Faculty

Lujain Alhajji, M.D.

Assistant Professor
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Mousa Botros, M.D.

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Edmi Y. Cortes Torres, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

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Elizabeth Crocco, M.D.

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry
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Biography: I received my Medical Degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1993. I then completed my Psychiatry Residency Training at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York where I served as the administrative Chief Resident prior to my graduation in 1997. After completing my Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital...
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Dante Durand, M.D., M.B.A.

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
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Biography: I was born and raised in Lima, Peru. I am the oldest of three of an intact family. After finishing Catholic School education, completed 8 years of Medical School at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University. Came to the US to do my residency training in Psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY where I was appointed Chief Resident. After that, I relocated to Arkansas...
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Spencer Eth, M.D.

Professor of Clinical
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Biography: SPENCER ETH, M.D.
seth@miami.edu
Dr. Spencer Eth serves as the Chief of Mental Health at the Miami VA Healthcare System and as Professor and Director of the Forensic Psychiatry and Interim Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Programs at the University of Miami. From 1996 to 2010 Dr. Eth was Senior Vice President for Behavioral...
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Suchitra Joshi, M.D.

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Luminita Luca, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
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David M. Martinez Garza

Addiction Psychiatry

Biography: David Martinez Garza, M.D. grew up in Monterrey, Mexico where he completed Medical School training. Pursuing his Academic Career, Dr. Martinez Garza completed Psychiatric Residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami in 2022. Dr. Martinez Garza completed his Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School in 2023.

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Vanessa Padilla, M.D.

Assistant Professor
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Biography: Dr. Vanessa Padilla trained as a psychiatrist at the University of Puerto Rico and completed a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Miami (UM). She completed an Electroconvulsive Therapy Visiting Fellowship Certification at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Padilla serves as an Assistant Professor...
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Dhruti Patel, M.D.

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Radu Saveanu, M.D.

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
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Biography: Radu V. Saveanu, MD is Professor and Executive Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine.
Prior to moving to Miami, he was Chairman of The Ohio State University Department of Psychiatry and Executive Director of OSU Harding Psychiatric Hospital for 10 years.

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Natalie Martinez-Sosa, M.D.

VA Psychiatry Residency Training Site Director