Experience

HeartMath Institute

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Trauma Recovery Project

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  - Creating heart-based trauma relief programs to teach HeartMath techniques and emotional regulation to people who work with survivors of trauma, including humanitarian workers, health practitioners, therapists and refugees/internally displaced people. - Creating heart-based trauma relief programs to teach HeartMath techniques and emotional regulation to people who work with survivors of trauma, including humanitarian workers, health practitioners, therapists and refugees/internally displaced people.



Reaching Across Borders

• Board Member

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  - Developed mental health and psychosocial support programs for refugees and internally displaced people in Lebanon. - Developed mental health and psychosocial support programs for refugees and internally displaced people in Lebanon.



A Fine Balance - Pediatric Neurology

• Founder

  • Dec 2018 - Sep 2020

  A Fine Balance is a private pediatric neurology practice, specializing in the trauma-sensitive care of children with atypical or otherwise medically unexplained neurological symptoms, such as weakness or paralysis, loss of sensation, gait difficulties, and non-epileptic events. This clinic was closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. A Fine Balance is a private pediatric neurology practice, specializing in the trauma-sensitive care of children with atypical or otherwise medically unexplained neurological symptoms, such as weakness or paralysis, loss of sensation, gait difficulties, and non-epileptic events. This clinic was closed in 2020 due to the pandemic.



Stanford University School of Medicine

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences

  • Mar 2012 - Feb 2018

  - Pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Director of Stanford Pediatric Stroke Program - Clinical researcher - Research supervisor and mentor for medical students and residents - Pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Director of Stanford Pediatric Stroke Program - Clinical researcher - Research supervisor and mentor for medical students and residents