Education
Master of Science, Applied Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 1995
Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Hahnemann University Medical College, Philadelphia, 1978

Internships
LAC+USC Medical Center, 1978 - 1979

Residencies
LAC+USC Medical Center: Chief Resident , 1979 - 1982

Fellowships
University of Southern California: Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry, 1982 - 1983

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, 1992
American Board of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2000

Professional Society Memberships
Distinguished Fellow,American Psychiatric Association
Fellow, Southern California Psychiatric Society
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
American Geriatrics Society
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
American Society of Experimental NeuroTherapeutics
International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology
International Psychogeriatric Association
Society of Biological Psychiatry
West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry

Clinical Interests
Alzheimer's disease
Geriatric psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry
Mood disorders (depression & mania)