Provides Opinion & Testimony In:
Addiction Medicine, Psychiatrist, Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse, Drug Detection, Drug Forensic Analysis, Prescription Drugs, Illicit Drugs, Methamphetamine, Meth Abuse, Addiction Evaluation, Addiction Psychiatry, Drug Detection, Drug Analysis, Addiction Withdrawal, Addiction Recovery, Psychoactive Drugs, Drug Dependencies, Drug Rehab Standard Care,
EDUCATION
- A.B. University of California – Berkeley, California 1955
- M.D. University of Miami School of Medicine – Miami, Florida 1961
- Intern Herrick Memorial Hospital – Berkeley, California 1961-2
- M.P.H. Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut 1964
- Resident Department of Psychiatry – Mt. Zion Hospital 1967 San Francisco, California
MEDICAL PRACTICE
2014-present
San Rafael, CA 94901
PRIVATE PRACTICE
1989-2014
PRIVATE PRACTICE
1988-89
Department of Psychiatry
Veterans Administration Medical Center
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
1983-87
Steinbeck Treatment Center Community
MEDICAL DIRECTOR Hospital of Salinas
1981-2
Davis Free Clinic Davis, California
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DRUG ABUSE SECTION
1980-82
Sutter-Davis Hospital Davis California
EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
1978-79
St. Luke’s Hospital
San Francisco, California
EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
1975-78
Valley Emergency Medical Group Bakersfield, California
1974
Haight/Ashbury Free Clinics San
Francisco, California
EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PRACTICE
1970-75
Medical Writer Self-Employed
AUTHOR, DR. HIP NEWSPAPER
COLUMNS AND BOOKS
1966-70
Student Health Service
University of California at Berkeley
STAFF PHYSICIAN
1965-66
Albert Schweitzer Hospital Lambarene,
Gabon West Equatorial Africa
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION
1964-65
Nursing Home Research Project Alameda County Health Department
COORDINATOR
HONORS AND AWARDS
- March 17, 2015 California Legislature Certificate of Recognition for “Your years of work to advance and broaden the study of medicine in the United States.”
- Court-Appointed Psychiatrist Panel, Superior Court of Contra-Costa County, CA 1998-present Distinguished Alumnus, University of Miami School of Medicine – selected in 1997
- Court-Appointed Psychiatrist Panel, Superior Court of Marin County, CA – 1996-present Psychotherapy Provider, Federal Probation Office, District of Northern California –1993-95 Court- Appointed Psychiatrist Panel, Superior Court of San Francisco, CA – 1994-present
- Court-Appointed Psychiatrist Panel, Superior Court of Alameda County, CA –1992-present
- Chief of Staff-Elect, Community Hospital of Salinas, CA – 1987
- Chief of Medicine, Community Hospital of Salinas, CA -1985-87
- Certified in the treatment of alcoholism and other drug dependencies through examination by the American Society of Addiction Medicine – 1986
- Advisory Board, JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS -1983 to 2010
- National Broadcasters Association Award, “Ask Dr. Hip” -1976 Editorial Board, MODERN MEDICINE -1969-71
- Smith Kline & French Foreign Fellowship to Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambarene, Gabon – Summer, 1960
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
- Faculty, Osler Institute, Addiction Psychiatry Review Course San Francisco, CA – March, 1993 Los Angeles, CA – August, 1994
Lecture – “Cocaine: Clinical and Neurobiological Issues” Lecture– “Prohibition and Criminal Justice” - University of California School of Medicine at Davis, Department of Family Practice Assistant Clinical Professor -1982-83 Clinical Instructor -1981-82
- Lecturer, Haight/Ashbury Free Clinics Trainee Program -1974-76 San Francisco, California
- Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley Extension, Course in Health Maintenance Organizations -1965-66
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Board of Directors, San Francisco Suicide Prevention 1990-92
- Field Coordinator, International Medical Teams, Cambodia/Thailand border –Winter 1979
- Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Marin Chapter -1972-78
MEDICAL LICENSES
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
