Faculty - Psychiatry Residency (RH)

Dr. Eduardo Espiridion is the Chairman and Residency Program Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Reading Hospital. He completed his Psychiatry residency training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Hillside Hospital (now known as Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside Hospital) in Glen Oaks, New York.

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. He is also a Certified Physician Executive by the American Association of Physician Leadership. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr Espiridion is a Professor at the Drexel University College of Medicine. He holds adjunct faculty appointments at PCOM and WVSOM. He is currently the faculty course director for Behavioral Health at the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health.

Dr. Espiridion is a recipient of several teaching awards, including the Nancy Roeske Certificate of Excellence for Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association, Specialty Preceptor of the year (WVSOM) and Outstanding Teacher Recognition Award. He received the Drexel University College of Medicine Golden Apple Award in 2022, 2023, and 2025. He also led the Department of Psychiatry to be named the 2025 Most Outstanding Department Award at Reading Hospital, as voted by the DUCOM students clerkship rotators. Dr. Espiridion is a 2023 DUCOM Fellow of the Faculty Launch. He had been inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society by the Delta Zeta Chapter of the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Espiridion also has been inducted in the Drexel University College of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society.

He has more than ninety published research articles to date. His research has been presented in regional, national, and international medical conferences. Dr. Espiridion also actively engages in research peer reviews. His areas of interest are Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychopharmacology.

Dr. John Gurski is an attending psychiatrist at Tower Health. He currently works as Medical Director of the Tower Behavioral Health Assertive Community Treatment Team and Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization program. His specific interests within psychiatry include community psychiatry and the treatment of chronic psychosis. He is originally from Philadelphia, PA where he also completed medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and his residency training in Psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Dr. Douglas Berne is a double-boarded (adult and child and adolescent psychiatry) psychiatrist at Tower Health. He trained at Penn State College of Medicine for medical school, residency, and fellowship. He worked as a psychiatrist at the KidsPeace Berks Campus Partial Hospital Program. Before that, he was section chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Reading Hospital. He enjoys teaching students and is a popular speaker. Apart from teaching, he enjoys scuba diving, photography, movies, riding his motorcycle, and his several dogs, including one active and one retired therapy dog.

Dr. Regina Reed completed an MD/PhD program at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Her research interests focus on psychopharmacology and substance abuse. She completed a Psychiatry Residency and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Reed is board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. She is working with the consultation-liaison service at Reading Hospital and is a member of the core faculty of the Tower Health Psychiatry Residency Program. Dr. Reed loves spending time with her family and enjoys creative writing and community theater.

Maria Lapchenko, DO, is a board-certified Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist with a special interest in teaching medical students and residents about topics germane to the medico-legal practice of psychiatry. She completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA where she served as the Administrative Chief Resident in her final year. She completed her Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 2019.

Dr. Lapchenko’s clinical interests include the treatment of severe and persistent mental illness and psychiatric illness that co-occurs with intellectual disability and neurocognitive disorders.

In her free time, Dr. Lapchenko volunteers for various local organizations that address food insecurity in Southeastern PA.

Dr. Vinay Kotamarti is an attending psychiatrist at Reading Hospital, Tower Health. He currently works as the primary psychiatric provider in Tower Health's Psychiatry Emergency Services. His specific interests within psychiatry include emergency psychiatry and interventional treatments. He is originally from Dallas, TX where he also completed medical school and residency both at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Katherine M. Napalinga is a double-boarded (adult and child and adolescent psychiatry) psychiatrist at Tower Health. She treats children, adolescents, and young adults at the Reading Hospital Behavioral Health outpatient clinic and is a member of the core faculty of the Tower Health Psychiatry Residency Program.

She trained at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine for medical school, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia for residency, and Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine for fellowship. She previously worked at the Springfield Behavioral of PA North Wales and Greater Philadelphia Health Action outpatient clinics. Before that, she also worked and instructed medical students, residents and fellows at the Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, where she served as the Assistant Medical Director of the Einstein Crisis Response Center.

Dr. Napalinga’s clinical interests are diverse, focusing on mood and anxiety disorders, autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and the intersection of psychiatry and technology. She enjoys singing, creative writing, and watching concerts and Korean dramas.

Kara Marie Narzikul, MD is an attending psychiatrist at Tower Health. She earned her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 2020. She subsequently completed a dual residency in Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2025, where she pursued specialized training in the Academic Administrator Clinician Educator Track and served as Chief Resident during her final year.

Dr. Narzikul’s interests center on the integration of behavioral health and primary care, health systems innovation, and the advancement of care for underserved populations. Her academic work is complemented by training in integrative psychiatry, including the completion of a certificate program through the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in 2025.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Narzikul is committed to the professional development of resident physicians. Her long-term pursuits include promoting health equity through policy advocacy and optimizing psychiatric care for patients with complex medical comorbidities. Outside of the field of medicine, Dr. Narzikul values time with her family and her rescue dog.

