The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (PBH) was established in the fall of 2008 as part of the new FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. PBH collaborates with hospitals and other organizations throughout South Florida to provide training and education, innovative research, and superior clinical services.
Vision, Mission & Values
PBH seeks the pursuit of emotional, behavioral and physical health through quality education, superior health care, and the development and dissemination of science based innovation.
- Promote independent and lifelong learning
- Provide exemplary, evidence based patient services through the application of medical knowledge to patient care
- Foster academic quality and provide education of the highest standard
- Seek the advancement of research
- Maintain honesty and integrity
- Seek excellence in everything we do
Message From Chair
Clinical
PBH has a diverse range of clinical programs. Services are delivered in multidisciplinary, patient centric efficient manner which meets the needs of the community. Clinical programs are located at the following sites:
Affiliated Hospitals & Organizations
- AGAPE Network
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
- Camillus House & Health
- Citrus Health Network
- Fort Lauderdale Hospital
- Memorial Regional Hospital and Medical Center
- Miami VA Healthcare System
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
- Smith Community Mental Health
- South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center
- South Florida State Hospital
- The Key Clubhouse of South Florida
Education and Training
PBH faculty are actively involved in the teaching of multiple learners. Our medical students are exposed to our faculty teaching across all years in the curriculum. From active participation in courses in the 1st-year to the 4th-year FIU medical students benefit from the breadth of our faculty expertise. FIU psychiatry clerkship and elective students rotate through our 16 clinical sites.
PBH offers 4th-year psychiatry elective rotations for our International Visiting Medical Students program as well as provides clinical training for Masters of Physician Assistant Studies students. Our department faculty and staff therapists provide individualized training and clinical supervision throughout our clinical sites.
The Citrus Health Network-FIU psychiatry residency program serves as a model for outpatient- and community-based training as the first psychiatry residency program sponsored by a Federally Qualified Health Center. Residents actively participate in clinical quality improvement through their rotations in psychiatry and primary care at Citrus Health Network and medicine and neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. The Department’s faculty participate across all years of training.
Psychiatry Residency Program
To learn more about the program visit the Citrus Health Network website.
Research
PBH clinical faculty and staff are committed to the diverse communities they provide services for. We aim to contribute in solving public health problems like substance use disorders, suicide and child and adolescent disorders. We pursue research that addresses social determinants of health and their effect on the well-being and functioning of people with severe mental illness. We develop educational interventions to enhance the communication between patients and their healthcare providers. We involve trainees at all levels in the design, implementation and dissemination of research.
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Faculty and Staff
Abi Rafeh, Ibrahim, MD
Assistant ProfessorBonnin, Rodolfo, PhD
Associate Professor; Director of Assessment and EvaluationCaban-Aleman, Carissa, MD
Assistant Professor; Director of Behavioral Health Services at Student [...]Camps-Romero, Eduardo B., MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Behavioral Health, Department [...]Carcache, Luis M., MD
Assistant Professor and Assistant Clerkship DirectorCastellanos, Daniel, MD
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education; Founding Chair; Professor [...]Castellanos, Marietta, MD
Assistant ProfessorChaves, Priscilla, MBA, MPH, CLSSBB
Director of OperationsChung, Nicola M., PhD
Assistant ProfessorConte, Rafael M., MD
Assistant ProfessorDavid, Amanda M, LMHC
Clinical TherapistDeLeo, Nicolle Anne, Psy.D, LMHC
Assistant ProfessorEspinosa, Juan, MD
Assistant ProfessorFeltman, Douglas S., MD
Assistant ProfessorFrank, Sheldon M., MD
Assistant ProfessorGralnik, Leonard M., MD, PhD
Assistant Professor; Clerkship Director; Senior Medical DirectorHerrera Pino, Jorge A., MD, PhD
Associate ProfessorHoward, Frances L., MD
Assistant ProfessorHunter, Thomas A., MD
Assistant ProfessorJanjua, Bobbie Sue, LMHC, LMFT
Clinical TherapistJohnson, Lailah, BA
Office SpecialistLee, Lisa, MBA
Manager of Administrative ServicesLemus-Martinez, Samantha Marina, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of Teaching and LearningLopez, Rachel
Office SpecialistMartinez-Mesa, Francisco, MD, PsyD
Assistant ProfessorMiller, Viviana, LCSW
Clinical TherapistNing, Autumn, MD
Assistant ProfessorPalma, Leiann, BA
Behavioral Health Care CoordinatorRivera-Rodriguez, Melanis, PsyD
Assistant ProfessorRothe, Eugenio M., MD
Professor; Assistant Clerkship DirectorShoua-Desmarais, Nathaly, PsyD, BCB
Assistant Professor; Director, Medical Student Counseling and Wellnessvon Harscher, Heidi, M., PhD.
