Master Educator Graduates

Meet the Master Educator Graduates since the first topics were introduced in 2003. AAP is pleased to offer the opportunity to learn learning topics in person in the fall or virtually in the spring to suit the schedules of those who are able to participate in the three-year program.

AAP Master Educator Graduates
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*Updated November 25, 2025

CONGRATULATIONS to our AAP Master Educator Graduates. Please check back as we update this page with all of the AAP Master Educator Graduates from the US, Canada, and Brazil since 2005.

Class of 2024-2025

  • Joseph Baldwin, MD, Edward Hines VA - Loyola Psychiatry Residency Program
  • Sandra Batsel-Thomas, MD, University of Kentucky
  • Christopher Bonfield, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Ashima Datey-Chakrabarty, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Creedon, MD, Louisiana State University
  • Michael Donath, MD, Venice Family Clinic
  • Carolyn Doyle, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
  • Peter Karalis, MD, Community Health Network
  • Sheila Lahijani, MD, Stanford University
  • Payton Lea, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Idris Leppla, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Raman Marwaha, MD, Case Western Reserve University
  • Aaron Owen, MD, University of Wisconsin
  • Eric Pease, DO, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  • Theodote Pontikes, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
  • Erica Rapp, MD, University of Colorado
  • Kathleen Singh, MD, Dalhousie University
  • Michael Sean Stanley, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Zhongshu Yang, MD, PhD, Kaiser Permanente - San Jose

Class of 2023-2024

  • Steven Bartek, MD, University of Michigan
  • Theadia Carey, MD, MS, Authority Health - GME
  • Dustin DeMoss, DO, MSc, John Peter Smith Hospital
  • Ailyn Diaz, MD, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
  • Khalid Elzamzamy, MD, MA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Juliana Fort, MD, MPH, MBA, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Megan Gilman, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Wayles Haynes, MD, University of New Mexico Psychiatry Residency Program
  • Certina Ho, PhD, RPh, University of Toronto
  • Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, University of California – San Francisco
  • Ana Ozdoba, MD, Montefiore Psychiatry Residency Training
  • Lauren Pengrin, DO, Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital Psychiatry Residency
  • Meghan Schott, DO, Children's National
  • Anna Vinter, MD, Kaiser Permanente Sacramento

Class of 2022-2023

  • David Beckman, MD, MPH, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Laurel Bessey, MD, Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute in Clinics
  • Arindam Chakrabarty, MD, Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine
  • Zelde Espinel, MD, University of Miami
  • Jennifer Ferrer, MD, KP Psychiatry SBC
  • Adrienne Gerken, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Matt Kern, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
  • Jahaira Lopez-Pastrana, MD, Temple University
  • Richard Ly, MD, Samaritan Health Services
  • Riley Machal, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Tolu Odebunmi, MD, University of Minnesota
  • Kirsten Porter-Stransky, MD, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD SOM
  • Dana Ross, MD, MSc, University of Toronto
  • Lokesh Shahani, MD, UT Health
  • Santosh Shrestha, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  • Scott Simpson, MD, Denver Health
  • Timothy Todd, MD, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
  • Rochelle Woods, MD, Kaiser Permanente San Jose
  • Isheeta Zalpuri, MD, Stanford University, Department, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Class of 2021-2022

  • Ruby Barghini, MD, Temple University School of Medicine
  • Jeana Benton, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
  • Arthur Danila, MD, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Kristin Escamilla, MD, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas
  • Daniel Gih, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
  • Eduardo Humes, MD, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Saira Kalia, MD, Banner University Medical Center
  • Areef Kassam, MD, Community Health Network
  • Laura LaPlante, MD, University of Washington
  • Juan Lopez, MD, San Mateo County BHRS
  • Rebecca Lundquist, MD, Broadlawns - UnityPoint Psychiatry Residency
  • Eric Meyer II, MD, PhD, DFAPA, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
  • Elizabeth Ryzner, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Gillian Sowden, MD, Dartmouth Health
  • Peter Ureste, MD, University of California - San Francisco
  • Anne Walsh, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Class of 2020

  • Jonathan Buchholz, MD, University of Washington
  • Aditi Hajirnis, MD, Brown University
  • Lillian “Joy” Houston, MD, University of Mississippi
  • Hal Kronsberg, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Auralyd Padilla, MD, University of Massachusetts
  • Vinay Parekh, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Badr Ratnakaran, MD, Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Class of 2019

  • Kelly Blankenship, MD, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
  • Katherine Jong, MD, University of Washington
  • Esther Lee, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Madhavi-Latha Nagalla, MD, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
  • Michael Neszt, MD, University of Toronto
  • Durga Roy, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Anne Ruble, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Bill Sanders, MD, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
  • Raziya Wang, MD, San Mateo County BHRS

