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Psychiatry: Integrative & Transpersonal, Addiction Medicine, Psycho-Oncology, Geriatric, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) & Ketamine Treatment

ID: 740771 California, USA

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Expert is a board-certified psychiatrist with specialized training and clinical experience spanning integrative psychiatry, addiction medicine, psycho-oncology, and geriatric psychiatry. Expert holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed psychiatric residency training, including service as Chief Resident, at a major academic medical center in Arizona, along with specialized clinical rotations in psycho-oncology and integrative mental health.

Expert has practiced as an Attending Psychiatrist at a residential treatment facility and currently maintains an active attending psychiatry practice at a medical center in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering a blended inpatient, outpatient, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and ketamine treatment practice. Expert previously served as Medical Director of Geropsychiatry Services at the same medical center. Expert has pursued extensive specialized training in integrative and mind-body treatment modalities, including Eriksonian hypnotherapy, motivational interviewing, and Gestalt therapy techniques, and holds certifications as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine, in addition to Neurostar TMS practitioner certification and advanced psychopharmacology certification.

Expert has contributed to psychiatric education through resident supervision and public lecturing on anxiety, mood disorders, and mental illness concepts for both clinical and patient/family audiences.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2005 Degree: MD Subject: Psychiatry Institution: University of Kansas
Year: 2000 Degree: BA Subject: Human Biology Institution: University of Kansas

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Attending Psychiatrist Department: Alta Bates Medical Center, Herrick Campus
Responsibilities:
Maintains a blended inpatient, outpatient, TMS, and ketamine treatment practice. Served as Medical Director of Geropsychiatry Services from 2014-2018.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2004 to 2012 Employer: Sierra Tucson Title: Attending Psychiatrist Department: Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine
Responsibilities:
Specialized in trauma work and addiction medicine. Lectured staff and family members about mood disorders and the link between addiction and trauma. Led a movement meditation group for staff.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
• American Psychiatric Association (current ABPN certification)
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
• Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Licenses / Certifications
• Licensed to Practice Medicine, State of California
• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Diplomate, American Board of Addiction Medicine
• Neurostar University Certified TMS Practitioner
• Neuroscience Education Institute Master Psychopharmacologist
• Eriksonian Level 1 Hypnotherapist
Awards / Recognition
• H.E.A.R.T. Award Recipient, hospital-level recognition
• Employee of the Month, hospital-level recognition

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