Current Residents

I was born and raised in San Marcos, TX. But to broaden my horizons and face my fear of the cold, I moved to upstate New York to study violin performance and music education at Ithaca College. During this time, I got involved with a group called Healing Companionship Through Music. Working with very sick and often isolated people opened my heart and mind in ways performing and teaching never had.

One music degree and two biology minors later, I found myself in medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in rural West Texas. I fell in love with the culture of pride and genuine friendliness in this region but also came to appreciate the obstacles in place for those who did not fit that mold. I felt drawn to working with people with complex and often puzzling health issues and soon found a home in psychiatry. I knew I wanted to work with an underserved, urban population and was thrilled to match at Tufts Medical Center! 

Born in NOLA and raised in nearby Florida, I grew up a Saints football fan, Cajun foodie, and competitive tennis player. I later moved to Los Angeles for college, partly inspired by the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ music and California’s unparalleled natural landscape. While there, I gained a deep appreciation for film, photography, and hiking. After graduation, I spent my gap year working in the Bay Area, where I found a love for fashion and yoga, the latter of which I honed into a skill and eventual vocation while in Orlando, FL for medical school. I decided to come to Boston to experience a new part of the country and the top-notch psychiatric training this city has to offer.

My name is Daniel. I’m a San Francisco native and spent my entire pre-professional life in the area. I went to undergrad at UC Davis where I pursued a double major in Biochemistry and Psychology. From there, I attended medical school at Rosalind Franklin in the Chicago area before matching to Tufts Medicine for residency. I am incredibly excited to have the privilege of working with the diverse patient population of Boston and to continue my education under the amazing faculty here!

I grew up in Florida and went to college at the University of South Florida where I double majored in Cell and Molecular Biology and Psychology. I worked as an EMT and a research assistant at a child and adolescent psychiatry clinic before going to medical school at the University of South Florida. I wanted to go to Tufts to be exposed to a diverse patient population in an urban setting. In my spare time, I love watching/playing basketball, reading and crosswords. I'm interested in CL psychiatry or outpatient psychiatry.

I was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and moved to Florida at a young age, bouncing between the US and Bulgaria until settling in the metro area of Atlanta, GA when I was around 4. Growing up in such a diverse environment, I always knew I wanted to live and work in a similarly diverse area. I attended the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!), where I earned my BSEd in Exercise and Sport Science before moving on to the University of Central Florida for medical school. Throughout medical school, I was guided by my desire to work with underserved and diverse communities, which ultimately led me to discover psychiatry during my third year. I loved the advocacy work and the opportunity to serve diverse patient populations in the field. I’m thrilled to have matched at Tufts Medicine, where I relocated with my husband, cat, and plants for the next chapter in my career.