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Program Faculty


Program Leadership & Faculty

Medical Education

Psychiatry Residency Program

Ramkrishna Makani, MD, MPH
Program Director

Michele Cepparulo, CTAGME 
Residency Coordinator

AtlantiCare – Medical Arts Pavilion
7 South Ohio Avenue, 3rd FL, Suite 3300
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Email: [email protected]
@atlanticarepsychresidency

Core Faculty


Ramkrishna Makani, MD, MPH

Program Director, Department of Psychiatry, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Interventional Psychiatrist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisinger
Commonwealth School of Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board Certified


Education

  • MD, Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 2007
  • MPH, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 2010

Post Graduate Training

  • Psychiatry Residency: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/AtlantiCare Track: 2014-2017, New Jersey
  • Chief Resident: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/AtlantiCare Track: 2016-2017
  • Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): 2017-2019, Philadelphia, PA
  • Chief Fellow: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)L 2018-2019

Anup Mani, DO

Associate Residency Program Director
Core Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Faculty Preceptor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Attending Psychiatrist, Outpatient Community Mental Health Clinic
Federally Qualified Health Center, Atlantic City, NJ
Attending Psychiatrist, Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified


Education

  • BS, New York Institute of Technology, 2007
  • DO, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2011

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2017

Teaching Faculty


Sayed Ammar, MD

Attending Psychiatrist
AtlantiCare Behavioral Health
Hammonton, NJ
Attending Psychiatrist
Interventional Psychiatry


Education

  • Medical University of The Americas
    Nevis, West Indies
    MD, May 2018
  • Rutgers University
    New Brunswick, BA in Biology, 2010

Post Graduate Training

  • Cooper University Hospital
    Camden, NJ
    Psychiatry Residency Training Program
    Psychiatry Resident, 2019 – 2023
    Chief Resident, 2022-2023

Mohammad Ashfaq, MD, FAPA

Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist, Outpatient Community Mental Health Clinic
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified


Education

  • MD, King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ

Melanie Beck, DO

Attending Psychiatrist
Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center


Education

  • Rowan University
    School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Stratford, NJ
    MD, May 2019
  • Drexel University
    BS, Biological Sciences, June 2015

Post Graduate Training

  • Cooper University Healthcare
    Camden, NJ
    Psychiatry Residency Training Program
    Cooper University/AtlantiCare Track
    Psychiatry Resident, 2019 – 2023
    Chief Resident, 2022-2023
  • Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program
    Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, 2021

Thomas Connell, MD

Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Intervention Program
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified


Education

  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1982
  • MD, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1987

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1991
  • Fellow, Pharmacology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1991

Maria Teresa Daclan, MD

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
Attending Psychiatrist
Psychiatric Intervention Program (PIP)
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center


Education

  • MD, University of the Visayas
    School of Medicine, 1988
    Cebu, Philippines

    BS in Education, 1983
    University of San Carlos
    Cebu City, Philippines

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, 1999
    Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
    Trenton, NJ

Michael J. DeMotte, MD, MS

Medical Director
Psychiatric Intervention Program (PIP)
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Teaching Faculty
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Board Certified in Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005
Maintenance of Certification, 2015
American Psychiatric Association
Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, 2012
American Psychiatric Association
Nancy Roeske Certification of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education, 2008


Education

  • MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2000
  • Master of Science, Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, 1996

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2004
  • Chief Resident in Psychiatry, 2003

Roshi DeSilva, D.O.

