Resident Awards and Research Activity

Our residents have been members of the Committee of Residents for the APA, and have been the Resident Representatives at the Washington Psychiatric Society. One past resident was selected to be an editor of the Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry (which is devoted to the publication of articles by psychiatry residents); and a few other residents have been a member in training and representative to the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association.

Recent Publications by Residents:

1. Olaoluwa Okusaga MD, Robert H. Yolken MD, Patricia Langenberg PhD, Manana Lapidus MD, Timothy A. Arling BA, Faith B. Dickerson PhD, Debra A. Scrandis PhD, Emily Severance PhD, Johanna A. Cabassa MD, Theodora Balis MD and Teodor T. Postolache MD. Association of Seropositivity for Influenza and Coronaviruses with History of Mood Disorders and Suicide Attempts

2. Partam Manalai , Jong-Min Woo & Teodor T Postolache. Suicidality and Montelukast. Expert Opinion Drug Safety. 2009, 8(3):273-282

3. Partam Manalai , New Outlook on an Old Problem: Antisocial Personality Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry-Resident’s Journal, May 2010

4. Manalai P , Bhalavat RM, Dobbs MR, Lippmann S. Coma falsely attributed to Lyme disease. J Ky Med Assoc. 2008 Jul;106(7):317-9

5. Shabbir A, Kaithi A, Manalai P, Lippmann S."Melatonin or Ramelteon (Rozerem) Good for Initial Insomnia ? Kentucky Psychiatrists 18 (2) : 5-6 & 22, 2007

6. Partam Manalai , Gul G. Manalai, S. Kalman Kolansky. Early Clinical Research on Toxic Effects of Chronic Marihuana (Marijuana) Use. June 15, 2010, electronic letter in response to article by John McGrath, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, et.al. “Association between Cannabis Use and Psychosis-Related Outcomes Using Sibling Pair Analysis in a Cohort of Young Adults. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(5): 440-447

7. Roger Peele, Humaira Siddiqi, MD, Hind Benjelloun. Mercurial Disorder. Washington Psychiatric Society News. Jan-Feb 2009, p 3.

8. Roger Peele and Humaira Siddiqi, MD. St Elizabeths: Patron Saint of Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalyst. 2008 Winter; 42(4):27

9. Humaira Siddiqi. An Outline of our Vision. The American Journal of Psychiatry, The Residents Journal. Jan 2009; 4(1): 5-6.

10. Roger Peele, Humaira Siddiqi, MD, Maryam Razavi, Hind Benjelloun. Oligarchy or Representative Democracy. The Action Paper, Newsletter of the American Psychiatric Association Assembly, Aug 2008, 1(1),p.p. 4–5

11. Roger Peele, Humaira Siddiqi, MD, Hind Benjelloun. What Substance-Related Disorders can Teach DSM-V. Poster presented by Dr.Peele, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 19th Annual Meeting & Symposium, Dec 2008, Boca Raton, Florida. Abstract published The American Journal on Addictions, 2009, 18 (4)

12. Alan A. Abrams, M.D., J.D., Azim Shahsavar, MD Madness on Death Row: Re-Examining Stress Induced Psychoses , A Case report of Ganser Syndrome which created a constitutional prohibition against executing the insane 477 U.S. 399. presented by Dr.Abrams at Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, November/ 2006

13. Steven Boker, Ellen Leibenluft, Pascal Deboek, Gagan Virk, Teodor Postolache. Mood Oscillations and Coupling Between Mood and Weather in Patients with Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 1(2), pp 181-202, 2008.

14. Raja Dutta. "We Must Reduce Maternal Mortality". Editorial .Clinical Psychiatry News, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 8 (May 2009).

15. Tatiana Menick , Joseph J Soriano, Teodor T Postolache, Jet lag: A modern-day malaise. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 1(2) Special Issue, 2008.

16. Debra A Scrandis, Patricia Langenberg, Leonardo H Tonelli, Tehmina M Sheikh, Anita C Manogura, Laura A Alberico, Tracey Hermanstyne, Dietmar Fuchs, Hugh Mighty, Jeffrey D Hasday, Kalina Boteva, and Teodor T Postolache. Prepartum depressive symptoms correlate positively with C-reactive protein levels and negatively with tryptophan levels: A preliminary report. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 1(2), pp167-74, 2008.

