About
Education:
- Pre-Medical/Medical Program – Six year accelerated combined program (1991-1997)
- B.S. – Science – The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- M.D. – Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
Training:
- Residency in General Psychiatry (1997-2000)
- Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Special focus on women’s mental health through the reproductive life cycle.
- Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2000-2002)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
- Chief Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2001-2002)
- Special focus on the treatment of childhood and adolescent depression and anxiety with cognitive behavioral therapy and medication.
- Special focus on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Work Experience:
- Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD (2002-2003)
- Attending psychiatrist for the Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Day Hospital, Consultation Service to the pediatric medical units, and Outpatient Psychiatry Clinics. Provided direct patient care, coordinated with other psychiatric and medical services, provided supervision and instruction to medical students and psychiatric residents and fellows.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapist for children and adolescents as part of the Childhood Anxiety Multi-Modal Study (CAMS) and Treatment of Adolescent Depression Study (TADS), multi-site National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded studies.
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD (2003-2005)
- Part-time outpatient psychiatrist providing direct patient care for children 2-17 years old.
- Private practice Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist (2003-present)
- Member of MedPsych Associates in Lutherville, MD from 2003-2019. In 2020, practice location moved the The Exchange Building, 1122 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 100, Towson, MD, 21204.