Curriculum Vitae
Clinical and Academic Experience
ND/MN
2006-Present
Attentive Mind Corporation
President
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
1998-2006
Prairie St John's
Medical Director
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
1998-Present
Associate Professor Clinical
Psychiatry UND School of Medicine
1998-2204
Dakota Boys Ranch Residential
Treatment Center
Medical Director
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
AZ
1996-1998
University of Arizona
Assistant Professor Psychiatry
Chief Psychopharmacology
Research Clinic
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Medical Licensure
State of North Dakota
State of Minnesota
Education
1992-1994
University Arizona
Department of Psychiatry
Fellowship Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
1989-1992
UNDNJ Cooper Hospital University Medical Center
Department Psychiatry
Residency Adult Psychiatry and Neurology
1988-1989
St Mathew's Hospital, England
Residency Psychiatry
1987-1988
Middlesborough General Hospital
Internship, Internal Medicine
Stockton on Tees General Hospital
Internship, General Surgery
Medical School
1982-1987
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
University London England
Board Certifications
1996-present
American Board Psychiatry and Neurology
Specialty
Adult Psychiatry
1996-present
American Board Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Specialty
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Trainings
Advanced Level American Society
Clinical Hypnosis
BICA Neurobiofeedback and Biofeedback
National Awards
2006-2007
Bush Foundation Medical Award
2004-Present
Named in Best Doctors of America
Professional Appointments
2005-Present
American Academy Child and Psychiatry
Washington DC
CME Committee Chair
2005-Present
Elected Delegate to the American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Council for State ND
2004-Present
American Academy Child and Psychiatry
Washington DC
Work Group on Consumer Issues
2004-Present
American Board Psychiatry and Neurology
Examiner for Adult Oral Boards
2004-Present
American Board Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Examiner Child Oral Boards
1999-2003
American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chairman for Special Interest Groups
1999-2003
American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Program Committee Member
Professional Memberships
- American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (AACAP)
- American Academy Psychiatrists (APA)
- American College Forensic Examiners
- ND Medical Association
Abstracts and Presentations
- 2006 AACAP Scientific Meeting San Diego
- Special Interest Group Animal Assisted Therapy
- 2006 AACAP Scientific Meeting San Diego
- Presentations Skills Workshop
- 2006 Meeting the challenges of Autism
- Open Door Center Valley City ND
- 2006 Maximizing Potential with Mental Illness
- Fraser Ltd Fargo ND
- 2005 Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Lorman Seminars, Fargo ND
- 2005 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
- Federation Families Annual Meeting Fargo ND
- 2005 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Guard, Fargo ND
- 2005 Presentation Skills Workshop, AACAP Scientific Meeting, Toronto Canada
- 2005 Animal Assisted Therapy
- AACAP Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada
- 2005 Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
- Fargo Public Schools, Fargo ND
- Redbook Magazine Animal Assisted Therapy
- 2004 AACAP Scientific Meeting, Washington DC
- Animal Assisted Therapy
- 2003 Creature Comforts
- Fargo Forum
- 2003 Therapy is Going to the Dogs
- Miami Florida
- 2001 Emotional Intelligence
- Mayville State University, ND
- 2000 Eating Disorders
- Area Woman Magazine
- 1999 Childhood Attention Disorders
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1999 Pervasive Developmental Disorders,
- Neuroscience Research Institute, Fargo ND
- 1998 Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
- American Academy Adolescent Psychiatry Coronado, Ca
Special Interests
- Maximizing each individual's potential by offering services in their home making the therapeutic process "real world" and designed to "fit"
- Advancing the understanding that whenever possible "Skills Not Pills" should be available to anyone willing to learn them
- Competitive Agility Dog Trainer and Handler
- Horace MXJ, MX retired
- Hotshot presently in training
- Utilizing Animal Assisted Therapy in Clinical Practice
- Gwyn therapist