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Expert is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She trained at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was also an Assistant Clinical Professor. She is bilingual in Spanish. She has forensic experience including work within both the adult and juvenile justice systems and projects with the federal Department of Justice. She has also done immigration work and testamentary work as well as capacity for informed consent declarations.

As a past child psychiatrist at a major teaching hospital in California, she supervised psychiatric and pediatric residents, psychology pre-and post-doctoral interns, medical students, and volunteers. She directed a behavioral assessment clinic, addressing ADHD, PTSD, and other childhood psychiatric disorders. She also provided psychotherapy and psychopharmacology services for children. As a staff member, at a community clinic, she was responsible for developing children’s psychiatric service and for providing medication management for patients and supervision of therapists.

Expert has an extensive experience in high-risk pregnancies, somatoform disorders, as well as typical anxiety and depressive disorders. As a psychiatrist at her Employer, she treats patients with Anxiety disorders, Depression, Insomnia, ADHD, and several different Women's Issues. She sees children and adolescents with a range of developmental and family issues. Her Employer offers services in Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Psychopharmacology, Medication Management, Competency Evaluations, and psychiatry evaluations for Immigration.