17. Srirangam S. Shreeram and Aditi Malik. Suicidality in the Juvenile Justice Environment. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development Volume 1 Issue 3-Spec Issue 2008.

18. Solomon S. Williams , Norman E. Rosenthal, Avery N. Gilbert, John W. Stiller, Todd A. Hardin and Teodor T. Postolache. Brief Exposure to Distinct Olfactory Stimuli Alters Mood Reports in Depressed Patients. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2008, Volume 1 Issue 2-Spec Issue.

19. Diana Martin. The rest cure revisited. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 May;164(5):737-8.

20. Diana Martin. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Yellow Wallpaper".Am J Psychiatry. 2007 May;164(5):736.

21. Debra A. Scrandis, Tehmina M. Sheikh, Robina Niazi, Leonardo H. Tonelli, and Teodor T. Postolache. Depression after Delivery: Risk Factors, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations. Scientific World Journal (2007) 7, 1670–1680.

22. Volkov J , Rohan KJ, Yousufi SM, Nguyen MC, Jackson MA, Thrower CM, Postolache TT. Seasonal changes in sleep duration in African American and African college students living in Washington, D.C. Scientific World Journal. 2007 Jun 12;7:880-7.

23. Soriano JJ, Ciupagea C, Rohan KJ, Neculai DB, Yousufi SM, Guzman A, Postolache TT. Seasonal variations in mood and behavior in Romanian postgraduate students. Scientific World Journal. 2007 Jun 12;7:870-9.

24. Guzman A, Zebrak R, Rohan KJ, Sumar IA, Savchenko S, Stiller JW, Valadez-Meltzer A, Olsen C, Lapidus M, Soriano JJ, Postolache TT. A prospective longitudinal study of seasonality in African students living in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Scientific World Journal. 2007 May 1;7:577-83.

25. Guzman A, Rohan KJ, Yousufi SM, Nguyen MC, Jackson MA, Soriano JJ, Postolache TT Mood sensitivity to seasonal changes in African college students living in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Scientific World Journal. 2007 May 1;7:584-91.

26. Guzman A, Tonelli LH, Roberts D, Stiller JW, Jackson MA, Soriano JJ, Yousufi S, Rohan KJ, Komarow H, Postolache TT. Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: A preliminary report. J Affect Disord. 2007 Aug;101(1-3):269-74. Jan 12; [Epub]

27. Joseph A De Soto, Aneela Kazi, Alejandro Rivera, A B Wilson Muhammad. A Case Study: Treatment of Refractory Schizoaffective Disorder with Aripiprazole. J Pharm Technol, 2005. 21(3):150-3.

28. Postolache TT, Stiller JW, Herrell R, Goldstein MA, Shreeram SS, Zebrak R, Thrower CM, Volkov J, No MJ, Volkov I, Rohan KJ, Redditt J, Parmar M, Mohyuddin F, Olsen C, Moca M, Tonelli LH, Merikangas K, Komarow HD: Tree pollen peaks are associated with increased nonviolent suicide in women. Mol Psychiatry, 10(3): 232-5, 2005.

29. Seasonal variation in mood in African American college students in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Agumadu CO, Yousufi SM, Malik IS, Nguyen MC, Jackson MA, Soleymani K, Thrower CM, Peterman MJ, Walters GW, Niemtzoff MJ, Bartko JJ, Postolache TT. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Jun;161(6):1084-9

Recent Presentations by Residents in International, National. Regional,
and Local Professional Meetings:

1. Debra A. Scrandis, Humaira A. Siddiqi MD , Anita Manogura, Hugh Mighty, Teodor Postolache. Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Atypical Depression Scores is not Altered by Gonadal Steroid Levels. Poster presented by Humaira Siddiqi, MD at Society of Biological Psychiatry, 65th Annual meeting, May 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

2. Debra A. Scrandis, Humaira A. Siddiqi MD, Anita Manogura, Hugh Mighty, Teodor Postolache. Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Atypical Depression Scores is not Altered by Gonadal Steroid Levels. Poster presented by Humaira Siddiqi, MD at Research Day Poster Presentations. University of Marlyand School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD May 6, 2010.

