Current Positions

• Medical Director at Harmony Heights School and Residential Program, East Norwich, NY
• Staff psychiatrist at South Shore Child Guidance Center, Freeport, NY
• Psychiatric consultant at St. John's University Student Counseling Center, Queens, NY
  

Board Certifications & Licensure

• Certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Licensed to practice in New York State
  

Education

• BS, Biology, Wake Forest University
• MD, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) School of Medicine

Clinical Training

• Adult Psychiatry Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Lectures, Publications & Research Experience

• “Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Insomnia”, Grand Rounds Lecture, March 2006
• “Entering Adolescence”, Saddle Rock Elementary School, May 2006
• “Bipolar Affective Disorder: Practical Knowledge for Teachers”, Harmony Heights School for Girls, October 2006
• Socolar, R, & Reives, P. (2002). Factors that facilitate or impede physicians who perform evaluations for child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment. Volume 7, Issue 4.
• “The effects of commonly used antidepressants on adolescent females” Principal investigator, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, January-October 2006
• “A study of the obstacles and facilitators that physicians encounter when performing evaluations of child maltreatment”, UNC Department of Pediatrics, May-December 1997

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004 - present
• American Psychiatric Association, 1998 - present
• American Medical Association, 2002 - present
• Medical Society of the State of New York, 2006 - present
• Greater Long Island Psychiatric Society, 2005 – present