About Me
     A New York City native, I received my undergraduate training in Cell Biology & Human Physiology with a minor in Computer Systems Theory and Design at St John's University in NYC and the Iberoamerican University in the Dominican Republic; earning my Doctorate in Medicine there and then continued post-graduate training by attending Columbia University, where I received my Master's Degree in Public Health.

     I completed my rotating internship & residency training at a Mount Sinai School of Medicine program in General Psychiatry in NYC, where I was Chief Resident, and have pursued extra qualifications in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry and Research.  I have always practiced medicine by applying my training with a strong preventive approach & have built on a solid understanding of advanced nutritional & age-management medicine after completing the physician-certification training at the world-leading Cenegenics Medical Institute.
 
     I am double-board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (General Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine).  I have been an Associate Professor at the Wright-State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine, teaching medical and nursing students and resident physicians in Family Practice, Neurology & Psychiatry.  I am currently Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at Notre Dame University and Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University's School of Medicine.
 
     I have been fortunate to be the recipient of numerous awards and honors (both civil and military) including the Laughlin Fellowship of the American College of Psychiatrists; I have  completed fellowship training at Columbia University's Brain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Center in Various procedures including ECT, rTMS and DCS.
 
     I have taught/supervised residents of various medical specialty training programs as a clinical teaching attending physician.  I have pursued basic science research via the Department of Toxicology & Pharmacology at WSU, looking into the basic mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders in murine (mouse) models and have participated in numerous clinical trials for various pharmaceutical companies for multiple medical disorders.
 
     I have unrestricted licenses for the general practice of medicine and surgery in Ohio, Indiana and New York.  I am currently a consulting Attending Physician at the Kettering Hospital System at The Fort Hamilton Hospital (in Hamilton, Ohio).
 
     I have years of public, private, for- and not-for-profit administrative-medicine experience including chief of a specialty medical service at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center (during my Active Duty military service) and that of large multi-specialty clinics, hospitals and community mental health systems.