3. Roger Peele, MD, DLFAPA, Hind Benjelloun, MD, Humaira Siddiqi, MD . “What Substance-Related Disorders can teach DSM-V.” Poster presented at the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 19th Annual Meeting & Symposium in Boca Raton, Florida, December 4-7, 2008.

4. Olaoluwa Okusaga MD , Robert H. Yolken MD, Patricia Langenberg PhD, Manana Lapidus MD, Timothy A. Arling BA, Faith B. Dickerson PhD, Debra A. Scrandis PhD, Emily Severance PhD, Johanna A. Cabassa MD, Theodora Balis MD and Teodor T. Postolache MD. Association of Seropositivity for Influenza and Coronaviruses with History of Mood Disorders and Suicide Attempts, Society of Biological Psychiatry, 65th Annual meeting, May 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

5. Olaoluwa Okusaga MD , Robert H. Yolken MD, Patricia Langenberg PhD, Manana Lapidus MD, Timothy A. Arling BA, Faith B. Dickerson PhD, Debra A. Scrandis PhD, Emily Severance PhD, Johanna A. Cabassa MD, Theodora Balis MD and Teodor T. Postolache MD. Association of Seropositivity for Influenza and Coronaviruses with History of Mood Disorders and Suicide Attempts Top 5 of Finalists for Top Poster Award in basic research and clinical/transactional research.

6. Olaoluwa Okusaga MD , Robert H. Yolken MD, Patricia Langenberg PhD, Manana Lapidus MD, Timothy A. Arling BA, Faith B. Dickerson PhD, Debra A. Scrandis PhD, Emily Severance PhD, Johanna A. Cabassa MD, Theodora Balis MD and Teodor T. Postolache MD. Association of Seropositivity for Influenza and Coronaviruses with History of Mood Disorders and Suicide Attempts, APA Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA May 2010

7. Olaoluwa Okusaga MD , Robert H. Yolken MD, Patricia Langenberg PhD, Manana Lapidus MD, Timothy A. Arling BA, Faith B. Dickerson PhD, Debra A. Scrandis PhD, Emily Severance PhD, Johanna A. Cabassa MD, Theodora Balis MD and Teodor T. Postolache MD. Association of Seropositivity for Influenza and Coronaviruses with History of Mood Disorders and Suicide Attempts, Research Day Poster Presentations. University of Marlyand School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD May 6, 2010.

8. Manana Lapidus, MD, Gloria Reeves,MD, Gagan Virk, MD, Johanna Cabassa, MD, Soren Snitker,MD, Debra Scrandis, PhD, Mary Johnson, PhD, Alvaro Guzman, MD, Patricia Langenberg, PhD, Leonardo Tonelli, PhD, and Teodor Postolache, MD. One Hour of Bright Light Versus Placebo Light Treatment for Winter Seasonal Depression. Poster presented at t he American Psychiatric Association 162nd Annual Meeting, New Research Poster Session, May 19, 2009.

9. Gagan V Nijjar (Virk), Gloria M Reeves, Baharak Khabazghazvini, Manana Lapidus, Aamer Sleemi,Johanna A Cabassa, Dipika Vaswani, Theodora G Balis, Partam Manalai, Humaira A Siddiqi, Monika Acharya, Muhammad Tariq, Debra A Scrandis, Kelly J Rohan, Patricia Langenberg, Teodor T. Postolache. Depression Scores After One Hour Of Bright Light Versus Dim Red Light In Patients With Seasonal Affective Disorder, University of Marlyand School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD May 6, 2010.

