PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Private Outpatient Psychiatry Practice: Princeton, September 1986 - present.

Board of Directors, Senior VIce-President, New Jersey Psychiatric Association, July, 2007 - June 2015

Board of Directors, New Jersey Group Psychotherapy Society, April, 2006 - April, 2008

Consulting Psychiatrist: Community Options, providing psychiatric management for clients with developmental disabilities, September 1997 - Present.

Chief Medical Consultant: Interchange Behavioral Health, September 1995 - 1998.

PhotoTherapy Coordinator : Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, N.J. 1988 - September 1993. Developed and ran the light therapy program for Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Staff Psychiatrist : Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, N.J. July 1986 - September, 1993. Worked with the Anxiety Disorders Program and Mood Disorders Program. Also ran Eating Disorders Program for a period.

Psychopharmacology Instructor : N. J. State Screening Center Certification. January 1991 - 1992. Taught pharmacology (medication) for the training program for New Jersey's Screening (Crisis) Centers.

Covering Psychiatrist : Gracie Square Hospital, New York City. September 1984 - December 1986.

Psychiatric Staff : Columbia University Student Mental Health Service, New York City. July 1985 - January 1986.

House Psychiatrist: Baptist Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. August 1984 - February 1985. Psychiatric coverage for inpatient units, admissions, and emergency room.

House Physician: White Plains Hospital, White Plains, N.Y. July 1982 - June 1983.

House Physician: Jewish Memorial Hospital, New York City.
July 1982 - June 1983.

EDUCATION
Psychiatry Residency - St. Luke's Hospital : July 1983 - June 1986

Medical Internship - Medical College of Pennsylvania : July 1981 - June 1982

M.D. Degree - New York Medical College : July 1977 - June 1981

B.A. Degree - Princeton University : September 1973 - June 1977
(Psychology Major, graduated Cum Laude)

HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
Medical Staff - The Medical Center at Princeton, March 1994 - present

Medical Staff - Charter Hospital, Summit, N.J., April, 1994 - 2001

Assistant Clinical Professor - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey,
November 1986 - present

Visiting Clinical Fellow - Columbia University Medical School, New York City,
July 1983 - July 1986

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
"Seasonal Mood Changes and Treatment with Light",
Carrier Foundation Letter #147 - November 1989

"Stress: Signals and Solutions" Chapter 2,
Carrier Center for Learning - Copyright 1988

"Stress Management: A Necessary and Useful Tool"
Carrier Foundation Letter #138 - November 1988

"Effects of the Anorectic Drug, Phenylpropanolamine, on Blood Glucose in Rats"
Pharmacology 17; 155-162 (1978)

"Circadian Rhythms and Variations in Brain 5-Hydroxytryptamine"
(Princeton University). 1976 unpublished

Laboratory Research with blood enzyme level assays - Vanderbilt Medical Center, 1978 unpublished

Multiple newspaper articles and radio and TV appearances

MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychiatric Association

American Group Psychotherapy Association

New Jersey Psychiatric Association

Society for Light and Biological Rhythms

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Professional Member

Elected to Sigma Chi, National Research Honor Society

CREDENTIALS & LICENSES
Diplomate of The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

Certified Group Psychotherapist (by the American Group Psychotherapy Association)

Member and Referral Physician for the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

Member and Referral Physician for the Trichotillomania Learning Center

INTERESTS & SKILLS
Extensive public speaking experience with lectures given for public and professional audiences.

Television and radio appearances, and multiple newspaper interviews and articles written on a wide variety of Psychiatric topics.

Photography, Video making, computers, tennis, jogging, biking

Video script writing, production, and editing.