EDUCATION:
Doctor of Medicine – Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas. 2003-2007.

B.S., summa cum laude – University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma. 1999-2003.

TRAINING:
Internship and Residency in Psychiatry
University of California, Los Angeles. 2007-2011

LICENSURE:
California – A106729

CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Certificate No. 63751
Expires: December 31, 2021

DATA 2000 waiver for buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependence

LPS Certification, Los Angeles County

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Attending Psychiatrist, 2011 –
UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Los Angeles, California

Clinical Fellow, 2011 – 2015
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior: Borderline Personality Disorders Initiative
Los Angeles, California

Medical Director, 2011 – 2012
Optimum Performance Institute
Roanne Manor Program for Young Adults with BPD
Woodland Hills, California

Volunteer Psychiatric Examiner for Asylum Seekers, 2011 –
Physicians for Human Rights

Consulting psychiatrist, 2009 – 2011
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
“Aiding survivors of torture and other human rights abuses.” Physicians for
Human Rights. Los Angeles, California, 2011. Workshop.

“Mentalization-based treatment of borderline personality disorder.” A. Bateman,
M.D., and P. Fonagy, Ph.D., presenters. Los Angeles, California, 2010, 2011. Workshop.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
“Borderline Personality Disorder: An introduction to the problem and concepts in
treatment.” Breakout Session, Independent Educational Consultants
Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 2011.

“A social developmental model of borderline personality disorder.”
Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Psychiatry,
Los Angeles, CA, November 2011.

“Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.” Grand Rounds, Cottage
Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Santa Barbara, CA, February 2012.

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Chief Resident in Borderline Personality Disorders Initiative Clinic, UCLA
Department of Psychiatry, 2010 – 2011
Senior Resident in Geriatric Psychiatry, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, 2010 – 2011
Phi Beta Kappa, 2003