Yaman Kawamleh

Moonlighting (01/25-current) at Montrose Behavioral Hospital:

Inpatient Weekend/Holiday coverage on the Child Inpatient Unit

Moonlighting (08/23-07/24) at Baylor College of Medicine

Moonlighting experience at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, TX (Baylor College of Medicine) in the ER, Inpatient Unit, and on the CL service.

A Clinician's Guide to Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

• Co-Authored the chapter "Neurobiology of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder", with my specific section pertaining to current and future treatments of OCD.

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Development and Education:

• Co-authoring a chapter on Dr. Soufre’s Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation with the help of my attending Physician Dr. Maldonado. The handbook, which has a contract to publish with Springer Nature, will examine foundational child development theories and research to guide research and practice.

PGY2 Class PEC Representative:

• Served as the PEC representative for my PGY2 class in which I was able to: represent my class's feedback and concerns to program leadership, review the program's self determined goals and progress towards meeting them, guiding program improvement including the development of new goals based on outcomes, and reviewing the program's strengths, opportunities, and challenges.

Psychiatry Residency Outreach to the Public Sector (PROPS):

• Chinquapin Prep: Provided multiple virtual and in person lectures and activities regarding mental health topics to students at Chinquapin Preparatory Boarding school, serving academically motivated students from Houston’s under-resourced communities and schools. Topics included the impact of COVID on their mental health, family issues and mental health, holiday pressures, gender identity, racism, and discrimination.

Outcomes Review Committee:

• Presented on suicide risk assessments in pediatric populations following an adverse outcome of a colleague’s patient.

• SALT (Social Action Leadership Team) World Relief Campaign Grant (Valparaiso University) of $40,000 dollars to start an underground Medical Institute in the besieged Suburbs of Damascus, Syria, an area lacking health care professionals and educational opportunities.
• Valparaiso University- Outstanding Leadership and Service Award Recipient- 2016
• Syrian American Medical Society -Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient: 2016
• TAMU School of Medicine- Exemplary Role Model
• Valparaiso University Christ College Honors College Graduate: focus on critical analysis and reading and writing skills within an interdisciplinary coursework in the humanities. The program emphasizes the ability to perform extensive research and engage in serious dialogues about challenging topics across various disciplines, including the study of literature, philosophy, history, theology, the arts, and the sciences.