Director of Medical Student Support Services; HWCOM Student Ombudsman; [...]Wulff, Vivian C., BA
Office Specialist
Secondary Faculty
Angela Laird, PhD
Associate Professor
Jeremy Pettit, PhD
Associate Professor
Jonathan Comer, PhD
Associate Professor
Raul Gonzalez, Jr, PhD
Associate Professor
William Pelham, Jr, PhD
Associate Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Margaret Harper Sibley, PhD
Associate Professor
James Waxmonsky, MD
Adjunct Professor
Community-Based Faculty
Siramene Abraham, MD
Assistant Professor
Gil Abramovici, MD
Assistant Professor
Maria Alonso
Instructor
Rosa Amurrio, MD
Assistant Professor
Xenia Aponte, MD
Assistant Professor
Rebecca Arana, MD
Assistant Professor
Sergio Balcazar, MD
Assistant Professor
Jacqueline Barrett, MD
Assistant Professor
Aramys Barzaga, MD
Assistant Professor
Victoria Baskin, MD
Assistant Professor
Michelle Benitez Cabrera, MD
Assistant Professor
Madiley Broz
Assistant Professor
Norma Campos
Assistant Professor
Carmen Cantero
Instructor
Regina Maria Carney, MD
Assistant Professor
Ricardo Castillo, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Susan Elaine Chalfin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Aminata Cisse, MD
Assistant Professor
Maria Collado, MD
Assistant Professor
Raul Corredor, MD
Assistant Professor
John D'Andrea, DO
Assistant Professor
Akiva M. Daum, MD
Assistant Professor
Jeevan Diptee-Rodrigues, MD
Assistant Professor
Richard M. Dreize, MD
Assistant Professor
Bryan Charles Ellerson, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Spencer Eth, MD
Adjunct Professor
Leslie Annette Garrad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jose Manuel Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor
Alina Gonzalez-Mayo, MD
Assistant Professor
Ernesto M. Grenier
Assistant Professor
Berta Guerra, MD
Assistant Professor
Richard Hamilton, PhD
Associate Professor
Ciomara Lynn Hernandez, MD
Assistant Professor
Sean Horan, MD
Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Hoy, MD
Assistant Professor
Hugh Humphery, MD
Assistant Professor
Emil Ibrahim, MD
Assistant Professor
Michael Inesta, MD
Assistant Professor
James Jordan, MD
Assistant Professor
Patricia Junquera, MD
Assistant Professor
Debra Frances Kirsch, MD
Assistant Professor
Maha Lahoud-Bladykas, MD
Assistant Professor
Rossana Lopez, MD
Assistant Professor
Julio C Machado, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Matthew Malone, DO
Assistant Professor
Rosa Martinez-Casuso, MD
Assistant Professor
Dhizarah Matus De La Parra-Pellot, MD
Assistant Professor
Karina McCoy
Assistant Professor
Kathleen "Molly" McShane, MD
Assistant Professor
Zina Meriden, MD
Assistant Professor
Militza Mizray, MD
Assistant Professor
Jules G. Molina, MD
Assistant Professor
Angela Mooss, PhD
Assistant Professor
Celeste Nadal, MD
Assistant Professor
Olga E. Navarro-Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor
Heather Neeley, MD
Assistant Professor
Venkateswar Nemali, MD
Assistant Professor
Hung Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor
Krystal Nicht, MD
Assistant Professor
Mohammad Asim Nisar, MD
Assistant Professor
Ana M. Ojeda, PhD
Assistant Professor
Juan Diego Oms, MD
Assistant Professor
Americo Padilla, MD
Assistant Professor
Shlomo Pascal, MD
Assistant Professor
Anna Maria Patino-Fernandez, PhD
Associate Professor
Arlene L. Pena-Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Neda Picuric, DO
Assistant Professor
Steven Proctor, PhD
Associate Professor
Francisco Quintana, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ana Rivas-Vazquez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jorge Enrique Rivera, MD
Assistant Professor
Eric Robbins, MD
Assistant Professor
Maria Rodil, MD
Assistant Professor
David B. Rooney, MD
Assistant Professor
Carlos Salgado, MD
Assistant Professor
Michael Sanfilipo, MD
Associate Professor
Jada Santos
Assistant Professor
Indu Senapati, MD
Assistant Professor
Margaret Harper Sibley, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Silvia Silva-Duluc, MD
Assistant Professor
Richard S. Solomon, MD
Assistant Professor
Barbara Sparacino, MD
Assistant Professor
David Tobolowsky, MD
Associate Professor
Yadira Torres
Assistant Professor
Melina Visser
Assistant Professor
James Waxmonsky, MD
Adjunct Professor
Peysaf W. Worthalter, MD
Assistant Professor
Tamara Zec, MD
Assistant Professor
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Contact
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
11200 SW 8th Street, AHC1-348 Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-4147
Fax: 305-348-4331
psychiatryinfo@fiu.edu