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More From the Psychiatry Residents PGY1 Andy Bui   2025 M.D., Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 2017 B.S., Biochemistry, Psychology, University of Massachusetts – Amherst   Hobbies: Reading, video games, board games, Fantasy football, Karaoke\/singing\/concerts\/musicals, painting   Clinical Interests: Inpatient psychiatry, ED psychiatry, transplant psychiatry, CL Kelly Harrison   2025 M.D., University of Massachusetts T.H. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":3336,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 03:06:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3426"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37411,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3426\/revisions\/37411"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

PGY1
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Andy Bui<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Andy<\/td>\n

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2025 M.D., Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
\n<\/span>2017 B.S., Biochemistry, Psychology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Reading, video games, board games, Fantasy football, Karaoke\/singing\/concerts\/musicals, painting<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Inpatient psychiatry, ED psychiatry, transplant psychiatry, CL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kelly Harrison<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kelly<\/td>\n

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2025 M.D., University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
\n<\/span>2019 B.S., Biochemistry, Simmons University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Watercolor painting, listening to audiobooks and reading on Libby, container gardening, all things autumn, traveling, kayaking, and cozy gaming<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Geriatric psychiatry, adult psychiatry, dual diagnosis, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Monica He<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Monica<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., New York Medical College
\n<\/span>2017 B.A., Anthropology, Tufts University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Going to woodlands and natural settings to watch and listen to wild birds, Botany\/gardening, Car camping, Pilates, Painting<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Forensic psychiatry, CL psychiatry, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Brent Heineman<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Brent<\/td>\n

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2025 M.D.\/M.P.H., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\n<\/span>2018 B.A., Biology with Specialization in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Trivia, running, video games, reading fantasy and sci-fi<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Geriatric psychiatry, adult inpatient psychiatry, public health, telepsych, psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Cameron Hunt<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/td>\n

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2025 M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine
\n<\/span>2019 B.S., Biology; Neuroscience; Psychology, Brandeis University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Nature photography, indoor houseplant gardening, collecting modern art, traveling<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Forensic psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Christopher Jowdy<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Christopher<\/td>\n

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2<\/span>025 M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine
\n<\/span>2019 B.S., Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Audiobooks, baking bread, hiking, snowboarding, gardening, DIY home projects<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Psychotherapy, outpatient psychiatry, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Grace McCann<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Grace<\/td>\n

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2025 M.D.\/M.P.H., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\n<\/span><\/span>2017 B.A., Biology; Neuroscience, Wesleyan University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: 35mm film photography, planning themed parties, Solid Core pilates, skiing<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry and sports psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Julianne Quintero Martinez de Andino<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Julianne<\/td>\n

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\n2025 M.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
\n<\/span><\/span>2021, B.S., Biology, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras Campus<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Leg day lover, Bachata and Salsa dancer, Puzzles with my mom, recently discovered a new passion for Legos!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Female mental health and thought disorders, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

PGY2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joy Gullo<\/p>\n

\"Joy<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\n2018 B.S., Biology, Oakwood University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: I love reading at coffee shops, thrifting, FaceTiming with friends, and going to parks (Walnut Hill and Elizabeth Park are my faves)!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: General adult psychiatry, women\u2019s mental health, first episode psychosis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kali King<\/p>\n

\"Kali<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., Creighton University School of Medicine
\n2020 B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Gym, painting, fantasy romance novels, shopping, trying new coffee shops<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Child development, trauma, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

William Martin<\/p>\n

\"William<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\n2018 B.S. Biological Sciences, Tufts University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Tabletop games, video games, kayaking, hiking, reading sci-fi<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: First-break psychosis, ED psychiatry, inpatient adult psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nicole Matis<\/p>\n

\"Nicole<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., University of South Alabama College of Medicine
\n2020 B.S., Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: cooking, soccer, writing poetry, movies (mostly horror), painting, yoga, hiking, photography, swimming, theatre, tea, perfume, plants, floral arranging, coffee shops, escaping to the ocean, celebrating Halloween year round<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Reproductive psychiatry\/women\u2019s mental health, eating disorders, outpatient psychiatry, psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Victoria Nee<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Victoria<\/td>\n

