These credentials are symbols of a deep, life long commitment to doing things right, saying what I mean, and meaning what I say.

• Licensed in the State of Washington as Physician & Surgeon.
• Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
• In the past 20 years, I have helped patients in all areas of psychiatry.

Current and recent psychiatric practice:

• Hospital & ambulatory psychiatry practice in Tacoma.
• Hospital Compliance Inspector, CMS (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services).
• Teaching Faculty, Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program.
• Washington Correctional Center for Women, Gig Harbor (by request of the State Department of Corrections Medical Director).

Current privileges:

• Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington.
• Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma, Washington.
• Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma, Washington.
• All Multi-care Ambulatory Clinics.
  
  (I was full time Medical Director of Puget Sound Behavioral Health Hospital in Tacoma for 5 years, but I ceased my affiliation with that institution in 2005)

Education:

• Residency training in Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuropsychiatry* at the University of Washington School of Medicine (4 yrs), completed in1990.

• Medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine (4yrs), completed in 1986.

• Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage (4yrs), completed in1982.

*Mentored in Neuropsychiatry 1 full year by Vernon M. Neppe, MD, PhD, and Gary J. Tucker, MD, both internationally recognized neuropsychiatrists.