UCSF Psychiatry News

Paul D. Cassidy, MBA, MS, has been selected as the Chief Financial Officer of the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, effective Monday, June 15.

A new UCSF center at Mission Bay, scheduled to open in the spring of 2019, will offer a unique and powerful array of mental health services to Bay Area adults, children and families, as well as provide a base for research and training to advance the prevention and treatment of mental illness.

First-year psychiatry resident Brian Anderson, MD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2014-15 PGY-1 Krevans Award for Patient Care by his peers and faculty members at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) for his outstanding clinical skills and dedication to serving vulnerable and underserved patients.

Renée Binder, MD, began her one-year term as President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the conclusion of the APA Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 20.

Caitlin Hasser, MD, has been selected to take part in the 2015-2016 UCSF Teaching Scholars Program beginning this September.

Second-year psychiatry resident David Tran, MD, MPP, has been selected to receive a 2015-2016 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship from the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Clinical professor David Bullard, PhD, will serve as the host and moderator for a special hour-long conversation this afternoon with Thupten Jinpa, PhD.

Second-year psychiatry resident Tua-Elisabeth Mulligan, MD, has been chosen to participate in the American Psychiatric Association (APA) American Psychiatric Leadership (APL) Fellowship Program, the oldest fellowship program offered by the APA.