Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 1401

California

EDUCATION:

9/66-6/69
Northwestern University Honors Program in Medical Education, Evanston, Illinois, B. Sci. Med

6/69-6/73
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, M.D.

Medical school studies, in addition to basic curriculum, included the following electives:

1. Clinical Cancer Center fellowship, Northwestern
2. Psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco
3. Endocrinology, Boston City Hospital, Tufts Service
4. Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont Medical Center
5. Cardiology, Middlesex Hospital, England

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, certified 1/79

INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY:

6/73 - 6/74
Internal Medicine Internship, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco

6/74-6/77
Psychiatry Residency, University of California, San Diego

6/75-6/76
Volunteer Staff, UCSD Student Counseling and Psychological Services

6/76-6/77
Chief Resident, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, University Hospital, San Diego

EXPERIENCE:

7/89-Present
Private Practice Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Neurobehavioral Medicine
California

1/97-98
Contributing Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter, HDI Publishers

1/95-1/97
Associate Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter, HDI Publishers

95-96
Editor, Brain Injury Medication Update electronic newsletter, Qualified Insights Press

11/93-Present
Medical Director, Hidden Valley Rehabilitation Services, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs, Ramona, California

2/88-7/92
Medical Director, NeuroCare, San Diego, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs

8/87-Present
Faculty, San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

5/87-Present
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Medical School

3/85-6/89
Section Head, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Scripps Clinic San Diego

2/81-7/87
San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program in Psychoanalysis

79-89
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Sharp Rehabilitation Center, San Diego

7/77-2/85
Private Practice of Psychiatry, San Diego

11/78-6/80
Psychiatrist (part-time) San Diego Veterans Administration Outpatient Mental Hygiene Clinic

7/78-8/79
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Pulmonary Ward, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla

78-79
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Critical Care Units, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego

7/77-4/87
Clinical Instructor, UCSD Department of Psychiatry

7/77-12/77
Psychiatrist, Day Treatment Clinic, San Diego County Mental Health Center, El Cajon, California

7/77-6/78
Alcoholism Services Physician, San Diego County Department of Substance Abuse

75-9/82
Medical and Psychiatric weekend coverage, Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk California

74-76
Emergency Room Physician, Heartland Hospital, El Cajon, California

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND PUBLIC SERVICE:

1. Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
2. San Diego County Medical Society
3. California Medical Association
4. American Medical Association
5. San Diego Psychiatric Society Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee, 6/90 - 6/92
6. San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Clinical Associates Organization, 2/81 - 7/87 6/82 -6/83 -- Secretary-Treasurer, '84 -- President; Member, Executive Committee Training Program in Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 1994 -97 1993-97 -- Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Chairman, Community Outreach Committee, 1996-97 2000 -- Member, Admissions Committee,
7. American Psychiatric Association
8. San Diego Brain Injury Foundation 4/93 - 3/94 -- Member, Board of Directors; 3/94- 95 -- Member, Advisory Board 5/95 - 4/03 -- The Wellness Community, Professional Advisory Board, 11/2003 - present --Member, Board of Directors, The Center for the Prevention of Medication Side Effects

INTEREST AND RESEARCH:

Clinical practice and teaching of consultation-liaison psychiatry, neurobehavioral medicine, biological psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.

Past research at University Hospital, San Diego: patient and family responses to trauma unit hospitalization; operating room stresses and personalities of operating room nurses.

PUBLICATIONS:

Available Upon Request

PRESENTATIONS:

Available Upon Request

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