Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program Faculty

Ellen Lee, M.D., AB. 
Fellowship Program Director

Dr. Lee is aboard-certified geriatric psychiatrist who specializes in treating patients who have dementia with behavioral disturbances and older adults with mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders.

She values the opportunity to care for patients in a patient-centered, holistic and empathetic setting. She considers it an honor to work alongside patients and their families to maintain their quality of life and functioning.

As an assistant professor and division chief in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine, she is involved in the education and mentoring of medical students, residents and fellows. She finds it incredibly rewarding to train the next generation of clinicians and researchers. Her research interests include aging, sleep disturbances and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, as well as wellbeing in older adults. Her research has been published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Research and the Journal of Psychiatric Research, among others.

Dr. Lee is a UC San Diego geripatric psychiatry fellow alumna. She completed her psychiatry residency at University of Maryland, Sheppard Pratt Hospital. Dr. Lee earned her medical degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

Anne-Marie Giuca, M.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Kyle Hendrie, M.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Roopali Gupta, M.D. 
UCSD Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Director

Hoang Nguyen, M.D.
Faculty, VA San Diego

Abesh Bhattacharjee, M.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Kanchan Kohli, M.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Jorge Porras, M.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Wendy Tayer, Ph.D.
Faculty, UC San Diego

Omar Ghosn, M.D.
Senior Behavioral Health Attending, UC San Diego

Raisa Yagudayeva, D.O.
Senior Behavioral Health Site Director, UC San Diego