SCPS Election 2014-2015 Candidate CVs

SCPS Election 2014-2015
Candidate CVs
Amir Ettekal, M.D.
President-elect
Employment History: General Adult Psychiatry, Private Practice, Santa Monica, CA, Hermosa
Beach, CA 2008-Present; Research Physician, Parexel®/California Clinical Trials, 03/2008 – 11/2013;
Vice-Chairman, Institutional Review Board, Glendale Adventist Medical Center; 10/2012 – 11/2013;
Outpatient Psychiatrist, AVIVA Children and Family Services, Los Angeles, CA, 12/2005 – 04/2010;
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA, 09/2007 – 02/2008.
Education: Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Core-Training Completed, 2011; Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2009; Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Resident – Adult Psychiatry, 2007; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA, 2003; University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, B.A. History, Cum Laude,
1996.
Professional Associations: American Psychiatric Association; Southern California Psychiatric
Society
Other Professional Experiences: 2012-Present: Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Southern
California/ Keck School of Medicine; 2010 Lecturer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry; 2010 Treasurer, Southern California Psychiatric Society; 2008 Early Career Psychiatrist Representative, Southern California Psychiatric Society; 2006 Member-in-training Representative;
Southern California Psychiatric Society '03-'07 Member of resident selection committee; Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry; '03-'05 Professor, American University of Complimentary
Medicine.
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice
Heather Silverman, M.D.
President-elect
Education: Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo
Alto, CA, 2001-2003 and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2000-2001. Psychoanalytic
Training Program, Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis, Quebec English Branch, Montreal, Canada
1992-1999. Rotating Internship, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University,
Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada,1986-1987. Medical School, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada 1982-1986. Undergrad, McGill University, Faculty of Science, Montreal,
Canada 1978-1981.
Appointment: UCLA Volunteer Clinical Faculty 2010-present, Clinical Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada 1993-1999.
Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2006.
Professional Activity: Private Practice Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, West Los Angeles, CA.
Past Professional Activities: Clinical Assistant, department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital,
Montreal, Canada 1993-1999; GP Clinique Metro Medic, Montreal, Canada 1991-1999, Monkland
Medical Centre, Montreal, Canada 1987-1994.
Professional Association Activities: SCPS 2003-2014; member, Program Committee, Early Career
Representative Deputy, Early Career Representative, Secretary-Elect, Secretary, West Los Angeles
Councillor, Treasurer-Elect, Treasurer; Los Angeles County Medical Society, District V 2010-2014;
member, Alternate Delegate, President-Elect, President: New Center for Psychoanalysis 2009-2014;
member, admissions committee.
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice
Davin Agustines, D.O.
Secretary
Education: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007. Fellowship in Forensic
Psychiatry, UCLA 2005-2006. Psychiatry Residency Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA 2001-2005. Doctor
of Osteopathy, Western University of the Health Sciences, 2001. Undergraduate, Claremont
McKenna College, 1996.
Professional Activities: SCPS: San Fernando Valley Counselor, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
UCLA School of Medicine.
Professional Associations: APA, AOA
Fellowships/Awards: American Psychiatric Association Minority Fellow, 2013 UCLA Medical Student
Teaching Award.
Professional Income: 85% Los Angeles County, 15% Private Practice
Erick H. Cheung, M.D.
Secretary
Professional Activities: UCLA Director of psychiatric emergency services; full-time clinical instructor
of health sciences. Commissioner, LA county emergency services, 2011-. SCPS: Co-Chair, conflicts
of interest committee 2011- ; MIT Rep 2008-09, ECP Rep 2011-13. UCLA: Chief resident 2010-11.
UCLA Compliance and Privacy Committee, 2011-. Psychiatric Consultant, Airport Marina Counseling
Service, 2009-11. Association of American Medical Colleges: National Chair/Executive Council, 200406; Conflicts of Interest Task Force, 2006-08.
Education/Fellowship: UCLA/NPI psychiatry residency, 2007-2011. Ginsberg/AADPRT Fellow 2011.
American Psychoanalytic Fellow 2010-11. Albany Medical College, M.D., with distinction in bioethics,
2007. UCSD B.S., neuroscience, B.S., psychology, 2000.
Professional Income: 100% UCLA Faculty
Hanumantha Damerla, M.D.
