Ucla San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Program

Dear Applicant,

• Ucla San Fernando Valley

It brings me great pleasure to welcome you to the UCLA-Olive View Internal Medicine Residency Program. We are delighted that you are considering our program for your training in internal medicine and would like to highlight a few features of our program:

After receiving her Medical Degree from the Moscow Medical Institute, Dr. Lavretsky performed her residency in Psychiatry at UCLA-San Fernando Valley Residency Program, followed by the UCLA Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, and the national VA Research Fellowship in Neurosciences. Geriatric Psychiatry Psychiatry Department Affiliation: Psychiatry. Psychiatry, UCLA-San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Training Program, 2008-2011 Internship Psychiatry, UCLA-San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Training Program, 2007-2008 Degree Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, DO, 2007. Webinar URL Webinars The 3Ds of Geriatric Psychiatry. Phone, Suggest a phone number. UCLA/San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Training Program, North Hills, CA, United States. Local Business.

• Patient care: Olive View residents care for a young, diverse, underserved, and appreciative patient population that often presents with undifferentiated pathology. From your first day as an intern, you will be at the forefront in discovering their diagnoses and guiding their management. In the outpatient setting, residents enjoy nearly 80% continuity with their primary care patients, a feature essential for both resident training and patient outcomes. You will have the pleasure of working in a multi-disciplinary team with a dedicated staff who are committed to our underserved population.
• Teaching: We are proud of our dedication to education at every training level. Third-year UCLA medical students have rated the inpatient medicine ward clerkship at Olive View as one of the top UCLA training sites for over a decade, a result of our strong commitment to teaching. Our interns and senior residents actively engage in the learning and teaching process with multimedia modules and simulation curriculum, in addition to day-to-day clinical care.
• Scholarship: Many of our residents publish peer-reviewed articles, Medscape content and abstracts in ACP/SGIM meetings every year. We are also active in advocacy, participating every year in ACP’s Sacramento and Washington DC Leadership days.
• Location: Olive View serves a population of over 2 million people in northern LA County, larger than most cities in the US. We are located against traffic from almost any direction. Residents enjoy all that LA has to offer including incredible weather, beautiful scenery, entertainment, and restaurants.

We welcome applicants who are interested in seeing the wide breadth of pathology that a county hospital can offer while steeping themselves in a culture of education and academic pursuit. Our excellent placement in competitive fellowships and the active recruitment of our graduates into general medicine and hospitalist practices attest to the level of excellence our graduates attain after training with us. Those who join us for an interview will see the collegiality and vibrancy of our program firsthand.

Feel free to contact us at (747) 210-3205 or email us at medicine@uclaoliveview.org for any additional questions.

Sincerely,

Laxmi Suthar, MD

Program Director
UCLA-Olive View Internal Medicine Residency

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Psychiatry

Jorge Luis Sotelo, MD, FACLP, FAPA

Inpatient Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Neuropsychiatry Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Ibrahim Abi-Rafeh, MD, FAPA

Emergency Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago
Residency: Cooper Hospital
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Gil Abramovici, MD

Inpatient Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Neil H. Edison, MD

Mentoring and Supervision
Board Certification: Psychiatry and Neurology

Education
Medical Degree: New York Medical College
Rotating Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center of New York
Residency: Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center

Juan B. Espinosa, MD, Life Fellow APA

Inpatient Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Neurology

Education
Medical Degree: Universidad de Cartagena
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Thomas Macaluso, MD, MBA

Mentoring and Supervision
Board Certification: Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: UMDNJ–NJ Medical School
Residency: UCLA-San Fernando Valley Residency Program
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship: USC Institute of Psychiatry and Law
MBA Healthcare Sector Management and Policy: University of Miami

Lina Maria Reyes, MD, FAPA

Outpatient Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: Universidad del Valle
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

David M. Rube, MD, CPE, FAPA

Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry

Education
Medical Degree: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Diego
Fellowship: Columbia College of Physician and Surgeons/NY State Psychiatric Institute

Adnan Subei, DO

Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology
Board Certification: Neurology

Education
Medical Degree: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University
Neuroimmunology Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic

Non-physician Faculty

Ucla San Fernando Valley

Alberto Augsten, PharmD, MS, BCPP, DABAT

Psychopharmacology and Clinical Toxicology
Board Certification: Psychiatry Pharmacy

Education
Pharmacy Degree: NOVA Southeastern University
Residency: Touro University

Simone Cousins, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Psychiatry

Education
Pharmacy Degree: Nova Southeastern University
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: Memorial Regional Hospital

Marcy Girolamini-Smith, PsyD

Neuropsychologist

Education
Masters in Counseling Psychology: Nova Southeastern University
Masters in Clinical Psychology: Nova Southeastern University
Doctorate in Psychology (Neuropsychology Tract): Nova Southeastern University
Psychodynamic Psychology Post Doctorate training: Dr. Bady Quintar, Nova Southeastern University
Neuropsychology Informal Fellowship: Dr. Charles Golden, Nova Southeastern University

Samantha Themas, PharmD

Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Psychiatry

Education
Pharmacy Degree: University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: Memorial Regional Hospital
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency: Memorial Regional Hospital

Claudia P. Vicencio, LCSW, LMFT, PhD

Clinical Social Work, Addiction, Trauma Informed Care

Education
Doctoral & Masters Degrees: Barry University, Ellen Whiteside School of Social Work