Staff Psychiatrists

Emily DeFraites, M.D.

Connie Lane, M.D. 
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA A87503
M.D. Texas A&M Health Science Center
B.A. University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Lane received her MD from Texas A&M Medical School.  She completed her psychiatry residency at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.  Her clinical interests include mood disorders, women’s mental health, and community psychiatry.

Hope W. Levin, M.D.
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA A96296
M.D. MCP Hahnemann University    
B.S. Cornell University
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Dr. Levin is a board-certified psychiatrist with specialized training in working with children, adolescents and adults.  She completed her general psychiatry residency at the University of Pennsylvania and her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, Harvard University.  She has special interest in eating disorders, bipolar disorder, and development.

Charles McDaniel, M.D.
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA A66446
M.D. University of Southern California Medical School
B.S. University of Southern California
Psychiatry Residency, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Dr. McDaniel is a board-certified psychiatrist who received his medical degree from USC, and completed his psychiatry residency at the UCLA NPI&H.  Areas of interest include psychopharmacology, anxiety disorders, and women’s mental health.  Dr. McDaniel is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA NPI&H.

Amy Mulherin, M.D.
Licensed Psychiatrist CA A93514
MD University of Southern California
MA Columbia University
BS University of Calilfornia, Los Angeles

Dr. Amy Mulherin is a long-time Bruin. She received her undergraduate degree from UCLA in psychobiology. She then got a master’s degree in developmental psychology at Columbia University in New York. She competed her medical training at USC and her residency back here at UCLA. She has interests in women’s mental health and mood disorders.

Julie M. Pan, M.D.  
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA A86950
M.D. Brown University         
B.A. Brown University
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Dr. Pan is a board certified, licensed psychiatrist who received her medical degree from Brown University. She completed her general adult psychiatry residency at McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern University, and her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at The University of Chicago. Her work at CAPS involves medication management and diagnostic evaluations. She also has interest and experience in supportive, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Other clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, cultural and women issues.

David Taylor, M.D.
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA A96034
M.D. George Washington University   
B.A. Stanford University
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Adult Psychiatry Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry Certified, American Society of Addiction Medicine

Dr. Taylor is a board-certified psychiatrist who received his medical degree from the George Washington University.  He completed his psychiatry residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at New York University.  Dr. Taylor’s clinical interests include adult psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and the intersection of psychiatry and the law.

Robert Weinstock, M.D.
Licensed Psychiatrist, CA G023949
M.D. New York University School of Medicine
B.A. Brooklyn College, City University of NY
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Dr. Weinstock completed his psychiatric residency in both adult and adolescent psychiatry at the McLean Hospital at Harvard University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and addiction psychiatry and certified in addiction medicine and adolescent psychiatry. He does psychopharmacological management at UCLA and has special expertise in the assessment and treatment of difficult patients. He has published extensively on ethical dilemmas in psychiatry. Currently he is chair of the Judicial Action Committee of the California Psychiatric Association. He is a recipient of the William Schonfeld award for accomplishments in psychiatry by the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry.  In addition to his work at CAPS, Dr. Weinstock works on the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at the West Los Angeles VA Hospital and is the Director of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program.