By Kishore Nagaraja, MD
Roanoke, VA
Carilion Clinic is excited to announce the new class of incoming residents and the graduation, as well as matriculation, of current residents to fellowship.
Incoming Psychiatry Interns for 2022-2023
- Jackie Cleary DO, Liberty University
- Justin Goolcharan MD, St. George’s University
- Samantha Matthews MD, MUSC
- Kajal Mawa MBBS, Dayanand Medical College
- Shweta Patel MBBS, Government Medical College Surat
- Dana Sharma MD, Marshall University
- Karishma Soni MD, St.George’s University
- Amin Syed, DO, Edward Via-VCOM
Graduating Residents:
- Timothy Adegoke (Academic Chief Resident) will be going to Vanderbilt University for Consult Liaison Fellowship
- Hajra Ahmed will be joining Carilion Clinic as an Emergency Department Psychiatrist
- Kristin Bubel (Administrative Chief Resident) will be joining Prisma Health in Greenville, SC
- Andrew Lee will be going to MUSC for Addiction Fellowship
- Chudi Okafor will be joining Centra Health in Lynchburg, VA
- Shuo Qiu will be joining University of California, San Francisco
- Ehsan Samarbafzadeh will be joining Carilion Clinic as an Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist and Associate Professor
Congratulations to Badr Ratnakaran for completion of Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, he will be joining Carilion Clinic in Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry
Congratulations to the following PGY-3s for their hard work and best wishes in their CAP fellowship:
- Archana Adhikey will be transitioning to University of Arkansas, Little Rock
- Michael Ferguson and Kishore Nagaraja will be joining the Carilion Clinic CAP fellowship program
At the 2022 Department of Psychiatry Graduation Ceremony, the following residents were recognized:
- Rachel Martin was awarded Intern of the Year
- Timothy Adegoke was awarded Psychiatry Resident Teacher of the Year
- Sulaimon Bakre was awarded Psychiatry Resident Researcher of the Year
- Kristin Bubel was awarded Psychiatry Resident of the Year
The following faculty were recognized:
- Abhishek Reddy, Carilion Clinic Psychiatry Faculty Researcher of the Year
- Bush Kavuru, Salem VAMC Psychiatry Faculty of the Year
- Anilla Del Fabbro, Carilion Clinic Psychiatry Faculty of the Year
We look forward to the start of the new Academic year with great excitement!
