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Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Thomas J. Pearsall, Jr. Fellowship

Overview: Fellowship supporting psychiatry residents and fellows in deepening their understanding of psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Status: Active (2025-2026 fellows appointed)

Geographic Scope: North Carolina and South Carolina

Focus Areas:

  • Psychoanalytic training for psychiatry residents and fellows

  • Integration of psychodynamic approaches into psychiatric practice

  • Support for early-career psychiatrists developing psychotherapeutic skills
  • Eligibility:

  • Psychiatry residents and fellows in academic training programs

  • Interest in psychoanalytic theory and practice

  • Commitment to integrating psychodynamic approaches into clinical work
  • 2025-2026 Pearsall Fellows:

  • Emily Aarons, MD (fourth-year psychiatry resident at Duke, interests in general adult psychiatry, psychotherapy, Spanish-speaking populations)

  • Elise Abken, MD (second-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at UNC)

  • Gabriel Brotzman, DO (fourth-year psychiatry resident at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville NC, interests in philosophy of psychiatry, psychotic disorders, psychodynamic psychotherapy)

  • Adriana "Dree" Kavoussi, MD (final year child & adolescent fellowship at UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • Yi Ting Liu, MD (third-year psychiatry resident at Medical University of South Carolina, interests in underserved communities, consult-liaison psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry)

  • Thomas Mayer, MD (second-year child & adolescent psychiatry fellow at UNC)

  • Joyce A. Meza Venegas, MD (third-year resident in Duke's Psychiatry Residency, interests in addiction, global health, psychoanalysis)

  • Joseph Muñoz Dayaa, MD, MS (child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at UNC, interests in child/adolescent psychiatry, women's/reproductive psychiatry, psychodynamic approaches)

  • Saagar Patel, DO (fourth-year psychiatry resident and chief resident at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville NC, interests in crisis/emergency psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, cross-cultural psychiatry)

  • Julia Rothschild, M.D., Sc.M. (fourth-year psychiatry resident at Duke, chief of Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic, interests in child/adolescent psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry, psychodynamic psychotherapy, climate change and mental health)
  • Non-Discrimination: PCC does not discriminate on basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, marital status, religion, sexual orientation/identification, or national/ethnic origin

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    mental-health

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