Alexis Magazino, CRNP, joined our APP team on June 6, 2022, providing clinical care at Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute as a valued member of the 3 Memorial Outpatient Adult Provider Team. Alexis comes to us from UPMC where she provided clinical care for patients in Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Processing, and Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Departments. She performed clinical rotations for psychiatry at PPI during the Summer and Fall of 2021. Alexis is a lifelong learner who has experience as Adjunct Faculty at Central Penn College. Alexis earned a BA in Neuroscience from Colgate University, ADN from Harrisburg Community College, MSN from Sacred Heart University, and Post Graduate Certificate -Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) from the Wilkes University.
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Sean Nutting, MD
Sean Nutting, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, transitioned to a faculty position within the Department on July 1, 2022. Dr. Nutting completed his Psychiatry residency at Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute from 2018-2022, serving as Chief Resident, and previously attained his Doctorate of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine from 2014-2018, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2013. He currently serves as representative on both the Physician Education Committee and the Resident Quality Improvement Council within the institution.
Felix Matos Padilla, MD
Felix Matos Padilla, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, joined the Department on July 11, 2022. Dr. Matos completed his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at University of Buffalo from 2020-2022, his Psychiatry residency at BronxCare Health System in Bronx, New York, during 2017-2020, where he was Resident of the Year (PGY3), and his MD Summa Cum Laude at the Univeridad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 2010-2016.
Vincent Kennedy, D.O.
Vincent Kennedy, D.O., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, joined the Department on August 1, 2022. He is Clozapine REMS certified and has attained a Buprenorphine Waiver. Dr. Kennedy completed a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of California-Davis in 2021-2022, and his Psychiatry residency at University Hospital and Medical Center, Tamarac, Florida, from 2017-2021, where he was Chief Resident. He attained his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA, from 2013-2017, his Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Epidemiology in 2012 from the University of California – Irvine, and his Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in 2010.
Hiren Patel, MD
Hiren Patel, MD, transitioned to faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health on November 1, 2021, after completing our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. Dr. Patel completed his Psychiatry Residency at Texas Tech University Health Science Center and his MBBS from S.B.K.S Medical Institute & Research Centre, India.
Usman Hameed, M.D.
Specialties
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Professional Education
Fellowship, Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent
SUNY Upstate Medical University, College of Medicine, Syracuse – 2008
Residency, Psychiatry
SUNY Upstate Medical University, College of Medicine, Syracuse – 2006
M.B., B.S.
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan – 2000
M. Ahmad Hameed, M.D.
Dr. Hameed is the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI) interim Medical Director.
He graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical College. Dr. Hameed completed his residency at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. He serves on Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute’s Medical Executive Committee as President. Dr. Hameed is board certified in psychiatry.
Jolene Hillwig-Garcia, M.D.
Dr. Hillwig-Garcia graduated from Penn State University College of Medicine, where she also completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency and a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.
Fauzia Mahr, M.D.
Dr. Mahr graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical College. She completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston and the Milton S Hershey Medical Center.
Dr. Mahr’s specialty is adolescent and child psychiatry.
Christopher A. Petersen, M.D.
Dr. Petersen graduated from the Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers.
Dr. Petersen is board certified in psychiatry and adolescent and child psychiatry.