Class of 2026
Stephanie Black, DO
Stephanie Black trained as an osteopathic physician at Touro University in Las Vegas and completed her undergraduate in Biology and Chemistry at University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She completed her general psychiatry residency through the University of Washington, spending two years in Seattle and two years in Montana. She has a strong interest in working with populations challenged by societal stigma and is passionate about delivering excellent, evidence-based care for substance use disorders and behavioral addictions. She also has an interest in forensic psychiatry with a desire to address complex ethical, legal, and societal dimensions of mental health. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her dog and getting outdoors.
Ramita Goel, MD
Ramita Goel completed her MBBS and MD in Psychiatry from a WHO-accredited university in Western India. With multiple national and international publications particularly in meta-analyses she has a strong foundation in academic research. She believes addiction requires comprehensive, compassionate care, especially given how many individuals suffer silently, as reflected in world-level epidemiology. As a mental health advocate, she uses her platform @drgoelpsychiatrist on Instagram to raise awareness and foster open conversations about mental health. Outside of medicine, she enjoys exploring nature and watching movies. She aspires to become a leader in the field of Addiction Psychiatry, and sees the University of Washington as a meaningful stepping stone toward that goal.
Michael Silva, MD
Michael Silva is originally from Los Angeles, CA and earned his MD from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in LA. He then went on to family medicine residency at the John Muir Health Family Medicine Residency Program in the Bay Area in Walnut Creek, CA. After family medicine residency, he was a practicing primary care physician for 1 year before deciding to further his training and go to psychiatry residency at the University of Washington. While at UW, he became interested in pursuing a fellowship in addiction psychiatry during his 3rd-year rotation at the Addiction Treatment Center at the Seattle VA. Now here, he couldn’t be happier. He also has 3 dogs, a loving partner, and is president of the UW Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows (NURF).
Alumni
Our alumni have gone on to have successful careers in a wide variety of settings across the country in areas including academics, research, leadership, group practice, community care, and private practice. In the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the UW, we pride ourselves on creating a welcoming and collegial community of learners and educators who’s central goal is to advocate for the improved care for people who use drugs.
Class of 2025
Alumni Testimonials
“I feel incredibly grateful to have trained at UW for my Addiction Fellowship. Not only did we expand our skills and knowledge base while rotating through diverse treatment settings throughout the year, we also gained unique and nuanced perspectives by learning as part of an interdisciplinary group. The faculty are very supportive but also encourage fellows’ independence, so I truly felt ready for my first “real” job after this.” Molly Kalmoe, MD – Class of 2021
“The University of Washington was my first choice for Addiction Psychiatry fellowship. After completing residency training at the University of Washington in 2023, I knew how strong the Addiction Psychiatry training was, and I wanted to be as prepared as possible for the unique needs of and risks faced by patients with substance use disorders. I especially wanted more experience with managing methadone in an outpatient setting and with detoxes from alcohol and inductions onto buprenorphine in both home and inpatient settings, and I had many opportunities to do so VA rotation being co-located with the methadone clinic where we had walk-in hours and scheduled appointments throughout the week. I deeply appreciated the focus in my fellowship on excellence in interdisciplinary learning and teaching through the CESATE program at the VA Puget Sound, as well as the UW PACC series and opportunities to present at conferences. The fellowship leadership fully supported me in designing a rotation at the Washington Physician Health Program to learn more about how physicians with addiction issues are supported in returning to practice safely and fully supported my parental leave when my daughter was born. The experience I gained in my fellowship has benefitted me immensely as a now board-certified outpatient Addiction Psychiatrist with the VA Boston system and as a rotation leader and instructor for the Harvard South Shore psychiatry residency program. Much of my success hitting the ground running as an attending is directly attributable to the superb preparation I got in my fellowship.” Maureen Murphy-Ryan, MD – Class of 2024
| Jackie Chipkin 2025 | Lucy Liu 2025 | Phillip Bray 2025 |
| Maxwell Schauermann 2024 | Maureen Murphy-Ryan 2024 | Miles Christensen 2024 |
| Sunyeob Hong 2023 | Kenneth Cullander 2023 | David Veith 2023 |
| Lala Park 2022 | Samuel Russell 2022 | Beverly Shin 2022 |
| Nathan Sackett 2021 | Molly Kalmoe 2021 | Norah Essali 2021 |
| Nadejda Bespalova 2020 | Jeeven Padda 2020 | Navmoon Mann 2020 |
| Justin Stamschror 2019 | Robert Sise 2019 | Daniel Magliozzi 2019 |
| Robert Ty Reidenbaugh 2018 | Kathleen Rean 2018 | Juvraj Padda 2018 |
| Matthew Iles-Shih 2017 | Mark Ellestad 2017 | Lauren Augello 2016 |
| Michael Huynh 2016 | Jonathan Adelstein 2016 | Jeremy Thueson 2015 |
| Wesley Ryan 2015 | Alexandra Bright 2014 | Jonathan Buchholz 2014 |
| Tushar Kumar 2013 | Shabnam Balali 2013 | Mark Duncan 2013 |
| Brian Smart 2012 | Jay Augsburger 2012 | Meghan O’Neil 2011 |
| Megan Gary 2011 | Babak Roshanaei-Moghaddam 2011 | Tilahun Abraha 2010 |
| Scott Gibson 2010 | Ryan Caldeiro 2009 | Tanya Scurry 2009 |
| Kalyan Dandala 2008 | Ray Hsiao 2007 | Kathleen Ang-Lee 2007 |
| Craig Jaffe 2006 | Charles Meredith 2006 | Laurence Bosley 2005 |
| Arthur Sullivan 2004 | Michael Oreskovich 2003 | Laura Ferguson 2003 |
| Stephen Opoku 2001 | Timothy Bondurant 2000 | Farza Quereshi 2000 |
| Alpay Demirsoy 1999 | Nikki Adams 1998 |