Committees
Executive Officers and Leadership
Director / President- Board of Trustees: Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Vice President- Board of Trustees: Harvey Schwartz, MD
Secretary- Board of Trustees: Rita Ataviado, MD
Treasurer- Board of Trustees: Benjamin Cheney, MD
Chair, Education Committee: Dionne R. Powell, MD
Co-Chairs, Student Progression Committee:
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD and Susan Resek, DSW, LCSW
Education Committee
Chair: Dionne Powell, MD
Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Leslie Cummins, DSW
David Frank, MD
Joel Gold, MD
Dennis Haseley, LCSW
Samuel Herschkowitz, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Arthur Lew, MD
Pauline McHugh, PhD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Susan Resek, DSW, LCSW
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Aneil Shirke, PhD, MD
Michael H. Singer, DO
Michael Sobel, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
Angela Vuotto, DO
Tanya Weisman, MD
Jason Wheeler, PhD
Justyna Zapolska, PhD
Admissions Committee
Co-Chair: Leslie Cummins, DSW, LCSW
Co-Chair: Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Arthur Lew, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Michael H. Singer, DO
Herbert Stein, MD
Student Progression Committee
Co-Chair: Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Co-Chair: Susan Resek, DSW, LCSW
Salomon Bankier, PhD
Joanna Bures, MD
Joseph Cronin, LCSW
Jason Greenberg, PhD
Daniella Lukashok, MD
Stephen Malach, MD
Carmela Perez, PhD
Dionne R. Powell, MD
Tanya Weisman, MD
Curriculum Committee / Curriculum Revision and Review Committee
Chair: Tanya Weisman, MD
Lawrence Friedman, MD
Francoise Graf, PhD
Ann Landowne, MD
Angela Retano-Anderson, MS, RN, NPP
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Malini Singh, PhD
Natalie Tobier, MPH, LCSW
Douglas Van der Heide, MD
Yukari Yanagino, PhD, LCSW
Graduate Society Committee
Chair: Marina Mirkin, MD
Program Chair: M. Nasir Ilahi, LLM, LP
Lisa Bialkin, LCSW
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Arthur Lew, MD
Faculty and Affiliate Search Committee
Chair: Dennis Haseley, LCSW
Salomon Bankier, PhD
Lisa Bialkin, LCSW
Laurie Levinson, PhD
Tanya Weisman, MD
Jason Wheeler, PhD
Consultation and Treatment Service Committee
Chair: Jason Wheeler, PhD
Carlos Almeida, MD
Joan Bryan, LCSW
Dionyssios Caralis, PhD
Benjamin Cheney, MD
Kimberly Chu, PsyaD, LCSW
David Cole, MD
Luis Garza, MD
Jason Greenberg, PhD
Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Sameer Khan, MD
Lucille Kellman, LCSW
Jen Krawet, PhD
Samantha Leathers, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Angela Retano-Anderson, MS, RN, NPP
Terrance Rooney, LCSW
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Samantha Sculnick, LCSW
Natalie Tobier, LCSW, MPH
Jason Wheeler, PhD
Patricia Winter, LCSW
Justyna Zapolska, PhD
Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Program Committee
Chair: Laurie Levinson, PhD
Training Analyst Selection Committee
Chair: Michael H. Singer, DO
Barbara Deutsch, MD
David Frank, MD
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Dennis Haseley, MD
Dionne R. Powell, MD
Malini Singh, PhD
Herbert Stein, MD
Sara Vogel, MD
Distance Learning Program Committee
Co-Chair: Tracy Roth, MD
Co-Chair: Herbert Stein, MD
Fellowship Program Committee
Chair: Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Leslie Cummins, DSW
Norma Green, MD
Terrance Roooney, LCSW
Medical Center Liaison Committee
Chair: David Frank, MD
Associate Chair: Jennifer Nogi, MD
K. Chapman Attwell, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Cora Johnson, MD
Daniella Lukashok, MD
Outreach Committee
Chair: Angela Vuotto, DO
James Creed, DPT
Catherine Hall, LCSW
Jennifer Schimmel, MD
Jennifer I. Stephenson, LMSW (ex-officio)
Prelude to Training Committee
Chair: Justyna Zapolska, PhD
Psychotherapy Committee
Chair: Pauline McHugh, MD
Jeanmarie Anderer, MD
Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Benjamin Cheney, MD
Norma Green, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Jennifer Krawet, PsyD
Dawn Lohrer, LCSW
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Angela Retano-Anderson, MS, RN, NPP
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Aneil Shirke, PhD, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
Psychoanalyst Assistance Committee
Chair: Arthur Lew, MD
Luis Garza, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
The PANY Diversity Initiative
Chair: Kimberly Chu, PsyaD, LCSW
Sameer Khan, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Jennifer Nogi, MD
Neelima Pania, MD
David Schwam, MD
Ethics Committee
Co-Chair: Samuel Herschkowitz, MD
Co-Chair: Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Elections Committee
Chair: Arthur Lew, MD
Rita Ataviado, MD
Marina Mirkin, MD