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A Persian seed sown in American soil, sprouted among the Bluegrass, cultivated in the land of Lovers, refined by the Athens of the South, and harvested near the Falls of the Ohio, I am an independently practicing board-certified psychiatrist. My passion for holistic care is informed by a life of growth, learning, and exploration.
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Education and Training
I was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky with a public school education until the age of 14 when I was fortunate enough, through scholarship, to attend Woodberry Forest School in central Virginia. There I received both a fantastic education and the good fortune of having a wrestling coach who was also my psychology teacher, which helped further my interests in the mind and brain.
Afterward, I received my bachelor's degree in neuroscience with honors and a minor in Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee before returning to Kentucky to study medicine. I completed my medical degree with distinction in research as well as my residency training in psychiatry at the University of Louisville, where I received the program’s outpatient psychiatry award for stewardship and quality patient care.
In the final months of my training, I received a grant from the department’s psychodynamic psychotherapy fund to study abroad at the University of Oslo in Norway under one of the preeminent psychotherapy researchers in the field.
Afterward, I received my bachelor's degree in neuroscience with honors and a minor in Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee before returning to Kentucky to study medicine. I completed my medical degree with distinction in research as well as my residency training in psychiatry at the University of Louisville, where I received the program’s outpatient psychiatry award for stewardship and quality patient care.
In the final months of my training, I received a grant from the department’s psychodynamic psychotherapy fund to study abroad at the University of Oslo in Norway under one of the preeminent psychotherapy researchers in the field.
Practice
My work so far has been dedicated to treating underserved communities. Upon completion of training, I worked for a year as an independent contractor working at a community-based mental health clinic in western Philadelphia while also completing a mindfulness-based stress reduction training course at the University of Pennsylvania.
After returning to Kentucky, I spent a year and a half working at a maximum security correctional psychiatric center providing pre-trial forensic intake evaluations and treatment of individuals charged or convicted of felony offenses.
Most recently, I have worked for the past year providing telepsychiatry services to a not-for-profit regional healthcare network serving predominantly monolingual Spanish-speaking and low income populations in the Orange County, California area, which I continue to do part time in addition to private practice.
After returning to Kentucky, I spent a year and a half working at a maximum security correctional psychiatric center providing pre-trial forensic intake evaluations and treatment of individuals charged or convicted of felony offenses.
Most recently, I have worked for the past year providing telepsychiatry services to a not-for-profit regional healthcare network serving predominantly monolingual Spanish-speaking and low income populations in the Orange County, California area, which I continue to do part time in addition to private practice.
General
My knowledge and experiences are derived from personal interests including, but not limited to: integrative psychotherapy, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, travel, spirituality, physical fitness, nutrition, the arts, and the humanities.
When I am not working on matters related to mind and brain, I enjoy exploring the outdoors with activities such as hiking, biking, and kayaking as well as amateur photography.
When I am not working on matters related to mind and brain, I enjoy exploring the outdoors with activities such as hiking, biking, and kayaking as well as amateur photography.
Of note: the landscape photographs on this site were all taken by me and some include my fiancée as the subject.
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Curriculum Vitae
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Additional Information
Publications
- Combination Therapy in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. July, 2017
- Ascorbic acid attenuates scopolamine-induced spatial learning deficits in the water maze in Behavioural Brain Research. December, 2009
- Vitamin C reduces spatial learning deficits in middle-aged and very old APP/PSEN1 transgenic and wild-type mice in Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, October 2009
- The Fencing Response as an Indicator of Mild Versus Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Severity in Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise. September, 2009
- Endogenous anxiety and stress responses in water maze and Barnes maze spatial memory tasks in Behavioural Brain Research, March 2009