TRAINING
2011 – 2017
Graduate, Adult Psychoanalysis Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Served on Progression Committee, Curriculum Committee, and Diversity Committee
2010 – 2011
Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry New York University-Langone Medical Center
Board Certified in Forensic Psychiatry and Board Eligible in Addiction Medicine
2007 – 2010
Residency Training, Psychiatry New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Served as Assistant Unit Chief to Inpatient Unit as PGY4 and Specialized training in Women’s MentalHealth Program as PGY3
2006 – 2007
Internship, Internal Medicine New York University
EDUCATION
2001 – 2006
Doctor of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago
Arnold P. Gold Foundation: Gold Humanism Honor Society
1999 – 2001
Master of Arts in Humanities University of Chicago
Areas of Concentration: Critical Race Theory, Gender Theory, Black Studies, Queer Theory, Embodiment Theory, South Asian Texts, Legal Theory, Post-colonial Studies, and Marxist Theory
1994 – 1999
Bachelor of Arts In English University of Michigan
Golden Key Honors Society and Class Honors
GRAND ROUNDS AND PRESENTATIONS
Oct 2019
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Harlem Grand Rounds
“We all live in a triggered state. How do we talk to our patients about race? We gotta understand Racism in Ourselves.”
Apr 2019
My Nanny Circle: National Nanny Training
“Nannies in America”
Jan 2019
Temple Shaaray Tefila
“Acting Powerfully on Issues of Mental Health: Stories & Strategies for Making Meaningful Change.”
May 2018
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Harlem Grand Rounds
“All My Friends are Heathens Take it Slow”
Nov 2017
Memorial Sloan Kettering Grand Rounds
“Slash and Burn: The Devil In and Amongst Us: Violence Risk Assessment”
June 2011
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center Grand Rounds
“The Case of the Central Park Rape: A Narrative Revisited”
2010
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Presentation
“Tales from the South Side: An Examination of Racial Politics, History, Fantasy, and Myth”
2001
University of Chicago Master’s Thesis
“Living in a Material World: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Female Subjectivity: Agency, Politics, and Embodiment”