Faculty and Leadership

Sara Abdijadid, DO, MS

• Lead Staff Psychiatrist, Resident Outpatient Clinic, Kern Behavior Health Recovery Services
• Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
  Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at David Geffen School of Medicine
• Associate Research Director

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

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Rossano Bangassan, MD, DFAPA

• Lead Staff Psychiatrist, Resident Outpatient Clinic, Kern Behavior Health Recovery Services

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

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Angad Kahlon, MD

• Inpatient Psychiatry - Behavioral Health Unit

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

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Nicholas Kotsyubko, MD

• Staff Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Unit at Kern Medical
• Faculty of UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency
• Wellness Champion, UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program

Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program

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Khoa Mai, MD

• Child Outpatient Core Faculty, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

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

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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

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Ranjit Padhy, MD, DFAPA

• Associate Program Director, UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program
• Chief of Community Psychiatry, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
• Core Faculty, Behavioral Health Unit at Kern Medical

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 at Stanford University
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

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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

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Itwinder Sivia, MD

• Medical Director and Staff Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Unit at Kern Medical
• Faculty of UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency

Medical School: St. George’s University, School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical Psychiatry Residency Program
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

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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

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David Weinstein, MD, FAPA

• Program Director, UCLA- Kern Addiction Fellowship Program
• Staff Psychiatrist, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
• Faculty of UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency

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