2015-Present Section Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2009-Present Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
2008-Present Director of Mood and Anxiety Disorder Clinic
2015-Present Director of the Neurodevelopmental Clinic
APBN
- Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Hospice and palliative Medicine)
2010
GMC UK
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, Consultant, The General Medical Council
2008
APBN
- Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ( Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
2006
APBN
- Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ( Adult, General)
2005
The University of Michigan
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2004
Northwestren University
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2003
The University of Missouri
- General Psychiatry
2002
The University of Damascus
- M.D. Medicine
1997
An Open-Label Case Series of Glutathione Use for Symptomatic Management in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
An Open-Label Case Series of Glutathione Use for Symptomatic Management in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Med Sci (Basel). 2023 11 15; 11(4).
PMID: 37987328
Towards an expanded neuroscientific understanding of social play.
Towards an expanded neuroscientific understanding of social play. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 01; 132:884-891.
PMID: 34767879
Comorbidity of disruptive behavior disorders and intermittent explosive disorder.
Comorbidity of disruptive behavior disorders and intermittent explosive disorder. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2020; 14:24.
PMID: 32514306
Drug-Induced Akathisia in Children and Adolescents.
Drug-Induced Akathisia in Children and Adolescents. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2017 02; 27(1):102-103.
PMID: 27405006
Factors Associated with Management of Teen Aggression: Child Psychiatric Clinical Decision Making.
Factors Associated with Management of Teen Aggression: Child Psychiatric Clinical Decision Making. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jun; 27(5):445-450.
PMID: 26784955
Coping with early breast cancer: couple adjustment processes and couple-based intervention.
Coping with early breast cancer: couple adjustment processes and couple-based intervention. Psychiatry. 2009; 72(4):321-45.
PMID: 20070132
Status of psychological trials in breast cancer patients: a report of three meta-analyses.
Status of psychological trials in breast cancer patients: a report of three meta-analyses. Psychiatry. 2009; 72(1):50-69.
PMID: 19366294
Aripiprazole and atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Aripiprazole and atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004 Dec; 43(12):1457-8.
PMID: 15564813
Teacher of the year
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2019
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Fellow of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators
2018
Top Doctors
Castle Connoly Top Doctors
2018 - 2019
Top Doctors
Castle Connoly Top Doctors
2017 - 2018
The Harold Plotsky, MD, Child Psychiatry Educational Fund
2016
Teacher of the year
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2015
Chair’s Award for Most Outstanding Teaching by a Member of the Faculty
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2014
Chair’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship by a Member of the Faculty
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2011
Teacher of the year
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2010