Guests:
Dr. Gordon Clark is the Founding President of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, and worked to develop guidelines for psychiatrists practicing in various settings, including CMHCs, state hospitals, state offices of mental health, staff model HMOs, and organized systems of care. He is also a Past President of the American Association for Psychiatric Administration & Leadership. Dr. Clark has a BA in English from Yale University and a Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. He received his MD degree from George Washington University Medical School, where he received the Benjamin Manchester Award. He did his internship, residency, and fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and was also a Falk Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Medical Management, and the American College of Physician Executives. He is certified both in administrative psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association and as a physician executive by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.
Dr. Altha Jeanne Stewart is the Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, and Director of the Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being, and Director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). In her role as Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, she serves as PI/co-PI overseeing grants funded by HHS (SAMHSA, NIH, CDC and OMH), DOJ (OJJDP), Robert Wood Johnson and Annie E. Casey Foundations, local philanthropy, and the state of Tennessee totaling over $10 million in annual funding. She is also responsible for developing services related to outreach efforts in critical health areas facing the local community, including primary care and mental health service access, integrated health/behavioral health, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension and cancer), and COVID-19 identified health disparities. As a native Memphian and longstanding leader in Community Engagement, she has established working relationships with community organizations serving children and families, and strong ties with community health, behavioral health, and social and human service providers across the county to assist with referrals for needed services.
Hosts:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Angela Liu, MD is a fourth-year psychiatry resident and Chief Resident of Medical Education at Northwell Health - Zucker Hillside Hospital. After graduating residency, she will be joining the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship.
Social media content creator:
Vishnu Ghantasala
Editor:
Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz
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Guest:
Dr. Thida Thant is a consultation-liaison psychiatrist and associate professor in the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry where she is the director of the CL psychiatry service, the Psychiatric Consultation for the Medically Complex clinic, the Easy Consultation psychiatry access program and Program Director of the CL Psychiatry Fellowship. She completed undergrad at the University of Texas at Austin, attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completed her general adult psychiatry residency and CL fellowship at the University of Colorado. Her academic interests include marijuana and its impact on psychiatric practice, cannabis in medical education and comprehensivepsychiatric care for medically and neurologically complex patients. She has written about cannabis and psychiatric care in books such as Marijuana and Mental Health, Cannabis in Medicine and Cannabis in Psychiatric Practice and has published an AAMC MedEdPortal curriculum entitled "What You Need to Know About Cannabis: An Evidence-Based Crash Course for Mental Health Trainees."
Host:
Anish Dhamija, MD, MS is Board-Certified in both Psychiatry and Family Medicine, completing residency training at UC San Diego in 2022. He attended the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University from 2022-2023 and also served as Clinical Director of the Crisis Team and 988 Headquarters in Westchester County, New York. His current position is as the Director of Behavioral Health at an FQHC by the border of San Diego and Mexico, where he works in an integrated care setting closely with primary care. He lives in San Diego with his wife and young child.
Editor:
Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz comes from Caracas, Venezuela, where he went to Medical School at “Universidad Central de Venezuela - Escuela José María Vargas”. This is where he learned how to truly help disadvantaged and marginalized populations as an MD.
With this passion in mind, he was fortunate enough to work as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and to become a Member in Training of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP), as well as one of the audio editors of their magnificent podcast - The Community Psychiatry Podcast!
He is currently a Psychiatry Resident PGY-1 at BronxCare Health System - Mount Sinai, a Residency Program that focuses on delivering individualized mental health support to some of the most underserved and underprivileged populations in the country, while receiving the best and most supportive, academic and comprehensive training as a Psychiatry Resident.
After Residency, he wishes to apply everything that he has learned in this profoundly amazing program and continue being an advocate for mental health, serving marginalized, underserved and disadvantaged communities as a Leader in the fields of Adult Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Public Psychiatry.
Social Media Content Creator:
Pooja Jaiswal
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Dr. Tony Carino, MD is a Street Psychiatrist in the Bronx where he provides psychiatric care to people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Carino is the Director of Psychiatry at Janian Medical Care and leads a team of 46 psychiatric practitioners who care for people experiencing homelessness at 86 NYC programs. Dr. Carino is on faculty at Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship and teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has served on the Board of Directors at the American Association of Community Psychiatry. Dr. Carino previously worked as the Associate Medical Director at Pathways to Housing. He completed his psychiatric and medical training at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center and Loyola University Medical Center.
Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Podcast editor:
Mike Zhang is a third year medical student. He was drawn to community psychiatry because it bridges clinical care with public health and social support, allowing him to work directly with underserved populations. Having lived in diverse places and having seen how community context shapes well-being, he values psychiatry’s potential to address mental health through connection and collaboration. He is especially interested in how preventive and rehabilitative services can improve long-term outcomes for individuals and families.
Social media content creator:
Poyani Bavishi
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Dr. Mena Mirhom completed his adult psychiatry residency in BronxCare Hospital, followed by a Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Clara Maass Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health system. Dr. Mirhom also serves as the Chief Wellbeing Officer for Athletes For Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting athletes with community service initiatives. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a consultant for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), where he supports the mental health needs of NBA players and staff.
Host:
Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.
Social media content creator:
Pooja Jaiswal is a Community Psychiatry social media content creator and current fourth year medical student at NYITCOM Old Westbury.
Podcast editor:
Dr. Nisha Beard is a fourth year psychiatry resident. Dr. Beard was very intentional about looking for community programs while applying to psychiatry residency. The ability to not only treat patients with severe mental illness but also advocate for access to care has continued to fuel Dr. Beard’s passion for community psychiatry.
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Guest:
Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor, MD, MS, MBA is a psychiatry and internal medicine resident physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and a host of The Community Psychiatry Podcast. She is passionate about integrated and collaborative care, community psychiatry, and advocating for mental wellness and systemic change.
Host:
Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.
Social Media Content Creator:
Poyani Bavishi
Editor:
Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz comes from Caracas, Venezuela, where he went to Medical School at “Universidad Central de Venezuela - Escuela José María Vargas”. This is where he learned how to truly help disadvantaged and marginalized populations as an MD. With this passion in mind, he was fortunate enough to work as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and to become a Member in Training of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP), as well as one of the audio editors of their magnificent podcast - The Community Psychiatry Podcast! He is currently a Psychiatry Resident PGY-1 at BronxCare Health System - Mount Sinai, a Residency Program that focuses on delivering individualized mental health support to some of the most underserved and underprivileged populations in the country, while receiving the best and most supportive, academic and comprehensive training as a Psychiatry Resident. After residency, he wishes to apply everything that he has learned in this profoundly amazing program and continue being an advocate for mental health, serving marginalized, underserved and disadvantaged communities as a Leader in the fields of Adult Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Public Psychiatry.
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Guest: Emily Morse, DO, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa where she was first drawn to community-based care during her residency training. Her current clinical work spans a variety of settings which include outreach clinics embedded within local permanent supportive housing programs in partnership with Shelter House in Iowa City—an organization that provides comprehensive support services to help individuals move beyond homelessness. She also works as part of interdisciplinary teams that reach patients across Iowa, including one focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and another providing reproductive and perinatal mental health care. Along with her clinical work, she is active in medical education as a psychiatry clerkship co-director, and she enjoys working alongside residents and fellows while aiming to provide accessible, collaborative, and relationship-centered care.
Host: Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor, MD, MS, MBA is a psychiatry and internal medicine resident physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and a host of The Community Psychiatry Podcast. She is passionate about integrated and collaborative care, community psychiatry, and advocating for mental wellness and systemic change.
Social media content creator: Dr. Katherine J Valles is a physician with a background in psychiatry and clinical research, trained at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the NIH. They have published on trauma and geriatric psychiatry and have been active in frontline advocacy for survivors of violence.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.
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Dr. Byron Young hosts Dr. Karinn Glover on the Community Psychiatry Podcast to discuss her background, her work in community psychiatry, and the intertwining of empathy, ancestry, and black love in her practice. Dr. Glover shares her experience with various marginalized communities, her journey in integrating mental health within primary care, and the importance of justice in health. They explore themes of humanizing healthcare, the power of cultural identity in practice, and the challenges and rewards of leadership in the field.
