University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville
University of Florida
I presently hold joint appointments as Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry at the University of Florida. I serve as the Division Chief of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Medical Director of the Women’s Health Clinic at the Medical Plaza. I am board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, addiction medicine, and psychiatry. In addition to the clinical care of high-risk obstetric patients with co-morbid psychiatric and substance use disorders, I serve on multiple regional and statewide committees, lecture nationally, and conduct research in my areas of interest. My goal as an academic physician is to seek out collaborative multidisciplinary approaches to the care of high-risk obstetrical patients and to pursue evidence-based methodologies to their care. My allotted research time is dedicated to the development of innovative methods and approaches to improved health outcomes. I currently serve as chair of the Committee for Underserved Women in District XII of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additionally, I serve on the Florida Maternal Mortality Review Committee, focusing on the complications and co-morbidities affecting the maternal mortality rates in Florida.