Meet the Virgil Psychiatry Team
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Founder and Mental Health ProviderMilka is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner based in California. She works with adults through their mental health journey to improve their quality of life.
As an Asian American, she was raised in a culture where mental illness was looked down upon and was not spoken about. Growing up, she personally struggled with speaking about her mental health issues and found it difficult to seek help from others. Her mission as a provider is to help destigmatize mental health by providing a safe place to talk, allowing individuals to feel heard without fear or judgment.
She believes her personal journey brought her here today to be able to help, empathize, and connect with her patients and take on this journey in confidence. She is able to complete various mental health assessments, provide supportive psychotherapy, diagnose, and treat and prescribe medications if needed. She is is committed to creating real, lasting results throughout each individual’s healing process.
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Collaborating PsychiatristVirgil Psychiatry is thankful to work with Dr. Zaragoza as our collaborative psychiatrist.
Dr. Zalewski-Zaragoza graduated from UCSD School of Medicine in 2002 and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Naval Medical Center San Diego where he was Chief Resident. He deployed to Afghanistan as a psychiatrist in 2006. He served as the head of psychiatry at the US Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy prior to going into private practice in 2011 where he provides a mix of inpatient and outpatient services. Prior to medical school, he served as a nuclear submarine officer in US Navy for 5 years. He is certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.