Dr. Khurram Janjua is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry Attending at Tower Behavioral Health. Dr. Janjua completed his general psychiatry residency training at Harlem Hospital Center at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Janjua completed his fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Janjua enjoys spending time with family, long drives and exploring nature, baking pizza, woodworking, do-it-yourself projects, jogging, landscaping, and aquascaping.

Dr. Daisy Shirk obtained her B.A. in Psychobiology from New York University and her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She then completed a Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Upon completing her training, Dr. Shirk worked in private practice and served as Medical Director for Keystone Children and Family Services in Central Pennsylvania. She has also served as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where she later started the Public and Community Psychiatry Fellowship.

She has also received the distinction of Distinguished Fellow from the APA and AACAP. Dr. Shirk currently works in the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Tower Behavioral Health. She is board-certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Community Psychiatry. Dr. Shirk is a “foodie” who loves to travel, read, and quilt.

Dr. Ruiza Yee completed her medical school training at the University of the Philippines, her Psychiatry residency at Temple University, and a fellowship in Public Psychiatry at the University of PA. After her psychiatry training, she was in private practice for 25 years; during that time, she served as the Medical Director of the Partial Program at the Reading Hospital and the Clozaril Clinic - she was the first in the region to establish a Clozaril Clinic. She also contributed as Medical Director of the ACT Program.

She was the first female psychiatrist in Reading and functioned as CME Coordinator for the Reading Hospital Psychiatry Department. She was the past president of the PA Psychiatric Society. She was the recipient of the Psychiatrist of the Year award from the Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Society. She is a Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She has always enjoyed and been involved in the education of medical students from Drexel, Temple, PCOM, Penn State/Hershey, PA students from DeSales University, psychiatric residents from Temple, and residents in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine at Reading Hospital.

She is an Associate Professor at Drexel University and a Clinical Associate Professor at PCOM. She is currently a Psychiatric Consultant with the Reading Hospital Tower Health Street Medicine Program. In her free time, she volunteers at the Food Pantry, her church in various capacities, her children’s school, and the Rotary Club. She loves traveling with her husband.

Dr. Larry Rotenberg is a graduate of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. After completing a rotating internship at Philadelphia General Hospital, he completed his residency in Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine, where he was Chief Resident in Senior Year. Dr. Rotenberg would later complete his fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at Temple. He also spent time as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, where he served as Chief of Psychiatry at the U.S. Army Medical Center in Okinawa. He has been Chair of Psychiatry at Reading Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at Temple and PCOM. Dr. Rotenberg was the 2001 Sole Winner of the Presidential Award from the PA Psychiatric Society. His hobbies include opera, reading, and spending time with grandchildren.

Dr. Hashim Chaudhry is on the teaching faculty at Tower Behavioral Health. He is double-boarded in psychiatry and internal medicine. He attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He then completed postgraduate training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, with residencies in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry.

Dr. Gina Cavorsi has been a Tower Health Department of Psychiatry team member periodically, since 2014. Dr. Cavorsi is currently on the teaching faculty at Tower Behavioral Health. Dr. Cavorsi received her MD and MBA from Temple University. She completed her training in Adult Psychiatry at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. She is board-certified in psychiatry and neurology. Dr. Cavorsi’s previous experience includes overseeing the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) Unit in The Emergency Department, serving as Medical Director of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Psychiatric Emergency Service, Medical Director of Reading Hospital’s Partial Hospitalization Program, and Chief Medical Officer of Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital.

Dr. Cavorsi enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, and coaches girls' and boys' track and field at Wyomissing Junior-Senior High School. Before her career in medicine, Dr. Cavorsi was a Collegiate Academic All-American in Track and Field and a member of the US Bobsled Team.

Dr. Lee Radosh is the Medical Director of Reading Hospital’s Center of Excellence for Opioid Use Disorder, and practices addiction medicine in Tower Health Medical Group in Reading, PA. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania, then his medical degree at the Temple University School of Medicine. He completed a family medicine residency at Lancaster General Hospital in Pennsylvania, and a faculty development fellowship at Michigan State University. He became faculty at the Reading Hospital Family Medicine Residency in 2000 and served as program director from 2011 until 2017.

He is credentialed through the National Institute of Program Director Development and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. From 2017-2019, while serving as part-time family medicine faculty, he completed the Caron Treatment Centers Addiction Medicine Fellowship in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, and is currently Fellowship faculty. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Sahithi Gosala is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Drexel University and is a graduate of Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency training at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Gosala completed her Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Caron Treatment Centers.