Current Residents

PGY-1

Lorenzo Medina, MD

Psychiatry PGY-1

Dr. Medina received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned his medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine.

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Charles Nnamchi, MD

Psychiatry PGY-1

Charles Nnamchi is a physician currently training in Psychiatry at the College Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

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Jose Santos Hernandez, MD

Psychiatry PGY-1

Dr. Santos-Hernández is a physician currently completing his Psychiatry residency at College Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

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Sharmila Thiagarajan, MD

Psychiatry PGY-1

Sharmila is a first-year resident in psychiatry at CMC.

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PGY-2

Ganna Abarbanel, MD

Psychiatry PGY-2

My name is Ganna Abarbanel, MD, and I graduated from Dnipro Medical Institute, Ukraine.

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Charles Acholonu, MD

Psychiatry PGY-2

Dr. Charles is a second-year psychiatry resident at College Medical Center.

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Yves-Smith Benjamin, MD, MPH

Psychiatry PGY-2

I earned my medical degree from the Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de l’Université d’État d’Haïti and later completed a Master of Public Health at The George Washington University.

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Dragos Turturica, MD

Psychiatry PGY-2

I earned my Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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PGY-3

Marie J. Chery, MD

Psychiatry PGY-3

Dr. Marie J. Chery is a PGY-3 psychiatry resident at College Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

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Charles Nnamdi Ezeaka, MD

Psychiatry PGY-3

My name is Dr. Charles Nnamdi Ezeaka, and I am originally from the eastern region of Nigeria.

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Jesse Ninmol, MD, MPH

Psychiatry PGY-3

Dr. Jesse Ninmol strives to deliver compassionate, patient-focused psychiatric care.

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Yaroslav Polehonkyi, MD

Psychiatry PGY-3

Dr. Yaroslav Polehonkyi is a psychiatry resident at College Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

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