Adult Psychiatry Residents

Rachel Branning, DO
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: John Carroll University
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Neuropsychiatry
Hobbies: Reading, hanging with my nephews, watching films, listening to records
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra, cocktail bars
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Lars from Lars and the Real Girl

Leon Jiao, DO
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
Undergraduate: The Ohio State University. O-H!
Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: college psychiatry, psychotic disorders and mania, immigrant/AAPI mental health, psychedelics
Hobbies: running, following sports, film photography, tennis, reading nonfiction and fantasy, trying recipes off of Mob and tiktok, fortnite, sending DeeDee prank pages
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Taking in the seasons, running through Edgewater park, anything in lakewood park, outdoor concerts at Blossom
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Carmy Berzatto, from The Bear

Tyler Jones, DO
Hometown: Powell, OH
Undergraduate: The Ohio State University
Medical School: Ohio University heritage college of osteopathic medicine - Dublin branch
Clinical Interests: addiction psychiatry, college mental health, adult inpatient/outpatient care
Hobbies: playing/watching soccer, videos games, traveling, skiing, aquariums, concerts
Favorite Things to Do in Cleveland: Attend concerts, bars, and restaurants. Going to the metro parks, the beaches by the lake, and the Cleveland aquarium.
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Buddy the Elf

James Lui, MD
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Public and community psychiatry, forensics, reducing disparities in mental health treatment and outcomes in AAPI populations, legislative and health policy advocacy
Hobbies: Cooking and eating, biking and restoring vintage bikes, traveling, hiking/camping/backpacking, and hanging out with my cats Rotini and Linguini.
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Biking on the towpath, browsing Ohio City Bike Co-Op, shows at playhouse square, and checking out the Art Museum
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? The Joker

Daniel Phillip, DO
Hometown: Westlake, Ohio
Undergraduate: Xavier University
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Consult Liaison and geriatric psychiatry
Hobbies: Baking, cooking, weight lifting, spending time with the fam!
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Cleveland Metropark's, Cleveland Cultural Gardens, bubble tea from Raan Thai, visiting the islands of NE Ohio
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Aang from Avatar the last airbender because I would get to therapize all of the past avatars

Lisa Tan, MD
Hometown: Stony Brook, NY
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, community psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, interventional psych
Hobbies: Drawing, crafting (crocheting, needle felting, polymer clay sculpting), playing with my cats
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Skateboarding in Edgewater Park; going to the Cleveland Museum of Art, concerts, thrift stores, Comic Con, Cedar Point
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Beau from "Beau is Afraid." If you haven't seen this movie I highly recommend it but be ready for a stressful 3 hrs. There was a lot to unpack there.

Andrea Costin, MD
Hometown: A mix of Avon & Elyria on the West side of Cle
Undergraduate: Public Health at OSU!
Medical School: Proudly Wright State U Boonshoft School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Psychotherapy, psychiatric policy & advocacy, psychiatric epidemology, bioethics
Hobbies: Hanging with my Bassett Hound and playing ambient Itialian music on the mandolin
Favorite Things to Do in Cleveland: Presti's and Farkas bakeries! Cle has such a good pastry scene  
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh to explore that deep melancholia

Marta Fratczak, DO
Hometown: Jackson Township, OH
Undergraduate: Ohio University
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inpatient, Emergency, Interventional, Consult-Liason, and Forensic Psychiatry
Hobbies: Sunshine walks with my dog, Zoe! Gardening, grabbing coffee, cooking, painting, camping/ backpacking, scuba diving, finding random concerts in Cleveland/Columbus
Favorite Things to Do in Cleveland: Lunch dates to various international food restaurants! Happy hours, brunch, finding new coffee shops, sports games. Ohio City is packed with fun places to check out too
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Captain Hook from Peter Pan, that man could use a good psychiatrist

Jonathan Hardy, DO
Hometown: Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
Undergraduate: Shepherd University
Medical School: Alabama COM
Clinical Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Community Outreach Psychiatry
Hobbies: Hiking, sports, video games and writing
Favorite Things to Do in Cleveland: Playhouse Square, MetroParks, Presti’s Bakery, Cleveland Museum of Art
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient?
Anakin Skywalker

