Faculty
Almari Ginory,DO
Dr. Ginory is a Florida native having attended medical school at Nova Southeastern, residency at the University of Miami, and forensic fellowship at the University of Florida. She has served as Residency Training Director for the University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME Program since its inception in 2016. Her clinical interests are in Consultation Liaison and Forensic Psychiatry as well as Obesity Medicine. She has 2 young sons and spends her free time cleaning up after them and being their waitress.
France Leandre, MD
Dr. Leandre is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and the Associate Program Director for the University of Central Florida COM/HCA Healthcare GME Psychiatry Program. She is a graduate of this program, served as a chief resident and won awards, including Resident of the Year and Resident Teacher of the Year. She was raised in Haiti and speaks French and Haitian Creole.
Undergrad: University of Florida (BS in Psychology)
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: UCF/HCA Healthcare GME Consortium (Gainesville) Psychiatry
Clinical Interests: Women’s Mental Health, Academic Psychiatry, Diversity and Health Equity, Research, PTSD, Psychotherapy
Hobbies: Swimming, cooking, singing, dancing, going to church, traveling, house parading, going to the beach, looking pretty, but her favorite is hanging out with her husband and 2 kids.
Sarah Fayad, MD
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Michael Johnson, MD
Residency: University of Colorado
Medical school: Yale School of Medicine
Clinical/Academic Interests: Anxiety disorders, treatment resistant mood disorders, ADHD, psychopharmacology and psychodynamic psychotherapy
Hobbies: Boogie boarding, Dancing, Going to concerts
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Carlos R. Rodríguez, MD
Dr. Rodríguez graduated Cum Laude from the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus and completed his specialty in Psychiatry and fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He served as Chief Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and received a special recognition for his work with Autistic Spectrum Disorder patients. He has held Assistant Professor positions at the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida Colleges of Medicine. Dr. Rodríguez holds Board Certifications in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He has experience in community psychiatry and caring for our veterans for over a decade. He enjoys spending time with family, friends and his Olde English Bulldogge, Benny.
Trina Webb, MD
Inpatient Attending
Board Certified in Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent
Courtney Stahl, PsyD
Residency: internship at North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, fellowship in addiction at North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Graduate school: Indiana State University
Clinical/Academic Interests: Women’s health, trauma, veterans, and behavioral health/medical psychology
Hobbies: Reading, yoga, anything outdoors, hanging out with my two young sons and husband, gardening, exploring new recipes to cook, and finding the humor in situations to build resilience for growing and learning about life and myself
Steve Brasington, MD
A Native of Gainesville, Florida, Dr. Brasington graduated in 1984 from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Florida. He has been board certified in Psychiatry since 1991. In addition, he completed a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the College of Medicine at the University of Florida in 2002. An area of interest includes Addiction Psychiatry; he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Addiction Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Following 35 years of service in the United States Navy, he retired from active duty as a Captain in the Medical Corps in 2015. Most recently, he retired from 5 years of federal service with Veteran Affairs in 2023. He is pleased to return to academic medicine, after serving as site director at the North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center in Gainesville, where he served as Medical Director of the state psychiatric forensic facility.
Meridian Faculty
John Abernethy, MD
Sarah Frazier, MD
Tina Gurnani, MD
Steven Pinkert, MD
Stephen Straubing, MD
Tonia Werner, MD, DFAPA