Experience

Parenthood Ventures

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder Member

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Parenthood Ventures is a founder ecosystem for ParentTech: Startups serving parents and children, fertility to teens. Parenthood Ventures’ founders have raised more than $65 million in funding in the 9 months since our launch, and this is the tip of the iceberg, as millennials and gen z age into parenthood and demand a new generation of tech-enabled products and services - including family fintech, maternal and pediatric digital health, connected devices, education, childcare, clothing, entertainment and more. As in any industry, the founders best placed to build fit-for-purpose solutions are those living the challenges they’re solving: which means our teams are mostly parent-led, often female-led and typically based in suburban locations outside of traditional tech hubs. We are proud to be the first and only digital-always ecosystem for the sector. Show less



Contemporary Pediatrics

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Advisory Board

  • May 2022 - Present



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Executive Director Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificates

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  With a multidisciplinary team, I have co-created a suite of infant and early childhood mental health certificate programs. We are training future leaders in the area of perinatal mental health to support social-emotional development from the very beginning. These certificates aim to 1) build a workforce pipeline for individuals with lived experience to support early childhood mental health in communities through our family leadership certificate 2) support the education of mental health consultants in early childhood spaces through our consultant certificate 3) foster foundational knowledge of infant and early childhood mental health for clinicians and related disciplines through our clinical certificate. Show less



MedStar Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Director

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Manage a team of therapists and psychiatrists providing infant and early childhood mental health services. We provide innovative, culturally responsive care that meets each family where they are, including virtual care. Early identification and treatment is critical in preventing downstream disorders. Focusing on and supportingthe parent-child relationship is the best buffer we can provide against mental illness for young children. Manage a team of therapists and psychiatrists providing infant and early childhood mental health services. We provide innovative, culturally responsive care that meets each family where they are, including virtual care. Early identification and treatment is critical in preventing downstream disorders. Focusing on and supportingthe parent-child relationship is the best buffer we can provide against mental illness for young children.



MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Lead Family Wellbeing Program (Early Childhood Innovation Network)

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  In addition to providing services to families and young children attending Head Start programs in Washington, DC, I manage and lead the clinical team and innovate ways to better meet the needs of community members. I work with leaders in mindfulness intervention and parent advocacy to integrate services in novel ways.

• Autism and Communication Disorders Clinic, Child Psychiatrist

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Medstar ACDC is a interdisciplinary evaluation clinic that provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for children with developmental delays. The clinic provides screening by neurology, genetics as well as speech and language pathologists in addition to child and adolescent psychiatry. The evaluation concludes with recommendations for interventions that best fit each individual child.

• Child and Family Psychiatrist

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2021

• Safe Zone Program, Program Leader

  • 2017 - 2019

  Developed a safe zone program for the Department of Psychiatry to better serve the LGBTQ+ patient community and address their mental health concerns. The program includes displaying signage and developing materials to more visibly represent gender and sexual minorities in the clinic as well as providing seminars on LGBTQ+ related subjects including language/vocabulary and unconscious bias.



Georgetown University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Co-Director Professional Identity Formation

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

• Cura Personalis Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Fellowship in professional identity formation and coaching for medical students throughout the four years of their medical education.



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Investigator, Reflective Enagement Grant

  • 2017 - 2018

  This grant, titled Closing the Gap, aims to identify barriers to receiving autism evaluations among children receiving Medicaid in DC. One major goal of the grant is to establish the average age of diagnosis among this population. The grant aims to prepare an action plan by collaborating with key stakeholders and family advocates to improve the quality of care in this population. This grant, titled Closing the Gap, aims to identify barriers to receiving autism evaluations among children receiving Medicaid in DC. One major goal of the grant is to establish the average age of diagnosis among this population. The grant aims to prepare an action plan by collaborating with key stakeholders and family advocates to improve the quality of care in this population.



District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Understanding Autism in the School Community

  • 2017 - 2017

  Prepared and presented 3 hour professional development seminar for mental health consultants on recognized autism spectrum disorders in the school setting. Prepared and presented 3 hour professional development seminar for mental health consultants on recognized autism spectrum disorders in the school setting.



Allegheny Health Network

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor, Temple University

  • Mar 2014 - Jun 2015

  Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Instructor

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  Developed and taught undergraduate course on Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Sociopathy in Children and Adolescents Developed and taught undergraduate course on Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Sociopathy in Children and Adolescents



NYU Langone Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2013



The Mount Sinai Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Psychiatry Resident

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2011