About our Residents | Duke Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Meet the Residents

Click on a resident's name to read about their background, interests, experience and what they like best about the program.

PGY1

Kelli Avalos, MD
Tatiana “Tate” Bierut, MD
Danielle “Dani” Brathwaite, MD, PhD
Natalie Eichner, MD, PhD, MEd
Christian Goodwin, MD, MPH
Lizbeth Leapo, MD
Megala Loganathan, MD
Sheyla Moliner, MD
Soji Ojo, MD, MPH
Haider Saleem, MBBS
Natalya Sinkova, MD

PGY2

Lydia Ademuwagun, MD
Rocio Bermudez, MD
Cameron Blount, MD
Brynna Eisele, MD, PhD
Abdelrhman Elnasseh, MD
Mary Fessler, MD
Ben Haseen, MD
Abdelrahman Ibrahim, MBBS
Arny Johannesdottir, MD
Rachel Landrum, MD
Joyce Meza-Venegas, MD
Carolina Nadal Medina, MD, MS

PGY3

Emily Kathryn Aarons, MD
Hannah Campbell, MD, PhD
Shannon Coats, MD, MPH
Jamie Courtland, MD, PhD
Noorin Damji, MD
Andres Fuenmayor, MD
Adam Howard, MD, ScM
Linda Kerandi, MD
Barra Madden, MD
Julia Rothschild, MD, MS
Pichit "Art" Thanupakorn, MD
Layne Walker, MD

PGY4

Oluwakemi (“Kemi”) Balogun, MD
Kathryn Clary, MD
Shi Xun (“Dave”) Fang, MD
Samar Fouda, MBBCh
Hania Ibrahim, MD
Emily Kauwe, MD
Alexander Moghadam, MD, PhD
Lara Thibodeau, MD
Diana Waters, MD

Wonder where our residents go when they graduate?

The Psychiatry Residency offers an exceptionally strong clinical foundation that prepares psychiatrists for a range of careers. Here’s a snapshot of their initial destinations after the residency (based on data from 2013 to 2023):

Psychiatry residency - Pie chart breakdown of alumni next steps after residency