dog, Oreo the Havapoo, visiting Farmer’s Markets and cooking healthy cuisine​ and of course Netflix

Tawnya Pancharovski, MD

Julia Gleichman, MD

Jennifer Kraut, MD

Yalda Safai, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University
Hometown: Orange County, California
Interests in Psychiatry: Forensics, medical journalism 
What I like best about Metropolitan Hospital: Community Setting, living in NYC
Leisure/Hobbies: Reading, writing, NYC food scene