2024 RTP Senior Talks

Please join us as we celebrate the scholarly work of our graduating residents with afternoon-long symposium.

• Jack Buchanan, MD, PhD - "Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: A Survey of Current Practices, Rationales, and Future Directions" (mentor: Joseph Zamaria, PsyD)
• Serena Amegadzie, MD, MBA, and Lina Omary, MD - "Social Media's Utility in Enhancing Trans and Gender-Diverse Mental Health by Mitigating Minority Stress" (mentor: A. Ning Zhou, MD)
• Victor Contreras, MD, MSc - "Advancing Substance Use Treatment at Mission Mental Health" (mentors: Pilar Abascal, MD, and Johanna Folk, PhD)
• Michael Dinh, MD - "Making Sense of Psychedelic Policy" (mentor: Brian Anderson, MD, MSc)
• Allison Horan, MD, MSc - "Integrating Peripartum Mental Health Education into a Psychiatry Clerkship" (mentor: Cathy Kondas, MD)
• Richard Jin, MD, PhD - "Early-Life Viral Infection in Mice Leads to Long-Lasting Changes in Sensory Processing" (mentor: Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD)
• Edwin Joseph Klein, MD, MPH - "Trauma and Policy Violence: Issues and Implications for Mental Health Professionals" (mentor: William D. Lopez, PhD, MPH)
• Jason Parad, MD, MPH, MBE - "Has the Mental Status Exam Outlived Its Usefulness?" (mentor: Raj. K. Kalapatapu, MD, PhD)
• Annie Shearer, MD - "Biphobia"
• Susan Shen, MD, PhD - "Stressed Out Cells: The Case of Hypoxia" (mentors: Steven Altschuler, PhD, and Lani Wu, PhD)
• Matthew Williams, MD, MBA - "STI Testing in Inpatient Psychiatry at ZSFG" (mentor: Peter Ureste, MD)