10. Gagan V Nijjar (Virk), Gloria M Reeves, Baharak Khabazghazvini, Manana Lapidus, Aamer Sleemi,Johanna A Cabassa, Dipika Vaswani, Theodora G Balis, Partam Manalai, Humaira A Siddiqi, Monika Acharya, Muhammad Tariq, Debra A Scrandis, Kelly J Rohan, Patricia Langenberg, Teodor T. Postolache. Depression Scores After One Hour Of Bright Light Versus Dim Red Light In Patients With Seasonal Affective Disorder, Society of Biological Psychiatry, 65th Annual meeting, May 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

11. Partam Manalai , Robert G. Hamilton, Patricia Langenberg, Manana Lapidus, Susan E. Kosisky, Theodora Balis, Debra Scrandis, Johanna A. Cabassa, Aamar Sleemi, Paula Strassle, Christine A. Rogers, Hirsh D. Komarow, Teodor T. Postolache. Allergen-Specific IgE And Allergy Symptoms Are Associated With Depression Scores In Patients with Mood Disorders Exposed to Seasonal Pollen-Peaks. Research Day Poster Presentations. University of Marlyand School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD May 6, 2010.

12. Teodor T. Postolache, Partam Manalai, Robert G. Hamilton, Patricia Langenberg, Manana Lapidus, Susan E. Kosisky, Theodora Balis, Debra Scrandis, Johanna A. Cabassa, Aamar Sleemi, Paula Strassle, Christine A. Rogers, Hirsh D. Komarow. Allergen-Specific IgE And Allergy Symptoms Are Associated With Depression Scores In Patients with Mood Disorders Exposed to Seasonal Pollen-Peaks. Society of Biological Psychiatry: New Orleands, LA May 20 – May, 22 2010

13. Partam Manalai , Robert G. Hamilton, Patricia Langenberg, Manana Lapidus, Susan E. Kosisky, Theodora Balis, Debra Scrandis, Johanna A. Cabassa, Aamar Sleemi, Paula Strassle, Christine A. Rogers, Hirsh D. Komarow, Teodor T. Postolache. Allergen-Specific IgE And Allergy Symptoms Are Associated With Depression Scores In Patients with Mood Disorders Exposed to Seasonal Pollen-Peaks. APA Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA May 25, 2010

14. Partam Manalai , Robert G. Hamilton, Patricia Langenberg, Manana Lapidus, Susan E. Kosisky, Theodora Balis, Debra Scrandis, Johanna A. Cabassa, Aamar Sleemi, Paula Strassle, Christine A. Rogers, Hirsh D. Komarow, Teodor T. Postolache. Allergen-Specific IgE And Allergy Symptoms Are Associated With Depression Scores In Patients with Mood Disorders Exposed to Seasonal Pollen-Peaks. Media briefing at APA Annual Meeting: New Orleands, LA May 25, 2010

15. Kawish Garg, Partam Manalai, Teodor T. Postolache, Leonardo Tonelli. Corpora amylacea are not correlated with mast cells in the Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex (VLPFC) of victims of suicide and controls. Society of Biological Psychiatry; Washington DC: Thursday May 1, 2008

16. E. Suardi, E. Sorel, H. Siddiqi, R. Dutta, I. Orinda. Post-partum depression and child health: epidemiology, interventions, outcomes, and implications for future policies. Presentation as part of Symposium SS38 “Depression and Medical Comorbidity”, Chairpersons: E. Sorel (USA), M. Riba (USA) at the International Congress of the World Psychiatric Association, Florence Italy, April 1-4, 2009.

17. E. Suardi , Jian-Ping He, S.S. Shreeram, K.R. Merikangas. Physical and mental disorder comorbidity in a conditionally representative sample of US youth: impact on mental health service use. Poster PO3.24 presented at the International Congress of the World Psychiatric Association, Florence Italy, April 1-4, 2009.

18. Suardi E , He J, Shreeram SS, Merikangas K. Physical and Mental Disorder Comorbidity in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Youth: Impact on Professional Health Service Use. New Research Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in Chicago, IL, October 28-November 2, 2008.

19. Peele, R., M.D., Suardi, E., M.D. “Improving Validity of Psychiatric Diagnosis in DSM-V” Symposium 90 “DSM-V from Research to Clinical Issuess,” Chairperson Jack McIntyre, M.D. In: Our Voice in Action: Advancing Science, Care and the Profession, 161st Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May 3-8, 2008

20. Peele, R., M.D., Suardi, E., M.D. “What Can We Learn from Valid Diagnoses?” Scientific and Clinical Report Session 23 “Diagnosis” Chairperson Jacob Moussai, M.D. In: Our Voice in action: Advancing Science, Care and the Profession, 161st Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May 3-8, 2008

