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Faculty

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Joan H. Hittleman, PhD, Psychologist, Director, Infant and Child Learning Center
Clinical Associate Professor

Education Summary:
Columbia University - Ph.D.

Voluntary

Marie Charles-Belzie, MD,

Course Director, Advocacy and Outreach to Diverse Cultural Communities
Clinical Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
Graduate School of Medicine-MD (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
University of Miami, School of Medicine, Mailman Center for Child Development,

Research Associate
New York Medical College, Lincoln Hospital, Residency (Pediatrics)
Kings County/»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Residency (Psychiatry)
Brookdale Medical Center, Fellowship (Child Psychiatry)

Kings County Hospital Center Faculty

Lenore Engel, MD,
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry CPEP
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate

Education Summary:
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ - MD

Graduate Medical Education:
Downstate Medical Center/ Kings County Hospital, Residency (Psychiatry)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ - Downstate Medical Center/ Kings County Hospital, Fellowship (Child Psychiatry Fellowship)
Tri-State course on Psychiatry and the Law, Training in Forensic Psychiatry

Stephanie Erickson, PhD
Clinical Director, Developmental Evaluation Clinic
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
St. John’s University, Clinical Psychology-Ph.D.
St. John’s University, Masters of Arts-General Experimental Psychology

Internship:
St John’s University Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Queens Children’s Psychiatric Center
Child and Adolescent Day Hospital-Hillside Hospital

Karen Forbes, Psy.D.,
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychologist III
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
New York University, Child/School Psychology – PsyD
New York University, Masters of Arts-Educational Psychology/School Psychological Services

Internship:
Kings County Hospital Center (Child & Psychiatry Department)
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department)
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Department of Pediatric Psychiatry)

Norma Green, MD,
Medical Director, Child & Adolescent Outpatient Department
Clinical Assistant Professor

Education Summary:
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania - MD

Graduate Medical Education:
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Internship (Medicine & Pediatrics)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Residency (Psychiatry)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Fellowship (Child & Adolescent)
IPE - Academic Associate in Psychoanalysis

Josephine Pedron-Santiago, MD,
Child Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate

Education Summary:
University. of Santo Tomas - MD

Graduate Medical Education:
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ/ Kings County Hospital, Residency (Psychiatry)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Fellowship (Child & Adolescent)

Sabina Singh, MD,
Director Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services
Pediatrician and Psychiatrist in Pediatric Collaborative Care
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - MD

Graduate Medical Education:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Residency Pediatrics (Adult Psychiatry and Child Adolescent Psychiatry)
NY Psychoanalytic Institute Fellowship for Psychiatric Residents, Fellowship

Rachel Waxman, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department
Pediatrician and Psychiatrist in Pediatric Collaborative Care
Clinical Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate

Education Summary:
Tulane University School of Medicine

Graduate Medical Education:
University of Kentucky, Residency (Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Nancy Workman, PsyD
Psychologist, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
New York University (Psy.D., M.A.),
Bank Street College of Education (M.S.),
University of Michigan (B.A.)

Graduate Psychology Education:
Internship, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Post-Doctoral Training:
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

New York City Children's Center

Weerasinghege Jayasekara, MD
Attending Psychiatrist, New York City Children's Center
Clinical Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
Kalaniya University, Sri Lanka

Graduate Medical Education:
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center - Residency (Psychiatry)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ - Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Taiwo Odedeyi MD
Attending Psychiatrist - New York City Children Center
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University
University of Lagos - MBBS
Harlem Hospital Center in affiliation with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Residency (Psychiatry)
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ, Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Christian Trentacosta, MD
Attending Psychiatrist, New York City Children's Center
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University

Education Summary:
St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies

Graduate Medical Education:
Residency (Psychiatry) Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Services, Trinitas Hospital
»Æ¹ûÊÓƵ - Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Mary Helen Usubiaga, MD
Attending Psychiatrist New York City Children's Center
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate Health Science University
Assistant Professor, »Æ¹ûÊÓƵ Downstate

Education Summary:
Catholic University of Cordoba

Graduate Medical Education:
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Psychiatry
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)