2026-2027 REACH 2.0 Program Near Peers

Meet the 20 Near Peers of the REACH 2.0 Program—experienced professionals guiding the next generation of leaders in addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry.

Nicholas Apping, MD

Assistant Professor, Public Psychiatrist
NYU Langone/Manhattan Psychiatric Center

Samantha Ayoub MD, MS, FASAM

Loma Linda University, Jerry L. Pettis VA Hospital

Cara Borelli, DO

Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine

Diana Chen, MD

Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine Physician
St Anthony Foundation

Danae DiRocco, MD, MPH

Medical Director of Telepsychiatry, CHI Health Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Creighton University School of Medicine

Amber Edinoff, MD

Staff Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Chinelo Emeka-Nwonovo, MD, MBA

Addiction Medicine Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services (AMRS)

Nia Harris, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Assistant Training Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

Joseph Ikekwere MD, MPH

Child & Adolescent Director
Signature/Southwest Psychiatry Services (SPS)

Sangeeta Iyer, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine & Public Health/Addiction Medicine
Northern Navajo Medical Center

Sunny Kung, MD

Medical Director
Bridge Clinic- Mass General Brigham Medical Group

Hager Koraym, MD

Attending Psychiatrist
NYP-Gracie Square Hospital

Daniel Liauw, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

Internal Medicine/Addiction Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

Justin Morales, MD

NY Addiction Psychiatrist
Mass General Brigham

Cynthia Pathmathasan, MD

Primary Care Physician
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Medical Office Building

Michelle Pies, DO

OHSU Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Gopalkumar Rakesh, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Kentucky

Sukmeet Sandu, MD

Addiction Medicine Physician
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz -Pediatric Mental Health Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado

Lorien Shack, MD, MPH FASAM

Physician, Addiction Medicine
Trinity Health

Tirzah Wethern, MD

Assistant Professor Addiction Medicine/Family Medicine
University of Colorado