Class of 2018

  • Rashi Aggarwal, MD, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
  • Benjamin Coplan, MD, Community Health Network
  • Elizabeth Cunningham, MD, Community Health Network
  • Sallie DeGolia, MD, Stanford University Dept. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Jonathan Homans, MD, University of Minnesota
  • Tanya Keeble, MD, Providence Psychiatry Residency Spokane
  • Ralph McKenzie, MD, Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  • Michelle Mehta, MD, University of Minnesota
  • Jennifer O'Donohoe, MD, University of Utah
  • Lora Wichser, MD, University of Minnesota

Class of 2017

  • Matthew Boyle, MD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
  • D. Edward Deneke, MD, University of Michigan
  • Michael Greenage, MD, Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  • Michael J. Peterson, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin
  • Ann Schwartz, MD, Emory University Department of Psychiatry
  • Dorothy Stubbe, MD, Yale Child Study Center
  • Tom Soeprono, MD, University of Washington

Class of 2016

  • Jessica Kovach, MD, Temple University School of Medicine
  • Brian Kurtz, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Jesse Markman, MD, University of Washington
  • Glenda Wrenn, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine

Class of 2015

  • Catherine Chiles, MD, Yale University
  • Carmen Croicu, MD, Harborview Medical Center
  • Marla Davidson, MD, University of Saskatchewan
  • Erick Hung, MD, University of California - San Francisco
  • Chris Karampahtsis, MD, Harvard Medical School
  • Taral Sharma, MD, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
  • Shawn Sidhu, MD, University of California Los Angeles
  • John Spollen, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Lucas Van Dyke, MD, Kaiser Permanente
  • Pieter Joost van Wattum, MD, Yale University
  • Marika Wrzosek, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Class of 2014

  • Cletus Carvalho, MD, University of Kentucky
  • Deborah Cowley, MD, University of Washington
  • James Haliburton, MD, John Peter Smith Hospital
  • Scott Oakman, MD, Hennepin-Regions Psychiatry Training Program
  • Malgorzata Rajda, MD, Capital Health Nova Scotia
  • Joseph Stoklosa, MD, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Charles Surber, MD, VA Ann Arbor/University of Michigan

Class of 2013

  • Mark Bosma, MD, Dalhousie University
  • David Carlson, MD, University of Nevada School of Medicine
  • Elizabeth Donlon, MD, Berkshire Medical Center
  • Mitchell Illichmann, MD, University of Wisconsin
  • Katy LaLone, MD, University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University
  • Ronald Oswald, MD, University of Alberta
  • Mara Pheister, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Kristi Williams, MD, University of Toledo

Class of 2012

  • Joshua Bess, MD, Seattle NTC
  • Margaret (Meg) Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Barry Mills, MD
  • Mary Kay Smith, MD

Class of 2011

  • Cheryl Al-Mateen, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
  • Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Cheryl Murphy, MD, Dalhousie University
  • Lisa Seyfried, MD, University of Michigan

Class of 2010

  • Karen Broquet, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  • Ellen Haller, MD University of California - San Francisco
  • Rebecca Tamas, MD, University of Louisville
  • Art Walasczek, MD, University of Wisconsin
  • A Scott Winter, MD

Class of 2009

  • Heidi Combs, MD, University of Washington
  • Randall Espinoza, MD, University of California - Los Angeles
  • Joseph Guise, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Michael D. Jibson, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
  • Descartes Li, MD, University of California - San Francisco
  • Derek Puddester, MD, University of Ottawa
  • Melinda Randall, MD, Berkshire Medical Center
  • Catharine Robertson, MD
  • Ruqiya Tareen, MD, Western Michigan University School of Medicine

Class of 2008

  • Greg Dalack, MD, University of Michigan
  • Julie Lord, MD, University of Washington
  • Suzanne Murray, MD, University of Washington
  • Demian Rose, MD, University of California - San Francisco

Class of 2007

  • Kimberly Best, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Sean Blitzstein, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Andreea Seritan, MD, University of California - San Francisco

Class of 2006

  • Melissa Andrew, MD, Queens University
  • Amin Azzam, MD, University of California - San Francisco
  • Elisabeth Van Bussel, MD, Regional Mental Health Care London

Class of 2005 *deceased

  • Joan Anzia, MD, Northwestern University
  • Judith Bealke, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Sarah Jarmain, MD, University of Western Ontario
  • Anita Kablinger, MD, Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  • Cornelia Lange, MD, University of New Mexico
  • Karen Lee, MD, Southern Illinois University
  • Petros Levounis, MD, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School
  • David Lynn, MD*, Loyola University
  • Teresita McCarty, MD, University of New Mexico
  • Michele Pato, MD, Georgetown University
  • David Robinson, MD*