About Me

I received my undergraduate degree from Stanford University, and my medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas.

I completed residency training in General Psychiatry at the University of Southern California, and fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.

I was board certified in Psychiatry in 1995.

I completed graduate training in Adult and Child Psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

 I have been in private practice in La Jolla since 1993.

I have held staff positions at Rady Children's Hospital, the Chadwick Center for Children and Families, San Diego State University, Vista Hill, and other institutions.

 I am currently appointed Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

 I was previously a member of the faculty at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where I chaired the Child Psychoanalysis program.