Residency Training Program Associate Program Director:

• Sarah Rivelli, M.D.

• Eric J. Christopher, M.D.

  Associate Professor, Duke Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. Dr. Christopher completed his medical education at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1996. After graduation he completed the combined internal medicine/psychiatry at Duke in 2001. He stayed on faculty at Duke and the Durham VA Hospital. He attends on the inpatient psychiatry, med/psych wards, and consult service at Duke. He also started the combined primary care clinic at the Durham VA. He currently is the Medical Director for the department of Psychiatry. He has volunteered as a Disaster Mental Health Technician/Supervisor for the American Red Cross after the September 11th attacks at Ground Zero and Hurricane Katrina. Personally, he enjoys reading, photography, and cooking.

• Jane Gagliardi, M.D.

  Clinical Associate, Duke Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. Dr. Gagliardi completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at Duke in 2003 and is now a faculty member in the departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, sharing responsibility as co-Associate Program Director of the Med/Psych residency with Dr. Erin Silvertooth. She is a 1998 graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine and a 1994 graduate of Brown University. Dr. Gagliardi enjoys patient care and teaching on inpatient medicine, med/psych, consultation-liaison, and psychiatric services. She is also interested in writing and research and is currently an editorial fellow at The Medical Letter; she is also working on her Masters degree in Health Services through the DCRI. Research interests include cognitive impairment/dementia, delirium, and inflammatory mediators in depressive disorders. Outside the hospital, Dr. Gagliardi enjoys swimming and running, knitting, reading, and playing the piano.

• Wei Jiang, M.D.

  Dr. Jiang was a Cardiologist in China and she graduated from Binzhou Medical College in 1982. Because of her strong research interests in the relationship between mental disorders and cardiovascular disease, she joined the Behavioral Cardiology Laboratory at Duke University Medical Center in 1989 as a research physician. From 1997 to 2002, she completed her residency training in the Duke Medicine/Psychiatry combined program. She is now an assistant professor of medicine and an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center. Other roles include heading research development to investigate therapeutic modalities and underlying mechanisms of the adverse impacts of certain mental disorders on cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Jiang has published extensively in this area with regards to epidemiological findings, underlying mechanisms, and potential effective interventions. She enjoys direct patient care and is an avid teacher. Dr. Jiang serves as the only physician treating the adult population in the Duke Outpatient Eating Disorders Program. Her enriched background in Chinese culture and traditional Chinese Medicine also empowers her to provide care for patients with such needs. At her leisure time, Dr. Jiang takes pleasure in singing, dancing, knitting & crocheting, watching Chinese movies and reading American novels. Her favorite hobby is cooking for her lovely son and husband.

• Xavier Preud'homme, M.D.

• Vini Raman, M.D.