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.

  • 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

  • Dr. Temitope Ogundare - Psychiatrist

  • Zachary Robbiano - PGY5 Psychiatry Fellow

  • Antony Gonzales - Staff Psychiatrist (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center)

  • Dr. Huseyin Bayazit - Psychiatrist

    Dr. Robyn Thom - MGH Harvard

    Dr. Michelle Durham - Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist

    Dr. Lovern Moseley - CEO of Empowerment Counseling & Psychotherapy Center

    Drs. Stephanie Davidson & Jaclyn Chua - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

    Dr. Melissa Xanthopoulos - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Dr. Allen J. Brown - Harvard University

  • Dr. Kaila Rudolph - Boston Medical Center (BMC)

  • Dr. Maithri Ameresekere - Director BMC/BUSM Women’s Mental Health Program

  • Dr. Paulina Henriquez - PGY6 Neuro Residency, BMC

    Dr. Arianna DeGruttola - BMC

    Dr. Ariel Marks - Department of Neurology

    Dr. Brendan Hodis - Neurologist (The University of New Mexico)

    Dr. Ika Noviawaty - MD, Epilepsy Division Chief, BMC

    Khadar Haroun - PGY3/Sr Asst Resident, BMC

    Dr. Abrar Al-Faraj - Department of Neurology/Epilepsy Division, BMC

    Dr. Rachel Caplan - Non - BMC LIP, Clinical Dept - Neurology

    Drs. Monica Ly & Caroline Altaras - Clinical Neuropsychologists - BMC

  • Dr. Ana Maria Rivas-Grajales - Psychiatrist, BMC

    Dr. Lindokuhle Thela - Head of Clinical Unit in Psychiatry, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa