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Residency Program: Faculty


 

Delaware Psychiatry Residency Program

 

 

Meet the Residency Program Faculty

 

  • Gerard Gallucci M.D. MHS is currently the Acting DSAMH Medical Director and Designated Institutional Official.  From 2012-2017 he was the Medical Director of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.  He is a graduate of Columbia College (NY), the George Washington School of Medicine (DC), and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore).  He completed his psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins and a NIH-sponsored fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  His clinical and research interests are in public psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology and the mental health aspects of developmental disabilities.  He holds faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins (Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), The Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Thomas Jefferson University) and Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Gallucci is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
  • Daniel Grimes, M.D. is the Residency Program Director for the Delaware DSAMH Psychiatry Residency Program.     Dr. Grimes received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ.  He completed his internship in internal medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.  He completed his residency training in psychiatry at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program in Boston, MA, where he served as Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology.  He received the Harvard Longwood Excellence in Medical Student Education Award.  Since coming to Delaware Psychiatric Center, Dr Grimes has received the DPC Teaching Award, as well as the DPC Inpatient Psychiatrist Award.  Dr Grimes has previously served as Associate Residency Program Director, as well as the Vice President and the President of the Medical Staff at Delaware Psychiatric Center.
  • Cristinel Coconcea, M.D. is a practicing Neurologist in Wilmington, Dr. Coconcea also specializes in Psychiatry and is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Cristinel Coconcea received his MD from the Carol Davila School of Medicine at the University of Bucharest, Romania and completed a PhD in CNS Infections at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Coconcea has completed residencies at Alexandria General Hospital in Romania, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was Clinical Chief Resident in Psychiatry. Dr. Coconcea teaches resident physicians and medical students and in 2002 he was given the Teaching Excellence Award by the Case Department of Psychiatry.
  • Mary E. Diamond, D.O., M.A., M.P.A. is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families.  She graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and did her psychiatry residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center also in Pennsylvania.  Dr. Diamond continued her education in Philadelphia with her Child Psychiatry fellowship at Jefferson Medical College.  She has also been a candidate for Adult and Child Psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
  • Dr. Andrew Donohue, D.O. is board certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. After completing his psychiatric residency at Brown University and a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, he moved back to Delaware. He has been practicing for over ten years and has experience treating patients from all walks of life, in a variety of settings. He has received awards for teaching future psychiatrists and published research articles in scientific journals pertaining to psychiatric practice. Dr. Donohue has an in-depth knowledge of mental health treatments that have been proven to work. He developed Psychiatry Delaware in order to bring effective psychiatric treatment to people in our area.
  • Wei Du, M.D. is a clinical professor and interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry and former director of the General Psychiatry Residency at Drexel University College of Medicine. He has won the Teacher of the Year Award in the department in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Dr. Du holds a secondary appointment as professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology at the College of Medicine. He provides lectures on psychopharmacology of depression and anxiety, and serves on the graduate student thesis committee. Dr. Du is also involved in medical student education, providing lectures on schizophrenia, and neurobiology of depression and anxiety.  Dr. Du has a MS in Physiology and Neuroendocrinology and a MD both eared at the China Medical University. 
  • Sandeep K. Gupta, M.D. is Director of Crisis and Psychiatric Emergency Services and Director of Intensive Outpatient Services. He is board certified and completed his psychiatry residency at University of Maryland and has worked as a staff psychiatrist on inpatient units and outpatient clinics throughout Maryland. Dr. Gupta supervises residents on both of the emergency psychiatry rotations, as well as provides lectures on suicide prevention. Dr. Gupta did his residency at Elmhurst Medical Center and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital.
  • Carol L. Kuprevich, Ed.D. is the Director of Community Planning, Program Development and Training for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and Director of Education, Evaluation, Planning and Research in the Division’s psychiatry residency program.  Dr. Kuprevich completed her doctoral studies in education at Wilmington University, Delaware; completed masters’ work in correctional administration, sociology, and guidance and counseling at The University of Detroit, Detroit, MI; and completed bachelors work in law enforcement and corrections and family and human development studies at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.  Her research has included studies on the use of short term out-patient mental health services for the National Institute of Mental Health.
  • Linda Lang, M.D. is a senior psychiatrist with broad-based experience in eating disorders, emergency psychiatry, geriatrics, women’s health and psychopharmacology. She is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Christiana Care Health System.  While at Princeton Healthcare System in New Jersey she received the Torch Award on multiple occasions, an award given in recognition of her high marks in patient satisfaction surveys.  Dr. Lang earned her medical degree from the University of Noreste in Tampico, Mexico. She completed an internship and residency in psychiatry at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
  • Tariq Mahmood, M.D. is a practicing Neurologist and Director Stroke Program at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. He graduated from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan and completed Neurology Residency and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Mahmood takes pride in supervising residents during neurology rotations at Union Hospital in Elkton.  
  • Dolly Mishra D.O. earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.  She completed residency in psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  In her final year she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Mishra is board certified and has worked as a staff psychiatrist in outpatient and inpatient settings in New Jersey and Delaware. She is a clinical instructor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Mishra supervises residents on an acute inpatient unit and coordinates the medical student program at the Delaware Psychiatric Center. Dr. Mishra is the Associate Residency Program Director
  • Dr. Mufti, M.D. is a board certified general and adult psychiatrist who has additional training in the subspecialty of forensic psychiatry. Presently, he serves as the Clinical Director of Forensic Services at the Jane E. Mitchell Forensic Building, Delaware’s maximum-security forensic psychiatric service center at the Delaware Psychiatric Center and is on staff at Christiana Care Health System, and is a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania’s forensic psychiatry fellowship program.  Dr. Mufti completed his residency training at the Delaware Psychiatric Center and went on to complete a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
    In addition to his clinical and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Mufti is actively involved in the teaching of future psychiatrists and forensic fellows in training.
  • Theodore S. Nam, M.D., D.F.A.P.A., is a board certified general psychiatrist at Coatesville, VA Medical Center.  He earned his M.D. degree at the F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, in Bethesda, MD and completed his Internship and Residency in General Psychiatry at the Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA.  Dr. Nam provides direct supervision to PGY-III residents at the outpatient clinic.
  • Ramita Shrestha, M.D. graduated medical school from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara Nepal. She completed residency in psychiatry at Delaware Psychiatric Center in Delaware and in her final year she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Shrestha is board certified in Psychiatry. She is currently working as attending psychiatrist in one of the inpatient units at Delaware Psychiatric Center and supervises residents on an acute inpatient unit and attributes in resident education.
  • Donna Sudak, M.D. is Interim Residency Program Director and Director of Psychotherapy Training in the Department of Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine. She is a clinician-educator with a wealth of experience and multiple awards for her teaching. She has made a number of significant contributions to the literature in CBT education and has played a major role in developing suggested curricula and guidelines for resident competency in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Dr. Sudak has multiple publications regarding combining treatment with medication and CBT.  In addition to her teaching responsibilities at Drexel University College of Medicine, Dr. Sudak is an adjunct faculty member at the Beck Institute. She is the Past President of The Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and serves on multiple national committees in Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. She is the incoming Program Chair of AADPRT, and will become president of that organization in 2018.
  • Imran Trimzi, M.D. is the Past Program Director at the Delaware Psychiatry Residency Program.  He is Board-certified in both adult and child and adolescent psychiatry. After graduating from Rawalpindi Medical College in Pakistan, he completed his adult psychiatry residency training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania- Hahnemann University, and his child and adolescent fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has expertise in childhood developmental disorders including ADHD and Bipolar Disorder.
  • Clarence Watson, JD, M.D. is the Acting DSAMH Division Director for Delaware Health and Social Services. Dr. Clarence Watson is the Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, where he also serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He maintains a private forensic psychiatry consultation practice in Bala Cynwyd, PA.  Dr. Watson received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and his law degree from Villanova University School of Law. Prior to his practice as a physician, Dr. Watson practiced law in Pennsylvania. He completed medical internship training in internal medicine and medical residency training in psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and fellowship training in forensic psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital - New York Medical College in Manhattan. Dr. Watson is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry and forensic psychiatry and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association.
  • Dr. Troy Thompson graduated from Emory College, Phi Beta Kappa, and Medical School, completed psychiatry residency at Yale, was chief resident, and joined the faculty. He was Board certified in General and Geriatric Psychiatry, in Administrative Psychiatry, and by the American Psychoanalytic Association in Psychoanalysis.  He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and Past President of 2 national psychiatry organizations, the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and the Association for Academic Psychiatry.  He was on the faculty of the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center and selected to become President of the American College of Psychoanalysts. He was the Daniel Lieberman Chairman (1987-97) and tenured Professor for more than 20 years in the Department of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He was selected by the medical students in 1995 as their most outstanding teacher, was the Faculty Advisor of the Jefferson Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society kk and on the National AOA Board of Directors. He was then at the DE State Psychiatric Hospital as psychiatric director of, and taught residents on, each of the inpatient care units, was given the Best Teacher Award and President of the Medical Staff. He has authored about 130 papers and chapters, edited 6 books, served on over 15 editorial boards of journals and textbooks, and given over 140 national, and international presentations.