Guest:
Karinn Glover, MD graduated from Howard University with a BA in History. Subsequently, she worked at Essence Magazine and as an Account Executive for Verizon. She followed her curiosity about medicine and ultimately attended SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and obtained an MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Glover teaches psychopharmacology and psychotherapy to Psychiatry and Family Medicine residents. Her career as a consultant and educator have informed her expertise in the fields of health equity, workplace mental health, and organizational success. www.drkarinn.com
Host:
Byron Young, MD is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, as well as an emotional wellness program developer and consultant. He works primarily as a psychiatrist and psychiatric consultant with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s specialized foster care program. Dr. Young is passionate about being impactful in under-resourced and marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, in both his daily work with the LA County DMH and various community oriented projects. He primarily focuses on the intersection of mental health, social justice/racial justice, and the arts though his initiative DointItWell.org. He develops and consults on creative programs and initiatives to impact the collective emotional wellness of communities and organizations from a DEI lens.
Editor: Chelsea Mathews is a medical student and research assistant.
Social Media Content Creator: Poyani Bavishi, MD is a psychiatry resident.
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Dr. Alexander McClanahan is a psychiatrist and mental health advocate specializing in community psychiatry, currently completing residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). As the Advocacy Chair for the South Carolina Psychiatric Association, Alex has advocated for a wide range of issues, including expanding access to mental healthcare and supporting evidence-informed policies for opioid use disorder. At MUSC, Alex has served as president of the housestaff, collaborating with administrators to enhance the resident training experience, and previously served on the institution's Medical Executive Committee. During his senior year, he established a clinic dedicated to treating individuals with treatment-resistant psychosis. He was recognized as MUSC’s "Resident of the Year" for the 2022-2023 academic year. Alex will continue his training next year as a public psychiatry fellow at Yale University.
Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
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Guest:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Host:
Elise Kao is a Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager and fourth-year medical student.
Editor:
Daniel E. Carvallo-Ruiz, MD
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Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka is an award-winning psychiatrist, speaker and author, trained at Yale, Columbia, and NYU. Dr Shoyinka is Triple Board certified and holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians. He serves on the Board of the American Association for Community Psychiatry. Dr Shoyinka led the redesign of Philadelphia’s crisis system. This effort resulted in Philadelphia’s recognition by the Biden Administration as a model city for 988 implementation. Dr Shoyinka is the co-creator of the SMART Tool, which facilitates self-directed antiracism work within organizations. Dr Shoyinka is also co-creator of a patent-pending risk-stratification analytic software that facilitates population addiction treatment. Dr Shoyinka’s leadership expertise has been nationally recognized. In May 2022, he received a Special Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association. He has been recognized as Black Leader shaping the Future of Psychiatry and is a regular guest speaker at state and national conferences. Dr Shoyinka is married to Dr. Kemi Shoyinka. They live in the Greater Philadelphia area and are blessed with 3 wonderful children: Nimi, Nife and Nisimi.
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Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Editor:
Chelsea Mathews is a third-year medical student.
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Julie Le, D.O. graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency training at UCSD's combined family medicine/psychiatry program. She has worked in a variety of settings including San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care, Neighborhood Healthcare community clinic, and Kaiser Permanente San Diego. She currently works at both UC San Diego Health and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs doing integrated behavioral care, happily collaborating with fellow primary care and psychotherapy colleagues. Over the years, due to the increased demand and referrals for ADHD evaluations, she has developed much passion and interest in anything ADHD related. This rewarding work motivates her to continue working on increasing awareness and improving access for care of ADHD in adults.
ADHD Resources:
APSARD US Guidelines for Adults with ADHD: https://apsard.org/us-guidelines-for-adults-with-adhd/
CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD): https://chadd.org/
CADDRA (Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance): https://www.caddra.ca/
Additude Magazine/ADHD experts podcast: https://www.additudemag.com/
CCI (Centre for Clinical Interventions): https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/looking-after-yourself/procrastination
Host:
Anish Dhamija, MD, MS is Board-Certified in both Psychiatry and Family Medicine, completing residency training at UC San Diego in 2022. He attended the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University from 2022-2023 and also served as Clinical Director of the Crisis Team and 988 Headquarters in Westchester County, New York. His current position is as the Director of Behavioral Health at an FQHC by the border of San Diego and Mexico, where he works in an integrated care setting closely with primary care. He lives in San Diego with his wife and young child.
