About Me

I am a Yale, UCLA, and UCSF-trained psychiatrist serving the San Francisco Bay Area. I was born in Japan, raised in the Silicon Valley, and completed my undergraduate studies at Yale. I obtained my medical degree from UCLA followed by psychiatry residency at UCSF, where I served as chief resident. I completed additional training in the areas of addiction psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. I am fluent in both Japanese and English.

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I decided to start a private practice focused on serving Japanese and Japanese-American clients as one of only a handful of Japanese-speaking psychiatrists in the state of California, let alone the continental US. As my practice has grown, I have also reserved slots to treat those with substance use disorders/addictions, especially for those people who suffer from other co-occurring mental health conditions (i.e., dual diagnosis).

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Education

• Yale, BS

• UCLA, MD

• UCSF, psychiatry residency

• UCSF, addiction psychiatry fellowship

• UCSF, forensic psychiatry fellowship

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Licensure

• California Medical License

• DEA license including DATA 2000/X-waiver (buprenorphine prescribing)

• Board-certified in psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Board-certified in addiction psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Board-certified in forensic psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Medical Review Officer, Medical Review Officer Certification Council

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Current/Past Positions

• Medical Director, Drug and Alcohol Treatment Clinic, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

• Associate Program Director, UCSF Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF

• Vice President, Northern California Psychiatric Society

• VA Site Director, UCSF Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship

• Area VI Co-Director, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

• Past Councilor at Large, Northern California Psychiatric Society

• Chief Resident for Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatric Services, UCSF

• Chair, California Society of Addiction Medicine 2021 Conference

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Professional Affiliations

• American Psychiatric Association

• Northern California Psychiatric Society

• American Association of Addiction Psychiatry

• American Society of Addiction Medicine

• California Society of Addiction Medicine

• American Academy of Psychiatry and Law