The University of Toledo

Former Residents' Comments

I am very grateful for the excellent training experience I have received at the University of Toledo. After completing my training, I find myself confident that I can handle just about any clinical situation in psychiatry. The teaching here is top notch, supervisors and faculty members fosters a positive learning environment and my fellow residents are genuinely great friends. Small size of our program enables a constant flexibility in our curriculum and avoids the coldness of many large residency programs.
Sajjad Sarwar, M.D. - 2011

Faculty, staff and residents in this program are all very understanding and thoughtful.  This was especially apparent when things became stressful after the birth of our baby when people pitched in to make returning to work go very smoothly.                 
Ryan Travis, M.D. - 2008

Asa UT residency alumnus, I passed my written and oral psychiatry boards on the first try.  I have served professionally as an inpatient attending, community mental health and private outpatient physician, expert witness and ECT provider, and I am about to start my own private practice.  I have at no time felt my training left me unprepared for my career choices and further training, and the people in UT Psychiatry have not once failed to show me support and friendship all along the way.                       
Barb Cuddeback, M.D. - 2006 

The program takes pride in and is adept at developing competent and empathic psychiatrists.
Stephen Cox, M.D. - 2004
Wauseon, Ohio

MUO psychiatry is a well balanced program.  I especially enjoyed my rotations in Outpatient, Geripsych, Child & Adolescent, Rescue Crisis and Forensics.
Anjum Mobin, M.D. - 2004
Sylvania, Ohio

The biggest asset of MUO's Adult Psychiatry program is the faculty; they are very knowledgeable, experienced, and enthusiastic regarding their areas of expertise, and psychiatry in general. In addition, everyone, from the Residency Coordinator to the support staff, to the Department Chairman, is willing to take the time necessary to make certain your residency experience is as rewarding as possible.
Suzanne Brodbeck,M.D. - 2004
Toledo, Ohio

The Psychiatry residency at the Medical College of Ohio is excellent. After graduation, I was well prepared for a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at UCLA. Thanks to all the faculty feedback on my interview skills, the board certification process went extremely smooth. This smaller program allows one to have more one-on-one interaction with faculty members, which I found quite valuable. Creative approaches to learning are encouraged; I was given the opportunity to present a particularly difficult patient to my fellow residents with the help of my supervisor who provided a wonderful psychodynamic formulation of the case. A rich learning environment, nurturing and caring faculty members who are gifted clinicians and interested in the professional growth of trainees, make MUO an outstanding program.
Amy Walston, M.D. - 2002
Los Angeles, California

The Psychiatry program at the Medical College has one of the most excellent psycho-pharmacology training programs I have ever been involved with. MUO is a superb facility and the faculty members and residents are very caring.
Ali Mamun, M.D. - 2001
Bridgeport, Connecticut

This program is enriched with cultural diversity. I have treated patients from every conceivable demographic stratification and have greatly expanded my personal and professional horizons as a result. If diversity is an important criterion for residency selection, MUO has it.
Reneé Harris, M.D. - 1999
Toledo, Ohio

MUO's psychiatry department has and continues to support residents in areas outside of residency training, especially in regard to family and maternity/paternity issues. The faculty and other residents have gone out of their way to help facilitate and support those of us who have young families while in residency. This positive, family oriented atmosphere has greatly enhanced my experience in the department.
Michelle McClurg, M.D. - 1997
Toledo, Ohio

I have loved working with all the excellent faculty and the different perspectives they present. The attending psychiatrists and therapists enjoy teaching and have encouraged individual areas of interest for residents.
Scott Bunner, M.D. - 1997
San Diego, California

I greatly appreciated a faculty with whom I could communicate and who encouraged my learning in very positive ways. In particular, supervision of psychotherapy cases provided a variety of treatment approaches as well as personal growth.
Kevin Hess, M.D. - 1997
Owosso, Michigan