Born and raised in Los Angeles, I graduated from Loyola High School and studied classical cello and world literature at UC Berkeley before beginning medical training at the Medical College of Wisconsin. I completed my adult psychiatry residency at the University of Cincinnati and child psychiatry fellowship at Harbor-UCLA in Los Angeles.

Having worked and studied for several years in Switzerland, Japan, France, and Mexico, I speak French, Spanish, and Japanese. I have trained for many years in the martial arts, including Krav Maga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Aikido.

My private practice is both virtual and paperless, with a fully electronic medical record with patient portal and e-prescribing. Time-saving tools that benefit my patients include virtual signature, electronic patient symptom scales, and cutting edge Apple-based cloud server software on a Mac Air, iPad, and iPhone.

I publish my opinions on the intersection of healthcare and politics at Dissident MD.