Guest:

Dr. Tony Carino, MD is a Street Psychiatrist in the Bronx where he provides psychiatric care to people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Carino is the Director of Psychiatry at Janian Medical Care and leads a team of 46 psychiatric practitioners who care for people experiencing homelessness at 86 NYC programs. Dr. Carino is on faculty at Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship and teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has served on the Board of Directors at the American Association of Community Psychiatry. Dr. Carino previously worked as the Associate Medical Director at Pathways to Housing. He completed his psychiatric and medical training at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center and Loyola University Medical Center.

Host:

Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.

Podcast editor:

Mike Zhang is a third year medical student. He was drawn to community psychiatry because it bridges clinical care with public health and social support, allowing him to work directly with underserved populations. Having lived in diverse places and having seen how community context shapes well-being, he values psychiatry’s potential to address mental health through connection and collaboration. He is especially interested in how preventive and rehabilitative services can improve long-term outcomes for individuals and families.

Social media content creator:

Poyani Bavishi

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.

Learn more about the Community Psychiatry Certification Exam:

https://www.communitypsychiatry.org/aacp-board-certification

Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).

Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share!

Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5

Guest:

Dr. Mena Mirhom completed his adult psychiatry residency in BronxCare Hospital, followed by a Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Clara Maass Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health system. Dr. Mirhom also serves as the Chief Wellbeing Officer for Athletes For Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting athletes with community service initiatives. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a consultant for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), where he supports the mental health needs of NBA players and staff.

Host:

Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.

Social media content creator:

Pooja Jaiswal is a Community Psychiatry social media content creator and current fourth year medical student at NYITCOM Old Westbury.

Podcast editor:

Dr. Nisha Beard is a fourth year psychiatry resident. Dr. Beard was very intentional about looking for community programs while applying to psychiatry residency. The ability to not only treat patients with severe mental illness but also advocate for access to care has continued to fuel Dr. Beard’s passion for community psychiatry.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.

Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).

Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share!

Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5

Guest:

Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor, MD, MS, MBA is a psychiatry and internal medicine resident physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and a host of The Community Psychiatry Podcast. She is passionate about integrated and collaborative care, community psychiatry, and advocating for mental wellness and systemic change.

Host:

Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.

Social Media Content Creator:

Poyani Bavishi

Editor:

Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz comes from Caracas, Venezuela, where he went to Medical School at “Universidad Central de Venezuela - Escuela José María Vargas”. This is where he learned how to truly help disadvantaged and marginalized populations as an MD. With this passion in mind, he was fortunate enough to work as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and to become a Member in Training of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP), as well as one of the audio editors of their magnificent podcast - The Community Psychiatry Podcast! He is currently a Psychiatry Resident PGY-1 at BronxCare Health System - Mount Sinai, a Residency Program that focuses on delivering individualized mental health support to some of the most underserved and underprivileged populations in the country, while receiving the best and most supportive, academic and comprehensive training as a Psychiatry Resident. After residency, he wishes to apply everything that he has learned in this profoundly amazing program and continue being an advocate for mental health, serving marginalized, underserved and disadvantaged communities as a Leader in the fields of Adult Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Public Psychiatry.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.

Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).

Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share!

Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5