Expert Details
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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ID: 726750
California, USA
As a past child psychiatrist at a major teaching hospital in California, she supervised psychiatric and pediatric residents, psychology pre-and post-doctoral interns, medical students, and volunteers. She directed a behavioral assessment clinic, addressing ADHD, PTSD, and other childhood psychiatric disorders. She also provided psychotherapy and psychopharmacology services for children. As a staff member, at a community clinic, she was responsible for developing children’s psychiatric service and for providing medication management for patients and supervision of therapists.
Expert has an extensive experience in high-risk pregnancies, somatoform disorders, as well as typical anxiety and depressive disorders. As a psychiatrist at her Employer, she treats patients with Anxiety disorders, Depression, Insomnia, ADHD, and several different Women's Issues. She sees children and adolescents with a range of developmental and family issues. Her Employer offers services in Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Psychopharmacology, Medication Management, Competency Evaluations, and psychiatry evaluations for Immigration.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1997 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine |
Year: 1992 | Degree: AB | Subject: Anthropology | Institution: Princeton University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2003 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Physician | Department: Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology |
Responsibilities:• Evidence-based psychiatric practice, short- and long-term psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. House calls, expert consultations to geriatric facilitieso ADHD, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and Psychotic Disorders o Assistance with role transitions. • Organizational consultation, with cultural considerations, including hiring and personnel retention • Forensic work, including work with the U.S. Department of Justice, and work in criminal and immigration trials, assessing testamentary capacity o Assess offenders at multiple sites including Puerto Rico, Alabama, and Indiana with multiple diagnoses and charges, including emergency referrals as necessary o Testify in Federal and State Superior Court regarding psychiatric issues such as the impact of trauma, psychosis, and the effect of substances o Malpractice consultation and testimony. Expert Reviewer, Medical Board of California since 2010. Work closely with State Attorney General’s Office to ensure that physicians are safe to practice o Member of Forensic Expert/Alienist Panel, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 1/2/20-ongoing. Credentialed to perform 1368 PC evaluations o Psychiatrist, Marin Superior Court Psychiatric/Psychological Evaluation Appointment Panel, 2020-ongoing. Credentialed to perform 1368 PC evaluations o Forensic Evaluator, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 10/21-ongoing, including Criminal Division and Juvenile Division o Expert, various amici curiae, including in Pickup v. Brown and Equality California, 2013 • Consultative Psychiatrist at St. Luke’s Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center, 2006-2016 Emergency Department psychiatrist, responsible for assessment and disposition of all psychiatric patients in the Department while on duty o Population was primarily underserved, dual diagnosis, and included many monolingual Spanish speakers o Consultant to Medical/Surgical units • Member of Medical Staff at St. Francis Hospital 2015-2017, 2019-ongoing, Member of Medical Staff at Marin General Hospital, 2020-ongoing. Active in COVID-19 vaccination campaign |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2007 to 2016 | Employer: St. Luke's Hospital | Title: Consulting Psychiatrist | Department: Psychiatry Consult Service |
Responsibilities:Assist internists, surgeons, and other primary care providers with the management of their complicated patients. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2017 to 2019 | Employer: United States Department of State | Title: Regional Medical Officer, Psychiatrist | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Foreign Service Officer located in Moscow, with responsibility for 1,500 U.S. government personnel in Russia and 14 neighboring diplomatic missions• Responsible for individual and organizational behavioral health in a variety of institutional, cultural, family and employment context • Operate in a close relationship with Embassy leadership and Diplomatic Security officers • Travel regularly to deliver routine consultation and address emergencies, including pediatric ones • Cooperate with local resources, assessing capacities through the challenges of dramatic cultural and systemic differences |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: University of California, San Francisco General Hospital | Title: Clinical Instructor | Department: Pediatrics and Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:• Supervised psychiatric residents, psychology pre- and post- doctoral interns, medical students, and volunteers• Directed the Behavioral Assessment Clinic, addressing ADHD, PTSD, and other childhood psychiatric disorders • Provided psychotherapy and psychopharmacology services for children |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2006 to 2010 | Agency: Department of Justice | Role: Expert Witness | Description: She is an expert consultant in the area of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in a case involving civil rights. She has performed several tours, interviewed many participants, and written three reports and one statement for the court. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Alumni of the Ivy League |
Licenses / Certifications |
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• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate - with Subspecialty Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry • California Medical License since 1998 • Hawaii Medical License since 2019 • Ohio Medical License since 2019 • Bilingual Certification in Spanish, San Francisco Public Health Department • Fluent in Spanish by U.S. Department of State • Champion Provider, California Department of Public Health o Public Health Institute & University of California San Francisco • Calmecac Training: Bicultural Mental Health Training for Latinos |
Awards / Recognition |
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• Superior Honor Award, U.S. Department of State • Irving Phillips, MD Memorial Award for Excellence in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry • Ginsburg Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry |
Medical / Professional |
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She completed her residency in General Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF in 2003. |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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10 presentations |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | Fluent |
Fields of Expertise
adolescent psychiatry, adolescent psychology, adult psychiatry, behavioral psychiatry, behavioral science, biological psychiatry, child development, child psychiatry, child psychology, child psychotherapy, clinical psychology, commitment of mentally ill, confidentiality, correctional psychiatry, criminal psychology, factitious disorder, forensic psychiatry, insanity defense, malingering, malpractice claim, mental disorder, neuropsychiatry, pediatric psychiatry, preventative psychiatry, private practice psychiatry, psychiatric malpractice, psychiatric trauma, psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy malpractice, public health psychiatry, quackery