Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irvine Medical Center; Pediatrician in private practice
After graduating from Case Western Reserve University medical school and completing a pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, I started practicing general pediatrics initially as a hospitalist, and eventually in primary care. I have been in clinical practice in general pediatrics for more than 23 years, and have been teaching medical students and residents as an assistant clinical professor in pediatrics at Columbia University Irvine Medical Center (CUIMC) for 20 years. After attending several motivating interviewing workshops, I joined the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2010 (San Diego TNT). Currently, while 60% of my work life is in primary care pediatrics, I spend about 40% in medical education, and my interests include providing MI training for primary care providers, medical students and trainees. A sampling of past participants and audiences include graduate and health professional students at the Institute of Human Nutrition at CUIMC, peer education counselors from community based organizations and community-campus partnerships, and medical students and pediatric residents at CUIMC. I am also a faculty member of the Columbia HIV Mental Health Training Project and I have been a visiting professor for the American Academy of Pediatrics section on obesity. My current focus is on the development of an MI curriculum for medical students.
