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I foster a comfortable environment for patients at any stage of treatment. As a passionate educator, I enjoy providing psychoeducation and supportive therapy to help patients understand themselves, their relationships, and their motivations. I tailor treatment to each individual's goals, preferences, and strengths, and I use my expertise in diagnosis and pharmacology to optimize care, monitor treatment success, and maintain progress, with the ultimate goal of helping patients feel and function at their best.

I am a Board-Certified psychiatrist. I graduated from the University of Georgia Honors Program with a B.S. in Chemistry and earned my M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia. During my psychiatry residency in Greenville, SC, I served as chief resident and gained extensive experience through moonlighting. I joined the faculty of Gateway's Savannah residency program in 2021, where I served as Assistant Program Director, and I continue to teach residents and students as an Assistant Professor at Mercer University and the Medical College of Georgia. In my community psychiatry practice, I specialized in Assertive Community Treatment, worked with First Episode Psychosis programs, a forensic Diversion-Reentry clinic, telehealth, and outpatient psychiatry, particularly serving graduate students, professionals, and their families in the Savannah area.

I believe in a holistic approach to mental health treatment, integrating medication management, supportive psychotherapy, and collaboration with therapists and support staff. I tailor treatment to each patient's unique needs, ensuring a comprehensive and individualized approach to care. My expertise includes treating a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, such as depression, anxiety disorders (including OCD), ADHD, and PTSD.

In a first visit, patients can expect a thorough evaluation, where I take the time to understand their medical history, symptoms, and treatment goals. I emphasize open communication and collaborative decision-making, ensuring that patients feel heard and supported. Based on this initial assessment, I will develop a personalized treatment plan, which may include medication management and referrals to therapy or other supportive services as needed.

I earned my medical degree from Kansas City University in 2017 and completed my psychiatric residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2021. During my residency, I served as Chief Resident at both the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Kansas City VA Medical Center. Most recently, I worked at the Kansas City VA Medical Center, where I was the psychiatric director of the outpatient mental health clinic and served as Psychiatry Executive for behavioral health services.

I take a holistic approach when practicing, understanding the importance of an integrative treatment care model. I believe optimal patient care goes beyond psychopharmacology and requires incorporation of psychotherapy and psychosocial intervention. I am a strong advocate for my patients, dedicated to being an educator of mental illness to break self, societal, and systemic stigmas. I believe that a strong therapeutic alliance between clinician and patient is essential. I work on creating a safe and empathetic environment while providing psychoeducation to patients, empowering them to play an active role in their treatment. My practice focuses on medication management in combination with supportive therapy and providing psychoeducation to patients. I treat depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, general anxiety disorder, substance use disorders, and other associated psychiatric disorders.

I am an adult psychiatrist with specializations in Addiction Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, also known as psychosomatic medicine. I completed my residency training at New York Medical College and fellowship training at the Mount Sinai Health Systems located at Bronx Care and Beth Israel Hospital. I have worked in both inpatient and many outpatient specialty clinics such as psych/oncology, transplant, collaborative-care, medication assistance treatment, music and medicine, and gender affirmation surgery, treating patients with comorbid mental illness and substance use disorders as well as comorbid mental illness and general medical conditions.