Psychiatry Residency Faculty & Staff

Leadership and Core Faculty

E. Ann Cunningham, DO
Program Director

Fellowship: Charles E. Steinberg Fellow in the Psychiatry and the Law Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
Residency: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO
Academic Interests: Forensic and outpatient psychiatry

Areef Kassam, MD, MPA
Associate Program Director

Residency: Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Medical University of Americas
Academic Interests: Severe/persistent mental illness, new onset severe mental illness, transitional age populations

Beth Buckingham, PhD, HSPP
Core Faculty Member

License: Health Service Provider in Psychology (HSPP) in Indiana
Education: PhD in Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; MS in Marriage and Family Therapy, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Academic Interests: Women's integrative health, perinatal mood disorders, newborn intensive care

Benjamin Coplan, DO
Core Faculty Member

Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Academic Interests: Child and adolescent mental health

Magdoline Daas, MD
Core Faculty Member

Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Missouri; Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Missouri; Fulton State Psychiatry Hospital, Fulton, MO
Residency: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Medical School: University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
Academic Interests: Child and adolescent mental health, mood disorders, anxiety disorders

Sarah Heming, DO
Core Faculty Member

Residency: Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Academic Interests: Consult/liaison, inpatient psychiatry, substance use disorders

Peter Karalis, MD
Core Faculty Member

Residency: Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Rockford
Academic Interests: Consult/liaison, neuromodulation/interventional psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry

Patrick McGuire, DO
Core Faculty Member

Residency: Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL
Academic Interests: Substance use disorders, consult-liaison psychiatry, psychopharmacology, resident education

Laura Ruekert, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP
Core Faculty Member

Residency: University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
PharmD: St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
Academic Interests: Psychopharmacology, severe mental illness, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, interdisciplinary and layered learning

Aaron Whiteman, DO
Core Faculty Member

Fellowship: Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO (formerly University Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Academic Interests: Collaborative care, administrative psychiatry, substance use disorders, resident supervision

Geoffrey Fortner, MD
Medical Director, Behavioral Health

Board Certifications: Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Academic Interests: Addiction medicine, schizophrenia, administration

Vanessa Enos, LMHC, LCAC
Clinic Manager

Licenses: Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor
Education: Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Ball State University; Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Spanish from The University of Akron
Academic Interests: Children and adult mental health, trauma, LGBTQ+ equality

Lora Goudreau
Psychiatry Residency Coordinator

Graduate: Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (Elementary Teaching Certification)
Undergraduate: Purdue University (BA in Psychology)
Hometown: Evansville, IN

Other Physician Faculty

• Anjum Ara, MD
• Matthew Blickendorf, MD
• Heather Downhour, MD
• Kristi George, MD
• Craig Herrman, MD
• Chrissy Hopp, DO
• Kiran Ivaturi, MD
• Gretchen Johnson, DO
• David Josephson, MD
• Rebecca Mueller, MD
• Jacob Mulinix, DO
• Shilpa Puri, MD
• Kevin Puzio, MD
• Dennis Rhyne, MD
• Keith Ridel, MD
• Andrew Sonderman, MD