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B.S. University of Central Florida
M.D. St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Medical College of Virginia
Child Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Interests:
Dr. Lall’s main interests focus on clinical care and all aspects of resident education/training. She is well versed in treating pediatric mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD/disruptive behaviors, and developmental disorders. She is also experienced in providing pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy including family and behavioral modalities of treatment. As a clinician, she sees outpatients at Shands/UF, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, and in the department’s clinical research trials. She also contributes to the Shands-Vista pediatric psychiatry inpatient call schedule.
Research and Scholarly Interests:
Dr. Lall has worked on articles and publications involving psychopharmacology, family-focused treatment of ADHD and anxiety disorders, and enhancing the educational process for trainees. She is also actively involved in pediatric psychopharmacology clinical research trials at the University of Florida.
Educational Interests and Accomplishments:
Dr. Lall is interested in the education and training of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows and general Psychiatry residents. She has served as the Program Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship (2008-2010), coordinatng all aspects of the program. She has also been the course director for the PGY-2 seminar series on “Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,” and is still actively involved in teaching the Child Psychiatry fellowship seminars as well as providing therapy supervision. Dr. Lall has particpiated in lectures to medical students who rotate on their Psychiatry clerkship and has lectured to Physician’s Assistant students. She was named as an Exemplary Teacher by the UF College of Medicine in 2009 and again in 2010.
Dr. Lall is keenly involved in all aspects of the educational process, and firmly believes that one of the department’s top missions is to teach and mentor the next generation of psychiatrists. She enjoys direct patient care activities and working with youth and their families. Dr. Lall is also involved with providing systems of care services and is a UF consultant child psychiatrist to Meridian Behavioral Health, the local community mental health center. Dr. Lall has worked within the juvenile detention center setting and the foster care system, providing psychiatric services to underserved youth.
Adjunct Professor
Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Education and Training
Dr. Lall attended the University of Central Florida on a Valedictorian Scholarship, where she earned a B.S. degree in Biology with cum laude honors. After graduating from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, Dr. Lall did her internship and psychiatry residency at the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University). She then completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where she was selected to be Chief Fellow for 2004-2005. As part of her fellowship training at JHH and the affiliated Kennedy Krieger Institute, she has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment ofneurodevelopmental/autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Lall joined our faculty in 2005 and has served as the Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders clinic. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both General Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Lall A, Averbuch R. Once Daily Atomoxetine in the Treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults, Current Psychiatry Reports July 28, 2010
Graziano P, Geffken G, Lall A. Heterogeneity in the Pharmacological Treatment of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Cognitive, Behavioral and Social Functioning Differences, Journal of Attention Disorders May 21, 2010
Bussing R, Lall A. Keys to Successful ADHD Treatment: Strategies for Effective Partnering with Families, Psychiatric Times, October 2010.
Averbuch R, Hobbs J, Lall A. Maintaining Resident Enthusiasm in a Lecture-Based Course, Poster presentation, 39th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), Orlando, FL, March 12, 2010
Grabill, K.M., Storch, E., Lall, A., McNamara, J., Galanti, S., Morgan, J.,
Freeman, J.B., & Garcia, A.M (2010). Development of a Measure of Family
Accommodation for Pediatric Anxiety: Preliminary Results. Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD.
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