Editor:
Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student.
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Akeem Marsh, M.D., DFAACAP is a nationally recognized expert on the link between trauma and disruptive behavior disorders, as well as the impact of racism and other biases in mental health treatment. Dr. Marsh currently serves as the Vice President of the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection and Medical Director of the Home for Integrated Behavioral Health, at The New York Foundling. He maintains a faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and as a consultant member of the Verywell Mind Review Board. Dr. Marsh is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NYCCAP), as well as on the Board of Directors for American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). He has presented locally, nationally and internationally at numerous professional conference settings including the iHeart Radio/MWA Mental Wealth Expo and a Presidential Session at the 2022 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting by invitation. In January 2022, Dr. Marsh had published his seminal work that he co-edited, Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link. In August 2023, Dr. Marsh was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to serve on the city's firs-ever Juvenile Justice Advisory Board to advise and provide recommendations to the mayor, the City Council, and ACS on issues related to juvenile justice. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-akeem-nassor-marsh-md-dfaacap-200213aa/
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Byron Young, MD is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, as well as an emotional wellness program developer and consultant. He works primarily as a psychiatrist and psychiatric consultant with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s specialized foster care program. Dr. Young is passionate about being impactful in under-resourced and marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, in both his daily work with the LA County DMH and various community oriented projects. He primarily focuses on the intersection of mental health, social justice/racial justice, and the arts though his initiative DointItWell.org. He develops and consults on creative programs and initiatives to impact the collective emotional wellness of communities and organizations from a DEI lens. Dr. Young has worked on program development and consulted for various organizations likeFOKUS,The Youth Opportunity Hub of New York-Presbyterian Hospital,Google’s Code Next program, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Dr Young has developed talks and moderated critical discourse around emotional wellness with many organizations including Sony Pictures, Netflix, Airbnb, Meetup.com, Factset, etc. and has done a ted style talk at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing national conference. Check out the free relaxation album Dr. Byron Young, MD Presents Pure Magic: A Hip Hop Relaxation Album by Primo Miguel. Instagram: @WeDoingItWell
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Dr. Altha Jeanne Stewart is the Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, and Director of the Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being, and Director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). In her role as Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, she serves as PI/co-PI overseeing grants funded by HHS (SAMHSA, NIH, CDC and OMH), DOJ (OJJDP), Robert Wood Johnson and Annie E. Casey Foundations, local philanthropy, and the state of Tennessee totaling over $10 million in annual funding. She is also responsible for developing services related to outreach efforts in critical health areas facing the local community, including primary care and mental health service access, integrated health/behavioral health, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension and cancer), and COVID-19 identified health disparities. As a native Memphian and longstanding leader in Community Engagement, she has established working relationships with community organizations serving children and families, and strong ties with community health, behavioral health, and social and human service providers across the county to assist with referrals for needed services. She is President of the American Association for Community Psychiatry and a past President of the American Psychiatric Association, Association of Women Psychiatrists, the Black Psychiatrists of America and the American Psychiatric Foundation. Through these positions and others, she has long taken a leading national role on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine and how discrimination and other social determinants affect a community’s health and wellbeing. At UTHSC she currently leads research initiatives to identify and address issues related to lack of knowledge and awareness about access to treatment for behavioral health and chronic medical conditions in persistent poverty populations and long-standing systemic health inequities which contribute to the poor health outcomes in these groups. She has co-edited two volumes of Psychiatric Clinics of North America: Workforce and Diversity in Psychiatry (2022) and Achieving Mental Health Equity (2020), as well as the book, Black Mental Health: Patients, Providers and Systems (2018). She co-authored a chapter in the 2022 edition of Textbook of Community Psychiatry titled “The Role of the Psychiatrist in Community Consultation and Collaboration”.
Host:
Angela Liu, MD is a third-year psychiatry resident and Chair of the APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship.
