Psychiatric Neurology

Sheldon Benjamin, M.D., graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed psychiatry residency training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, neurology residency training at Tufts-New England Medical Center and Boston University, and Behavioral Neurology fellowship at the Boston Veterans Administration and Boston University. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School, where he served as Interim Chair of Psychiatry from 2017 to 2020 and as Vice Chair for Education and Director of the UMass Chan Psychiatry Residency Program for 25 years. He founded the combined neurology/psychiatry residency program at UMass Chan Medical School and served as its co-director from 1997 to 2020, when he became Associate Director. He has served as President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training and the American Neuropsychiatric Association. He currently serves as secretary of the International Neuropsychiatric Association, serves on the Psychiatry Review Committee of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, and is on the board of directors of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Benjamin has practiced and taught neuropsychiatry for over 40 years. Kathy Niu, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and then completed the Combined Neurology/Psychiatry Residency at UMass Chan Medical School. Previously a faculty member of Duke University and Vanderbilt University medical schools, she has served in roles including Psychiatry Clerkship Director and Co-Director of a Brain, Behavior, and Movement course for medical students. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where she serves as the Program Director of the Neurology-Psychiatry Combined Residency Program and practices in both fields.