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Trainee Travel Award

The Trainee Travel Award supports consultation-liaison psychiatry fellows, residents, and medical students in attending the ACLP Annual Meeting. The purpose of this award is to encourage trainee engagement with the Academy, provide exposure to current research and clinical advances, and foster the next generation of leaders in consultation-liaison psychiatry.

For 2026, twenty (20) Trainee Travel Award will be granted.

AWARD DETAILS

ELIGIBILITY

    • Must be a medical student, psychiatry resident, or consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow at the time of the Annual Meeting.
    • Interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry.
    • Must attend the current year’s Annual Meeting in person.
    • Submission of an abstract is not required, but applicants with an abstract submission will receive preference.
    • Preference is given to senior trainees and first-time Annual Meeting attendees.
    • Webb Fellowship recipients are not eligible.

SELECTION

    • Applications are reviewed and scored by the ACLP Fellowship and Awards Subcommittee

RECOGNITION

The recipient receives:
    • Certificate presented at Annual Meeting
    • $750 Honorarium
    • Complimentary Annual Meeting registration

TIMELINE

    • Applications open April 1, 2026 and close May 1, 2026. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the recommendation is submitted by the deadline.

APPLICATION

Applications may be submitted by the candidate through the online nomination Form.

Required materials:

    • A brief essay (maximum 500 words) describing the applicant’s interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry and future career goals
    • A letter of recommendation submitted online by one of the following:
        • Program Director (for fellows and residents)
        • C-L Division Director or C-L Faculty Member (for residents and medical students)

Awards are granted based on demonstrated interest in C-L psychiatry and potential for engagement with the Academy

2025 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jennifer Jolivert, MD

Krisdaniel Berreta, DO

Abdullah Bataineh, MD

James Swanson, MD

Andrew Ji, MD

Ashley Mahajan, DO

Shaan Sharma, MD

Anneka Johnston-Dumerauf, MD

Erika Kaske, MD

Hilary Pang, MD, MSc 

Joshua Coleman, DO

Kira Panzer, MD

Brandon Hinrichs, MD

Erin Hegarty, MA, MD

Victoria Schulte, MD

Sadhika Jagannathan, MD

Mihaela Kancheva, MD

Kristen Chalmers, MD

Emily Zhang, MD

Rayah Touma Sawaya, MD

Past Award Recipients
2024 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Mirza Baig, MD

Adriana Cantos, MD

Stephanie Chien, MD

Bekir Nihat Dogrul, MD

Gabrielle Dressler, MD, MBE

Hatice Nur Eken, MD

Avital Fischer, MD, PhD

 

Annie Heyman, MD

Jacob Person, MD, MPH

Julian Raffoul, MD, PhD

William Tobolowsky, MD

Vlad Velicu, MD, MS

Juliana Zambrano, MD, MPH

Ning "Olivia" Zhao, BS, BA, MD

 

2023 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Zachary Bean, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center

Elizabeth Clayton, MD
Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center

Isaiah Crum, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Lauren Fields, MD
Massachusetts General Hosptial/McLean Psychiatry

Amvrine Ganguly, MBBS, MD
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)

Brittany Goldstein, MD
Northwestern University

Dallas Hamlin, MD
Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Can Kilciksiz, MD
Washington University St. Louis

Bryan Lao, MD
Duke University Hospital

Henry Onyeaka, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel Powell, MD
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Janelle Ruiz, MD, MS
Stanford Health Care

Avneet Soin, MD
NYU Psychiatry

Jon Sole, MD, MSc
Stanford Medicine

Conrad Stasieluk, MD
Loyola University Medical Center

2021 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Alissa Hutto, MD
UNC Hospital

Anton Makhiboroda
Tulane University School of Medicine

Bernice Yau, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Bill Chen, MS
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Department of Psychiatry

Ekaterina Protsenko
UCSF School of Medicine

Eric Weaver
University of California, San Francisco

Jennifer Hsu
John Peter Smith Hospital

Kaitlyn Crutchley
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Madhuri Jakkam Setty, MBBS
Baylor College of Medicine

Margaret Puelle, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Meghan Keil, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Veronika Hanko, MD
McGaw Medical Center of Northwest University

2020 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Patrick Buckley, MBA, MD
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Kate Bukiri, MD
Loyola University Medical Center

