LCPS Psychiatry Residency Program

The psychiatry residency program curriculum is based on the progressive accomplishment of core competency training over 36 months and is organized as a series of clinical rotations through various major sub-disciplines of psychiatry. These rotations range from 3 to 12 months each. General Adult Psychiatry, which is considered to be the core discipline, has a minimum of twelve months. Following the first rotation, residents will continue to develop knowledge and skills through rotations in the other sub-specialties including Child & Adolescent psychiatry, Consult-Liaison, Neurology, Geriatric, Community, Social & Rehabilitation, Addiction and Forensics. The training comprises of clinical exposure and practice, supported by a system of formal and informal instruction. Formal instruction is provided in the form of didactic lectures, seminars, practical sessions, case presentations, case-based discussions, and other appropriate formats. The performance of the residents is assessed through a system of formative assessments and one terminal assessment, the Membership Examination. Partners: E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital & John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Saint Benedict Menni Health Centre (Step Down Unit); University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Nelson R. Mandela School of Clinical Medicine

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Program Leadership

  • Prof Benjamin Harris, MD, DPM

    Professor of Psychiatry and Former Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia; Immediate Past President of the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS)

  • Prof Babawale Ojediran, MD

    Consultant Psychiatrist and Chairman of the Faculty of Psychiatry at the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS); Head of Psychiatry at John F. Kennedy Medical Center.

  • David C. Henderson, MD

    Senior Advisor, Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Division of Psychiatry, BMC; Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Maria C. Prom, MD

    Director, Global & Local Center for Mental Health Disparities and Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, BMC; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Temitope Ogundare, MD

    Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS) Psychiatry Residency US Associate Program Director

  • Krisztina Baltimore, PhD

    Global Research Associate, Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities

LCPS Alumni and Residents

  • Moses Ziah II, MD

    Alumni 2022

    Director of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia

  • Whyeayee Diggs, MD

    Alumni 2023

    Specialist Psychiatrist at E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital, Republic of Liberia

  • Wilbur T.S. Harris, MD

    Alumni 2023

    Specialist Psychiatrist at E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital, John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Lead Psychiatrist of Substance Use Services at the Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia

  • Terry Socro, MD

    Alumni 2024

    Specialist Psychiatrist

  • Emmanuel Paye Flomo, MD

    Alumni 2024

    Specialist Psychiatrist

  • Izetta Sianeh Sheriff, MD

    Alumni 2025

  • Josephine Bartua

    PGY-3 Resident

  • Emmanuel Yilligon

    PGY-2 Resident

  • T. Josephus Peters

    PGY-2 Resident

  • Charles Yekeh

    PGY-2 Resident

LCPS Psychiatry Residency Program Didactic Lecturers

Our Liberia Psychiatry Residency Program didactics are made possible through collaborative partnerships established academic and clinical networks. The Global & Local Center connects with faculty across the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology from the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and collaborators at the Massachusetts General Bringham (MGB), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Harvard University School of Medicine, and the King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa. Through these core subspecialty didactics, residents gain a broad base of knowledge, whose application will be honed in-practice. Focused seminars and workshops efficiently transfer focused skills, and professional development didactics prepare residents to transition as independent professionals. We are deeply appreciative of the continued dedication our lecturers have demonstrated in training our residents to support Liberia’s future mental health workforce.

Abrar Al-Faraj, MD

Caroline Altaras, PhD

Maithri Ameresekere, MD, MSc, PMH-C

Pria Anand, MD

Huseyin Bayazit, MD

Marc Beaudin, MD

Allen J. Brown, JD, PhD

Rachel Caplan, MD

Juan Castello, MD

Jaclyn Chua, DO 

Stephanie Davidson, MD

DIDACTIC LECTURERS

Arianna DeGruttola, MD

Michelle Durham, MD, MPH 

Antony Gonzales, MD

Khadar Haroun, MD

Paulina Henriquez, MD

Brendan Hodis, MD 

Elizabeth Levey, MD

Daniel Li, MD

Monica Ly, PhD

Ariel Marks, MD

Lovern Moseley, PhD 

Kathy S. Mu, DO

Ika Noviawaty, MD

Temitope Ogundare, MD 

Aditya Pawar, MB, BS

Maria C. Prom, MD

Ana Maria Rivas-Grajales, MD

Zachary Robbiano, MD

Kaila Rudolph, MD

Lindokuhle Thela, MD

Robyn Thom, MD

Chevaughn Wellington, MD

Melissa Xanthopoulos, PhD, MS