EDUCATIONMD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 1983
BA, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, NE, Magna Cum Laude, 1979
SPECIALTY TRAINING
Graduate Psychoanalyst, Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis, Topeka, KS, May 2000
Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, KS
Residency in Psychiatry, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, KS
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 4/94
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry, 4/91
PUBLICATIONS
The Problems of Being Perfect, Psychiatric News, May 5, 2000, p. 52.
Learn the Importance of Being Imperfect, Women in Business, March/April 2000, p.28.
Book Review: After the death of a child: Living with loss through the years by Ann K. Finkbeiner. Published in Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol.64, Number 4, Fall 2000, p.572.
Book Review: Career pathways in psychiatry. Edited by Arthur Lazarus. Published in Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 61, Number 3, Summer 1997, p. 392.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and AFFILIATIONS
American Psychiatric Association, 1999 - present
American Psychoanalytic Association, 1995 - 2002
Kansas Medical Society, 1995-present
Kansas Medical Education Foundation Board, 1994 - 2000
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1992 - present
HONORS - AWARDS
Bliss Peterson Professorship, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry- ental Health Sciences, 2000-01
Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Midland Lutheran College, 1991
Seeley Fellow for Excellence in Performance in Psychiatric Training, Karl Menninger School of
Psychiatry, 1988
Laughlin Award for Outstanding Performance in Psychiatric Training, Karl Menninger School
of Psychiatry, 1987
Seeley Fellow for Excellence in Performance in Psychiatric Training, Karl Menninger School of
Psychiatry, 1987
Outstanding Medical Student Award in Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical College, 1983