Laura Campbell, MD
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Raheel Chaudhry, MD
Henry Ford Allegiance Health System

Joy Choi, MD
NYU School of Medicine

Julia Kulikowski, MD
McMaster University

Shivani Kumar, MD
University of Chicago Medicine

Walter Luchsinger, MD
Yale School of Medicine

Alice Luo, MD
University of New Mexico

Ashley Nieves Archibald, MD
Boston University/Boston Medical Center

Melanie Peterson
West Virginia University

Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS
Carilion Clinic- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Jordan Spencer, DO
Medical University of South Carolina

Janahan Vijanderan, MS, MD
Oregon Health & Science University

Amelia Wendt, MD
University of Washington

2019 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Renee Drolet, MD, MA
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Elvis Espero, MD
Boston Medical Center

Jacqueline Hirsch, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Cybele Arsan, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Shinnyi Chou, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Margaret Cinderella, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Samuel Kohrman, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Alvaro La Rosa, MD
Loyola University Medical Center

Ruth McCann, MD
Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute

Amanda Mihalik-Wenger, BS, MD
University of Florida Health Psychiatry

Nona Nichols, BA, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Youngchan Park, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin

Anushka Shenoy, MD
Oregon Health and Science University

Sarah Slocum, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Emily Sorg, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

2018 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Amy Cooper, MD
Northwell Health Zucker Hillside Hospital

Nkemka Esiobu, MD, MPH
Yale University

Patrick Ho, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Jessica Holliday, MD, MPH
University of California San Francisco

Samantha Latorre, MD
University of Maryland

Shadi Lavasani, MD
Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, TX

Stanley Lyndon, MD
Yale University

Charles Manchee, MD
Los Angeles County, Univ of Southern California Medical Center

Flannery Merideth, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean

Manivel Rengasamy, MD
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Yingying Rezmovits, MD, MBA
University of Colorado

Jennifer Sotsky, MD, MS
Columbia University Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Brian Wasserman, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Elyse Watson, MD
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Samantha Zwiebel, MD, MA
University of Kentucky

2017 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Nicole Bates, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Daniel Daunis, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Reema Dedania, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Christy Duan, MD
Northwell Health - Zucker Hillside Hospital

Justin Gettings, MD
University of North Carolina

Anna Jackson, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Abhisek Khandai, MD
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Shelly Kucherer, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Ashley Lawler, MD
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Jack Owens, MD
Loyola University Medical Center

Sara Puening, MD
University of Colorado

Daniel Shalev, MD
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Meredith Spada, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Robyn Thom, MD
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Stephanie Tung, MD
University of Southern California

2016 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jose Arriola Vigo, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Arpita Goswami Banerjee, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Larkin Elderon, MD
Boston University Medical Center

Abraham Ghattas, DO
Loyola University Medical Center

Hermioni Lokko, MD, MPP
Massachusetts General Hospital

Subani Maheshwari, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Laura Poellet, MD, JD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Deepa Pawar, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin

Robin Valpey, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Simon Sidelnik, MD
New York University School of Medicine

Jonathan Smith, MD
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University

Thida Thant, MD
University of Colorado

2015 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Andrea Ament, MD
Stanford University

Richard Carlson, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ann Chandy, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Kaleena Chilcote, MD
Brigham and Women's/Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Julia Edwards, MD, MPH
University of Washington

Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA
Mount Sinai

Tanuja Gandhi, MD
Einstein Healthcare Network

Emily Holmes, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina

Sarah Homitsky, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Wynne Lundblad, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Rachel Ross, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kamalika Roy, MD
Wayne State University/ Detroit Medical Center

Neeta Shenai, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Erin Smith, MD UPMC
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

James Wilkins, MD, Dphil
Massachusetts General Hospital-McLean Hospital

2014 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Amritha Bhat, MD
University of Washington

Kathleen Bingham, MD
University of Toronto

Monika Chaudhry, MD
University of Southern California

Julia Edwards, MD, MPH
University of Washington

Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Anna Frenklach, MD
Stanford University

Robin Hanson, DO
Thomas Jefferson University

Heather (Liebherr) Joseph, DO
University of Pittsburgh

Lawrence Kaplan, DO
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Daniel Linhares, MD
Mount Sinai St Luke's

