Healing comes through openness and understanding, so I believe in a collaborative and empowering model of psychiatric care. I also find that our connections and community are fundamental to growth, particularly through difficult times. My approach to psychiatric care and treatment is to not only uncover illness and problems, but to build up the strengths of the child, their family and their community in order to build resilience so that they may pursue the things that are important to them in their lives despite whatever life throws at them.

I enjoy spending time with my corgi and favorite people, eating and making all the delicious food, video games or board games, a good movie or book, travel and trying new things.

Locations

UCHealth Behavioral Health Unit – Poudre Valley Hospital (Primary)

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1024 S. Lemay Avenue
3rd Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Monday: All day
Tuesday: All day
Wednesday: All day
Thursday: All day
Friday: All day
Saturday: All day
Sunday: All day

Qualifications and experience

Specialties
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Gender
Female
Languages spoken
English
Education
Fellowship
University of Vermont Medical Center (2024)

Residency
UIWSOM TIGMER (2022)

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (2019)

Board Certification
Certification Agency Specialty Year
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Psychiatry 2023
Research interest for patients

Family psychiatry
Cross M, Abdul-Karim Y, Johnson A, Victor C, Rosenfeld A. Healing Together: A Narrative Review on How Psychiatric Treatment for Parental Depression Impacts Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Mar

Nutrition and psychiatry
Villagomez A, Cross M, Ranjbar N. Broad spectrum micronutrients: a potential key player to address emotional dysregulation. Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Dec

Media and mental health (co-author on an upcoming textbook on depictions of childhood mental health issues in movies/TV)

Insurance
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