I am the program director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship program at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, where I oversee the training of medical students, residents, fellows and postgraduate students in child and adolescent psychiatry. I am a distinguished member of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, I am an active member of the Recruitment Committee for the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training. I am passionate and knowledgeable about issues related to mental health in children and adolescents and am an advocate for increasing resources and services for disadvantaged children and families.