I dedicate the majority of my time to providing clinical care, supplemented by my involvement in psychiatric education. My areas of expertise include:

• managing mood and anxiety disorders,

• addressing attentional issues,

• supporting individuals through college transitions,

• focusing on women's health and pregnancy-related psychiatric needs, and

• treating early-onset psychiatric conditions.

In both community health and private practice, I provide targeted psychotherapy and medication management to my patients. It is important to me to know my patients as individuals, and how their medical or mental health concerns fit into their lives. When we work together, your goals are important to me.

My educational background includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland College Park and post-baccalaureate research in immunology at the National Institutes of Health. I hold a Master of Science and a Doctor of Medicine from Drexel University College of Medicine. I completed my psychiatry residency training at Johns Hopkins, serving as Chief Resident.

I am a psychiatrist at Harford Belair Community Mental Health Center and a part-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins where I instruct clinical therapists, residents, fellows, and new faculty.

I am a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Maryland Psychiatric Association and am a Board Certified diplomate of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.