The Metropolitan Psychiatry Department is led by a dedicated team of program directors, clinical faculty, and specialists who provide comprehensive training and care across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings.
Residency Program Leadership
Mary Anne Badaracco, M.D.
Program Director, Residency Training
Bechoy Abdelmalak, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Residency Training
Gupta Dhruv, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Residency Training
Monique Howe
Residency Coordinator
Metropolitan Psychiatry Department Leadership
Ashraf El-Shafei, M.D.
Metropolitan Psychiatry Department Chair
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Alicia Hurtado, M.D.
Metropolitan Psychiatry Department Vice Department Chair
AOPD Director
Bechoy Abelmalak, M.D.
Director of Inpatient
Associate Program Director, Residency Training
Ivette Ramirez-Montalvo
Administrative Assistant
Medical Student Clerkship Coordinator
Faculty
Inpatient
Dhruv Gupta, M.D.
Ryan Cooper, M.D.
Norma Dunn, M.D.
Yam Giri, M.D.
Moayad Kabli, M.D.
Mandeep Kunwar, M.D.
Tariq Mahmood, M.D.
Michael Diamond, M.D.
Child and Adolescent
Ronald Sutton, M.D.
Jessy Joseph, M.D.
Consultation and Liaison
Claudia Suardi, M.D.
CATCH (Addiction)
Renita Kundu, M.D.
Methadone
Elvin Parson, M.D.
ACT Team
Marina Sisakian, M.D.
Psychiatric Emergency Room
Lauren Morris, D.O., Director of Psychiatric Emergency
Nicholas Homsy, M.D.
Adult Outpatient Clinic
Diego Galan Donlo, M.D.
Galina Isakov, M.D.
Jacob Rosenbloom, M.D.
Simeon Thibeaux, M.D.
Jonathan Martin, M.D.
Raul Madrigal, M.D.
Divya Jose, M.D.
Holly Totouom-Tangho, M.D.