Prior to Medicine, I enjoyed a successful career as a professional actor, performing in Musical Theatre productions around the country. I maintain my membership in the Actors' Equity Association, the labor union representing professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide. My strong background in the arts has also influenced my academic medicine interests: I serve as a faculty advisor for the Physicians for the Arts student organization, faculty associate for the Medical Humanities Program, and faculty facilitator for both the annual Healer's Art course as well as the Art of Medicine elective at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
I am a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association, the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. I serve as an invited peer reviewer for Academic Psychiatry.
I am certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry.