Department of Psychiatry Faculty

Sara Abdijadid, DO, MS

Program Director, Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Outpatient Core Faculty, Residency Outpatient Clinic, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at David Geffen School of Medicine

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Ninos Adams, MD

Outpatient Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Rossano Bangassan, MD, DFAPA

Outpatient Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Adult and Geriatric

Medical School: Far Eastern University, Dr. N. Reyes Medical Foundation
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine, MCP-Hahnemann Hospital& Wake Forest University, Baptists Medical Center
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Shahzad Chaudhry, LMFT

Behavioral Health Program Manager at Kern Medical Outpatient Behavioral Health

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
Licensed Registered Psychological Assistant
Doctoral Internship at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin, focusing primarily on OCD treatment in the residential, inpatient, and intensive outpatient environments.

Sahana Huq, MD, FAPA

Outpatient Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at David Geffen School of Medicine

Medical School: Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Residency: King-Drew Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Timothy Kiong, MD

Associate Program Director, Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program

Medical School: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine St. John’s
Residency: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Philip Lee, MD

Child Outpatient Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Psychiatry Residency
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Nandhini Madhanagopal, MD

Child Outpatient Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Associate Program Director, Kern Medical Psychiatry and Adolescent Fellowship Program

Medical School: Madras Medical College
Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Psychiatry Residency
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Samantha Madziarski, MD, MBA

Outpatient Faculty, Psychiatric Evaluation Center (PEC), Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: American University of Caribbean School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Mohammed Molla, MD, DFAPA

Interim Joint Chair, Department of Psychiatry at Kern Medical and Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Associate Program Director, Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Outpatient Child Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine, MCP-Hahnemann Hospital
Fellowship: University of Southern California, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Garth Olango, MD, PhD

Program Director, Kern Medical Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program
Outpatient Medical Director, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Research Director
Child Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Loma Linda University, School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Ranjit Padhy, MD, DFAPA

Inpatient Medical Director
Core Faculty, Behavioral Health Unit

Medical School: M.K.C.G. Medical College and Hospital
Residency: St. Frances Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Southern California, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Neha Patel, MD

Child Outpatient Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Psychiatry Residency
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Awtar Rathore, DO

Outpatient Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Psychiatry Residency
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Abdolreza Saadabadi, MD

Outpatient Faculty, Psychiatric Evaluation Center (PEC), Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Child Outpatient Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Addiction Medicine

Md Towhid Salam, MD, PhD

Associate Research Director
Child Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Director of Forensic Behavioral Health at Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Medical School: Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology

Sarayu Vasan, MD, MPH

Clerkship Director
Core Faculty, Behavioral Health Unit

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Fellowship: Kern Medical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

David Weinstein, MD, FAPA

Program Director, Kern Medical Addiction Fellowship Program
Core Faculty, Behavioral Health Unit

Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, General Psychiatry
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Addiction Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Dermatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

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