Meet Our Fellows

Hello, I’m Liv and I am happy to be continuing my training in this department. I completed my undergrad at the University of Rhode Island, then moved to Vermont for med school and stuck around for residency. I love it here! My areas of academic interest include team-based practices such as inpatient and PHP/IOP models, lifestyle health and medicine, community psychiatry, rural psychiatry, substance use and addiction, complementary and alternative medicine, and approaching mental illness with a holistic biopsychosocial and societal view. I also am proud to have been involved in the establishment of our resident and fellow union. My personal interests include reading, art, comedy, TV, food, and cats

Hi I’m Nat, I am originally from Tulsa Oklahoma and graduated from Hendrix College with a degree in psychology. From there I went to medical school at Boston University with the goal of going into psychiatry and eventually continuing my work with youth. Years later I am  thrilled to have completed my adult training at UVM and to be fast tracking into the child and adolescent fellowship. I love this community and value this departments goal of building and sustaining relationships with those we work and collaborate with. I love most everything in psychiatry especially community work and learning about systems of care. Clinically I am most interested in the topics of self harm, suicide, and autism. I also have a particular interest in working with queer and trans youth. Outside of work you can find me ideally outside recreating as much as possible!

Jonathan here! I am originally from North Dakota and have moved around the US throughout my life. Before coming to VT, I went to college at The Ohio State University where I double majored in biology and psychology. While in college, I completed an honors research thesis focused on better understanding Theory of Mind. After college, I moved to Winooski, VT as an AmeriCorps member, whereI worked within the city’s Parks & Rec department to provide affordable and accessible programming for the community. I completed Medical School and my Adult Psychiatry Residency training at UVMMC and am excited to continue my training now as part of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Family. I chose to train at UVMMC because of our departments focus on providing holistic patient centered care, which is embodied by the Vermont Family Based Approach.

Clinically, I have interests in forensic, lifestyle, and perinatal psychiatry. Academically, my research focuses on medical education, specifically, understanding how current recruitment and selection systems impact the diversity of those chosen within medicine. In my free time, I enjoy trying new restaurants, doing yoga, and being outside with friends and family.

I'm very excited to join the UVM Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Program! I was born in Florida, but my heart lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where I grew up and fostered a fondness for the outdoors.

It was a long and winding trek before I discovered Amy desire to work in child and adolescent psychiatry. Unknowingly, at the time, working summers in college as a camp counselor in Brevard, NC, served as the catalyst that led me here. My educational background includes a bachelor's in health science from TheUniversity of Central Florida, a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from East Carolina University, and my medical school training at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. I stayed down east for my psychiatry residency training at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC, a demographically diverse, underserved, and clinically high acuity region of the state.

I was drawn to the UVM Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program for its innovative family-based approach, holistic patient care, and advocacy, not to mention the people! And I'd be remise not to mention the work-life balance with plentiful outdoor activities in a stunning area. My clinical interests are widespread and everchanging but include transitional-age youth, psychotherapy, environmental psychology, wilderness medicine, public health, and advocacy.

Although I'm green to The Green Mountain State, Vermont is already reminiscent of home for me. I'm joined here in Burlington by my lovely partner, Melissa, and our two Brittany Spaniels, Spruce and Elm. When I'm not working, you can find us on a trail, at a brewery, or finishing second in trivia (actively seeking someone knowledgeable with movies/actors).

My name is Marga! I am a Fellow in the combined residency/fellowship in Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Vermont. I received my B.A. in History from The College at Brown University and M.D. from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. My interests in Psychiatry include trauma-informed care, neurodiversity, family-based approaches, and psychotherapy. I am passionate about supporting young people and collaborating with their families through integrative, evidence-based care that considers the whole person and their environment. I strive to promote resilience and long-term growth in the children and adolescents for whom I care. Outside of work, I like spending time with friends and family and enjoying the outdoors as much as possible—whether hiking, biking, or skiing!

I am a proud New Hampshire native and a major Boston sports fan, which I acknowledge and accept is not an attribute that anyone outside New England finds charming. Although I loved where I grew up, I always had a yearning to travel and learn about and from other cultures. I took the first opportunity I could get to move to the warm and beautiful island of Puerto Rico, where I could learn medicine and learn a new language simultaneously. Despite my now thin skin and intolerance to cold, I am now thrilled to be at the University of Vermont for fellowship, and Mayo Clinic before that for residency (which is somehow even colder). My academic interests are broad and include patient advocacy, health disparities, and research. Outside of work, I enjoy practicing yoga and Pilates, playing tennis, critiquing boxed mac n’ cheese, and playing with my twin pup dogs, Sadie and Boomer.

My name is Teagan! I was raised in upstate New York, completed my undergraduate education at SUNY Geneseo, and went on to complete Medical School at the University at Buffalo. I have been slowly working my way back north, and am completing psychiatry residency at Albany Medical Center, before moving up to Burlington for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at UVM. 

My interest in mental health has roots in my time spent dancing ballet, but blossomed as I received my bachelor’s degree in psychology. I enjoy being able to work with not just children but their families as a whole, and UVM’s Family Based Approach is what drew me to this program. My clinical interests are varied, but right now include eating disorders and the overlap of chronic illness on adolescent mental health. 

In my personal time I love spending time with my family and 2 cats. In the summer you’ll find me on the beach, preferably on the ocean, and in the winter skiing the gorgeous mountains of Vermont!

Hi everyone! I am Dylan. I was raised in Minnesota where I grew up snowboarding in the winter and swimming the lakes in the summer. Naturally, that led me to Burlington, VT for undergraduate to study neuroscience and continue enjoying the coldest weather in the United States. I attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine and subsequently returned to Burlington for my adult psychiatry residency training.

Prior to entering medicine, I worked with adolescents in residential care and wilderness therapy. I entered medical school with the intention of becoming a child and adolescent psychiatrist. My clinical interests include group psychotherapy, eating disorders, identity and developmental trauma, forensic psychiatry, and medical ethics. I am particularly interested in working with gender diverse, queer, and neurodivergent youth. I value approaching care with an intersectional lens that recognizes children and families as existing within layered cultural, socioeconomic, and systemic contexts that shape their mental health journey and emotional development. 

In my free time, I enjoy swimming, hiking, dancing, mountain biking, long-boarding with my black lab, attending poetry events, and spending time with loved ones. These are the spaces where I reconnect to joy, embodiment, and the values I hope to bring into my work.