Awards and Honors 

2011-2014 San Diego Magazine’s “Top Doc” Edition in Psychiatry

2014 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2012 Castle Connolly, Southern California Edition “Top Doc” in Psychiatry

2009 Clinician of the Year, Mental Health Recognition Dinner

2006 Clinician of the Year, Sharp-Mesa Vista

2006 Teaching Excellence Award, UCSD

2001 APA Resident Reporter, sponsored by Wyeth-Ayerst

2000 Career Directions in Psychiatry, Resident Recipient, sponsored by Pfizer

1997 Central California Psychiatric Society, Medical Student of the Year

1997 Extern, Consultation and Liaison Service, Stanford University

1995-1997 Clerkship Honors in Psychiatry, Surgery, OB/GYN, Pediatrics

1994 Extern, Maudsley Hospital, London England

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