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2024 D.O., New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
\n2018 B.S., Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Spending time with my cats, going to breweries\/wine bars, going to concerts\/comedy shows, trying new restaurants, going to the beach, anything Taylor swift or pop music in general<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: inpatient psychiatry, forensics, child\/adolescent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Justina Warnick<\/p>\n

\"Justina<\/td>\n

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2024 M.D., Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
\n2020 B.S., Neuroscience and Spanish, Dickinson College<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Horseback riding, going on walks with my dogs, trying new Thai restaurants, going to sporting events<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Psychiatric oncology, geriatric psychiatry, end of life care<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Rory Wieczorek-Flynn<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/td>\n

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2024 D.O., Des Moines University
\n2017 B.S., Biology-Chemistry, Point Loma Nazarene University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Hiking, going to concerts, watching mystery TV shows, cooking, board games, lifting weights, exploring new restaurants<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Outpatient psychiatry, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

PGY3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Komalpreet Kaur Gulati<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Komal<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
\n2018 B.S., Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Rights, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Cooking, baking, traveling, guitar, piano, Indian classical instruments, golfing, and family<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Vivian Lu<\/p>\n

\"Vivian<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., Albert Einstein School of Medicine
\n2018 B.S., Human Biology, CUNY Hunter College<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: fostering dogs, hiking, video games<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Adult general psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Alexander Luo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers
\n2018 MBS, Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers School of Graduate Studies
\n2017 B.S., Medicine, Health, And Society, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Skiing, mountain biking, classic cars<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Child & adolescent psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Cristina Perez Caro<\/p>\n

\"Cristina<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
\n2019 B.S., Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fce<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: reading, coffee, amateur Pok\u00e9mon trading card player, Lego builder<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Addiction Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dan Smolarchik<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
\n2017 B.S., Integrative Neuroscience, Binghamton University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Cooking, nutrition, biking, snowboarding, kickball, podcasts, video editing, video games<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: First episode psychosis, intensive outpatient\/partial hospitalization programs<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kedar Trivedi<\/p>\n

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2023 M.D., New York Medical College
\n2019 B.A., Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: drawing, hiking, tennis, badminton, learning new languages and cultures<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: General psychiatry with a possible focus on therapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ekaterina Vlasova<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ekaterina<\/td>\n

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2023 M.D., Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
\n2012 B.A., Molecular Biology, Bryn Mawr College<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Growing plants, making pottery, foraging edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms, hiking<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: General psychiatry with focus on trauma, PTSD, addiction, and psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

PGY4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Bazin<\/p>\n

\"Benjamin<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine
\n2017 B.A., University of Chicago<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Tennis, music, hiking<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Addiction psychiatry, CL, psychotherapy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

David Carey<\/p>\n

\"David<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., State University of New York Upstate Medical University
\n2018 B.S., University at Buffalo SUNY<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Running, reading, Meditation, Yoga, traveling<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Inpatient psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, interventional psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Judy Chen<\/p>\n

\"Judy<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., Albany Medical College
\n2015 B.A., Bryn Mawr College<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: hiking, cooking, plants, swimming, running<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Psychotherapy, forensics, veterans' health<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ajit Deshpande<\/p>\n

\"Ajit<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., University of Cincinnati
\n2018 B.S., University of Louisville<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Cooking, tabletop games, 3D-Printing<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Geriatric psychiatry, collaborative care systems, marginalized population health<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sarah Stinson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., California Northstate University College of Medicine
\n2016 B.A., University of California<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Traveling, cooking, music, Painting, Nature, Pets<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: PTSD, neurodevelopmental disorders, outpatient psychiatry, ED psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Luis Velez Figueroa<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Luis<\/td>\n

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2022 M.D., Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
\n2018 B.S., University of Puerto Rico<\/p>\n

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Hobbies: Tennis, coffee, guitar<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Interests: Psycho-oncology, C\/L Psychiatry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n