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
Consultation and Liaison Psychiatrist
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center


Education
 

  • DO, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2018
    Stratford, NJ
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
    BS, Neurobiology and Physiology
    University of Maryland, 2013
    College Park, MD

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Post Graduate Training
 

  • Resident in Psychiatry, 2022
    Cooper University Healthcare/AtlantiCare Track
    Camden, NJ/Atlantic City, NJ
  • Chief Resident, 2021-2022
    AtlantiCare Psychiatry
    Atlantic City, NJ

David Huang, MD

Core Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Outpatient Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Services, ARMC
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical School
Of Rowan University
Recipient, AtlantiCare Behavioral Health Excellence in
Best Quality Award
Recipient, Arnold Goldman, MD, Psychiatry Volunteer
Faculty Award
Recipient, Cooper Psychiatry Training Program Faculty Award
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified
American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Certified


Education

  • BS, SUNY – Stony Brook, 1994
  • MD, Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu Philippines, 2000

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ, 2005
  • Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2007

Kevin Hunter, MD

Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Neurologist, ARMC
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified
American Board of Sleep Medicine Certified


Education

  • AB, Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1995
  • MS, Biochemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 1988
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992

Post Graduate Training

  • Internship, Department of Medicine, St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993
  • Resident in Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1995
  • Neurophysiology and Clinical Epilepsy Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, NIND, Bethesda, MD, 1998

Brian Isaacson, MD, MBA

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Associate Medical Director of Undergraduate
Medical Education
Core Teaching Faculty, ARMC
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified
American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Certified


Education
 

  • BS, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
  • MD, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, 2000
  • Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine Piscataway & Camden, NJ
  • MBA, Stockton University, with distinction, 2017 Galloway, NJ
Post Graduate
  • Training Resident in Psychiatry, Tulane University, 2000-2003 New Orleans, LA
  • Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2003-2005 Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA
  • Chief Resident, Child and Adolescent Fellowship, 2004-2005

Kirsy Japa, MD

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
Attending Psychiatrist
Community Mental Health
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center

 

Education
 

  • MD, Universidad Central Del Este, 2001
    Dominican Republic
  • Internship, Hospital Regional Dr. Antonio Musa
    Dominican Republic, 2002
  • Psychodynamic Advanced Candidate
    Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program
    Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
    2018-present 
    Philadelphia, PA

Post Graduate Training
 

  • Psychiatry Resident, Cooper University Hospital, 2016-2019
    Camden, NJ
  • Chief Resident, Cooper University Hospital, 2019-2020
    Camden, NJ
  • Community Psychiatry Fellowship, 2021
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA

Justin Lee, MD, MS

Attending Psychiatrist
AtlantiCare Behavioral Health
Hammonton, NJ
Attending Psychiatrist
Adult Intervention Services
Atlantic City, NJ


Education

  • Cooper Medical School
    Of Rowan University
    Camden, NJ
    MD, May 2018
  • Rutgers University
    Dual Degree Program
    BA/MS in Biology, 2013

Post Graduate Training

  • Cooper University Hospital
    Camden, NJ
    Psychiatry Residency Training Program
    Psychiatry Resident, 2018 – 2022
  • University of Pennsylvania
    Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, June 2023

Lisa Lindquist, DO

Inpatient Medical Director, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Unit ARMC
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified


Education

  • BA, Boston University, Boston, MA, 1985
  • DO, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, 1989

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, 1993

Joseph Ranieri, DO, FAAFP, FASAM

Medical Director, Addiction Services
AtlantiCare Behavioral Health
John Brooks Recovery Center


Education

  • Philadelphia College of
    Osteopathic Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA
    Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 1991
  • Temple University School of Pharmacy
    Philadelphia, PA
    Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, 1981

Post Graduate Training

  • Underwood Memorial Hospital
    Woodbury, NJ
    Resident, Family Practice, 1994
  • Hahnemann University Hospital
    Philadelphia, PA
    Post Graduate Education, 1987

Garrett Rossi, MD

Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Unit AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified


Education

  • BS, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, 2012
  • MD, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 2017
    Magna cum laude
  • Candidate, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Sept 2021 – present

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, 2021

Keith Semler, DO

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
Interventional Psychiatrist, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center


Education

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certified
 

  • DO, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, 2018
  • BS, Biochemistry Stockton University, Pomona, NJ, 2013

Post Graduate Training

  • Resident in Psychiatry, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, 2024
  • Psychiatry Chief Resident, AtlantiCare Psychiatry, Atlantic City, NJ, 2023-2024
  • Intern in Internal Medicine, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, 2019