Employment
Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatrist Double
Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,
CA - Clinical Instructor Private Practice- 10850
Wilshire Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Aviva Family and
Children's Services, Los Angeles, CA- Staff Psychiatrist Masada Homes- 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)
Interests:
Journalism
Travel
Current Events
Dancing
Reading
Music
Exercise and Fitness
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