Our Team
Meet Psychiatry Studio's Team
We are Psychiatry Studio. We strive to bring personalized, comprehensive, holistic care to our members. We empower each team associate to create long-lasting relationships with every member of Psychiatry Studio and their family. Our commitment is to the health and wellness of our members, our communities, and ourselves. We believe respect, communication, and collaboration are essential to successful relationships and advancement in life.
Mojgan Makki, MD, DFAACAP
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Dr. Makki is a double board certified psychiatrist with American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, and the founder of Psychiatry Studio. She has over 20 years of experience working in the mental health field providing services in private, community, and university systems focusing on teaching and mental health and wellness.
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Her clinical work is focused on evaluation and treatment of children and toddlers under 6 years of age, consultations for schools, second opinions for complex cases, and speaking engagements. She is licensed in states of Illinois, Missouri, and California.
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EDUCATION:
Fellowship: University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, MO
Medical School: PECS Medical University, Hungary
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AFFILIATIONS:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Adjunct Professor Rush University Medical Center
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BOARD MEMBER:
President-Elect Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Professional Society ADHD and Related Disorders
Heather Hill, MD
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Dr. Hill is a Board-certified psychiatrist with 15 years of experience working with adolescents and adults with mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Hill is certified in TMS treatments. Her practice style is one of collaboration and education, empowering her patients to understand their symptoms and choices in treatment options when seeking mental wellness and healing. She works with her patients to guide individualized treatment plans.
Dr. Hill earned her medical degree at the University of Missouri - Columbia and completed her residency in psychiatry at the St. Louis University School of Medicine. She has experience working in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric units, private psychiatry practice, and Veterans mental health clinic.
Dr. Hill is available for tele-medicine and in-person clinical services at our Chicago and St.Louis location.
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EDUCATION:
Residency: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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AFFILIATIONS:
American Psychiatric Association
Marcia Leikin, MD
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Dr. Leikin is double board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and adult psychiatry and neurology. She has over 30 years of experience in private practice using multiple modalities with a focus on psychotherapy combined with medication management. She has been involved in school consultation programs at multiple schools collaborating with staff, families and students to promote support and growth. She is a member of the Illinois Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and American Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Dr. Leikin is available for school consultations in the greater Chicago area.
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EDUCATION:
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA; General Adult Psychiatry Residency
Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL; Internship - Pediatrics
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; Doctor of Medicine
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; BA/MS/Honors Program
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AFFILIATIONS:
American Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
Association for Adolescent Psychiatry
Illinois Council of Child, Adolescent Psychiatry
Member of CHADD
Elected to Top Doctors - 2003 to Present
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BOARD MEMBER:
Board Member at TV & Media Committee (Branch of AACAP)
Sarah Bier, NP
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Sarah Bier is a certified mental health nurse practitioner and nurse midwife. She prioritizes building a warm relationship to encourage client safety, collaboratively set wellness goals, and equip clients with information and knowledge to make decisions that feel right for each individual. In partnership with clients, Sarah will develop an individualized treatment plan that is meaningful, empowering, and aligns with client values, unique lived experiences, and current symptoms. A treatment plan may include any combination of lifestyle changes, supplements, alternative and complementary therapies, psychotherapeutic and/or pharmacologic options.
Sarah is experienced providing care across the lifespan. She enjoys building trusting and collaborative relationships with young people and emerging adults to equip each individual for success.
She has a special interest and extensive training in perinatal and reproductive mental health, health at every size, LGBTQIA and non-binary concerns, and mood and anxiety disorders. Sarah has completed advanced training with Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women's Mental Health and is certified in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International. She is a participant in the first national cohort of National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry: Intensive Advanced Curriculum, affiliated with Marce Society of North America.
At Psychiatry Studio, Sarah’s clinical work is focused on evaluation and treatment of young adults and teens in community programs. Sarah also sees clients in the Northfield and Chicago offices. She is licensed in the state of Illinois.
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EDUCATION:
Fellowship for Reproductive and Complementary Psychiatry
Psychiatric APN, Frontier Nursing University, Versailles, KY
Master of Science (MS) in Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Urooj Yazdani, MD
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Urooj Yazdani holds an M.D. from the Chicago Medical School and an M.Ed. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. She completed her adult psychiatric residency training at the University of Louisville and her pediatric psychiatry fellowship from the University of Chicago.
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As a former teacher, her interests in the realm of child & adolescent psychiatry have been vast and include common physiological illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD as well as nuanced topics such as the manifestations of childhood trauma, refugee and immigrant mental health.
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EDUCATION:
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
General Psychiatric, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, IL
M.Ed., Johns Hopkins University School of Education,
Baltimore, MD
B.S. in Biology (summa cum laude), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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AFFILIATIONS:
American Psychiatric Association
American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Muslim Health Professionals​
Victoria Kim, LCSW
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Victoria Kim is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience working in the mental health field, providing services in both private and school based settings. She specializes in individual therapy in youth, family education and systems, as well as school-based needs.
Victoria is a patient-centered therapist. She believes in a non-judgemental approach to therapy that is both supportive and solution focused, where growth is accomplished through the development of therapeutic goals and taking steps toward those goals. She guides patients through incremental, intentional changes in behavior to improve personal and family functioning.
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EDUCATION:
Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
All our physicians are available for second opinions, community education, and speaking engagements.
Sara Thomas
Office Manager @Clinic
Sara earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from the University of Missouri - Columbia. She has spent years helping clients achieve their personal health goals by working as a personal trainer and a nutrition counselor. As office manager, she works tirelessly to make sure members receive the utmost personalized care and that each and every interaction is efficient and smooth. She ensures our office runs efficiently on a daily basis.
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Contact information:
sara@psychiatrystudio.com
Lori Schliep Sturm
Office Manager @School
As office manager at Psychiatry Studio @School, Lori is dedicated to ensuring a high quality and seamless process, in collaboration with schools, to support students and their educational teams. She has over 10 years of experience in special education with various public school districts in Cook and Lake Counties. Contact Lori for school-based student assessments, counseling, guidance or mental health forums within your school district.
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Contact information: lori@psychiatrystudio.com
Jacquelyn Amashta
Medical Assistant @Clinic
Jackie has over ten years of experience working as a medical assistant with a focus on psychiatry and mental health. She insures member’s receive their medical needs addressed efficiently and properly. This includes ensuring prescriptions refill requests are completed on time, prior authorizations, form completions, or other medical needs that members may have during or in between appointments.
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Contact information:
jackie@psychiatrystudio.com
Gwen Weidknecht
Outreach Administrator @Clinic
Gwen is dedicated to customer service and with a degree in business and IT, she ensures our clinic experience is always the best it can be. She works closely with the physicians, clinicians, and providers outside of Psychiatry Studio for individualized referrals for our members when needed . Outside of her critical role in the clinic, Gwen reaches out to schedule regular Meet & Greets with our team for future collaboration.
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Contact information: gwen@psychiatrystudio.com