Professionalism and Leadership
Leadership requires the ability to articulate a vision, while supporting and empowering others to engage in and critically reflect on that vision and the actions taken to accomplish it.
Academic medical centers have a special opportunity to promote, model, and encourage professionalism and leadership in all aspects of our work with students, patients, peers, and superiors. Professionalism in our Department means not only acquiring specialized knowledge of psychiatric care and treatment, though this is absolutely critical, but also promoting competency, integrity, self-regulation, and accountability in all clinical, academic, and administrative endeavors.
To strengthen our sense of purpose, our effectiveness, and our cohesiveness as one academic community, we have an established leadership team. Together, this executive and administrative infrastructure supports department-wide efforts to strengthen the leadership skills and aspirations of our early career faculty and staff, and to cultivate a culture that is supportive of professional growth and opportunities.
Chair
Vice Chair
Laura Roberts, MD, MA
Chair
Victor Carrion, MD
Vice Chair
Senior Associate Chairs
Cheryl Gore-Felton, PhD
Senior Associate Chair
James Lock, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Chair
Associate Chairs
Steven Adelsheim, MD
Associate Chair – Community Commitment & Engagement
Bruce Arnow, PhD
Associate Chair – Psychology and Psychology Training
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Associate Chair – Scientific Innovation and Collaboration
Jennifer Derenne, MD
Associate Chair – Pediatric Acute Care
Grace Gengoux, PhD, BCBA-D
Associate Chair – Faculty Engagement and Wellbeing
Antonio Hardan, MD
Associate Chair - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Programmatic Strategy
Chris Hayward, MD, MPH
Associate Chair – Resident Education Integration
David Hong, MD
Associate Chair – Clinical Research
Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD, FAASM
Associate Chair – Sleep Medicine
Alan Louie, MD
Associate Chair – Education
Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FAPM
Associate Chair – Hospital & Medical Psychiatry
Robert C. Malenka, MD, PhD
Associate Chair – Scientific Discovery
Mark McGovern, PhD
Associate Chair – Translation and Implementation Research
Karen Parker, PhD
Associate Chair – Research Strategy and Oversight
Indy Singh Jagait, MPH
Associate Chair – Finance and Operations
David Spiegel, MD
Associate Chair – University Relations
Leanne Williams, PhD
Associate Chair – Translational Neuroscience
Sharon Williams, PhD
Associate Chair – Inclusion and Diversity
Jerome Yesavage, MD
Associate Chair – Veterans Affairs
Division Chiefs
Antonio Hardan, MD
Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Bruce Arnow, PhD
Co-Chief of the Division of General Psychiatry and Psychology
Jacob Ballon, MD, MPH
Co-Chief of the Division of General Psychiatry and Psychology
David Hong, MD
Chief of the Division of Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FAPM
Chief of the Division of Medical Psychiatry
Debra Kaysen, PhD
Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences
Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD, FAASM
Chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine
Central Administrative Staff
Executive Office
Associate Chair and Director of Finance and Administration
Indy Singh Jagait
Executive Assistant to the DFA
Rahi Desai
Sr. Administrative Associate
Denise Knab
Administrative Associate 2
Francisco Barajas
Manager for Operations & Process Excellence
Brian Donnellan
Accounting Associate
Brian Mahanay-Wood
Executive Assistant to the Chair
Megan King
Academic Affairs
Director of Faculty Affairs and Strategic Planning
Heather Kenna Hall
Faculty Affairs Manager
Jacqueline Ching
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Diana Kim
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Erica Dillingham
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Denise Reyes
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Kristiana Cuevas
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Erin Aguilar
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Anika Nagpurkar
Education Programs & Special Initiatives
Director of Education & Program Development
Reiko Riley
Medical Education Team Manager and Program Manager, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Ola Golovinsky
Program Manager, Core Training & Education, General Psychiatry
Mario Mercurio
Residency Program Coordinator, General Psychiatry
Stephanie Roberts
Residency Program Coordinator, General Psychiatry
Rebeca Jimenez
Program Coordinator, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Maryam Mossadeghian
Program Coordinator, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Charles Larson
Clerkship Coordinator
Quynh Dang
Fellowship Education Administrator, General Psychiatry
Romola Breckenridge
Fellowship Program Coordinator, General Psychiatry
Liz Kortenkamp
Fellowship Program Coordinator, Sleep Medicine
Martha I Cruz
Program Coordinator
Margaret Olson
Special Initiatives Program Manager
Laura Turner-Essel, PhD
Special Initiatives Program Manager
Kyle McKinley
YogaX Program Manager
Geno Carvalho
Research Professional
Max Kasun
Project Assistant and Video Editor
Alexander McDonald
Professional Data Analyst
Maryam Rostami
Facilities and Operations
Director of Facilities and Operations
Chia-Yu Cardell
Facilities Specialist
Erick Mejorado
Facilities Specialist
Kaylee Knab
Clinical Research Implementation and Outreach
Director of Research Development, Integrity, and Strategy
Aimee-Noelle Swanson, PhD
Program Manager, Clinical Research Implementation and Outreach
Jonathan Fortman
Research Finance
Co-Director of Research Finance
Kate Erickson
Co-Director of Research Finance
Mariko Joplin
Assistant Director of Research Finance
Emily Woodward
Senior Proposal Development Manager
Marjorie Powell
Senior Finance Manager
Niraj Raman
Senior Finance Manager
Nine Pohl
Senior Finance Manager
Karen Georgeadis Moraski
Senior Finance Manager
Lynn Cabralis
Senior Finance Manager
Heidi Mueller
Senior Finance Manager
Elizabeth Fuentes
Senior Finance Manager
Emily Lauderdale
Senior Finance Manager
Amy Zonker
Senior Finance Manager
Florence Bauchau
Senior Finance Manager
Kelli Murphy
Senior Finance Manager
Cynthia Okubo
Proposal Development Manager
Krystle Sweda, PhD
Research Administrator
Ja'Vonne Monique Smith
Research Administrator
Betty Chen
Accounting Associate
Anna Lim
Clinical Finance and Administration
Director of Finance and Clinical Operations
Brett Kelly
Clinical Finance Manager
Albert Lam
Senior Clinical Financial Analyst
Hope Tang
Clinical Financial Analyst
Shuming Yao
Clinical Financial Analyst
Karla Penados
Clinical Financial Analyst
Ruth Dong
Finance and Contracts Analyst
Ozeir Nassery
Physician Coding Quality Analyst
Kimberly Crear
Human Resources
Director of HR Strategy and Operations
Stephanie Dornes
Sr. Manager for HR Operations
Linda Vargas
Sr. Human Resources Administrator
Maria Ruiz
Sr. Human Resources Administrator
Leticia Solis
Sr. Human Resources Administrator
Natalie Sanchez
Human Resources Administrator
Nerizza Yeo
Human Resources Administrator
Hannah Vasquez
Postdoc Program Manager
Chris Medina
Communications
Director of Communications
Mindy Hantke