I am an integrative, LGBTQ+ friendly, board-certified psychiatrist with full Child/Adolescent and Adult training, Assistant Professor - Volunteer, UCSF, General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

I offer collaborative, thoughtful psychiatric care for most psychiatric conditions for those ages 5-80. My approach is patient-centered and engaging with an awareness of power/privilege and social justice within the treatment relationship. My own challenging health journey has left me curious to learn all I can to facilitate the healing for others.

Medical Training:

• Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

• Residency: University of California, San Francisco, General Psychiatry

• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Certifications and Additional Training:

• ABPN Board Certification, General Psychiatry

  Including ongoing Maintenance of Certification

• Harvard Berenson-Allen Center: TMS, Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Certification

• KTC: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Certification

• IFS Institute: Level 1 Certification

• Psychopharmacology Research Training:

  • University of Gothenberg, with Arvid Carlsson, PhD (Nobel Prize laureate, 2000)

• Ongoing

  • Ketamine Psychiatric Associates

  • IFS Consultation with Marcella Cox, LMFT, Certified IFS Consultant, Somatic IFS and IFS Certified

  • Neurofeedback/Neuromodulation consultation with Joel Lubar, PhD

Awards:

• Daniel X. Freedman Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

• AACAP / Pfizer Outstanding Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Award

Memberships:

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Integrative Psychiatry Committee

  • Psychotherapy Committee

• American Psychiatric Association

• Northern CA, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Regional Organization

• Northern CA Psychiatric Society

• Ketamine Psychotherapy Associates

As a volunteer clinical faculty member at UCSF, I enjoy teaching psychiatric residents and child psychiatry fellows.

In my spare time, I enjoy poetry, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and meditation.