Editor:
Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student
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Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist™, is the founder and CEO of the Choulet Performance Psychiatry®, and President of the American Board of Sports and Performance Psychiatry, of which she is one of the seven founding members. With a focus on concierge Performance Psychiatry®, Dr. Choulet guides professionals, athletes, and their families towards unparalleled mental health and performance optimization by offering bespoke mental health care services for both adolescent and adult patients. She holds a Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry from the International Society for Sports Psychiatry (ISSP) and is a preferred provider on the NBPA, NFLPA and MLBPA’s Mental Health Directories. Dr. Choulet's expertise has been pivotal in shaping mental resilience in sports at its highest level, and she worked for two seasons as a Consulting Team Psychiatrist for the NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury. Dr. Choulet is a regular contributor to Forbes SportsMoney and is a Forbes Health Advisory Board member who reviews and consults on Forbes Health articles. She also contributes her expertise to the American Psychiatric Association’s publications and Psychology Today’s Sports & Performance Psychiatry column. She also provides expert advice each month to local Arizona publications, including Paradise Valley City Lifestyle Magazine, Stroll Biltmore, Stroll Desert Mountain, and Stroll Paradise Valley, as part of her commitment to cultivating the mental health and well-being of her local community.
Host:
Dr. Mena Mirhom completed his adult psychiatry residency in BronxCare Hospital, followed by a Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Clara Maass Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health system. Dr. Mirhom also serves as the Chief Wellbeing Officer for Athletes For Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting athletes with community service initiatives. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a consultant for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), where he supports the mental health needs of NBA players and staff.
Editor:
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Episode Description:
Dr. Kim Gordon-Achebe and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss challenges faced by women of color. The discussion highlights the social determinants of health, resilience, and the inequities in professional settings that contribute to burnout among women of color. Dr. Gordon-Achebe outlines her current work as a health equity coach, emphasizing her healing-centered approach to overcoming burnout and fostering empowerment.
Time Stamps:
00:10 Introductions
06:16 Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Women of Color
09:03 The Concept of Resilience
16:31 Burnout and Emotional Exhaustion
27:41 Advice for Future Community Psychiatrists
30:19 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe is a visionary leader, acclaimed community psychiatrist, and passionate advocate for health equity and social justice. As a double board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry and CEO and Founder of BHETC (Bringing Health Equity Training and Consulting) to Communities of Color, she serves as a health equity consultant for community mental health and behavioral health organizations, and mindset coach, empowering Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) leaders to redefine success and create healthier, more fulfilling lives. Her pioneering work has earned her prestigious awards and recognition, including the Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award, Distinguished Fellow designation from the American Psychiatric Association, and the Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Award. Through her dynamic leadership roles, transformative e-learning programs, engaging workshops, and personalized coaching, Dr. Gordon-Achebe equips BIWOC leaders with the tools and strategies to break free from societal barriers, overcome burnout and impostor syndrome, and unleash their full potential. Her extensive research and publications on the impact of discrimination on health disparities have significantly contributed to the discourse on mental health equity, shaping policies and practices in the field. With her unparalleled expertise, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to empowerment, Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe serves as an inspirational guide and mentor for BIWOC leaders seeking to redefine success, dismantle systemic barriers, and live with true freedom and abundance. Her transformative approach combines cutting-edge psychological insights, cultural competence, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by BIWOC leaders, making her a sought-after expert in the field of mental health equity and leadership development. Learn more at https://drkimanswers.org/.
Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Editor:
Chelsea Mathews is a third-year medical student.
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Motivational Speaker Frederick Shegog and Dr. Jessica Isom discuss transformative rapport building using the liberation health model. They delve into the importance of trust, mutual respect, and a holistic approach to treating mental health, emphasizing social justice and culturally sensitive care. Frederick shares his personal journey with mental health and his experiences with systemic inequities.
