Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Residency Program News
91ƵAPP Psychiatry Residency and CAP Fellowship Spring Retreat
April 19th - 21st, 2024
Back Row - Dr. Joshua Omade, Dr. Arianna Sewell, Dr. Terrance Jenkins, Dr. Eugenia
Asare, Dr. Paolo Gilleran, Dr. Kwaku Yeboah, Dr. Julian Lane, Dr. Linda Okai, Dr.
Alicia Lindsay, Dr. Ogonnaya Ifeadike
Front Row - Dr. Roman Tate, Dr. Kyunti James-Thorpe, Dr. Brittany Stallworth, Dr.
Victor Elensi, Dr. Myka Taylor, Dr. Rhonda Reid, Dr. Amber Navy
On Friday evening, April 19th, 2024, 91ƵAPP Psychiatry Residents and CAP Fellows started their weekend spring retreat. The retreat was held at from April 19th to April 21st. The retreat began Friday evening with dinner followed by games and s'mores at a bonfire. On Saturday, the residents and fellows had a full day of presentations and activities on post graduate mental and physical wellness, financial planning, painting, and an outdoor competitive activity. Saturday's programming ended with a communal dinner for residents, fellows, faculty, staff, and guests, with opportunities for connection and camaraderie after.
We would like to thank the residents, fellows, presenters, faculty, and staff for helping to make the 2024 Resident and Fellow Spring Retreat possible and successful!
To see more images of the spring retreat, please navigate to our department Events page.
Please Welcome the Incoming Resident to the Psychiatry Residency Program
March 15, 2024
On Friday, March 15, 2024, 91ƵAPP's Psychiatry Residency Program announced the incoming residents for the upcoming academic year. We are happy to introduce you to our incoming interns for 2024. We are excited to be a part of their training in Psychiatry as they embark upon this next stage of their careers.
91ƵAPP Psychiatry Residents Receive Resident Humanism in Teaching Award
July 5, 2023
Psychiatry Residency’s very own PGY-2, Dr. Roman Tate and PGY-3, Dr. Joshua Omade were honored as Resident Humanism in Teaching Awardees. They were chosen by the 91ƵAPP Class of 2025 and recognized at the Student Clinician Ceremony. The awards are given in recognition of outstanding residents who have demonstrated particularly strong teaching skills and served as role models for compassionate, relationship-centered care. We’re beyond proud of how these young psychiatrists are representing the department and our profession.
91ƵAPP Faculty Featured in March 2023 Edition of The American Psychologist
March 31, 2023
Dr. Kisha Holden, our department's Director of Research and Scholarship, is a guest co-editor for the March 2023 special issue of The American Psychologist - the flagship academic journal of the American Psychological Association. The March issue is centered on health equity in which Dr. Holden was also a contributor to the article “How Psychologists Can Help Achieve Equity in Heath Care: Advancing Innovative Partnerships and Models of Care Delivery.”
Please Welcome the Incoming Resident to the Psychiatry Residency Program
March 17, 2023
On Friday, March 17, 2023, 91ƵAPP's Psychiatry Residency Program announced the incoming residents for the upcoming academic year. We are happy to introduce you to our incoming interns for 2023. We are excited to be a part of their training in Psychiatry as they embark upon this next stage of their careers.
91ƵAPP Faculty Member and Psychiatry Residency Alumni Accepted into Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators
March 1, 2023
91ƵAPP faculty member psychiatry and residency alumni, Christopher Villongco, MD, has been accepted into the APA's . The program has been existence 1996 and is sponsored National Institute on Drug Abuse, APA Foundation, and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) with the participation of many senior psychiatrist researchers and chairs of departments of psychiatry across the country as mentors. The program aims is to strengthen and diversify the psychiatrist-scientist workforce and Dr. Villongco was chosen after a competitive application process.
91ƵAPP General Psychiatry Residency Alum Dr. Chidi Wamuo's Professional Journey Highlighted in Psych News
February 28, 2023
Though 91ƵAPP General Psychiatry alum Dr. Chidi Wamou started off as an intern in 91ƵAPP's Surgery Residency program, when the need for upstream, mental health based interventions became critically apparent, he dramatically shifted course. , he re-applied in psychiatry and matched into our General Psychiatry training program, where he made many contributions to the residency. Now a child psychiatry fellow at Boston Children's, Dr. Wamuo continues to collaborate with 91ƵAPP faculty and residents, including a well-received presentation at the APA Mental Health Services last fall along with mental health advocate and our Interim Chair Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson.
91ƵAPP Representation at the 2023 Winter GPPA Meeting in Atlanta GA
February 21, 2023
Picture from right to left: Dr. Julian Lane (91ƵAPP Psychiatry Resident), Dr. Brittany Stallworth (91ƵAPP Psychiatry Resident), Dr. Sarah Vinson (GPPA President and Interim Chair for 91ƵAPP Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), Dr. Darron Lewis (91ƵAPP CAP Fellow), Dr. Joshua Omade (91ƵAPP Psychiatry Resident), Dr. Arianna Sewell (91ƵAPP Psychiatry Resident).
91ƵAPP’s was well represented at the 2023 Winter GPPA Meeting in Atlanta, GA on February 17th and 18th. The event kicked-off with a Welcome from the GPPA President, Dr. Sarah Vinson. Dr. Vinson is also the Interim Chair for our Psychiatry Department as well as the program Director for the Child and Adolescent (CAP) Psychiatry Fellowship.
Our Program Director for the Psychiatry Residency Program, Dr. Deirdre Evans-Cosby was part of the discussion panel The Future of Psychiatric Education is Georgia in Good Hands: Fostering the Pipeline and Innovation in Residency Training. Also, 91ƵAPP adjunct faculty member, Dr. Beverly Stoute, delivered a presentation, How Our Mind Becomes Racialized: Lessons from the Therapeutic Encounter.
Additionally, 91ƵAPP Psychiatry Program faculty, alumni, residents ,and CAP fellows were in attendance.
91ƵAPP to Host The 2023 Dewitt Symposium
December 29, 2022
Supported by our dedicated staff, our faculty, residents and fellows are engaged in a wide variety of scholarly pursuits. Additionally, our faculty hold numerous professional leadership positions at both regional and national levels. Spring of 2023, we're excited to host the DeWitt Symposium, which will be a research, advocacy and professional development event for URM Pscychiatry trainees from throughout the Southeast United States.
The DeWitt Symposium, named for the founding chair of our department, Dr. DeWitt C. Alfred, Jr., is an annual event at that has traditionally been an internal event, including only our residents and fellow trainees and faculty. This year, we plan to bring in sixteen residents from other institutions for a scientific exchange and workshops regarding career progression and personal sustainability as a psychiatric physician. The program will be held in Atlanta, GA at the the evening of May 11th through the morning of May 13th, and include a number of activities to promote professional development, career planning, and mentorship both from peers and faculty. For more information, please click here.