Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Committee

Co-Chair 

 Katiuska J. Ramirez, MD

Co-Chair

Damien M. Miran, MD

Fellow Co-Chair

Sunita Singh, MD

 Resident Co-Leader

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September 2026 C-L Psychiatry Committee Report 

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Committee brings together psychiatrists across Massachusetts committed to advancing the care of medically complex patients, strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration, and cultivating the next generation of C-L leaders. We provide a forum where clinicians share emerging practices, develop scholarly and educational initiatives, and support one another in building meaningful and sustainable careers. 

The committee is co-chaired by Katiuska Ramirez, MD, and Damien Miran, MD, who assumed leadership in July 2025. Drs. Rayah Touma Sawaya, MD, MPH, and Juan Correa Rubianes, MD, both PGY-4 psychiatry residents at Boston Medical Center, stepped into the Resident Co-Chair role in July 2026, and we are delighted to welcome them. Dr. Sunita Singh continues as Fellow Co-Chair as she begins her C-L fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. We extend our deepest gratitude to Dr. Aashima Sarin, who graduated this year, for her many contributions as Resident Co-Chair. 

The 2025-2026 academic year was productive and collaborative. We opened in October with a joint session with the MPS Women in Psychiatry Committee, featuring Drs. Josh Leo (BIDMC), Polina Teslyar (BWH), Ilana Braun (DFCI), and Kaila Rudolph (BMC) on what first drew them to C-L psychiatry and how they have built careers across clinical, academic, and leadership roles. In January, a joint meeting with the MPS Early Career Psychiatry Committee brought Dr. Theodore Stern (MGH) for a fireside chat on translating everyday consultations into scholarship. In March, we shared ACLP 2026 submission guidance and a collaboration sign-up sheet for building multi-institutional teams. In April, Dr. Danny Mendoza (BIDMC) led a two-part neuroimaging series built around teaching cases, with practical guidance on reviewing images before the radiology report and recognizing when structural pathology mimics primary psychiatric illness. In June, incoming and graduating C-L fellows offered candid reflections on why they decided to pursue C-L psychiatry fellowship, impactful moments in their training, the benefits of additional training, and where they see the field going. 

Our first meeting of the new academic year will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, jointly with the MPS Early Career Psychiatry Committee. Drs. Marta Herschkopf (BIDMC) and Carrie Wu (DFCI) will speak on ethics in C-L practice, including what distinguishes a psychiatry consult from an ethics consult, what the C-L psychiatrist's responsibilities are when ethical issues arise in a case, and how to pursue further ethics training. Dr. Wu will bring a psycho-oncology perspective, and the session will close with time for questions. Looking ahead past September, we remain committed to strengthening connections across institutions, providing engaging presentations and panel conversations, building collaborative ties with partner committees, and supporting members in creating scholarly opportunities, ranging from ACLP proposals and co-authored manuscripts to broader academic endeavors. 

We invite colleagues across every professional stage to connect with our C-L psychiatry community. To join the committee, please reach out to Mayuri Patel via email at [email protected] (active membership in the APA/MPS is required).

Warmly, 

Katiuska Ramirez, MD
Secretary, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
Co-Chair, MPS C-L Psychiatry Committee
Co-Chair, MPS Women in Psychiatry Committee
Associate Director, C-L Psychiatry Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Program Director, BIDMC & VA Boston C-L Psychiatry Fellowship
 
Damien Miran, MD
Co-Chair, MPS C-L Psychiatry Committee
Clinical Director, DFCI Inpatient Psychiatry Consult Service
Supportive Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Division of Medical Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital
 
Sunita Singh, MD
Fellow Co-Chair, MPS C-L Psychiatry Committee
C-L Psychiatry Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital 
 
Juan Correa Rubianes, MD
Resident Co-Chair, MPS C-L Psychiatry Committee
Psychiatry Resident, PGY-4, Boston Medical Center