Department Chair

Ayman Fanous, MD
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
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

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

Z. Nathan Taylor, PhD

Assistant Research Professor

Graduate School: PhD, Microbiology, Indiana University
Research Interests: 

Clinical Faculty

Andrea Waxman, MD
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

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

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
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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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