  • Dr. Jose Capiro was born in Cuba and is bilingual. He has lived in Spain, Dominican Republic, several suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, several cities in Florida, and now calls Lewes, Delaware, his home. Dr. Capiro received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Universidad CETEC, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with his training in General Psychiatry from the Division of Health & Social Services - Medical Center of Delaware, and is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) and National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS). Dr. Capiro has been a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the Psychiatric Society of Delaware - where he served as Treasurer, Secretary, President Elect & President, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Delaware Medical Reserve Corps, Content Review Board for Psychiatrists - the Professional Television Network. Dr. Capiro has engaged in a wide range of mental health services throughout the years, including acute inpatient care - in Delaware Psychiatric Center (DPC), St Francis Hospital, Wilmington Hospital, Rockford Center, Beebe Healthcare, as Medical Director for SUN Behavioral Delaware, and most recently with DPC's Forensic Unit; correctional psychiatry- with Centurion as Statewide Psychiatry Director for Delaware Department of Correction (DDOC) and as Chief Behavioral Health Officer for Connections CSP; residential treatment programs/group homes & Department of Correction - through Connections CSP; intensive case management programs - Continuous Treatment Teams, Community Continuum of Care Programs & Assertive Community Treatment programs - with Independent Living, Fellowship Health Resources, Horizon House, and Conexio Care; integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care - at La Red Health Center; and with Delaware Psychological Services providing private psychiatric treatment and opioid management.



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