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Brendan Scherer, MD
Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Dr. Scherer graduated from Columbia University and completed his medical training at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatric residency at San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, where he also served as Co-Chief Resident. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Since finishing his residency he has consistently worked at San Mateo Medical Center in the psychiatry emergency room.
Karen Li, MD
Assistant Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Inpatient Psychiatrist at San Mateo Medical Center
Dr. Li graduated from Rice University and completed her medical training at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed both her adult psychiatric residency and child & adolescent fellowship at Stanford University, where she also served as Chief Fellow. She currently works for San Mateo Medical Center as an inpatient supervising psychiatrist. Her interests include hospital-based medicine, medical education, and healthcare informatics.
Jennie Yoo, MD
Associate Program Director
Dr. Yoo graduated from Brown University and completed her medical training at UCSF. She completed her psychiatric residency at Los Angeles County + USC, where she also served as Chief Resident of the Consultation-Liaison Services. She currently works for San Mateo Behavioral Health as an outpatient psychiatrist. Her interests include medical education, health services research, and collaborative care.
Melissa Garzón, MD, MPH
Assistant Program Director
Dr. Garzón completed her medical training at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga in Colombia. She completed psychiatric residency at the University of New Mexico, and then pursued child and adolescent psychiatry training at Stanford University. After completing her fellowship, she worked at an outpatient clinic in the community and then transitioned to San Mateo County. She currently works for San Mateo Behavioral Health as an Interface provider in the Pediatrics outpatient clinic offering medication management and psychotherapy for a wide variety of diagnoses.
Karina Barretto, MD
PGY4 Co-Chief resident
Karina Teresa Barretto is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed a BS at the University of Wisconsin, double majoring in Biology and Pharmacology & Toxicology with a certificate in Global Health. As a medical student, she was selected for the Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health (TRIUMPH) program focused on providing community-responsive care to diverse and medically underserved populations.
Alice Dong, MD
PGY4 Co-Chief resident
Alice Dong graduated with a degree in biochemistry at the University of Washington, with departmental and interdisciplinary honors, where she received the UW Husky Impact award for global health initiatives and Mary Gates Research scholarship for neurodevelopmental research using gene editing. In medical school, she developed the neuroscience curriculum for students and led a statewide needs-based assessment to expand access to early intervention first episode psychosis programs.
Shruti Rajan, MD
PGY4 Co-Chief resident
Shruti Rajan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, with undergraduate degrees in Neurobiology and Psychology and a certificate in Philosophy from UW–Madison. Before medical school, she worked in rural South India as a William J. Clinton Fellow with the American India Foundation and served as the outreach and education coordinator at NAMI-Dane County, supporting youth mental health and jail diversion programs.