Program Leadership

Dr. Iljie Fitzgerald, Program Director

Iljie Fitzgerald, M.D., M.S. is the Program Director for the UCLA-Olive View Psychiatry Residency Training Program. After growing up in Los Angeles, she attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with degrees in Biology and in Literature, discovering her love of medicine along the way. She attended the UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program, earning an M.D. from UCSF’s medical school and an M.S. from UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and then completed her residency in psychiatry at UCSF, devoting much of her chief resident year to medical education. After completing residency, Iljie moved back to her hometown and joined the faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2010. She completed a Medical Education Fellowship in 2014 and has supported UCLA medical students as an Assistant Dean for Student Affairs since 2015. She is a Past President of the Association for Academic Psychiatry and was recently elected to the American College of Psychiatrists. With scholarly interests in resident and medical student mentorship, she is dedicated to supporting all of our program’s trainees throughout their individual journeys. Clinically, she cares for patients and enjoys working with our residents in the dedicated Psychiatric Emergency Room at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time with her family.

Dr. Michael Donath, Associate Program Director

Michael Donath, M.D., is Associate Program Director of Residency Education for the UCLA-Olive View Psychiatry Training Program. He grew up in the Bay Area and completed his undergraduate degree in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavioral Sciences at UC Davis, before returning to UC Davis for his medical degree. As a medical student, he was involved in curriculum review and teaching. He completed his psychiatry residency training at UCLA-Olive View, where he was Chief Resident of Education and Administration. He then completed his fellowship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry at UC Davis, before returning back to UCLA-Olive View as Associate Program Director. His clinic interests include collaborative care, primary care integration, medically complex patients and neuropsychiatric illness in Huntington’s Disease. His scholarly interests include mentorship, burn out reduction and improving training in both leadership roles but also followership. While not at work, he enjoys puzzles, finding new coffee shops, playing board games, and spending time with his husband and pitbull rescue.

Dr. Steven Allen, Associate Program Director

Steven Allen, M.D., is Associate Program Director of Residency Education for the UCLA-Olive View Psychiatry Training Program. Dr. Allen grew up in Southern California, specifically in the Inland Empire, and attended the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where he received a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences with a minor in business administration. He then attended the UCR–UCLA Joint Medical Program, where he earned his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He completed his residency training in psychiatry, serving as Chief Resident of Outpatient Services, as well as his Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at the UCLA–San Fernando Valley/VA Greater Los Angeles Program. His scholarly interests include resident mentorship, the intersection between substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric illnesses, and patient advocacy through organized psychiatry. Clinically, his interests lie in providing care to underserved communities while bridging the gap between clinical care and residency education. In his leisure time, he enjoys spending time with his family, being outdoors, playing and watching sports, and cooking.