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Exam Dates


2010
November 19 - 21

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Part 2 Oral Board Preparation Course Faculty

Jack Krasuski, MD
Executive Director
The American Physician Institute, LLC



Jack Krasuski, MD, is the founder of the American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies. He continues to develop educational and training courses for psychiatrists and other health care professionals and personally trains approximately one thousand psychiatrists a year. Dr. Krasuski completed a three year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health as a Senior Staff Fellow. He then returned to his alma mater, the University of Illinois, to take an academic position in the medical school. Dr. Krasuski is married, has three children and lives in Hinsdale, IL, a suburb of Chicago.






Mercedes Martinez, M.D.



Board Certifications

  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry;


  • Position

  • Pilsen Wellness Center (mental health clinic), Lutheran Social Services (SASS), Gateway Foundation (Substance abuse program) all of Chicago, IL; JXP Healthy minds. Annually teaches the Northwestern Child Fellows about child psychiatry from a multicultural perspective.


  • Awards
  • The Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Fellowship;The Sor Juana Inez Woman's Achievement Award from the National Mexican Fine Arts Museum.


  • Education

  • Finch University Chicago Med School, North Chicago IL


  • Experience

  • Medical Director for the City of Chicago, Division of Mental Health







  • Deirdre Dupre, M.D.



    Board Certifications

  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry


  • Position

  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center


  • Specialty

  • Psychiatry & Neurology Sub-specialties: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry


  • Education

  • University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
  • UCLA Medical Center/UCLA D Geffen School, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • University of Illinois College of Medical Psychiatry








  • Jennifer Kurth, M.D.


    Board Certifications

  • Part I American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry and Board Certification Neurology
  • Board Certified in Psychiatry American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology


  • Position

  • Psychiatric Consultant Threshold’s Young Adult Program Chicago, IL
  • Attending Physician Loyola University Hospital Department of Psychiatry Chicago, IL
  • Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry Private Practice Chicago, IL
  • Psychiatric Consultant Threshold’s Mother’s Project Parenting Assessment Team Chicago, IL
  • Physician (Moonlighting) Linde Healthcare Locum Tenens


  • Education

  • Children’s Memorial Hospital Fellowship in Child McGaw Medical Center and Adolescent
  • Feinberg School of Medicine Psychiatry Northwestern University
  • University of California Irvine Residency in General Medical Center Psychiatry
  • College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Doctor of Pacific Osteopathic Medicine
  • Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA
  • University of Illinois of Bachelor Science Urbana-Champaign Cell and Structural Champaign, IL


  • Experience

  • Faculty Mentor, NUSign, Medical Student Academic Organization, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Clinical Instructor, Medical Student Psychiatry Clinical Rotations, Warren Wright Adolescent Center, Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Faculty Discussant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Case Discussions: 3rd year Medical Student Didactics, Children’s Memorial Hosptial, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • 2008 Faculty Discussant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Case Discussions: 3rd year Medical Student Didactics, Children's Memorial Hosptial, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Faculty Discussant, Multidisciplinary Case Conference: "Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice", Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Teaching In-service Series to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit Staff, Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice", "Applying Evidence-Based Practice", and "A Case Example Using Evidence-Based Practice", Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL


  • 08/2006 - Appointed Mentor for first year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents on the Consultation Liaison Rotation, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • 08/2004 - Mentored Pre-medical student, Outpatient Psychiatric Services at University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
  • 07/2003 - "Mentor Buddy" Program for Interns, University of California Irvine Medical Center, General Psychiatry Resident Training Program, Orange, CA







  • Ozlem Dubauskas, M.D.


    Board Certifications

  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry


  • Speciality

  • Psychiatry & Neurology; Sub-specialties: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry


  • Position
  • Dupage County Health Dept


  • Education

  • Medical School, Tip Fakultesi, Marmara Universitesi, Istanbul Turkey; Graduate, Sisli Etfel, Turkey Neurology; Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Child Psychiatry







  • Bradley Pechter, M.D.



    Board Certifications

  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry


  • Position

  • Assistant Professor at Northwestern Memorial


  • Specialty

  • Addiction Psychiatry, Pediatric/Adolescent Psychiatry, and Psychiatry


  • Education
  • Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago IL, Northwestern University









  • Ronald St. Hill, M.D.


    Board Certifications
  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry


  • Position

  • Mark Twain Area Counseling Center; Hannibal Regional Hospital


  • Specialty
  • Pediatric/Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry


  • Education

  • University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences - St Augustine, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago








  • Gagan Dhaliwal, M.D.


    Board Certifications
  • Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Certified in Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

    Position(s)
  • Assistant Clinical Professor University of Alabama Birmingham


  • Awards
  • Stonewell B. Stickney Award for Excellence in Resident Education at University of South Alabama
  • Best Paper Award at Southern Association of Research Conference, Georgia
  • Best Resident Research Award at Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Board of Directors, The National Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, Alabama

    Education<
  • Child, Adult & Forensic Psychiatrist at Bayview

  • Professional Associates, Mobile Mental Health
    Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, New York University
  • Chief Resident in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry University of California
  • Child Psychiatry fellow, University of California
  • Resident in Psychiatry, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Research work in Neurology, VA Medical Center, Los Angeles
  • Primary Care Physician at Saluja Clinics, Delhi, India
  • Medical degree from Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India

    Experience
  • Chief Resident, Department of Child Psychiatry University of California, San Diego, CA
  • Member, Child Psychiatry Residency Education Committee, University of California, San Diego, CA
  • Volunteer, Setons House, Virginia Beach, VA A shelter home for runaway teenagers
  • Nominee of Department of Psychiatry to the Medical Students
    Psychiatry Club at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA






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