Board Certified 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: Clinical cancer center fellowship, Northwestern; psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco; endocrinology, Boston City Hospital, Tufts Service; obstetrics and gynecology, University of Vermont Medical Center; and cardiology, Middlesex Hospital, England

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
San Diego and Solana Beach, 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

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, certified 1/79

San Diego County Medical Society

California Medical Association

American Medical Association

San Diego Psychiatric Society
 Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee, 6/90 – 6/92

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,

American Psychiatric Association

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