Faculty Spotlight

Joe A. Walker, M.D. - Chairman
Dr. Walker was a resident at California Pacific and has excelled over the years in C/L, ambulatory and emergency psychiatry. He skillfully integrates biologic and psychotherapeutic approaches and is a highly valued teacher. Since becoming Chair in 1996, Dr. Walker has worked effectively and tirelessly to support the growth of the residency program. He has also developed the Department of Psychiatry to a place of considerable stature within the Medical Center.

David Goldberg, M.D. - Residency Training Director
Dr. Goldberg joined California Pacific as the training director in November of 2000. He is a nationally prominent career educator who has been involved with residency education for 25 years (primarily at the University of Connecticut and in numerous national contexts). Dr. Goldberg is committed to the highest quality integrated psychiatric education in an atmosphere of support and community, excitement about learning, and rigor. He has been a national leader of residency training directors for many years and has specific expertise in psychotherapy education.

Kristine Ashe, Ph.D.

Louise Bertman, Ph.D.
Dr. Bertman, a clinical psychologist, is the director of psychiatric emergency services and part of the core teaching faculty of the psychiatry residents for the past 10 years. She teaches Emergency Psychiatry, Crisis Intervention Neuropsychological testing and psychodynamic theory. As a former intensive care nurse she brings extensive medical background to her teaching and clinical supervisory skills.

Stephen Brockway, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist and member of the Core Faculty, Dr. Brockway is an attending on the Inpatient unit and works with Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He manages on Inpatient unit with residents and supervises residents on the Consult Service – pediatric and adult services. Dr. Brockway attended Carnegie Mellon University for his B.S., Medical College of Georgia and California Pacific Medical Center Residency in Adult Psychiatry. He did his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of California – San Francisco.

Paul H. Chin, M.D. - Faculty, Consultation Psychiatry Service
Dr. Chin is a member of the Core Faculty and Attending Psychiatrist on the Inpatient service. He teaches didactic teaching in Emergency Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry. He is a Caseload Supervisor for the PGY-4 residents. Dr. Chin received his B.S. at Stanford University, his Medical Degree at the University of California at San Francisco and UCSF Department of Psychiatry (Residency).

Kathleen Fahrner, Ph.D. - Director, Child & Family Psychology Training
Dr. Fahrner runs the Child/Adolescent program for the psychology interns.

Hanna Levenson, Ph.D. - Director, Brief Psychotherapy Program
Dr. Levenson leads a group supervision and seminar in Brief, Dynamic psychotherapy for PGY-3 residents as part of the Outpatient rotation. She has been on the Psychiatry Core Faculty since 1991. Dr. Levenson trained in personality theory and social psychology at Claremont University, and she became a tenured Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. Realizing her love of psychology extended beyond the classroom, Dr. Levenson “retreaded” into clinical psychology, obtaining post-graduate training at the University of Florida, Coral Gables, then interning at Langley Porter Institute (UCSF Medical School) in 1976. She is a national expert in teaching Brief Psychotherapy.

Adair Look, M.D.
Dr. Look is a Core Faculty member and an Attending Psychiatrist on the Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit. She supervises residents and specializes in Women’s Health. Dr. Look attended Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, was awarded a Medical Doctorate in 2001 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and attended Connecticut College where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1992 in New London, Connecticut.

James R. McCurdy, M.D. - Vice Chairman
Dr. McCurdy is Vice Chair and active in supervising residents and providing special expertise in geriatric psychiatry. Dr. McCurdy attended the University of Iowa, College of Medicine in Iowa City, IA. He completed his residency at Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco.

Arnaldo Moreno, M.D.
Dr. Moreno is an Attending Psychiatrist and Core Faculty member. Dr. Moreno supervises residents and oversees the consult service at CPMC, and manages inpatient geriatric units at the Davies campus. Dr. Moreno completed medical school at the University of Florida, his psychiatry residency at California Pacific Medical Center and a geriatric fellowship at University of California, San Francisco.

Robert A. Root, M.D. - Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Root trained at the Yale University School of Medicine and then the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center for his psychiatry residency. Dr. Root completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Seattle Children’s’ Hospital. Dr. Root is currently the medical director of the training program for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He also teaches a weekly seminar. He works closely with the Department of Pediatrics and is a consultant to the Child Development Center at CPMC. He supervises residents and psychology interns in child and adult psychiatry.

Sharon Tyson, Ph.D.
Dr. Tyson assists the Medical Director in the Outpatient Clinic with administrative and clinical responsibilities for psychiatric residents and psychology interns; assists the Chief Resident with assignment of clinical cases; and participates in Outpatient staff meetings with psychology interns and residents. Dr. Tyson attended the University of Michigan, B.A. in Honors College, California School of Professional Psychology, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She is the Director of the Psychology Internship program.

Michael N. Valan, M.D. - Director, Consultation Psychiatry Service
Dr. Valan serves as Medical Director of Psychosomatic Medicine, course director of the Psychosomatic Medicine seminar, Off-ward supervisor for the PGY-2 residents, and Caseload supervisor for PGY-3 residents in the Outpatient Psychiatry clinic.

Dongmei Yue, M.D.
Dr. Yue is a Staff Psychiatrist and a member of the Core Faculty. She supervises residents on a weekly basis for their outpatient cases. She teaches child psychiatry courses for PGY-2 and 3 residents and supervises PGY-2 residents for their child psychiatry rotation at the Child Development Center at CPMC.

Janos Zahajszky, M.D.
Dr. Zahajszky is the Medical Director of the Outpatient Psychiatry clinic. Dr. Zahajszky received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and completed his adult psychiatry residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is the Director of the Outpatient clinic and teaches part of the PGY-2 psychopharmacology course.

Richard Zuniga, M.D.
Dr. Zuniga graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine and served his residency at the Stanford University Hospital and Clinics. He currently practices Inpatient and Consultation psychiatry. In addition to being an attending on the Inpatient units he supervises and teaches the PGY-3 residents in Psychopharmacology.