SUMMER 2026 ISSUE

Virginia Health Sciences-EVMS at ODU Update

By Viktoriya Kozlova, DO
PGY-3 Resident
Department of Psychiatry
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Our residents continue to be involved in community outreach and support including staffing the Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students (HOPES) free mental health clinic. Established by medical students at EVMS in 2011, HOPES clinic supports the underserved Hampton Road community by providing primary and specialty medical care.

We are excited to welcome 8 new PGY-1’s to our program! Joining the VHS-EVMS psychiatry class of 2030 are Dr. Stacey Abernathy, Dr. Jackie Hwang, Dr. Prema Kondragunta, Dr. Michael Muzinich, Dr. Jacob Rothschild, Dr. Sat Paul Singh, Dr. Matthew Surratt, Dr. Pavan Suryadevara.

Our current PGY-4 and PGY-5 residents are moving on to do great things after graduation. We wish them all luck in their future endeavors!

Dr. Ana-Maria McGill will be joining CHKD as an outpatient psychiatrist in Norfolk, VA.
Dr. Sequoia Sheely will be staying at VHS-EVMS at ODU as an inpatient psychiatrist in Norfolk, VA.
Dr. Lorrie Sartore will be joining Southeast Virginia Psychiatry as an outpatient psychiatrist in Norfolk, VA.
Dr. Janelle Milstead will be joining Sentara Obici faculty as a Consult Liaison psychiatrist in Suffolk, VA.
Dr. Evan Smith will be joining Temple University faculty as an inpatient psychiatrist in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Rizwan Hassan will be joining Buffalo Psychiatric Center as an inpatient psychiatrist in Buffalo, NY.

Last but not least, our residents and faculty have been involved in several academic endeavors:

We hosted our annual Psychiatry Research Day on May 27, 2026, where up to 18 posters/presentations were celebrated.
We also hosted the 2^nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Psychiatric Symposium: Updates in Consultation-Liaison on May 6, 2026. The course addressed topics that are commonly requested while on a psychiatric consultation service.
Dr. Rachel Billingsly had a manuscript accepted for publication in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders titled “A case of mania either due to amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis type 2 or its’ treatment, prednisone.

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