Meet the Treatment Team
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Eric C. Zimmerman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Medical Director, UI Health Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Department of Psychiatry
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Eric Zimmerman is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Zimmerman received his MD and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in General Adult Psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Western Psychiatric Hospital. In residency, he developed an interest in the care of severe and persistent mental illness, pursuing electives at a specialty clozapine clinic, an Assertive Community Treatment team, and a street medicine team, among others. During training, he also completed a fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Service Psychiatry.
Jenifer R. Lloyd, MD
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Medical Director, ECT Service
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Jenifer Lloyd grew up in the Chicago area and studied French and Arabic at NYU. She then returned to Chicago to complete her medical and psychiatric training at UIC, where she has enjoyed learning from her patients, and working alongside colleagues who are passionate about promoting health equity in the surrounding communities. Her primary interests lie in treating severe mental illness and its frequent companion, catatonia, in underserved populations. As faculty at UI Health, her main clinical activities are supervising residents on the inpatient unit and in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She is the Medical Director of the ECT Service. She additionally provides psychodynamic therapy supervision for PGY2s.
Rajiv P. Sharma, MD
- Research Professor of Psychiatry, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Neuroscience
- Director of the Psychosis Program
Dr. Rajiv P. Sharma is a Research Professor of Psychiatry. Over the past 30 years, he has examined multiple aspects of the schizophrenia illness, including clinical presentations, biochemical studies (hormones, immune molecules, monoamine metabolites, neuropeptides), as well as molecular studies in living subjects, postmortem brain samples, and cell studies. His research is funded by NIH. He is currently focusing on the dissection of epigenetic gene regulation in schizophrenia, pertaining to immune function, cognition, treatment response.
Shiyun Kim, PharmD
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
- Clinical Pharmacist, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
Jamie Haley LCSW
- Inpatient Social Worker
Jody Wong, DO
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Department of Psychiatry, UIC
Dr. Jody Wong joined the UIC Department of Psychiatry in 2023. Prior to this, she completed her Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Northwestern University and her General Psychiatry residency at Wayne State University. She is board-certified in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. Dr. Wong works within the Mood and Anxiety Division, but also has an interest in treating substance use disorders and dual diagnoses patients.
John Zulueta, MD
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Ambulatory Program
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Zulueta received his medical degree from Northwestern University. He completed his psychiatry residency training at UIC and stayed on to complete a fellowship in clinical informatics. He is interested in the application of new technologies and data science to the problems of psychiatry.
Perry Tsai, MD PhD
- Post-doctoral Fellow (T32 in the Neuroscience of Mental Health)
- Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Perry Tsai received his BA from Harvard College and his MD and PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in general psychiatry at UIC as a research-track resident, and he is excited to continue as a postdoctoral fellow and clinical instructor. Dr. Tsai studied HIV as a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill, and he is now studying the connection between inflammation and mood disorders, with a specific focus on Long COVID.