21. Frank J. M.D., Scarcella E., M.D., May C., M.D., Suardi, E. M.D., Peterson S., M.D., “Disaster Preparation and Mental Health Response: Roles for District Branch Emergency Committees,” Clinical Workshop 23 Co-Chairpersons Julia Frank, M.D., Cheryl Person, M.D. In: Our Voice in Action: Advancing Science, Care and the Profession, 161st Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May 3-8, 2008

22. Enrico Suardi M.D. M.P.H., Julia Frank M.D., Catherine May M.D., Erminia Scarcella M.D., Eliot Sorel M.D. M.P.H. In: Symposium on Mental Health Planning and Response to Disasters: Reflections from Washington, D.C. Chairperson:

23. Enrico Suardi M.D. M.P.H Eliot Sorel, M.D.M.P.H. Changing World: Challenges for Society and for Social Psychiatry. XIX Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry, Prague, October 21-24, 2007.

24. Adjustment Disorders with Disturbance of Conduct. Roozegar, M. Paper presented in symposium entitled "Where Trauma Often Leads: Adjustment Disorders" moderated by Roger Peele MD, American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psyhicatric Services, New York NY, October 6, 2006.

25. Health Policies and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Roger Peele MD, Mozhdeh Roozegar MD, Maryam Razavi, MD. In Scientific and Clinical Report Section 1- Presidential Theme: From Science to Public Policy: Advocacy for Patients and the Profession. Chairperson: Jeffrey Janowski MD. 159th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada. May 22, 2006.

26. Guzman A ; Cultural and treatment issues in mental health services for Latinos, DMH Training Institute, Washington D.C, May 1, 2006.

27. Guzman A , Galbis R, Sol C, Yurrita F, Amaya M, Roque J : Panel, Forum: Hispanic Heritage Month : Survival and success in the D.C Latin-American Community . DMH Training institute, Washington D.C, October 20, 2005.

28. A prospective longitudinal Study of Chronic traumatic Brain Injury (CTBI ) in Professional Boxers: Update. The American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians Annual Meeting Atlantic City, N.J. September 25, 2005. John W. Stiller, Phillip Scrofani, Alvaro Guzman, John Michael Laggah, Patrick Pannella

29. Zebrak R , Guzman A, Postolache T: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Seasonality in African Students living in the Greater Washington, D.C Metropolitan Area. Presented at The American Psychiatric Association 157th Annual Meeting, New research Poster Session, May 3, 2004.

30. Savchenko S , Guzman A, Castineira L, Stiller J, Postolache T: Appetite Changes After September 11th.Presented at The American Psychiatric Association 155th Annual Meeting, New Research Poster Session, May 20, 2002.

31. Rasheed Z, Guzman A, Postolache T: Risk of Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding with SSRIs. Presented At The American Psychiatric Association 155th Annual Meeting, New Research Poster Session, May 20, 2002.

CURRENT RESIDENTS

Class of 2015 (PGY-I)

Tzvetelina Dimitrova, Albert Fombu, Charlisa Gibson, Gopinath Gorthy, Sana Kamal, Gagandeep Khurana, Omar Pinjari,
Manoj Regmi, Mohamed Shreiba, Aamar Sleemi

Class of 2014 (PGY-II)

Panayjit Adsule,Ajirioghene Igbide, Muhammad Imran, Sara Mazaheri, Adam Richmond, Rajeev Sharma, Yuanfen Zhang

Class of 2013 (PGY-III) 

Sharmistha Barai, Catalina Belean, Patricia Caraballo, Osamede Edokpolo, Soniya Hirachan, Anupam Jha, Jyoti Kanwar, Shweta Verma, 

Class of 2012 (PGY-IV)

Monika Acharya, Ajay Bhandari, Surendra Kandel, Khin Myint, Olaoluwa (Ola) Okusuga, Muhammad Tariq

Class of 2011 (Recent Graduates)

Gagan Virk, Azim Shahsavar, Humaira Siddiqi, Clinton Martin, Raja Dutta, Hyacinth Uzoma, Partam Manalai,
Jitenanapareddy Annapareddy, Marlene Aking, Farzad Davoudian, Janaki Nimmagadda