I've dedicated my life to understanding and caring for the mind. Childhood curiosity drew me to study at Cornell University, which ranged from the philosophy of mind to neurobiology of behavior. After studying neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, I decided to attend medical school. Here, I fell in love with psychiatry because of my fascination with patients' stories and their unique ways of enduring them. I sought my graduate medical education at the Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC, one of the nation's largest and most renowned university-affiliated psychiatric hospitals.

As a board-certified psychiatrist who also provides psychotherapy, I received advanced training at the Pittsburgh and Columbia University Psychoanalytic Centers. Currently, I'm a psychiatric member of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.

My practice is patient-centered and evidence-based. I believe very strongly in the power of the patient-doctor relationship. My clinical philosophy can be best described as an attempt to place a person's symptoms in the context of an understanding of them as an individual, taking into consideration their development, personality, and life narrative.

Certification

Licensure

Diplomate, Psychiatry

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

License, Medical Physician and Surgeon

Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine

Training

Education

Residency, Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

M.D., with Honors in Psychiatry

The Commonwealth Medical College

Cert., Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center

Post-Baccalureate Studies, Clinical Neuroscience

University of Pennsylvania

Cert., Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center


B.S., cum laude, Biological Sciences and Cognitive Studies

Cornell University

The Office

My office is located in the Kenmawr apartment building, located at 401 Shady Avenue, at the corner of Walnut and Shady Avenue. Parking is available on the street. The building sits back from the street corner and has glass doors at the entrance.

It is located three short blocks from bus stops at Shady and Fifth Avenues and four blocks from the East Busway, East Liberty Station.

Please enter through the lobby. A doorman will be there to greet you. The office is located on the first floor, up a small flight of stairs, to the right, suite D-103. Make yourself comfortable in the waiting room before your appointment time.

Kenmawr Building

Waiting Room

Consulting Room