Education and Experience
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.
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.
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
74-76 Emergency Room Physician, Heartland Hospital, El Cajon, California
75-9/82 Medical and Psychiatric weekend coverage, Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk California
7/77-6/78 Alcoholism Services Physician, San Diego County Department of Substance Abuse
7/77 12/77 Psychiatrist, Day Treatment Clinic, San Diego County Mental Health Center, El Cajon, California
7/774/87 Clinical Instructor. UCSD Department of Psychiatry
78- 79 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Critical Care Units, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
7/78-8/79 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Pulmonary Ward, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla
11/78-6/80 Psychiatrist (part-time) San Diego Veterans Administration Outpatient Mental Hygiene Clinic
7/77-2/85 Private Practice of Psychiatry, San Diego
79-89 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Sharp Rehabilitation Center, San Diego
2/81-7/87 San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program in Psychoanalysis
3/85-6/89 Section Head, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Scripps Clinic San Diego
5/87-Present Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Medical School
8/87-Present Faculty, San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
2/88-7/92 Medical Director, NeuroCare, San Diego,Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs
11/93-Present Medical Director, Hidden Valley Rehabilitation Services,Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs, Ramona, California
1/95-1/971/97 - 98 Associate Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter,HDI PublishersContributing Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter, HDI Publishers
95-96 Editor, Brain Injury Medication Update electronic newsletter, Qualified Insights Press
7/89-Present Private Practice Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Neurobehavioral Medicine San Diego and Solana Beach, 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
Secretary-Treasurer, 6/82 6/83, President, '84
Member, Executive Committee,
Training Program in Advanced
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 1994 97
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, 1993-97
Chairman, Community Outreach Committee, 1996-97
Member, Admissions Committee, 2000
American Psychiatric Association
San Diego Brain Injury Foundation
Member, Board of Directors, 4/93 3/94
Member, Advisory Board, 3/94- 95
The Wellness Community, Professional Advisory Board, 5/95 4/03
Interests 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
Staff Involvement with Families in Critical Care Units. Heart and Lung: The Journal of Critical Care 7 (1). 1978, pp. 105-110
The Family Meeting in the Critical Care Setting. Journal of Trauma 20 (1), 1980, pp. 43-46
The Nurse's Dilemma - Mediating Stress in the Critical Care Unit. Heart and Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 9 (1), 1980, pp.103-106
Beyond Bedrock: Perspectives on Penis Envy. Thesis (unpublished), San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute, 1986
Reflections on Brain Injury Treatment--From Freud to Pharmacology. Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation newsletter, 3/89
When to Push Pills: The Role of Medication Treatment in TBI. Total Quality Newsletter, NeuroCare, Inc., 1 (2), 1992 and Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation Newsletter, 7/92
TBI Medication Update: Prozac in Brain Injury. Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation newsletter, 4/93
Brain Injury Medication Update: Depression in Brain Injury. Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation Newsletter, 7/93
Brain Injury Medication Update: List of Brain Injury Medications. Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation Newsletter, 9/93
The Protective Barrier in Head Injury. Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation newsletter, 11/93
Recovery from Brain Damage: How Much Can We Expect? Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation, 4/94
Brain Injury Medications, Head Injury Press, San Diego Head Injury Foundation, 12/94
Presentations Psychological Issues in Intensive Care Unit Nursing, discussion facilitator, conference on "Critical Care of the Trauma Patient." University Hospital, 3/76
Coping with Stress in the Trauma Unit, National Teaching Institute, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Anaheim, California, 4/76
Psychological Impact of Trauma, Northern Utah Regional Institute Association of Operating Room Nurses, Salt Lake City, Utah, 10/76
Dealing with the Chronically III and Dying Patient, discussion facilitator, nursing course on "Management of the Neurological Patient," University Hospital, San Diego, 12/76
Emotional Reactions to Heart Attacks, San Diego Heart Association Coronary Club, 1/77
Psychological Reactions of Patients and Families in Critical Care Hospitalization, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, 7/78
Medication Treatment in Brain Injury, Presentation to San Diego County Bar Association Continuing Education Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, 7/93
When to Push Pills: The Role of Medication Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego Head Injury Foundation Regional Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, 11/94
Many other presentations to physicians, attorneys, nurses, psychologists, social workers and lay public on topics related to consultation-liaison psychiatry, general psychiatry, psychoanalysis and brain disorders.
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