Time Stamps:
00:10 Introductions
00:53 Understanding Transformative Rapport Building
10:19 Building Strong Rapport in Mental Health Treatment
23:17 Effective Communication and Shared Decision-Making
32:29 Current Work and Closing Remarks
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Frederick Shegog is a man who knows all too well about the struggles of this world. In his early twenties, he watched his future dreams fade away as substance use disorder and mental illness took over his life. The next decade of his life would be a rough one, but not only would he come out better from it- he would devote his life to helping others overcome as well. Frederick’s journey included dumpster diving, panhandling, and battling alcohol abuse while experiencing homelessness. Today, Frederick Shegog has emerged as a successful college graduate and an inspiring public speaker dedicated to sharing his transformational journey to ignite change for marginalized populations. https://www.freddyshegog.com/
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Host:
Jessica Isom MD, MPH, is a board-certified community psychiatrist, who practices clinically in the federally qualified health center Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is also involved in graduate medical education and health care workforce development in her role as a clinical instructor in the Yale University Department of Psychiatry, which has inspired many invited talks and workshops around social justice and health equity. Additionally, Dr. Isom is a physician-entrepreneur who owns the consulting business Vision for Equity LLC that focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), antiracism, and racial equity.
Editors:
Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student.
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Dr. Matt Goldman and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss key takeaways from the Crisis and Emergency Services chapter of the Textbook of Community Psychiatry including the role of crisis services, different roles that community psychiatrists can have in crisis services, and more!
Timestamps:
00:10 Introductions
01:26 Definition of Crisis and Role of Crisis Services
08:10 Different Roles that Community Psychiatrists can have in Crisis Services
12:40 Variability of Crisis Services in Community Psychiatry
28:07 Final Thoughts
Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System
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Matthew L. Goldman, MD, MS, FAPA, is the Medical Director for the King County Crisis Care Centers Levy Implementation Plan, a voter-approved initiative to create five crisis centers, new residential treatment facilities, and workforce development programs across Seattle/King County. Prior to joining King County, he was the Medical Director for Comprehensive Crisis Services in the San Francisco Department of Public Health where he had direct clinical and administrative oversight of a crisis call center and adult and child mobile crisis teams, led planning for 988 implementation, and advised on the development of a new crisis stabilization unit. Dr. Goldman is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, he serves as a board member of the American Association of Community Psychiatry, and he serves on the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Medical Director Institute where he co-chairs a committee on crisis services. He is also a physician scientist, with over 40 academic publications, 3 book chapters, and multiple presentations at national meetings. He is currently studying mental health and substance use crisis services and suicide prevention in California, Arizona, Georgia, and Ohio, with grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (PI: R03) and others. From 2018-2019 he was a Policy Fellow in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration through the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. He graduated from Pomona College and the UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program, and he completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute as well as the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at UCSF.
Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Editors:
Daniel E. Carvallo-Ruiz, MD and Aldwin Soumare, DO
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Episode Description:
Dr. Margie Balfour and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss key takeaways from the Crisis and Emergency Services chapter of the Textbook of Community Psychiatry including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, differences in crisis response by state, the role of law enforcement in managing mental health crises, and more!
Timestamps:
00:10 Introductions
01:49 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
08:30 Components of the Ideal Mental Health Crisis System
14:31 Differences of Mental Health Crisis System by State
17:19 Law Enforcement Involvement in Mental Health Crisis
23:54 Measuring Success in Crisis Systems
33:29 Final Thoughts
Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System
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Margie Balfour, MD, PhD is a psychiatrist and national leader in crisis care, quality improvement, and law enforcement responses to behavioral health emergencies. She is Chief of Quality and Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona. Dr. Balfour was named Doctor of the Year by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing for her leadership at the Crisis Response Center in Tucson, Arizona, and received the Sam Cochran Criminal Justice award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for her work to help law enforcement better serve people with behavioral health needs. She co-authored Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System: Essential Elements, Measurable Standards, and Best Practices, and her work on crisis outcome measurement has been cited as a national standard. Dr. Balfour is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and serves on the APA Council on Quality of Care. She has also served on the boards of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, and numerous expert panels for SAMHSA, the DOJ, and others. A native of Monroe, Louisiana, Dr. Balfour received a BA in Biology at Johns Hopkins University and then her MD and PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cincinnati. She completed residency and fellowship in Community Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Host:
Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.
