EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (chemistry focus) with distinction, May 1994
University of Virginia, 1990-1994
Charlottesville, Virginia

Doctor of Medicine, May 1999
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1995-1999
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

University of California, Los Angeles General Psychiatry Residency, 1999-2003
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital,
Los Angeles, California

University of California, Davis Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, 2003-2004
UC Davis Department of Psychiatry,
Sacramento, California

University of California, Los Angeles Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, 2004-2006
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital,
Los Angeles, California

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING

Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 7/16-present
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 7/08-6/16
Voluntary Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, 7/06-6/08
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Affiliate Faculty, 12/23-present
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Site Director (UCLA), Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, 7/17-6/23
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Director, Forensic Rotation for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, 3/08-6/14; Lecturer/Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, 7/14-present
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Lecturer, “Forensic Issues in Child &Adolescent Psychiatry” Lecture Series, 9/07-present
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Child and Adolescent Division
USC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California

Lecturer, “Forensic Issues in Child &Adolescent Psychiatry” Lecture Series, 12/13-present
Keck School of Medicine of USC
The Division of Psychiatry and Law/USC Institute of Psychiatry and Law
USC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,Los Angeles, California

Guest Lecturer, Course titled “Juvenile Justice,” 9/08-11/08
UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California

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