I have been a psychiatric educator for almost 40 years. Trained at the University of Chicago, I remained on the faculty teaching phenomenology, patient interviewing and psychodynamic psychotherapy. From 1988 to 2000 I served as inpatient unit director and later as Director of Residency Training at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. In 2000 I moved to Norwich, England as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the National Health Service, ultimately taking over as Lead Clinician for the City of Norwich, redesigning the delivery of mental health services for 175,000 adults, and teaching in a new medical school at the University of East Anglia. In 2003 I returned to the University of Chicago, where in 2006 I took over as Director of Residency Training and Education Mission Director (and later, Vice Chair for Education and Academic Affairs) overseeing resident and medical student education, a psychology internship program, and fellowships in child and CL psychiatry, as well as faculty development and promotion. Among many professional activities, I have served as President of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, chaired the Committee on Women and the Course Subcommittee of the Scientific Program Committee for the APA, served the ABPN on question-writing committees and as an examiner, and participated in the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. I teach courses in phenomenology, psychodynamic psychotherapy, residents as teachers, and psychiatric ethics, and serve as faculty in the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. My major clinical interests are psychodynamic psychotherapy, mood disorders, and women's mental health.
University of Chicago
Chicago
Fellowship - Inpatient Psychiatry
1983
University of Chicago
Chicago
Residency - Psychiatry
1982
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
MD
1978
Cornell University
Ithaca NY
BA - American Studies
1971
Parallel Application to U.S. Psychiatry Residency Programs: Trends in Frequency and Differences by Applicant Group, 2009-2021.
Parallel Application to U.S. Psychiatry Residency Programs: Trends in Frequency and Differences by Applicant Group, 2009-2021. Acad Psychiatry. 2024 Apr; 48(2):135-142.
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The Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry Rotation at University of Chicago: Utilization and Educational Benefit of a Subspecialty Rotation in Psychiatric Residency Training.
The Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry Rotation at University of Chicago: Utilization and Educational Benefit of a Subspecialty Rotation in Psychiatric Residency Training. Front Psychol. 2019; 10:2123.
PMID: 31632312
Assessing competencies during education in psychiatry.
Assessing competencies during education in psychiatry. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2013 Jun; 25(3):291-300.
PMID: 23859092
Resident education in electroconvulsive therapy.
Resident education in electroconvulsive therapy. J ECT. 2010 Dec; 26(4):310-6.
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Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, Overall Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2018
Psychiatry Chair's Award, Most Outstanding Member of the Faculty
The University of Chicago
2015
Senior Faculty Scholar, Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence
The University of Chicago
2014 - 2016
Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, Overall Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2014
Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, PGY-4 Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2014
Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, PGY-3 Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2014
Fellow, Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators
The University of Chicago
2013 - 2019
Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, PGY-3 Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2011
Psychiatry Chair's Award, Most Outstanding Member of the Faculty
The University of Chicago
2008
Life Fellow
Association for Academic Psychiatry
2006
Psychiatry Chair's Award, Most Outstanding Member of the Faculty
The University of Chicago
2006
Psychiatry Instructor of the Year, PGY-1 Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
The University of Chicago
2004 - 2005
Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association
2003
Psychiatry Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
Tufts-New England Medical Center
2000
Medical Student Recognition for Excellence in Teaching
Tufts University School of Medicine
1999
Psychiatry Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
Tufts-New England Medical Center
1996
Junior Faculty Development Award
National Institute for Mental Health
1983