UW Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Current Fellows
Kristin Blake, MD
Position title: CAP2 Fellow
Dr. Blake has been fortunate to attend the University of Wisconsin for medical school, general psychiatry residency and now for my child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship.
Maria Leighton, MD
Position title: CAP2 Fellow, Co-Chief
Maria grew up in Wisconsin, attended the University of Wisconsin Platteville and earned a bachelors degree in biology before joining the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. While in medical school, was a RUSCH Scholar conducting research and learning about health in underserved communities. Before medical school she served as in intern for Grant County Public Health assessing the quality and performance of local health education programs. Maria joined the CAP fellowship after completing residency years 1-3 at Unity Point Broadlawns. As a CAP2 fellow, Maria serves as co-chief. Maria hopes to stay in Wisconsin after completing her CAP fellowship!
Or Raizman Velasquez, MD
Position title: CAP2 Fellow
Or studied biology at Indiana University before medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. In May she will earn her M.D. and M.P.H. degrees. While in medical school Or served as Co-president for the Latino Medical Student Association, volunteered with the Howard Brown Health Clinic as a bilingual COVID-19 tracer, and developed the Behavior and Emotions Evaluation (BEE) Tool that is used at the Community Groundworks Troy Kids’ Garden for kids mental health data. During her gap year, she shadowed and volunteered in hospitals in Rwanda and Chile. Or writes about languages and listening in her personal statement and she speaks French, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish. Her interests include sailing, spending time outdoors, gardening, and photography.
Mitchell Wendt, MD
Position title: CAP2 Fellow
Dr. Wendt grew up in central Wisconsin and, after a stop in Minnesota to complete his undergraduate degree in Physics and Philosophy, moved to Madison for medical school and psychiatry residency. He chose to study child and adolescent psychiatry due to a passion for understanding psychological development and working with the many areas of strength and resilience that can be recruited in supporting children. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his shiba inu Coco.
Mariah Cooper, MD
Position title: CAP1 Fellow
Medical School: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Mariah joins us from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She grew up on the Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe reservation in rural Wisconsin, and she had an early interest in becoming a physician. One of the most important lessons she states she learned growing up, involved the concept of “minobimaadiziwiin”, an Ojibwe word which describes living a purposeful life and adding positively to the community. She follows minobimaadiziwiin through education, training in Nordic skiing, and being involved with her tribal community and culture. She is interested in pursuing a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or Sports Psychiatry. She enjoys ballroom dancing, swing dancing, dancing at powwows, fishing and spending time on the lake, sewing ribbon skirts, curling, visiting museums and aquariums, and reading anthropology and history books.
Rigina Gallagher, MD
Position title: CAP1 Fellow
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Rigina, a soon-to-be graduate from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was elected as Co-President of the American Medical Association’s Medical Student Section UWSMPH Chapter and served as a student volunteer with MEDiC organization. She conducted computational neuroimaging neuroscience research which investigated the utility of NODDI, a novel diffusion-weighted MRI technique, as a marker of pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease neurodegeneration which resulted in a Master’s thesis, a first-author publication, an oral presentation, 3 national conference poster presentations. She enjoys hosting AirBnB Experience: “Cooking Authentic Italian Dinner in WI”, co-hosting for AirBnB Travel, creative writing, running, fishing and Greyhound adoption.
Carolina Sanchez Aranda, MC
Position title: CAP1 Fellow
Dr. Sanchez Aranda completed her medical education in Mexico, where her international training shaped a broad, culturally informed perspective on mental health. Drawn to the complexity of development, she pursued Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a strong belief in the power of early intervention and the importance of creative, flexible approaches to care. Her clinical interests include adolescent mental health—particularly emotion dysregulation and stress-related behavioral shifts—as well as advocacy through public education and mental health literacy.
Recent Alumni
Gene Yang, M.D., M.B.A.
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2020 Graduate
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, NY
Psychiatry Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison, WI
Post-Fellowship Employment: Rogers Behavioral Health
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow 2019-2020 Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Psychiatry Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Christina Roberts, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Lincoln, NE Psychiatry Residency: University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, MI
Daniel Eagle, DO
Daniel Eagle completed his CAP Fellowship in June 2025 and is now practicing in Wisconsin.