CURRICULUM VITAE

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

2006                   Illinois State Medical License
2000                   Louisiana State Medical License

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

2005                   American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

EDUCATION HISTORY:

Internship and Residency:

1999-2003           LSU/Ochsner Department of Psychiatry

Medical Education:

1995-1999        Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans

Undergraduate Education:

1991-1995           Loyola University, New Orleans Campus                                                                     Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2006-Present       Adult Staff Psychiatrist
                           Southern Illinois Physician Services, PC
                           Belleville, IL 62226

2003-2005          Adult Staff Psychiatrist
                           Chartres-Pontchartrain Mental Health Center
                           Division of Metropolitan Human Service District
                           (Displace by hurricane Katrina)

 
HONORS AND AWARDS:

2002-2003         Chief Resident of LSU Department of Psychiatry

2003                   LSU Graduate Training Clinic Resident of the Year

1999                  John Bick Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2003                  Group Educator for Bipolar Disorder Support Group                             DePaul Hospital

2002-2003         Taught Psychiatry Board Review Course                              

                           LSU/Ochsner Department of Psychiatry

1996                   Student Tutor
                           Department of Histology, LSU Medical Center

1993-1995        Preceptor 
                         Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology, and                          Department of Physiology of Loyola University, New Orleans

1993-1995        Participant in research study of the spread of the marsh reed                          Phragmites australis through the Mississippi delta

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association
                           Also Served as Executive Council Member for year 2000

American Psychiatric Association

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

New Orleans Hypnosis Society

Louisiana Psychoanalytic Association

Operation Smile                                                                                                                                     Served as Secretary for the Louisiana Chapter (1998 - 1999) Participant in Mission to Cali, Colombia for surgical correction of pediatric cleft palate abnormalities of the indigent native South Americans (1998)

Loyola University Biological Honor Society
                           Served as Secretary 1994

Alpha Sigma Nu, National Jesuit Honor Society                           
                           Served as President 1994

Circle-K, Loyola Chapter
                             Served as President 1993

LANGUAGE FLUENCY:

Working knowledge of French, currently engaged in active study

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Psychoanalysis, especially self-psychology, and the psychodynamic treatment of borderline personality disorder

PERSONAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:
Fencing, Japanese films, studies in metaphysics and comparative religion, brewing beer

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