Assistant Professor, Unit Chief - Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital (2022-07 – Present)
Responsible for clinical care, teaching, and administrative leadership of a multidisciplinary team for two behavioral health units: one unit caring for children ages four to thirteen and the other unit for adolescents ages fourteen to seventeen with acute psychiatric needs and conditions.
- Oversee unit operations, interdisciplinary team management, and admission screening to ensure referrals meet clinical and safety criteria
- Lead multidisciplinary rounds to advance care and provide modeling for trainees of various levels of experience and of diverse disciplines
- Collaborate and coordinate with third parties including outpatient care teams, social service agencies, law enforcement, and others in the service of optimal patient care
- Provide direct and indirection supervision of trainees of both Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Triple Board Psychiatry Residents, and General Psychiatry Residents in the care of assigned patients
- Supervise and teach Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Psychiatry Residents, Medical Students, and Nurse Practitioner students rotating on the unit
- Support orientation of trainees and new staff members by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback to the staff member, and by acting as a preceptor, role model, and a resource person
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at New York University Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program (2020-07 – 2022-06)
- NYU Child Study Center: Provided comprehensive psychiatric care, including evaluations with written reports, therapy and medication management to 20-30 patients (ages 5-21 years)
- Trained in several therapeutic modalities including medication management, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, and parent-management training
- Bellevue Hospital: Provided comprehensive psychiatric care to 15-20 patients (ages 5-21 years) primarily in an underserved, managed Medicaid population in the Bellevue Hospital Child & Adolescent Mental Hygiene Clinic
- Performed emergency evaluations, including diagnostic assessment, therapeutic management, family meetings, and disposition planning in the Children's Comprehensive Psychiatry Emergency Program (C-CPEP), consultations in the Pediatric emergency department, and provided psychiatric care in the Pediatric Observation Unit and Interim Crisis Clinic (3 months plus call)
- Evaluated, treated, and held family and group meetings on the Child (age 3-11) and Adolescent (ages 12-17) acute inpatient units (3 months)
- Participated in intensive Partial Hospitalization Program for high acuity patients (1 month)
- NYU Tisch Hospital: Served as psychiatry consultation-liaison to the pediatric ward, intensive care units, and emergency department (2 months plus call)
- Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center: Provided psychiatric care to ~25 patients and completed over 15 comprehensive new/annual psychiatric evaluations (ages 5-21 years) in rural New York population via Telepsychiatry
- Provided psychiatric care to adolescents in the state hospital's inpatient Early Adolescent Unit (2 months)
Moonlighter - Bellevue Children's CPEP at NYU / Bellevue Hospital (2021-12 – 2022-06)
- Performed emergency evaluations in C-CPEP and emergency pediatric consults, admission of direct transfers from outside hospitals, crisis management and assessment of acutely agitated patients (1-2 overnight or evening shifts per month)
Moonlighter - Child and Adolescent Inpatient Units at NYU / Bellevue Hospital (2020-12 – 2022-06)
- Provided psychiatric care, medical management as appropriate, crisis management for acutely agitated patients in inpatient units, and assessment of direct transfers from outside hospitals (3-4 evening and weekend shifts per month)
Psychiatry Resident at Nassau University Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Program (2017-07 – 2020-06)
- Provided comprehensive psychiatric treatment for 110-120 patients and conducted over 30 new psychiatric evaluations for children and adults primarily for managed Medicaid population
- Performed over 800 emergency evaluations in the Psychiatric Emergency Department and emergency psychiatric consultations in the Medical ED in this "safety-net" hospital serving Nassau County (2 months plus 3 months night float and weekend call)
- Performed emergency consultation and participated in the direct admission of patients with substance use in the Detoxification Unit and Rehab (2 months plus night float and weekend call)
- Worked on several inpatient units: Adult Psychiatry (carried 14-20 patients; 5 months plus call); Forensic unit (1 month); Geriatrics unit at Zucker Hillside Northwell Health (1 month); Child & Adolescent unit and written forensic reports for adolescents (2 months plus call)
- Presented at Grand Rounds on "Psychotherapy for Psychosis"
