I’m a licensed physician in California, double board-certified in Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I completed my Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at Stanford University and my Adult Psychiatry residency at UCSF, and I serve as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine.

I started at UC San Diego with dual degrees in Physiology & Neuroscience and Psychology, where I got interested in how biology turns into behavior, and how behavior ripples out into culture and society. I went to medical school at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, a place built around the idea that the patient’s needs come first. I try to carry that into my own practice every day.

At UCSF for residency, I earned an Area of Distinction in Clinical Neuroscience and trained in CBT, interpersonal therapy, emotionally focused therapy for couples and families, cognitive processing therapy for trauma, and psychodynamic psychotherapy, along with psychoanalytic psychotherapy foundations training through the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.

At Stanford for fellowship, I trained in CBT for children and adolescents (including work with functional neurological disorders such as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures), parent management training, psychodynamic play therapy, SPACE for childhood anxiety, and comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics. I also trained in the Stanford Autism Clinic and became ADOS-2 certified, the gold standard for diagnosing autism spectrum disorders across ages.

My research has focused on TMS and novel treatments. I’ve studied the safety of TMS in youth and pediatric catatonia, contributed to clinical trials in autism spectrum disorders, and published in journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry and Academic Pediatrics. I stay close to the neuroscience literature because it makes me a better clinician.

In practice, I see a wide range: complex ADHD, deep depression, overwhelming anxiety. In the Bay Area that often means founders and executives under high-stakes pressure, dual-career couples juggling demanding work and young kids, and high-achieving teens in competitive schools dealing with anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout. My wife works at one of the big tech companies here, so the realities of that world aren’t abstract to me.

Outside of work, I spend time with my wife and our two young kids, usually somewhere outdoors in the Bay Area, cooking, or working on my golf handicap. In addition to English, I provide clinical care in Thai.

Education

• UC San Diego: B.S. in Physiology & Neuroscience, B.A. in Psychology, minor in Global Health
• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine: M.D.
• UCSF: Psychiatry residency
• Stanford University: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship
• San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program

Licensure & board certification

• California Physician’s and Surgeon’s License, Medical Board of California
• DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate
• Board-certified in Psychiatry, ABPN
• Board-certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ABPN

Professional affiliations

• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
• American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS)
• American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
• Functional Neurological Disorder Society (FNDS)