Born and raised in California, I’m currently doing my psychiatry residency at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
M.D., 2017
University of California, Davis
BS Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, and Pre-medicine with a minor in Music, 2010
Clinical Experience
Psychiatry Resident (PGY-2), Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2024 - Present
Training in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry - expected Medical Licensure in 2028
Associate Physician, ClearMinds Behavioral Health, 2023 - 2024
Helped develop and establish a new ClearMinds clinic in Chesterfield, Missouri, treating patients in outpatient psychiatric care
Medical Extern, Avant Interventional Psychiatry, 2022 - 2023
Trained in outpatient care, clinical facility management, TMS therapy, and telehealth under founder Dr. Justin Anyokwu, M.D’s supervision
Locum Doctor, UK NHS: St. John’s Hospital, 2021 - 2022
Acting contract physician for COVID-19 and emergency medical assessment wards
Locum Doctor, UK NHS: Grange University Hospital, 2021 - 2022
Acting contract physician for acute and general medicine
San Francisco Suicide Prevention, 2020 - 2024
Crisis counselor for suicide, domestic violence, HIV, and drug relapse hotlines
Intern: Neurology Department: St. Musse Hospital, 2018
Acting medical resident, diagnosing and treating neurology patients, prescribing medications, ordering exams, and performing over 200 lumbar punctures
Intern: Neurology Department: Clinical Hospital Heliodor Święcicki, 2018
Trained at EMG laboratory assisting Head Physician Dr. Adam Niezgoda for patient care of neuromuscular disorders
Visiting Medical Student: Neurological Surgery Department: University of California, San Francisco, 2016
Assisted and observed neurosurgeons with daily duties and patient care, and cerebrovascular surgical procedures, including arteriovenous malformations and aneurysm clippings
Research Experience
Clinical Research Volunteer: Department of Neurological Surgery: University of California, San Francisco, 2010 - 2019
Researched Anterior Communicating Artery (ACoA) and Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) aneurysms from over 1400 patients, observing over 40 brain aneurysm clipping surgeries and arteriovenous malformation surgeries, and co-authoring five publications with the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF
Medical Graduate Researcher: Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research: Stanford University, 2017
Researched the role of aerobic exercise on children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD using infrared spectroscopy to measure vascular flow and trained in Homer Software, worked with research volunteers, interpreted IR data
Honors & Volunteering
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Benioff Children’s Hospital: University of California, San Francisco, 2010 - 2019
Taught piano, guitar, and music theory for pediatric patients in Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cardiology, and Surgery at Benioff Children's Hospital
Recipient: California Governor's Scholar Award, 2005
Publications
Early-Onset Schizophrenia and Cannabis Use: A Case Series
Poster Presentation: American Psychiatric Association - May 2025
Cureus. 2023 Nov 14;15(11):e48781. doi: 10.7759/cureus.48781. eCollection 2023 Nov.
Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2019
2019 Apr 5:1-12. doi: 10.3171/2018.12.JNS183264. Online ahead of print. PMID: 30952121
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2018
2018 Nov;89(11):1163-1166. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316259. Epub 2017 Oct 6.PMID: 28986471
International Journal of Radiation Biology, March 2014
Int J Radiat Biol. 2014 Mar;90(3):214-23. doi: 10.3109/09553002.2014.859761
Current Management of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Results with a “Clip First” Policy
Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72(3):415-27. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182804aa2.PMID: 23208060
Charged Particle Radiation, Reactive Oxygen Species, and CNS Function
23rd Annual NASA Space Radiation Investigators' Workshop, July 2012