Department of Psychiatry

Welcome Dr. Laura Miller to Our Faculty
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Dr. Laura Miller received a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish at Vanderbilt University. She earned a Master's degree in Psychology and Ph.D. in School Psychology at Syracuse University. Dr. Miller completed a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Mass General for Children at North Shore Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Miller completed postdoctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology at Child and Family Psychological Services in Norwood, MA.

As a Learning Specialist for the School of Medicine, Dr. Miller’s responsibilities span education, research, and administration. She will develop a program to support effective learning skills, including time management, test-taking, academic support programming, and individual assessments. Under Dr. Miller’s leadership, the program is expected to improve student educational and professional outcomes.

Dr. Miller will provide neuropsychological assessment services to children, adolescents, and adults in West Hartford.
Welcome Dr. Meha Saxena to Our Faculty
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Dr. Meha Saxena received her MBBS degree at JJM Medical College and a completed a Clinical Internship at Prince Bijoy Memorial Hospital. She completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency at Wayne State University and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Southern California. Dr. Saxena served as the clinical director of Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Coastal Harbor Treatment Center in Savannah.

While at USC, Dr. Saxena completed several quality improvement projects focusing on improving patient handoffs, improving patient show rates, and educating inpatient nursing staff about normal adolescent development. In Savannah, she was active with the Police Department, providing crisis intervention training, and as the psychiatrist representative for the AACAP legislative counsel working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Dr. Saxena will be seeing general child psychiatry patients and will provide school consultation services. She will be actively involved with teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.
Welcome Dr. Lisa Holme to Our Faculty
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Dr. Lisa Holme received her B.A. in Psychology at Marymount College and a Master of Social Work from Fordham. She earned a Master of Arts in Psychology and a Doctor of Psychology Degree from the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology. Dr. Holme completed a postdoctoral Neuropsychology Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. She served as a staff neuropsychologist at Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital in Wallingford, and most recently she has been a neuropsychologist at Harvest Healthcare in Avon.

Dr. Holme has extensive experience in neuropsychological assessment in a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions. She has a history of research, with a published case report focusing on neuropsychological findings in IgG, and a study on decline in memory following left anterior temporal lobectomy that garnered her an award for excellence in research.

Dr. Holme will provide neuropsychological assessment for patients with psychiatric and neurological disorders. She will play key clinical and educational roles in our neuropsychology service.
Welcome Dr. Meadow Chen to Our Faculty
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Dr. Meadow Chen received her Doctor of Medicine degree at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Canton First Municipal Hospital in Guangzhou. Dr. Chen worked for several years as a research assistant and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco before coming to UConn Health to complete her Adult Psychiatry Residency and an Addictions Fellowship. She has provided clinic services at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown as a principal psychiatrist in their inpatient residential program.

Dr. Chen brings with her a strong interest in clinical care for individuals with substance use disorders and for teaching and training of students and residents. She will play key clinical and educational roles for individuals with substance use disorders and those dually diagnosed with mental health and substance use issues.
Welcome Dr. Mario Fahed to Our Faculty
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Dr. Mario Fahed received his Doctor of Medicine degree at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed a Psychiatry residency at SUNY Update Medical University Hospital and completed his fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at Yale.

During his two-year tenure as chief resident in Psychiatry at Yale, he supervised and taught classes for the medical student clerkship and implemented policies for resident wellness. At UConn, he plans to help develop new curricula for medical students, adult psychiatry residents, and geriatric psychiatry fellows. His academic interests include organizational culture shifts, apathy in older adults, and interventional psychiatry.

Dr. Fahed's clinical roles at UConn will include the care for chronically mentally ill patients, older patients, and veterans on the Inpatient Service. He will also supervise residents and medical students.