Her areas of expertise include the diagnosis, pharmacologic treatment and psychotherapy of Mood Disorders, with a special focus on cross-cultural psychiatry. Dr. Dominguez graduated cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1982 with a major in psychology and received her M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1986. She completed her residency in Psychiatry at the Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute program, serving as chief resident in Psychiatry in 1990.