Narjis Mhaimeed, MD
Hometown: Bosra, Syria; Northville, MI
Undergraduate: Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Clinical Interests: Psychotherapy, mood disorders, child and adolescent psychiatry, transitional age youth Hobbies: Baking, writing, hiking, traveling
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Eating ice cream, exploring all the parks

Eric Reinhart, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: The Ohio State University
Medical School: The University of Toledo
Clinical Interests: Geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, CL, med psych, college mental health, interventional psych
Hobbies: Indoor and sand volleyball, basketball, running, anime/manga, Spotify (music, podcasts, audiobooks), cooking, video games, traveling, and everything outdoors
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: I love hanging out with my family and friends! Cleveland has so many wonderful restaurants, bars, parks, markets, sporting events, and concerts. If you need recs, I got you!
Which famous fictional character would be the most intersting thearpy patient? Itachi Uchiha from Naruto

Houtan Totonchi Afshar, MD
Undergraduate: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Medical School: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Clinical Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Global Psychiatry, Philosophy in Psychiatry and everything in between...
Hobbies: Meeting someone new, Reading something that "clicks", Seeing the world
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Dr X from Xmen. I can't think of anyone better to play mindgames with.

Connor Tukel, MD
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Undergraduate: Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University
Clinical Interests: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, Clinical Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Data Science, Healthcare Literary and Patient Education, Interventional Psychiatry
Hobbies: Building all sorts of AI applications, tools, and demonstrations; 35mm photography; exploring esoteric topics on YouTube; learning a little bit in as many languages as I can; golfing (poorly); and, of course, Detroit Lions football
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Meursault– the protagonist and narrator of Albert Camus's novella The Stranger

Kevin Wu, MD
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft SOM
Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, psychotherapy, interventional psychiatry
Hobbies: Trading card games (loving Star Wars Unlimited right now), weight lifting, Formula 1, golf, snowboarding
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Googling new restaurants and trying them with no expectations.

Alice Hou, MD
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Graduate School: Columbia University
Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Adult inpatient, psychotherapy, immigrant mental health, global psychiatry, biotechnology, and more!Hobbies: Vanlifing/solo traveling to corners of the world, Muay Thai, going to RnB concerts, watching movies that make me cry Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Will complete at a later time!
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Alex from A Clockwork Orange

Sarah Hughes, MD
Hometown: Ypsilanti, MI
Undergraduate: Calvin University
Medical School: West Virginia School of Medicine Morgantown
Clinical Interests: Addiction Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Advocacy, and Health Policy
Hobbies: Trying new foods, going to concerts, hiking with our puppy, traveling, and cooking
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Excited to find out!
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Lydia Bennet from Pride and Prejudice

Marina Lentskevich, MD
Hometown: Minsk, Belarus
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inpatient, interventional Psych, Language Concordant Care / Immigrant Mental Health, Med Ed, Women's Mental Health and more!
Hobbies: Crochet, boxing, interior design DIY, and taking our dog to parks and beaches
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Exploring all the parks, and going to the Cleveland Orchestra performances
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean

Katelyn Li, MD
Hometown: San Marcos, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, consult/liaison psychiatry, psychotherapy, medical humanities/narrative medicine
Hobbies: Gardening, fragrance (perfumes, lotions, candles, etc.!), NYT games, Wikipedia deep dives, FaceTiming family with specific requests to put the dog on camera
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: SO looking forward to trying new restaurants/cafes, exploring museums, and seeing the Metropark system!
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Batman. Not Bruce Wayne...Batman.

M. Peterson, MD
Hometown: Hopkins, MN
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin
Clinical Interests: transitional age youth, forensics, mental health law, gut-brain axis, ethics, psychedelics
Hobbies: all of the arts and most of the crafts

Jake Pitcher, MD
Hometown: Wyandotte, MI
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Child-adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychedelic medicine
Hobbies: Anything outdoors - rock-climbing, golf, foraging, gardening, amateur astronomy. Detroit sports (Go Lions!). Spending time with family, friends, and pets.
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: The metroparks system here is awesome. Golf and hikes with the dog in the summer, XC skiing in the winter.
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Mark S. from Severance. Would have lots of fun stuff to talk about - what is the Self? Do we have free will?

