Professional Summary


Education & Certifications
  • Fellowship: UC Davis Dept of Psychiatry (1993) CA
  • Medical Education: Morehouse School of Medicine Office of the Registrar (1987) GA
  • Residency: UCLA Psychiatry Residency (1991) CA
  • Internship: UCLA Psychiatry Residency (1988) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1994)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (1993)
  • MS, Stanford University, Health Services Research (2000)
  • Child and Adolescent Residency, UCD Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1993)
  • Residency, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, General Psychiatry (1991)
  • MD, Morehouse/Emory School of Medicine, Medicine (1987)
  • Ph.D, Emory University, Philosophy (1981)
  • MA, Emory University, Comparative Literature (1976)
  • BA, New College, Philosophy (1975)

Honors & Awards
  • Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for the Distinguished Career Achievement in Child Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (2018)
  • Career Development Award, National Institutes Of Health (1998-2003)
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2018)
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2019)
  • Ellen Andrews Wright Fellowship, Humanities Center, Stanford University (2014-15)
  • Etteldorf Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee (2018)
  • Junior Faculty Development Award, Association of Academic Psychiatrists (1998)
  • Leadership Award in Research, The Academy of Eating Disorders (2014)
  • Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2020)
  • Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (1987)
  • Member, Eating Disorder Research Society (1999)
  • Mid-Career Award, National Institutes of Health (2005-2010)
  • Price Family Award for Research Excellence, National Eating Disorder Association (2010)
  • Silver Bell Award, Eating Disorder Resource Center (2016)

Administrative Appointments
  • Director, Comprehensive Pediatric Care Unit, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital (1993 - 2002)
  • Director, Stanford Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program, Divsion of Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (2002 - Present)
  • Senior Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine (2020 - Present)

Publications

Practice Locations


LPCH- Psychiatry Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA

401 Quarry Rd

Palo Alto , CA 94304

(650) 723-5511

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