Fellows

Dr. Daniel Eagle is originally from central California, just outside the Sierra National Forest, where he spent much of his younger years outdoors, skiing and hiking in the mountains. He went on to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, completing an undergraduate degree in English Literature. During and after college, he worked as an English teacher in Japan and later a freelance writer, before deciding to go back to school to study medicine. He completed his DO at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine then continued onto his general psychiatry residency at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He comes to Madison to build upon his psychiatric training with a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. Areas of special interest include neurodevelopmental disorders, sleep disorders, and anxiety. When not at work, his hobbies include gardening, biking, music, and reading.

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.

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.

Medical School: Tecnológico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina

Carolina graduated from Tecnológico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina from Mexico. While in medical school, she had significant volunteer experience and showed compassion and advocacy for underserved patients. After medical school she worked as a doctor at an addiction center while working closely with a global research organization. As she states, she is “committed to continue growing as a physician and employing the latest advances in science and medicine to treat complex mental health issues”. She enjoys ballet, pilates, yoga, meditation, journaling, listening to music, and much more!

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow 2019-2020 Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Psychiatry Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine  in Lincoln, NE Psychiatry Residency: University of Michigan Health System  in Ann Arbor, MI