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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”