Education

Bachelors: Harvard University, magna cum laude, 1979

Peace Corps: Public Health, Zaire, 1980-1982

MD: Yale University Medical School, 1991

PhD: Human Genetics, Yale University, 1991

Training

Buddhist training:  Rochester Zen Center, 1972-1974

                                  Providence Zen Center, 1975-1978

Internship in Medicine: Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1991-1992

Residency in Psychiatry: Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1995-1999

Post-doctoral Fellowship: Laboratory of Eric Kandel, Neuroscience, Columbia University, 1992-1999

Academic Positions

Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA

Attending Psychiatrist and Director of the PTSD Training Clinic
West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital

Certification

California Medical License # G85383

Board Certified in Psychiatry:   2000

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