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The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce results of the 2022 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks. 

“Every year we are excited and proud to welcome a new group of doctors into our work family and the training programs at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. We really want to thank everyone who has helped us to create and maintain this awesome clinical learning environment as we strive towards equity and inclusion for all,” said Michael Travis, MD (Senior Director for Postgraduate Physician Training). “Over the last three years, we have been intentional in our recruitment and retention efforts to enhance the diversity of our training program to better reflect the wonderful diversity of our city and our country. While this is a long-term initiative, we are delighted that the incoming class reflects progress towards these goals.”

Please welcome the new class of 2022 PGY1 psychiatry residents:

GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

• Eileen Borczon (Drexel University College of Medicine)

• Mar Dominguez (West Virginia University School of Medicine - Charleston)

• Hatice “Nur” Eken (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)

• Thomas Fiorica (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo)

• Andrea Hall (Carle Illinois College of Medicine)

• Douglas Leffa (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [UFRGS] Faculdade de Medicina)

• Jayla O’Neal (University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Columbia)

• Dominic Rich (Northeast Ohio Medical University)

• Miriam Rosen (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)

CHILD TRACK

• Shanique Bailey (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo)

• Pauline Jackson-Thompson (University of Florida College of Medicine)

• Cara Popeski (University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson)

• Grace Wood (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

TRIPLE BOARD

• Steven “Sven” Lam (University of California, Davis, School of Medicine)

• Kristin Smoot (University of Virginia School of Medicine)

FAMILY MEDICINE/PSYCHIATRY

• UPMC St. Margaret: Kelton Mock (University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine)

• UPMC McKeesport: Adam Recht (Albany Medical College)