Employment
Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatrist Board Certified
by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - Clinical Faculty
Private Practice- 10850 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Aviva Family and Children's Services, Los Angeles, CA- Staff Psychiatrist
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic , Pittsburgh, PA (August
2001- June 2002)- Post-Doctoral Fellow
Education
University of California Los
Angeles, Extension Program- Currently
enrolled in the Certificate Program for Professional Designation in Journalism with specialization in Broadcast Journalism
University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry Fellowship Program (July 2005- July 2007)
Yale
University Medical Center, Child Study Center- (August 2004)- Clinical Rotation at the Yale Child Study Center
Duke University Medical Center, Psychiatry Residency Program (June
2002- June 2005)
Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India
(1994-2001)
Baylor College of Medicine (September-December
2000)- Internal Medicine Subinternship, Emergency Medicine Clerkship and Inpatient Pediatrics Subinternship
Hershey Medical Center (January 2001)- Gynecology Oncology Clerkship
Harvard Medical School (April- May 1998)- Consultation-Liason
Psychiatry Clerkship
Research,
Presentations, and Publications:
Grand
Rounds Presentation, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (February
2007)- "Media Coverage of Child Trauma: Implications in Social Framing
Research" Aviva Family and Children’s Services 24th
Annual Conference: Critical Issues of Adolescence: “Antidepressants in Children, Life Saver or Danger” (February 14, 2008)
"Child and Adolescent Responses to
Trauma" (Book Chapter)-Published in Blackwell's Neurology
and Psychiatry Access Series, 2006, Chapter 22, Section 3
"Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Cerebellar Volumes in Adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders and Young Adults
with Adolescent-Onset Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Mental Disorders"- Published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, September 2005
Leadership
and Awards:
Americal Medical Association's National
Association of Medical Communicators Award
American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Representative (2005-2007) Community
Service Director of Los Angeles-Network of Indian Professionals (2008)
Interests:
Journalism
Travel
Current Events
Dancing
Reading
Music
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