Professional Background
Medical Degree from the Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City
Internship and Residency, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City
Fellowship in Public Psychiatry, Columbia University
Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since 1994
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the NYU Langone Medical School
Medical Director of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment, or “Kendra’s Law,” Program at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, for Queens County.
Consulting psychiatrist for the Michael Callen- Audre Lorde Community Health Center’s Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT) program, a premiere LGBT youth primary care clinic
Consulting psychiatrist for the SCO Family of Services, LGBT foster group homes
Teaches at both local and national levels on the health of racial and sexual minorities, commitment law, adolescent mental health, and substance abuse.