February 2014
Message from the Chair
The Department’s focus during the latter half of 2013 has been on the expansion of clinical services. The FIU Faculty Group Practice (FGP) Broward site has witnessed an increase in therapy services provided by Katie Santana, LCSW and psychiatric services by Luis Carcache, MD and Leonard Gralnik, MD, PhD. They will continue to provide care for children, adolescents, adults and families in Broward County. At the Faculty Group Practice on the Modesto Madique Campus (MMC), Katie Santana, LCSW has been very busy performing evaluations and providing individual and group therapy. Luis Carcache, MD is also providing care for adolescents and adults at this site. Dr Carcache’s area of expertise is the evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Eugenio Rothe, MD will begin providing services at the FIU Health MMC site beginning this week as well. In 2014, look for further development of our neurodevelopmental program at both sites.
The FIU Health Collaborative Program, an ambulatory program in collaboration with the Florida Health Miami-Dade County (FKA Department of Health), is now operational. Behavioral health services will be integrated with FIU primary care services, specialty care services (eg gynecology, adolescent medicine, cardiology and others) and the Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP (NHELP) program. The program will be anchored in the Florida Health Miami-Dade County main offices in the Health District but integrated with NHELP’s family and community based services. Clinical services will be provided by the Department’s two experienced therapists, Martha Fonseca, LCSW and Michelle Lake, LMHC, NCC. Patricia Junquera, MD will assist in the provision of services and the development of our innovative care model.
Several FIU 4th year medical students have applied for residencies in Psychiatry. Much of this is a testament to the outstanding curriculum and rotations Leonard Gralnik, MD, PhD, Karin Esposito, MD, PhD and the rest of the faculty have developed. The Department also relies on the voluntary clinical faculty for medical student teaching and supervision. We are grateful to each voluntary faculty member who has contributed their time, effort and expertise to this endeavor.
We look forward to more exciting developments over the rest of this year. The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health remains committed to its departmental values, mission based growth and seeking excellence in everything we do.
Daniel “Dr C” Castellanos, MD
Professor and Founding Chair
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