Place of Birth: Dunedin, FL
Education:
1990 – 1994 – Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
– B.A. in Biopsychology, Magna Cum Laude
1994 – 1998 – University of South Florida College of Medicine
– Medical Degree
– Academic Excellence Award
– Alpha Omega Alpha – Honor Medical Society
1998 – 2002 – Duke University Medical Center
– Internship and Residency in General Psychiatry
2002 – 2003 – Emory University
– Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry
Board Certifications:
General Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Forensic Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Addiction Medicine – American Board of Addiction Medicine
Work Experience:
Current:
2005 – Present: Private Practice, Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Palm Harbor, FL
2003 – Present: Private Practice, Forensic Psychiatry (FL, GA, NC)
2010 – Present: MetLife Insurance, Medical Consultant, Disability Claims
2010 – Present: PRN and IPN Approved Evaluator
2011 – Present: NFL Program for Substances of Abuse, Treating Clinician
Past:
2006 – 2011: Medical Director, Turning Point of Tampa, Inc.
2004 – 2005: Staff Psychiatrist, Florida State University, University Counseling Center
2003 – 2004: Psychiatrist and Clinic Director, Georgia Institute of Technology Health Services
Psychiatry Clinic. Atlanta, GA
Academic Appointments:
2004 – Present: Clerkship Faculty, Florida State University College of Medicine
Professional Associations:
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Board of Addiction Medicine
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Research:
1993 – 1997: Psychoneuroimmunology – Neonatal cytomegalovirus exposure decreases prepulse inhibition in adult rats: Implications for schizophrenia
Citations of this publication, which was the first to demonstrate a causative effect of perinatal viral infection and an information processing deficit (prepulse inhibition) that is found in schizophrenia.