Department of Psychiatry & Addiction Services

FACULTY

Daniel Chen, MD

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry

Adam Chester, DO

Associate Chairman for Psychiatry Education & Training
Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training
Co-Director, Consultation Liaison Service

Sohal Shipu, MD

Assistant Director, psychiatry Residency
Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Dinshaw Bamji, MD

Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry

Barbara Ponieman, MD

Associate Chairperson, Department of Psychiatry, Flushing Hospital

Anthony Maffia, LCSW-R, BCD

Vice President, Psychiatry, MediSys Health Network

Martha Edelman, MD

Director, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

Sandip Sheth, MD

Unit Chief, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

Kamalendra Sen, MD

Unit Chief, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

Sachidanand Peteru, MD

Director, Consultation Liaison Service

Meri Nisimova, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient & Geriatric Psychiatry

Kiyoko Ogoke, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Room

Obiamaka Atumonyogo, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Room

Vasundhara Kalasapudi, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

Franz Jemino, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Teresita Ruiz, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Mental Health Clinic

Joseph Georges, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Mental Health Clinic

Rose Michael, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Mental Health Clinic

Sharmeen Sultana, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Mental Health Clinic

Saloni Wadia, MD

Assistant Director, Advanced Center for Psychotherapy

Marie Pierre-Louis, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Advanced Center for psychotherapy

Ketty Thertus, MD

Director, Addiction Services, Flushing Hospital

Jose Baez, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation Liason Psychiatry, Flushing Hospital

Phoebe Frankel, LCSW-R

Clinical Director, Advanced Center for Psychotherapy
Preceptor, Mental Health Clinic

Pravina Nair, PsyD

Director, Clinical Psychology

Miryam Sorkin, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

Alex Buckner

Psychologist, Mental Health Clinic

Michelle Anne Hololob, MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, ATCS

Chief, Creative Arts Therapy

Karen Fairchild, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC

Creative Arts Therapist

Philip Sparacino, MA, RDT

Creative Arts Therapist

Jennifer Weber, PsyD

Clinical Manager, Mental Health Clinic

Alberto Palomino, LCSW-R

Clinical Manager, Mental Health Clinic

Thomas Pawelzik, BS

Psychiatry Research Coordinator