Current Residents

PGY-1

Justin Bartels, DO

Undergraduate School: University of Northern Iowa
Medical School: UNTHSC-TCOM
Professional Interests: Emergency Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders

Kayla Holthaus, MD

Undergraduate School: Washington University-St. Louis
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Professional Interests: Palliative Care, Geriatrics

Sabina Imanbekova, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Utah
Medical School: University of Utah
Professional Interests: Interventional Psychiatry, Forensic/Correctional Psychiatry, Treatment-Resistent Depression

Magdalena Maginot

Undergraduate School: Indiana University Northwest
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Community Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry

Christopher Merriman

Undergraduate School: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Wayne State University
Professional Interests: Emergency Psychiatry, Eating Disorders

Jackson Richards, MD, PhD

Undergraduate School: University of Utah
Medical School: University of Utah
Professional Interests: Interventional Psychiatry, Neurostimulation, Reserarch, Bipolar Disorder, Addiction Medicine

Vijay Shah, MD

Undergraduate School: The Ohio State University
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Inpatient Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry

Jessica Smoko, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Campus
Professional Interests: Consult-Liaison Psychiatry

Dakota Sudbeck, DO

Undergraduate School: University of Maine
Medical School: Kansas City University
Professional Interests: Rural Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Inpatient Adult Psychiatry

PGY-2

Marisa Ascencio, portrait

Marisa Ascencio, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Professional interests: Public Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Amanda Benevides, portrait

Amanda Benevides, MD, PhD

Undergraduate school: St. Mary’s University
Medical school: University of Iowa Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Professional interests: General psychiatry; cultural psychiatry; Diversity initiatives in medicine, particularly mentorship; neurodevelopmental outcomes brain imaging research

Jake Erickson, portrait

Jake Erickson, MD

Undergraduate school: Idaho State University
Medical school: University of Utah School of Medicine
Professional interests: Addiction psychiatry; community psychiatry

Logan Goetzinger, portrait

Logan Goetzinger, MD

Undergraduate school: Wartburg College
Medical school: University of Iowa Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Professional interests: Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry

Alyssa Heinzman, portrait

Alyssa Heinzman, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Northern Iowa
Medical school: University of Iowa Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Professional interests: Adult psychiatry, perinatal psychiatry, psychotic disorders

Julian Moss, portrait

Julian Moss, DO

Undergraduate school: University of Utah
Medical school: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professional interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy

Brooke Olson, portrait

Brooke Olson, MD

Undergraduate school: Ripon College
Medical school: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Professional interests: Rural track, community and public psychiatry, SPMI population

Shannon Thoele, portrait

Shannon Thoele, MD

Undergraduate school: Quincy University
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Professional interests: Community psychiatry and forensic psychiatry

Carly Van der Heide, portrait

Carly Van der Heide, MD, PhD

Undergraduate school: University of California
Medical school: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Professional interests: LGBTQ+ care, addiction medicine, eating disorders, psychotherapy

PGY-3

Bailey Brooks, portrait

Bailey Brooks, MD

Undergraduate school: Loyola University Chicago
Medical school: Creighton University
Professional interests: Adult psychiatry, women’s mental health

Anthony Lee, portrait

Anthony Lee, MD

Undergraduate school: Saint Louis University
Medical school: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Professional interests: Psychotic Disorders, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry

Katie Meidl, portrait

Katie Meidl, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Missouri-Columbia
Medical school:  University of Missouri-Columbia
Professional interests:  Public and Rural Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Medical Education, Rural Track
 

Brandon Neisewander, portrait

Brandon Neisewander, MD

Medical school: University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine
Professional interests: General Psychiatry, CBT, Interventional Psychiatry

Daniel Nulty, portrait

Daniel Nulty, MD

Undergraduate school: Washington University in St Louis
Medical school: Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine
Professional interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Sonam Vyas, portrait

Sonam Vyas, MD

Undergraduate school: Saint Louis University, St. Louis
Medical school: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Professional interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, eating disorders

Brennan Whitacre, portrait

Brennan Whitacre, MD

Undergraduate school: California Polytechnic State University
Medical school: University of California, Riverside
Professional interests: Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Spirituality & Psychiatry

Carolyn Wong, portrait

Carolyn Wong, MD

Undergraduate school: Loyola University Chicago
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford
Professional interests: Women’s Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Nan Zhao, portrait

Nan Zhao, MD, MPH

Undergraduate school: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical school: Saint Louis University
Professional interests: Collaborative care, psychotherapy, public health, rural track

PGY-4

Bill Chen, portrait

Bill Chen, MD, MS

Undergraduate school: University of California, San Diego
Medical school: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Professional interests: Forensic psychiatry, consult-liaison psychiatry, and cultural psychiatry

Jonathan Heinzman, MD

Jonathan Heinzman, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Medical school: University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Professional interests: Consult-liaison psychiatry, child psychiatry, and adolescent psychiatry

Brandan Penaluna, MD, MBA

Brandan Penaluna, MD, MBA

Undergraduate school: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Medical school: University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Professional interests: Interventional psychiatry

Robert Wanzek, MD

Robert Wanzek, MD

Undergraduate school: Washington University, St. Louis
Medical school: University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Professional interests: Adult psychiatry, mood disorders, and psychotherapy

William Welsh, MD

William Welsh, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Medical school: University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Kansas City, Mo.
Professional interests: Consultation-liaison psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry

Sasha Wey, MD

Sasha Wey, MD

Undergraduate school: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Professional interests: Child psychiatry and community psychiatry

Lori Wheeler, MD, PhD

Lori Wheeler, MD, PhD

Undergraduate school: Harding University, Searcy, Ark.
Medical school: University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa