I am a licensed, board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. I currently work as a pediatric neuropsychiatrist in the department of psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital as well as running a private practice. I completed medical school at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York, and my PhD in developmental genetics as a visiting student in the lab of Dr. Clifford Tabin (chair of genetics at Harvard Medical School).
After medical school I attended psychiatry resident at Massachusetts General Hospital where I was a chief resident, followed by child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital where I served as chief fellow. I also completed additional training as a part time fellow in the neuropsychiatry fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. I currently specialize in treating children with neuropsychiatric conditions
Approach to Care
My goal is to provide stellar mental health care for you or your loved one in a supportive and nurturing environment. I provide medication services, psychotherapy (with or without medication), and parent guidance sessions. I am happy to coordinate with teachers, therapists, employers, primary care doctors, family members, or other mental health professionals who you feel may be helpful in creating the best overall picture of your or your child’s mental health and allow for coordinated care for the best possible outcome for you or your child. I will never contact anyone without your consent.
Publications
Consensus-based guidance for the nutritional management of children with cystic fibrosis on ELEXACAFTOR/TEZACAFTOR/IVACAFTOR. View Abstract
Children with cystic fibrosis have an early-life disparity in fecal short chain fatty acid concentrations. View Abstract
Pancreatic, nutritional and clinical outcomes in children 0-5 years with cystic fibrosis during the first 2 years of CFTR modulator therapy (PaNC): a multicentre prospective observational study protocol. View Abstract
Insulin for early glycaemic abnormality in children with cystic fibrosis without cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CF-IDEA): a randomised controlled trial. View Abstract
Novel Phenotypes and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in a Large Clinical Cohort of Patients With Kleefstra Syndrome. View Abstract
Repetitive but Not Interchangeable: Similarities and Differences in the Repetitive Behaviors of Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourettic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. View Abstract
Time is ticking for TikTok tics: A retrospective follow-up study in the post-COVID-19 isolation era. View Abstract
Body composition and body mass index measures from 8 to 18 years old in children with cystic fibrosis. View Abstract
Diet and the gut-lung axis in cystic fibrosis - direct & indirect links. View Abstract
Dietary intake in children on the autism spectrum is altered and linked to differences in autistic traits and sensory processing styles. View Abstract
Tourettic OCD: Current understanding and treatment challenges of a unique endophenotype. View Abstract
A New Finding of Catatonia as Part of Lafora Disease: A Case Report. View Abstract
Development of a multidisciplinary clinical approach for unexplained regression in Down syndrome. View Abstract
Trends in Real Estate Investment Trust Ownership of US Health Care Properties. View Abstract
Evaluating the Alimentary and Respiratory Tracts in Health and disease (EARTH) research programme: a protocol for prospective, longitudinal, controlled, observational studies in children with chronic disease at an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital. View Abstract
Challenges of Electronic Medication Entry-Working Toward Reconciliation: A Case-Based Discussion. View Abstract
Age-related levels of fecal M2-pyruvate kinase in children with cystic fibrosis and healthy children 0 to 10years old. View Abstract
Age-dependent variation of fecal calprotectin in cystic fibrosis and healthy children. View Abstract
High ambient temperature and risk of intestinal obstruction in cystic fibrosis. View Abstract
Summary and recommendations from the Australasian guidelines for the management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. View Abstract
Distinct compartments of the proepicardial organ give rise to coronary vascular endothelial cells. View Abstract
The direction of gut looping is established by changes in the extracellular matrix and in cell:cell adhesion. View Abstract