Who We Are

I am currently the Medical Director at the Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation and am providing leadership to help grow our portfolio in the area of Neuromodulation and Interventional Psychiatry. Before coming to the UW, I was the Muriel Harris Chair of Geriatric Psychiatry and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at UCLA. While at UCLA, I held many administrative, clinical and teaching leadership positions including serving as Medical Director of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry, Chief of Staff of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Founding Faculty of the UCLA Neuromodulation Division, Medical Director of the ECT and Interventional Psychiatry Program, among others.

I recently became Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of ECT and Related Therapies, the official publication of the International Society of ECT and Neurostimulation. My research projects have included investigating various neuromodulation and interventional therapies and developing novel educational programs and curricula. I have an abiding interest in mentoring and helping faculty at the start of their careers and a commitment to fostering the advancement of women and underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in academic medicine.

Education

MPH, UCLA School of Public Health (Executive Health Services), Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, UCLA Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 1990

Department Affiliations

Other Affiliations

Editor in Chief, Journal of ECT and Related Therapies (2024-present)
American College of Psychiatrists