Psychiatric Neurology

Sheldon Benjamin, M.D., graduated from the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed psychiatry
residency training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, neurology residency
training at Tufts-New England Medical Center and Boston University, and
Behavioral Neurology fellowship at the Boston Veterans Administration and
Boston University. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurology at
UMass Chan Medical School, where he served as Interim Chair of Psychiatry
from 2017 to 2020 and as Vice Chair for Education and Director of the UMass
Chan Psychiatry Residency Program for 25 years. He founded the combined
neurology/psychiatry residency program at UMass Chan Medical School and
served as its co-director from 1997 to 2020, when he became Associate
Director. He has served as President of the American Association of
Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training and the American Neuropsychiatric
Association. He currently serves as secretary of the International
Neuropsychiatric Association, serves on the Psychiatry Review Committee of
the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, and is on the board
of directors of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Benjamin
has practiced and taught neuropsychiatry for over 40 years.

Kathy
Niu, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
and then completed the Combined Neurology/Psychiatry Residency at UMass Chan
Medical School. Previously a faculty member of Duke University and
Vanderbilt University medical schools, she has served in roles including
Psychiatry Clerkship Director and Co-Director of a Brain, Behavior, and
Movement course for medical students. She is currently an Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School, where she serves as the Program Director of the
Neurology-Psychiatry Combined Residency Program and practices in both
fields.