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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Education

Undergraduate School

Vassar College

1987, Poughkeepsie, NY

Medical School

State University of New York

1993, Brooklyn, NY

Internship

Pediatric Cardiology; Clinical Intracardiac Electrophysiology

New York University

1994, New York, NY

Residency

New York University

1997, New York, NY

Fellowship

Yale Child Study Center

1999, New Haven, CT

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Publications

  1. Examining Health Equity in Clinical Outcomes for Adolescents in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 23. View Examining Health Equity in Clinical Outcomes for Adolescents in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Abstract

  2. Reducing Pediatric Mental Health Boarding and Increasing Acute Care Access. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Sep-Oct; 65(5):441-450. View Reducing Pediatric Mental Health Boarding and Increasing Acute Care Access. Abstract

  3. Implementing patient-reported outcome measures on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit: A feasibility study. Psychol Serv. 2025 Feb; 22(1):112-119. View Implementing patient-reported outcome measures on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit: A feasibility study. Abstract

  4. Operational Changes on Child and Adolescent Acute Psychiatric Treatment Programs During COVID-19. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 06; 62(6):611-613. View Operational Changes on Child and Adolescent Acute Psychiatric Treatment Programs During COVID-19. Abstract

  5. RCL1 copy number variants are associated with a range of neuropsychiatric phenotypes. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 05; 26(5):1706-1718. View RCL1 copy number variants are associated with a range of neuropsychiatric phenotypes. Abstract

  6. Case study: missed diagnosis and mistreatment of unrecognized comorbid Graves disease. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Jul; 38(7):861-4. View Case study: missed diagnosis and mistreatment of unrecognized comorbid Graves disease. Abstract

  7. Olanzapine overdose cause of acute extrapyramidal symptoms. Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Nov; 155(11):1630-1. View Olanzapine overdose cause of acute extrapyramidal symptoms. Abstract

  8. The detection of Epstein-Barr virus in hairy cell leukemia cells by in situ hybridization. Am J Pathol. 1990 Mar; 136(3):717-23. View The detection of Epstein-Barr virus in hairy cell leukemia cells by in situ hybridization. Abstract

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Education

Undergraduate School

University of Puerto Rico

2009, Rio Piedras, PR

Medical School

University of Puerto Rico

2013, San Juan, PR

Residency

Boston University School of Medicine

2016, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Brown University

Providence, RI

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Publications

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Publications

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Education

Medical School

Harvard Medical School

1987, Boston, MA

Internship

Mount Zion Hospital

1979, San Francisco, CA

Residency

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

1982, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

1984, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Mental Health Center

1986, Boston, MA

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Publications

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Education

Medical School

University of Michigan Medical School

1975, Ann Arbor, MI

Internship

Pediatrics

Massachusetts General Hospital

1976, Boston, MA

Residency

General Psychiatry

Duke University Medical Center

1978, Durham, NC

Residency

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Boston Children’s Hospital/Judge Baker Guidance Center

1980, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital

1981, Boston, MA

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Publications

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