Yehuda Polter, MD
Hometown: Lakewood, NJ
Undergraduate: Bar Ilan University
Medical School: Technion Israel Institue of Technology
Clinical Interests: Adult outpatient psychiarty, community psychiatry, forensics, mood disorders
Hobbies: Spending time with family, vintage cars
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Looking forward to finding out!

Laura Tabbaa, DO
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: Boston University
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, public health psychiatry, psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry
Hobbies: Starting new hobbies haha. But always spending time in nature with my dog, reading, music, arts and crafts.
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Spend time with my nieces and nephews. And now I am looking forward to exploring all the great music here and visiting all the libraries.
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Anyone from the Lord of the Rings. Because then I would have to be written into the Lord of the Rings.

MacKenzie Taylor, MD
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Undergraduate: Michigan State University
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Clinical Interests: Sports psychiatry, psychotherapy, women's health, mental health disparities
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, gardening, biking, watching Detroit Lions and MSU Spartans
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: I look forward to exploring Cleveland more -- food, sports, outdoors!
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)

Kelli Ann Curcillo, MD
Hometown: Delaware, OH
Undergraduate: Bowling Green State University
Medical School: University of Toledo
Clinical Interests: Transitional age youth, community psychiatry
Hobbies: Thrifting, gardening, watching movies
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Visiting Metroparks, paddle boarding, trying new coffee
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Shrek!

Yongjia “James” Deng, MD
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Addiction, interventional
Hobbies: Powerlifting, Godzilla, Anime, History

Aayush Gupta, MD, MPH
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Graduate School: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Medical Schol: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Clinical Interests: Street Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry
Hobbies: Outside of medicine, I’m a devoted horror movie fan (John Carpenter especially) and love catching films in theaters whenever I can. I’m also a lifelong Indiana sports fan, and I cope with the accompanying stress through baking—currently refining my apple pie, cheesecake, cinnamon roll, and Levain-style cookie recipes.
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Still exploring the city, but always down for Szechuan food
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Patrick Bateman from American Psycho – I’m interested in extreme personalities and their internal logic. He has insight into how his own behavior deviates, yet it still hyperfocused on social norms and maintaining his status within a society he finds abhorrent.

Areeba Kabir, MD
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Medical School: University of Buckingham
Clinical Interests: Transitional age youth, psychotherapy, interventional psychiatry, and medical education
Hobbies: Pakistani cooking, watching movies, trying to get my steps in, and going on weekend trips with my husband
Favorite things to do arounds Cleveland: Wandering around museums, discovering new restaurants and cafés, attending performances at Playhouse Square, and walking through the Metroparks.

Leshontae Missick, MD
Hometown: Cayman Islands
Medical School: Avalon University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Forensics, emergency and inpatient psych
Hobbies: Long walks, traveling, scuba diving, gardening, aquariums and drinking iced lattes.
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting patient? Olivia Benson from Law & Order: SVU

Adaobi Okolocha, MD
Hometown: Munster, IN
Undergraduate: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Addiction Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Street Psychiatry, Cultural Psychiatry, and Health Equity
Hobbies: Building legos, working out, reading, spending time with friends, writing, playing video games, anything involving music (listening, discovering new artists, and possibly wanting to learn music production someday!)
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Excited to find out! :)
Which fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? I have two lol: Rue Bennett from Euphoria and BoJack Horseman

Fabrizio Passalacqua, MD
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Undergraduate: University at Buffalo
Medical School: University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry, psychotherapy, first episode psychosis, college mental health, sports psychiatry
Hobbies: Hunting for vintage vinyl records, watching classic movies, making stovetop espresso, exploring local breweries, and of course cheering on the Buffalo Bills (ideally at a tailgate)
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Looking forward to checking out the Metroparks,, Cleveland sports, and new restaurants!
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones

Tyler Stephenson, MD
Hometown: Milton, KY
Undergraduate: Sullivan University (Louisville, KY)
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Forensic, Interventional and street psychiatry
Hobbies: I enjoy working on software projects, reading fantasy and sci-fi novels, and watching horror movies – the worse they are, the better. My dog, Steve, supervises it all.
Favorite things to do around Cleveland: Trying new restaurants and exploring the Metroparks.
Which famous fictional character would be the most interesting therapy patient? Group therapy between Godzilla nad Anguirus.
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Adam Wade, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: Hillsdale College
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Hobbies: Soccer, travel, real estate