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, 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, 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, MD
Undergraduate school: Idaho State University
Medical school: University of Utah School of Medicine
Professional interests: Addiction psychiatry; community psychiatry
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, 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, DO
Undergraduate school: University of Utah
Medical school: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professional interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
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, 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, 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, MD
Undergraduate school: Loyola University Chicago
Medical school: Creighton University
Professional interests: Adult psychiatry, women’s mental health
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, 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, MD
Medical school: University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine
Professional interests: General Psychiatry, CBT, Interventional Psychiatry
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, 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, MD
Undergraduate school: California Polytechnic State University
Medical school: University of California, Riverside
Professional interests: Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Spirituality & Psychiatry
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, 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Undergraduate school: Harding University, Searcy, Ark.
Medical school: University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa