Coaching Program
The Psychiatry Residency Coaching Program is an innovative approach to providing longitudinal feedback to residents during the PGY1 & 2 year of training. Our goal is to facilitate a continuous improvement cycle where the coach and resident partner. Through an empowering and learner-focused approach, we seek to help residents develop skills of lifelong learning, self-reflection, and goal setting. We seek to build capacity instead of dependency, and move all learners towards mastery, while fostering an inclusive environment of belonging.
Each PGY1 & 2 resident is paired with a Faculty Coach who observes and guides them longitudinally across the first two years of training. The Coach observes the resident in multiple clinical situations (rounds, interviewing, handoffs, supervisory encounters, interdisciplinary team meetings, call triaging, etc.). Coaches encourage self-reflection, support the resident in setting clinical goals, and provide specific and directed feedback based on direct observation aimed at strengthening clinical skills. Coaches participate in monthly faculty development sessions and peer supervision. Each Coach oversees approximately 7 residents.
The Coaching Program is under the direction of Sallie DeGolia, MD, MPH.
2024-25 Coaches
Sallie DeGolia, MD, MPH
Coaching Director
Coaching Director
Sallie is the Director of Coaching who served as Associate Training Director then Training Director of Stanford’s General Psychiatry Residency for 17 years. She has been involved regionally and nationally helping faculty and trainees become better teachers, mentors, and leaders.
Sallie is Section Chief of the Teaching and Assessment Clinics and runs the Evaluation Clinic. She published two APA books: Psychiatry Resident Handbook in 2023 and Supervision in Psychiatric Practice: Practical Approaches Across Venues and Providers in 2020.
Alka Mathur, MD
Dr. Alka Mathur is a Board Certified Psychiatrist. She completed her residency training at Stanford University. She previously served as the Medical Director for the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System’s Telemental Health Program, where she managed the Telepsychiatry, Teletherapy, Tele-Addiction, & Tele-PTSD programs, and ran the Stanford Psychiatry Telemental Health rotation. She authored the TelePsychiatry chapter for the APA The Psychiatry Resident Handbook: How to Thrive in Training. Dr. Mathur has a strong interest in the expansion of virtual health applications to increase access to care, on which she has given numerous talks, presentations, and podcasts.
Harriet Roeder, MD
Dr. Roeder graduated from Yale Medical School and earned a Masters degree in Public Health at UC Berkeley. She completed dual training in internal medicine and psychiatry at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Stanford. During the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to work in adult primary care, outpatient psychiatry, and community mental health settings. From 2008 - 2019 Dr. Roeder served as the Chief of the Inpatient Psychiatry Consultation Service at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Currently, she is in private practice specializing in the treatment of chronic pain and functional disorders. Dr. Roeder is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine.
Alissa Rogol, MD, JD
After graduating from Princeton University and George Washington University Law School, Alissa worked as a public defender for both juveniles and adults in Philadelphia’s criminal justice system. She then made a career change and graduated from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons P&S before leaving the East for psychiatry residency at Stanford where she also completed her Child and Adolescent Fellowship. She served as Chief resident in residency and fellowship and was a member of both the SHC and LPCH ethics committees. She also served for five years as a group facilitator for a Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) group. Alissa’s professional and academic interests focus on areas where the law, psychiatry and ethics intersect. Outside of medicine, Alissa loves to spend time with her doggo Bella, driving across the U.S., doing anything related to sports and going wine tasting!
Sam Saenz, MD
A native of the Bay Area, Sam received his BA in psychology from Stanford University. He completed his MD at UC Irvine’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community, and he also obtained an MPH from UC Berkeley. He completed residency at Stanford where he served as chief resident. During this time, he was longitudinally involved in various community clinical sites, including La Clinica de la Raza and Roots. He completed a public psychiatry fellowship at UCSF working at Mission Mental Health. Sam is now an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Stanford Psychiatry Department where he works in various clinics serving diverse patient populations. Sam has a deep commitment to providing community mental healthcare, fostering the next generation of diverse mental health providers, and advancing justice, equity, and inclusion (JEDI) work in academic medicine.
Jasmine Tatum, MD
Jasmine Tatum, MD graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned her medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine. She completed her residency here at Stanford and served as Chief Resident in her final year. She currently works as a Staff Psychiatrist at La Selva PHP/IOP and has a small private practice. She also spends 1-2 days a week working in Santa Clara County's outpatient psychiatry clinic. She is passionate about increasing access to care, cross-cultural psychiatry, DEI, and integrative medicine. On the weekends she tries to spend as much time as possible in the mountains, either skiing or hiking, and enjoys spending most days outdoors.