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Alison G. Acerra, MS, RD is a Registered Dietitian / Nutrition Consultant originally from New York. She received her undergraduate degree in Applied Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University and continued her graduate studies at New York University where she earned her Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition.

Kimberleigh Cox, NP, CNS, MSN graduated from the Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing in 1998. She has extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of patients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Kim is also experienced in adult population general practice and urgent care and is currently an assistant clinical professor in the undergraduate and graduate division of the University of San Francisco, School of Nursing.

Peter Forster, MD, Clinical Director of Gateway Psychiatric Services, graduated from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine in 1985, and completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Forster was previously the Medical Director of Community Mental Health Services for the City and County of San Francisco and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at John George Psychiatric Pavilion in Alameda. Dr. Forster is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

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Rochelle I. Frank, Ph.D., Consulting Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Frank received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University, and completed her clinical training at the Yale Psychiatric Institute in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to coming to California in 1996, she was the Supervising Psychologist for a 39-bed child and adolescent inpatient unit within the New York State Department of Mental Health, and also served as a consultant regarding best clinical practices for behavioral management of disruptive behavioral disorders and co-occurring mood disorders. Dr. Frank was the Chief Psychologist for Seneca Center residential treatment program for severely disturbed adolescents, and from 1998-2006 she served with the San Francisco Department of Public Health as Clinical Director of the Family Mosaic Project, which provides intensive care management, mental health, and wraparound services to high-risk youth and families. Dr. Frank has served on numerous policy and programming committees within San Francisco Community Behavioral Health Services, has been on the faculty of the Wright Institute and Alliant University, and currently is an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at Argosy University, San Francisco Bay Area Campus. She has over 20 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, children, and families.

Lucy Hsu, NP, CNS, graduated from the Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing in 2007. Prior to that, she completed a year long internship at Gateway Psychiatric Services. She has experience in acute care psychiatry working with both adults and adolescents.

Ilene Serlin, PhD, Dr. Ilene Serlin is a clinical psychologist and registered dance/movement therapist. She is the founder and Director of the Arts Medicine Program at California Pacific Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Past President and Council Representative of the Division of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association, on the Editorial Boards of the Arts in Psychotherapy, the Journal of Dance Therapy, and the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and has taught and published widely in the US and abroad.

Matt Tierney, PMHNP, CNS, has extensive experience with in-patient and out-patient mental health management; in-patient and out-patient clinical management of substance-use disorders; and advance-practice clinical experience in general internal practice, urgent and acute care.

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Karen E. Kibler, MA, CAS, CHt. Karen has a Masters degree in East West Psychology and is is a certified Yoga Therapist and Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner. She is in private practice in San Francisco and has worked with a number of patients at our clinic to help them meet both their physical and mood goals.

Soleng K. Tom, M.D.

Reiko Homma True, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized pioneer for the development of culturally responsive Asian American mental health and substance abuse services. She has frequently provided technical assistance and program consultations in Japan to many psychiatric and behavioral health organizations, including the development of mental health disaster assistance after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1996. She is an adjunct faculty of the U. C. San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry and Stanford University, School of Education.
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