Editor:
Daniel E. Carvallo-Ruiz, M.D.
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Dr. Joanna Fried and Dr. Brice Reynolds discuss Janian Medical Care, the Manhattan Outreach Consortium, the NYC311 app, their roles as homeless outreach psychiatrists in New York City, and more!
Timestamps:
00:10 Introductions
00:46 Janian Medical Care
01:46 ACT and IMT Teams
03:02 Manhattan Outreach Consortium
10:20 Typical Week of a Homeless Outreach Psychiatrist
23:50 Advice for Trainees
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Joanna Fried, MD earned her M.D. at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed residency training at New York University Medical Center where she was a Chief Resident. She completed fellowship training at Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship and did her clinical placement with Janian/PPOH before joining PPOH as a staff psychiatrist in July 2010. She is a Medical Director for PPOH as well as Medical Director for the Manhattan Outreach Consortium. Dr. Fried is a Clinical Instructor at New York University Medical School. She provides psychiatric care to clients of street outreach teams in Manhattan.
Brice Reynolds, MD is the Assistant Medical Director for Psychiatry at Janian, an NYC-based nonprofit group practice for psychiatry for the homeless. Through Janian, he practices psychiatry on the Harlem-based Goddard ACT team, shelter psychiatry based in Seafarers Safe Haven near Union Square, and street outreach with Breaking Ground as part of the Manhattan Outreach Consortium. He also leads residency recruitment, billing, and is part of the Janian leadership team. Dr. Reynolds was previously a Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellow and served as chief resident at The Mount Sinai Hospital. When he's not biking around the boroughs to meet with patients, he sometimes finds time to learn piano, practice improv comedy, and care for his family’s chickens.
Host:
Angela Liu, MD is a third-year psychiatry resident and Chair of the APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship.
Editor:
Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student.
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Judge Steve Leifman discusses the intersection of the criminal-legal system and mental health, advocates for systemic changes to reduce the criminalization of severe mental illness, and highlights diversion and treatment programs, including the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
Timestamps:
00:10 Introductions
03:11 Mental Healthcare and the Criminal System
06:18 Crisis Intervention Teams
09:15 Diversion Programs
13:35 Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery
22:40 Final Thoughts
Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery
Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative
Mental Health Professionals’ Guide to Their Role in the Criminal Justice System
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Judge Steve Leifman is the Associate Administrative Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court Criminal Division. He previously served as Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health for the Supreme Court of Florida and currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court’s Steering Committee on Problem Solving Courts. Judge Leifman is the co-chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Mental Health Committee and co-chair of the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative. He serves on the Florida Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse, the Florida Drug Policy Advisory Council, and the National Institute on Drug Addiction’s (NIDA) Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network. Judge Leifman is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Judge Leifman was appointed to serve on the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts Response to Mental Illness and the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. In 2015, Judge Leifman received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence. One of the nation’s highest judicial honors presented by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Rehnquist Award is presented annually to a state court judge who exemplifies judicial excellence, integrity, fairness, and professional ethics. Judge Leifman is also the first recipient to receive the Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Award for Judicial Excellence (2015). He was named a 2016 Governing Magazine Public Official of the Year. More recently, Judge Leifman was awarded the 2020 Dade County Bar Association (DCBA) David W. Dyer Professionalism Award, the 2018 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health, the 2019 Yale-NAMI Mental Health Advocacy Award and a 2019 Presidential Commendation by the American Psychiatric Association. On October 22, 2023, Judge Leifman was bestowed the Papal Medal Benemerenti from Pope Francis by Archbishop Thomas Wenski for his work in the judicial system on behalf of people with mental illnesses. Judge Leifman has authored and published numerous articles and has been featured in many national and local television programs, radio programs, and articles regarding mental health and the criminal justice system. His most recent co-authored article was published in the Atlantic Magazine on May 30, 2022. Judge Leifman is the subject of the Documentary, The Definition of Insanity which aired nationally on PBS on April 14, 2020 - https://doifilm.com/
Host:
Angela Liu, MD is a second-year psychiatry resident and APA Public Psychiatry Fellow.
Editor:
Gabriel Allaf is a fourth-year medical student.
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