After medical school at the University of Massachusetts and residency training at Loma Linda University, I spent a year doing addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital. I established Trinity Wellness Center in 2005 and believe it’s become one of southeastern North Carolina’s most innovative and leading-edge psychiatric and mental health clinics.  

Neurofeedback, pharmacogenetic testing, ketamine for depression, hormone therapy, acupuncture and nutrition therapy are just some of the treatments and therapies we’ve introduced into our practice in recent years, as we continue to serve the many and different needs of patients.

I supervise 15 licensed clinicians across four different clinic sites. I have completed functional medicine training with functional medicine expert, best-selling author and Kresser Institute founder Chris Kresser, and currently serve on the Kresser Institute’s board of advisors. I am the medical director of the Leland-based Carolina Dunes geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit and serve as an expert medical reviewer for the North Carolina Medical Board. 

I am passionate about continuing education and have studied a variety of healing methods, including acupuncture, yoga, meditation, nutrient therapy, neurofeedback and hormone therapy. I am a certified yoga teacher and exercise several times a week with a men’s, bootcamp-style fitness group called F3 Nation (Fitness, Faith and Fellowship). 

Why come see me as a psychiatrist? Good question! Here’s my answer: If you want to find out what’s really wrong with your health, if you want to find out some root causes of your symptoms, if you want to continue to improve in life, and if you’re ready to make some real lifestyle changes, then I look forward to working with you! I believe in what I say, and I practice what I preach. I’m in the best health of my life, I enjoy my work and relationships, and I’ve found purpose. Let me help you do the same!