ABOUT ME
Educated and Experienced
After years of rigorous study and extensive training, I began practicing as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in 2006. My extensive psychiatric knowledge combined with my easygoing personality and unwavering optimism has defined my success in treating children and adolescents with mental health needs. To learn more about my academic background and career experience, please read below.
MY TRAINING
A Foundation of Solid Education
EDUCATION
1997-2001
Bachelor of Science
Magna Cum Laude
University of Akron - 1997
Doctor of Medicine
NE Ohio Medical University - 2001
RESIDENCY
2001-2004
General Psychiatry training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Residency Training Committee
Co-chair from 2003-2004
FELLOWSHIP
2004-2006
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Chief Resident from 2005-2006
MY CAREER
From Academics to Private Practice
UH RB&C
June 2006-June 2010
I began my career at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. As Director of Inpatient Psychiatry, I helped plan and open RB&C's brand-new child psychiatry unit. I still maintain a faculty affiliation with the Department of Psychiatry at UH.
WLW
June 2010-October 2017
I was the Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Windsor Laurelwood Hospital, where I oversaw 54 inpatient beds on 3 child and adolescent psychiatry units.
S|H
Dec. 2015-February 2018
I practiced outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Signature Health, a community mental health agency and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Willoughby.
WRCMW
January 2017-Present
The Western Reserve Center for Mental Wellness is my private psychiatry practice in Pepper Pike. My goal in establishing this practice was to provide outpatient psychiatric care in an independent setting free from the burdensome constraints created by insurance companies.
CCLE
October 2017-present
I was one of Ohio's first physicians to become certified to recommend medical marijuana. With my trusted colleagues Solomon Zaraa D.O. and Nora McNamara M.D., I provide medical marijuana assessments at my Pepper Pike office as a contractor for Compassionate Cleveland.
OGS
November 2017-present
I am currently a child and adolescent psychiatry contractor for Ohio Guidestone, a community mental health agency. I work part time at both the Brook Park and Downtown Cleveland office locations.
MY LIFE
Other Endeavors
Outside of medicine I am also passionate about music, pinball, Cleveland sports teams, and of most of all my wife and three children!
