Psychiatry Part 1 Written Board Preparation Course Faculty

Maria Baldwin, MD

• Assistant Professor, Loyola University Medical Center
• Medical Director, Neurophysiology Lab, Loyola University Medical Center

• Neurology, Neurophysiology

• MD, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Residency in Neurology, University of Chicago
• Fellowship in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Chicago

• Dr. Baldwin is an ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
• She has given numerous lectures, grand rounds, and seminars for the University of Chicago Medical Center, Weiss Memorial Hospital, and American Physician Institute.

Praveen Dayalu, MD

• Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
• Movement Disorders Fellowship Director, University of Michigan

• Neurology

• MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Residency in Neurology, University of Michigan
• Fellowship in Movement Disorders, University of Michigan

• Dr. Dayalu has authored three chapters for MedLink Neurology.
• Currently, Dr. Dayalu serves on the Resident Education committee for the University of Michigan, Department of Neurology.

Jack Krasuski, MD

• Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies

• Psychiatry

• MD, University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine
• Residency, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center and Clinics at Chicago
• Fellowship, Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA

• Dr. Krasuski was awarded Pfizer course Instructor of the Year in 2001 at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Department of Psychiatry.
• Dr. Krasuski has been invited to lecture both locally and internationally

Rimas Lukas, MD

• Instructor of Neurology, University of Chicago
• Co-Director, Neurology Medical Student Clerkship, University of Chicago

• Neurology

• MD, Rush University, Chicago
• Chief Resident of Neurology, University of
• Neuro-Oncology and Translational Neuroscience Fellowships, University of Chicago

• Dr. Lukas has written a chapter for Cytokines and the Brain: Vol. 6. Neuroimmune Biology.
• He is also a medical reviewer for EBSCO Publishing.

Robert Marvin, MD

• Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Medical Director, Psychosis Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Director, Psychiatry Residency Training, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Psychiatry

• MD, University of Wisconsin
• Residency in Psychiatry, University of Illinois at

• As Medical Director and member of the Psychosis Program, Dr. Marvin is engaged in research projects involving patients with psychotic disorders, specifically prodromal and first episode psychosis.
• He is currently the chair of the Education Committee for the UIC Department of Psychiatry.
• “Excellent coverage of a broad & complicated section. Thorough, concise.” – Attendee of Comprehensive Review of Psychiatric Etiology, Psychopathology, Diagnosis & Treatment, February 2009.

Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD

• Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
• Addictions Psychiatrist, Children’s Hospital Boston

• Psychiatry

• MD, Javeriana University Medical School, Bogota, Colombia
• Residency in Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

• Dr. Sanchez-Samper has given several lectures and presentations for groups such as the American Academy of Addictions Psychiatry and the American Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse.
• She was also nominated “Member at Large” for the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse for 2009-2011.