Caroline M. Tan, MD, Pediatric Neuropsychiatrist with her Private Practice
Get to know Pediatric Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Caroline M. Tan, who serves the population of Virginia.
Dr. Tan is a Board-Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist. Dr. Tan provides diagnostic pediatric & adult assessments, medication and school consultations.
Dr. Tan completed her undergraduate program by graduating Cum Laude with a degree in Biology. Furthering her education she graduated with her Medical Degree from the Cebu Institute of Medicine, Philippines. She proceeded to train at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York in the Genetics division prior to fulfilling her residency and fellowship training into completion in the United States.
Dr. Tan completed her medical internship in Neurology and Internal Medicine and her residency training in the Psychiatry division at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She performed clinical rotations at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, Princeton Medical Center, Princeton House Rehabilitation program, St. Peter’s Hospital and at the UMDNJ-community mental health center in Piscataway, all of which saw her actively involved in teaching medical students and residents while mentoring with top scientists and experts in the field who fuelled her interest in early developmental arrests.
Furthering her training Dr. Tan completed subspecialty fellowship training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in a split two- year fellowship programs at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine- Elmhurst Hospital in New York and at North Shore University Hospital- NYU School of Medicine in Manhasset, New York. She obtained a six-month residential training in Adolescent Substance Abuse and Research at North Shore University Hospital as well.
After completing her training she worked as a consulting pediatric psychiatrist at the affiliated satellite centers, emergency & forensics divisions; public school systems for two years at the Department of Mental Health in Washington, D.C. She then became the Medical Director of Jos-Arz-Cornell residential treatment facility and provided consultation services at a mutilspecialty medical group in Washington, D.C. In 2004, Dr. Tan opened her private practice in Herndon, VA.
Dr. Tan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Inc, a Member Board of the American Academy in Specialty Medicine. She stays as an active member of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Medical Association, Washington Psychiartric Society, and AACAP. Her special interests are in the field of Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, ADHD, Affective Disorders, Tourette’s Disorders, Eating Disorders.
When not working, Dr. Tan loves to paint and draw, she had formal arts training in childhood fueled by an artist-grandmother and continues to draw to her two daughters and to her young patients in training and in practice. She likes writing and illustrating childrens’ stories as well.
Learn More about Dr. Caroline M. Tan:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/236750-Caroline-Tan-psychiatrist-Herndon-VA-20170 Through her private practice, http://carolinetanmdpc.com/
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