1975
Earns a bachelor’s degree in zoology from the University of Michigan.
1981
Earns an MD at Wayne State University.
1981
Undertakes residency in adult psychiatry at the University of California Davis Medical Center until 1985.
1985
Is a research fellow in biology and psychopharmacology of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine until 1986.
1985
Earns a Davis Faculty Outstanding Resident Award from the University of California Davis.
1986
Is chief of forensic psychiatry and director of correctional health for Westchester County Medical Center until 1988.
1988
Earns an Outstanding Medical Director and Commissioner Award from the Department of Corrections at Westchester County Mental Health.
1990
Is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York at Buffalo through today.
1991
Is clinical director of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center until 2017.
1993
Is president of the Western New York Psychiatric Society until 1994.
1994
Earns the Peter Heggs Memorial Award from the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Buffalo’s Erie County.
2000
Is a physician in private practice through today.
2001
Earns an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
2007
Earns a Dr. Charles A Weiss Distinguished Service Award from the Greater Buffalo Counseling Center Inc.
2016
Is medical director of Acacia Network-Promesa Inc./Alba de Vida Outpatient Clinic through today.
2018
Is honored as a Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.
2021
Is an adult psychiatrist for the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center through today.