Current Residents

PGY-1

Lawrence P. Gerchikov, DO

Lawrence P. Gerchikov, DO

Year: PGY-1
Hometown: Albany, NY
Undergraduate School: State University of New York at Binghamton
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Community psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, recovery-oriented care, mental health policy, medical education
Personal Interests: Reading, music, strategy games, comedy movies, burritos
Charles Johnsen, MD

Charles Johnsen, MD

Year: PGY-1
Hometown: Utica, NY
Undergraduate School: Syracuse University
Medical School: St. George's University
Clinical Interests: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, First Break Psychosis, Cultural Psychiatry, LGBTQ+ Mental Health
Personal Interests: Hiking, Biking, Cooking, and Cats. Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy Genres of TV, Film, and Books.
Helen W. Kim, MD

Helen W. Kim, MD

Year: PGY-1
Hometown: Palisades Park, NJ
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Clinical Interests: Geriatric Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
Personal Interests: Reading nonfiction books, watching documentaries about animals, learning about whales and other marine organisms, and spending time with my family and friends
Hunya Usmani, MD

Hunya Usmani, MD

Year: PGY-1
Hometown: Moorestown, NJ
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Clinical Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
Personal Interests: All outdoor activities, Traveling, Trying new restaurants, Cats, Reading, Video games, Working out
Olivia Wallden, MD

Olivia Wallden, MD

Year: PGY-1
Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Clinical Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Interventional Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
Personal Interests: Spending time with family and friends, reading, playing board games, baking cookies, trying out new restaurants

PGY-2

Michael Enechukwu, MD

Michael Enechukwu, MD

Year: PGY-2
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Undergraduate School: Kean University, Union, NJ
Medical School: The Norton College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University
Clinical Interests: Emergency Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Personal Interests: Spending time with friends and family, basketball, fitness, discovering new restaurants, traveling
Tyler Genovese, DO

Tyler Genovese, DO

Year: PGY-2
Hometown: Monroe Township, NJ
Undergraduate School: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Medical School: Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Neuropsychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuromodulation, Chronic Pain, Functional/Conversion Disorders.
Personal Interests: Reading, video games, Magic the Gathering, restaurants and coffee shops, wineries/breweries, Brooklyn Nets, New Jersey Devils.
Philip Oreoluwa, MD

Philip Oreoluwa, MD

Year: PGY-2
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria / Brooklyn, New York
Undergraduate School: University Of Lagos, Nigeria
Medical School: College Of Medicine, University of Lagos
Clinical Interests: Interventional Pain Medicine and Management, Interventional and Neuropsychiatry, Cognitive Neurology, Addiction Medicine.
Personal Interests: Military medicine, Academic teaching, Fashion/graphic designing, Traveling, Adventure.
Niharika Padala, MD

Niharika Padala, MD

Year: PGY-2
Hometown: Avenel, NJ
Undergraduate School: NJIT
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
Clinical Interests: Child psychiatry, psychiatry with a cultural lens, psychotherapy.
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, kdramas, collecting houseplants.
Thomas L Westfall III, DO

Thomas L Westfall III, DO

Year: PGY-2
Hometown: Ivel, KY
Undergraduate School: University of Louisville
Medical School: UPIKE-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Clinical Interests: Inpatient Psychiatry, General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry & Autism research.
Personal Interests: Collecting sneakers, spending time with my family, traveling.

PGY-3

Thamir Khader, MD

Thamir Khader, MD

Year: PGY-3
Hometown: Orange County, California
Undergraduate School: University of California, Irvine, CA
Medical School: All Saints University School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica
Clinical Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry.
Personal Interests: Gym, healthy eating, traveling, outdoors, new restaurants.
Aimin Mitwally, DO

Aimin Mitwally, DO

Year: PGY-3
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York / Marlboro, New Jersey
Undergraduate School: New York University, New York, NY
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ
Clinical Interests: General psychiatry, psychotherapy, bioethics, cultural psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry.
Personal Interests: Music, family, travel, and foreign language.
Aysha Rehman, DO

Aysha Rehman, DO

Year: PGY-3
Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ
Clinical Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, minority health, and psychiatric epidemiology.
Personal Interests: Writing, sketching, photography, hiking, traveling, and spending rare free time with friends and family.
James Henry Steinberg, DO, MPH

James Henry Steinberg, DO, MPH

Year: PGY-3
Hometown: New York City, New York
Undergraduate School: College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY
Graduate School: Master of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Clinical Interests: Neurointerventional and non-opioid management of chronic pain and addiction.

PGY-4

Elena Safronova, MD

Elena Safronova, MD - Chief Resident

Year: PGY-4
Hometown: Bryansk, Russia
Medical School: Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk, Russia
Internship: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk, Russia
Clinical Interests: Psychoanalysis
Personal Interests: Chess, languages (Russian, English, Georgian, French)