Nasuh Malas, MD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh

Laura McLafferty, MD
Thomas Jefferson University

Anna Piotrowski, MD
University of Chicago

Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD
Yale University

Emily Rosenberger, BA
University of Pittsburgh

2013 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Meredith Cait Brady, MD
University of California

Kang Won Choi, DO, JD, MPP
UCSF Fresno

Michael Butterfield, MD, MSc
Dalhousie University

Katharine Dalke, MD, MBE
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Hussam Jefee Bahloul, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Justin Johnson, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Tiwalola Kolawole, MD
MetroHealth Medical Center

David Kroll, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Vanessa Lentz, MD, MSc
University of Toronto

Amy Lu, MD candidate
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Laura McLafferty, MD
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic

Mark Newman, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Katie Norfleet, MD
Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Seattle

Paul Thisayakorn, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

2012 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Alan T. Bates MD, PhD
University of British Columbia

Amritha Bhat, MD
University of Washington

Neevon Esmaili, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Amanda S. Green, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Katy A. LaLone, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Robert B. Lloyd, MD
Emory University

Lindsey Y. Mortenson, MD
University of Michigan

Jessica R. Mosier, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Nadia Quijije, MD
Boston, MA

Simha E. Ravven, MD
Cambridge Health Alliance

Vidushi Savant, MD
Loyola University Medical Center

John Taylor, MD, MBA
Massachusetts General Hospital

Adam J. Trenton, DO
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

2011 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Sepideh N. Bajestan, MD
Stanford University

Meera Balasubramaniam, MD
Duke University

Richard Carlson, Jr., MD
Vanderbilt University

Anna L. Dickerman, MD
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Amelia Dubovsky, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Lawrence Fung, MD
Stanford University

Felipe Jain, MD
University of California Los Angeles

Elizabeth LiCalzi, MD
Vanderbilt University

Danielle Magness, MD
Loyola University

Christina Marchionni, MD
Thomas Jefferson University

Curtis McKnight, MD
Ohio State University

Emma Sammelson-Jones, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York Psychiatric Institute

Jo Ellen Wilson, MD
Vanderbilt University

2010 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Anthony Cavalieri, MD
University Hospital, University of Cincinnati

Christopher Celano, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and
McLean Hospital

Shane Coleman, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and
McLean Hospital

Zhanna Elberg, MD
State University of New York at Buffalo

Anna Glezer, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and
McLean Hospital

Stacey Gramann, MD
Oregon Health & Science University

Christina Khan, MD
Stanford University Hospital

Shimul Kumbhani, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Tuong-Vi Nguyen, MD
McGill University

Eliza Park, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard
Medical School

Magdalena Romanowicz, MD
Mayo Clinic Psychiatry and Psychology

Shilpa Sachdeva, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Justin Smith, MD
University of Virginia

2009 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Daniel R. Bateman, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Amit Chopra, MBBS
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Daliborka Danelisen, DO
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Holly DuBois, MD
Stanford University
Menlo Park, CA

Travis J. Fisher, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Muskego, WI

Catherine Harrison-Restelli, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Charles Hebert, MD
Rush University
Chicago, IL

Rukhsana Iqbal, MD
Northwestern University
Westmont, IL

Abhisdhek Jain, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Stow, OH

David Novosad MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham NC

Jacynthe Rivest, MD
NY Presbyterian Hospital/
Columbia University
New York, NY

Yelizaveta I. Sher, MD
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
San Bruno, CA

Ilse R. Wiechers, MD
MGH/McLean Hospitals
Boston, MA

2008 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Sharon Batista, MD
Mt Sinai School of Medicine

Scott Beach, MD
University of Virginia

Scott Campbell, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Amy Christianson, MD, MS, MBA
University of Southern California

Kathryn Egan, MD
University of Hawaii

Jonathan Fellers, MD
UCSF Fresno

Brenda Garro, MD
SUNY at Stony Brook Medical Center

Christina Hines, MD
John Hopkins Hospital

Felicia Kuo, MD
University of Massachussetts
Medical School

Sarah Parsons, MD
University Hospitals, Cleveland

Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD
Maimonides Medical Center

Gillian Sowden, MD
Harvard Medical School

Donald Tavakoli, MD
University of Pennsylvania