Meet The Team

Founder / Director

Jeremy Chapman, MD

I'm a child & adolescent psychiatrist based at SSM Health Treffert Studios in Wisconsin. I founded PsychChild during my fellowship at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, when I realized that patients opened up to me when I asked them about video games and social media (even though I knew very little about them!).

Educational Lead

Ashvin Sood, MD

Dr. Sood is a child & adolescent psychiatrist with SSM Health Treffert Studios in Wisconsin. He specializes in the intersectionality of social media and teen's mental health. As part of the team, he oversees rotating medical students, residents, and other trainees. He is also an active member of AACAP's Media Committee, who has published numerous articles and given presentations about topics related to screen time, media, and children's mental health.

Favorite Games: Final Fantasy Seven

Academic Lead

Matthew Jandrisevits, PhD

Dr. Jandrisevits is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He practices psychotherapy at Children’s Wisconsin with youth from preschool age though young adulthood and their families, and has an interest in promoting healthy behaviors and interactions related to media use, both at home and within the therapy experience. On the PsychChild team, Dr. Jandrisevits engages in activities related to clinical quality and outcome data.

Clinical Panelist

Lucia Cheng, MD

Dr. Cheng is a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist in private practice (Phoenix Progressive Psychiatric Services). Dr. Cheng is herself an avid video gamer and specializes in working with adult gamers. She volunteers with nonprofit organizations focused on video games and mental health, and works to educate the mental health professional community about the potential benefits of video games.

Favorite Games: Skyrim, Stardew Valley, Plants vs Zombies.

Clinical Panelist

Casey Berson, MD

Dr. Berson is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist currently working as an APD and serving on the AACAP media committee. She believes that the potential for advocacy and education through PsychChild is immense and amazing.

Favorite Apps: Facebook, Instagram; the library app Libby, Netflix, and her son's daycare app.

Content Manager

Ayanah Dowdye

Ayanah is a 3rd Year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She is interested in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry through the lens of trauma informed care; particularly the intersection between biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors in understanding what is needed to better support children and families that have experienced trauma.

Favorite App: Instagram and YouTube
Favorite Video Game: Super Mario Bros and Mario Kart
Favorite thing to watch: Soft White Underbelly interview series and Kurzgesagt on YouTube

Media Psychology Lead

Courtney Garcia, M.Ed.

Courtney is an Instructional Systems Designer and author who holds a Masters in Education with a focus on Social-Emotional Learning. She studies and writes about positive media psychology for her channel, Screen Therapy. Using her education and background as an instructional designer, she's interested in making complex positive media psychology concepts approachable. She also aims to explain how to use this information to benefit our everyday lives with media.

Favorite Apps: TikTok and Stoa (an app for daily Stoicism practice)

Favorite Games/Channels: Witcher 3, The Last of Us (I and II), Hades, Animal Crossing, and Davey Wreden's games. Favorite YouTube channels are currently Kurzgesagt and Markiplier.

Contributing Author

Grace Kubiak, MD

Grace is a fourth-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who is applying to psychiatry residency programs and is interested in community psychiatry, addiction medicine, and psychosis.

Favorite App: Instagram

Contributing Author

Armaan Zaré, MD

Dr. Zaré is a PGY-2 resident physician with the University of California, Riverside. Graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin! He aims to breathe new life into the field by weaving in laughter and empathy, recognizing joy as the transformative melody that retunes the music of the mind.

Favorite Show : Jujustu Kaisen

Contributing Author

Stella E Uzoewulu

Stella is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. Stella is applying to Psychiatry residency programs and is interested in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Favorite Game: Super Smash Bros
Favorite Show: Demon Slayer

Contributing Author

Karolina Kalata

Karolina is a second year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who aspires to become a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

Favorite Show: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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Contributing Author

Andrew Oreshkov

Andrew is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. He is currently applying to psychiatry residency programs and has special interest in psychotherapy and treatment-resistant depression.

Favorite Game: Call of Duty
Favorite Show: Succession

Contributing Author

Alex Magidson

Alex is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency with a focus in child/adolescent psychiatry and neuromodulation.

Favorite Game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Favorite Show: Six Feet Under

Contributing Author

Wes Speer, MD

Wes is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency.

Favorite Game: Halo franchise

Contributing Author

Jacqueline Schaefer, MD

Dr. Schaefer is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who is passionate about the power of therapy and child psychiatry. She will start her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in July 2024.

Favorite App: Twitter

Contributing Author

Dustin Hejdak, MD

Dr. Hejdak (hey-doc) is a PGY-3 psychiatry resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin who plans to utilize his training to treat both adolescents and adults in a variety of psychiatric and multi-disciplinary settings.

Favorite Show: The Punisher

DEI Lead and Contributing Author

Marissa Pharel, MS

Marissa is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She is currently applying to psychiatry residency and is interested in child & adolescent psychiatry and women’s mental health through the lens of community/cultural psychiatry.

Favorite App: Instagram
Favorite Game: Just Dance (Nintendo switch)

Meet The Team

Grace is a fourth-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who is applying to psychiatry residency programs and is interested in community psychiatry, addiction medicine, and psychosis. Favorite App: Instagram

Stella is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. Stella is applying to Psychiatry residency programs and is interested in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Favorite Game: Super Smash Bros Favorite Show: Demon Slayer

Karolina is a second year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who aspires to become a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Favorite Show: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Andrew is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. He is currently applying to psychiatry residency programs and has special interest in psychotherapy and treatment-resistant depression. Favorite Game: Call of Duty Favorite Show: Succession

Alex is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency with a focus in child/adolescent psychiatry and neuromodulation. Favorite Game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Favorite Show: Six Feet Under

Wes is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency. Favorite Game: Halo franchise

Dr. Schaefer is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who is passionate about the power of therapy and child psychiatry. She will start her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in July 2024. Favorite App: Twitter

Dr. Hejdak (hey-doc) is a PGY-3 psychiatry resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin who plans to utilize his training to treat both adolescents and adults in a variety of psychiatric and multi-disciplinary settings. Favorite Show: The Punisher

Grace is a fourth-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who is applying to psychiatry residency programs and is interested in community psychiatry, addiction medicine, and psychosis.

Favorite App: Instagram

Stella is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. Stella is applying to Psychiatry residency programs and is interested in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Favorite Game: Super Smash Bros
Favorite Show: Demon Slayer

Karolina is a second year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin who aspires to become a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

Favorite Show: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Andrew is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. He is currently applying to psychiatry residency programs and has special interest in psychotherapy and treatment-resistant depression.

Favorite Game: Call of Duty
Favorite Show: Succession

Alex is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency with a focus in child/adolescent psychiatry and neuromodulation.

Favorite Game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Favorite Show: Six Feet Under

Wes is a fourth year medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL currently applying for psychiatry residency.

Favorite Game: Halo franchise

Dr. Schaefer is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who is passionate about the power of therapy and child psychiatry. She will start her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in July 2024.

Favorite App: Twitter

Dr. Hejdak (hey-doc) is a PGY-3 psychiatry resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin who plans to utilize his training to treat both adolescents and adults in a variety of psychiatric and multi-disciplinary settings.

Favorite Show: The Punisher