The University of Arizona

Department of Psychiatry - Faculty

Department Chair

Ayman Fanous, MD	Department Chair Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Residency: New York University School of Medicine Areas of Interest: Psychiatric genetics, psychotic disorders, precision medicine

Research Faculty

Vladimir Vladimirov, MD, PhD	Research Professor Medical School: Medical University of Sophia Graduate School: PhD, Genetics, Charles University – Prague Research Interests: Molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disorders, addiction
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD	Research Professor Graduate School: PhD, Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Research Interests: Traumatic brain injury, neurotrauma Neurotrauma & Social Impact Lab
Z. Nathan Taylor, PhD	Assistant Research Professor Graduate School: PhD, Microbiology, Indiana University Research Interests:

Clinical Faculty

Andrea Waxman, MD	Program Director and Director, Consultation-Liaison Service Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine. Psychiatry Residency: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Areas of Interest: Women's health, teaching psychotherapy and medical ethics.
Christian Cornelius, MD	Attending Faculty Psychiatrist Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Residency: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Areas of Interest: Mood and anxiety disorders, psychopharmacology
Scott Grogan, MD	Attending Faculty Psychiatrist Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public health Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Areas of Interest: Reproductive psychiatry, psychopharmacology, acute care psychiatry, teaching residents and medical students
Shehzad Ayub, DO	Attending Faculty Psychiatrist Medical School: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Campus/Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Areas of Interest: Teaching psychopharmacology, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and ADHD.
Alena P. Ognar, DO	Attending Faculty Psychiatrist Medical School: Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Areas of Interest: Acute care psychiatry and teaching residents and medical students
Dhwani Kothari, PhD	Clinical Psychologist Graduate School: Arizona State University Psychology Internship: Phoenix VA Medical Center Areas of Interest: Behavioral medicine, pain management, sleep disorders, consultation-liaison psychology
Gaby Ritfeld, MD, PhD	Program Director Medical School: Leiden University Graduate School: Leiden University Residency (Neurology): Netherlands and (Psychiatry): Emory University Research interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Randall Ricardi, DO	Associate Program Director Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency (General and Child Psychiatry): Lafayette Clinic, MI Fellowship (Child Psychiatry): The Hawthorn Center, MI Research interests: Clinical research on topics including Tourette syndrome, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety/phobia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and pediatric Down's syndrome.
Anita Karnik, MD	Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine Addiction Psychiatrist, Phoenix VA Health Care System Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine Residency: Texas A&M College of Medicine - Psychiatry Fellowship: Texas A&M College of Medicine - Child Psychiatry Fellowship: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Addiction Psychiatry Interests: Addiction psychiatry, chronic pain, and opioid use disorder
Ganesh Gopalakrishna MD, MHA	Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Associate Clinical Medical Director, Stead Family Memory Center, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute Medical School: Bangalore Medical College in India Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia Geriatric Psychiatry training: Vanderbilt University Research interests: Administrative psychiatry, neurocognitive disorders, and use of technology in mental health
Pallavi Joshi, DO, MA	Associate Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences Residency: Northwell Health – Staten Island University Hospital Fellowship (Geriatric psychiatry): Yale School of Medicine Research: Dementia, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and neuropsychology
Amanda Cattelino, MD	Associate Program Director of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Psychiatry Residency Program Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Medical School: Albany Medical College in New York Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Psychiatry Research interests: Advancing the collaborative care model and clinical and educational opportunities in Psychiatry
Pierre N. Tariot, MD	Director, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute Research Professor of Psychiatry, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix Research: Care and study of people with and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, clinical trials for prevention and treatment, development of biomarkers, measurement and treatment of neuropsychiatric features of dementia
Eric M. Reiman, MD	Executive Director, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Chief Executive Officer of Banner Research, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, University Professor of Neuroscience at Arizona State University, Clinical Director of Neurogenomics at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, Director of the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium
Jose Victor M. Ventura, MD, FAPA	Psychiatry Section Chief for General Mental Health Clinic at the Phoenix VA Medical Center Medical School: University of the Philippines Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA Fellowship (Geriatric Psychiatry): Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA
James Wilcox, MD, PhD	Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Medical School: University of Iowa Fellowships: (Epidemiology): University of Iowa and (Genetics) Harvard Graduate: PhD in cell biology at the University of San Jose; completed a fellowship in epidemiology at Iowa and a genetics fellowship at Harvard. He has completed postgraduate work in evidence-based health care at Oxford University Research: Genetic research and descriptive pathology