Position:
Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services at Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the U. of Penn. and the Philadelphia VA at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Special Volunteer at National Institute of Mental Health
Location:
Greater Philadelphia Area
Work:
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
- Greater Philadelphia Area since Oct 2011
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Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Greater Philadelphia Area since Jul 2010
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the U. of Penn. and the Philadelphia VA
National Institute of Mental Health
since Dec 2008
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Special Volunteer
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
- Greater Philadelphia Area Jan 2009 - Sep 2011
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Director, Specialized Treatment Programs, Behavioral Health Service
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Feb 2010 - Jun 2010
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Clinical Associate
Wyeth Research
Jun 2007 - Oct 2008
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Director, Clinical Translational Medicine
National Institute of Mental Health
Jul 2004 - Jun 2007
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Staff Clinician
SAMHSA
2005 - 2005
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Post-Katrina relief worker
University of Maryland, Baltimore
1995 - 2004
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Associate Professor
Baltimore VA Medical Center
1995 - 2004
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Staff Psychiatrist
National Institute of Mental Health
Jul 1990 - Apr 1995
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Medical Officer
National Institute of Mental Health
Jul 1986 - Jun 1990
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Senior Staff Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health
Jul 1984 - Jun 1986
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Medical Staff Fellow
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jul 1981 - Jun 1984
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Resident in Psychiatry
Education:
Harvard Medical School 1978 - 1981
M.D., cum laude, Medicine (concentration in Genetics)
Rutgers Medical School 1976 - 1978
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1973 - 1976
B.S., Applied Biology
Highland Park High School 1970 - 1973
Kenwood High School, Chicago IL 1969 - 1970
Skills:
Psychopharmacology, Cognition, Psychiatry, Treatment, Adults, Biomarkers, Biomarker Discovery, Neuroscience, Emergency Services