Treasurer-elect
Board Certifications: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, General Psychiatry,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry; Distinguished Fellow of American Academy
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Psychiatry Internship and Residency, UCLA- San Fernando Valley, 1997-2001; Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry LAC+USC Medical Center, 2001-2003;
Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry, LAC+USC, 2003-2004.
Professional Activities: Medical Director of Juvenile Justice Camps and Dorothy Kirby Center, Los
Angeles County Department of Mental Health; Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, San
Bernardino County Dept. of Behavioral Health; Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
USC Keck School of Medicine; Past President of Southern California Society of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry.
Professional Income: 75% LA County DMH, 25% San Bernardino DBH.
Anita Red, M.D.
Treasurer-elect
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Education: LAC+USC Medical Center, Child and Adolescent Fellowship and Psychiatry Residency
University of Texas at Houston Medical Center, M.D. Howard Payne University, B.S.
Professional Activities: Private Practice, Pasadena. Community Psychiatry Clinic, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, DiDi Hirsch, Glendale.
Professional Associations: APA, CPA, SCPS, AMA, AACAP, Cal ACAP, SCSCAP
SCPS Positions: Secretary, 2011-2012; Early Career Psychiatrist 2012-2014, Member in Training
Representative 2009-2010. Chair, Website Committee 2011-2012.
Professional Income: 60% Private Practice, 20%Transitional Living Facility, 20% Community Mental
Health Clinic
Larry Lawrence, M.D.
APA Assembly Representative
Education: B.A., Rutgers University: M.D. Hahnemann Medical College Resident /Attending MD
NYU/Bellevue.
Academic Appointment: Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry NYU; Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Indiana University; Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Loma Linda University; Teaching
Faculty ARMC, Touro University, Western University.
Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; American Board of Addictions Medicine
Professional Activity: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
Past Professional Activities: Rockland County CMHC Pomona, NY; St. Dominic’s Home, Blauvelt,
NY; Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, IN
Professional Associations: APA 1974-2011; DLFAPA, West Hudson Psychiatric Society, Indiana
State Medical Association, Monroe - Owen County Medical Society; ISMA representative, California
Psychiatric Association; Councillor, SCPS President.
Professional Income: 100% Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Michelle Furuta, M.D.
ECP Deputy Representative
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Education: University of California at Berkeley, BA, Psychology; David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA, M.D.; Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Psychiatry Residency.
Professional Activities: Private Practice in Psychiatry 2010-present, Clinical Instructor UCLA 2010present, Professional Staff Association, Harbor-UCLA 2010-present, SCPS Positions: Art of Psychiatric Medicine Committee, Chair, 2013-, Volunteerism and Service Committee, 2013-, Psychiatric
Education and Research Foundation, Advisory Board Member, 2013-.
Professional Associations: APA, CPA, SCPS
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice
Yara Salman, M.D.
ECP Deputy Representative
Education: MD in medicine, 1998 - University of P.J.Safarik, Slovakia.
Professional Experience: Psychiatry Residency training program at UCLA-SFV, Los Angeles 200610; Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at UCLA-SFV Psychiatry Program, 2010-11; Attending C&L
psychiatrist at Keck University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 2011-present.
Professional Organizations: APA, SCPS (Chair of the Women’s Committee), Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Board Certification: General Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
Professional Income: 100% USC
Linda Do, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Representative
Education/Fellowship: Loma Linda Adult Psychiatry (2010-present), Child and Adolescent Child Fellowship (anticipating in 2014), Western University of Health Sciences, D.O., UC San Diego: Neuroscience B.S, Psychology B.A. (2005).
Professional Activities: MIT in Advocacy Day (March 2013 and September 2013), attended Evolution of Psychotherapy conference, speaker at LGBTQ Symposium (September 2013), course coordinator and lecturer of Physical Therapy Psychiatry Course (August 2013), Class Representative for
Curriculum and Call Committee (2010-2011), speaker and member of SCPS Women's Committee
and Luncheon (November 2013), taught courses in LGBTQ psychiatry for residents and medical students (October 2013- present), Red Cross Residency Liaison (2013-present), Vice President of Psychiatry Interest Group in medical school (2009-2010).
Honors and Awards: Highest Columbia score for PGY-2 class (2012), Intern of the Year (2011), Psi
Chi (2003-present), Sigma Sigma Phi (2008-present).
Professional Income: 100% Resident Loma Linda University
Galya Rees, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Representative
Education: UCLA NPI, Psychiatry Residency, 2012 -. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, MD
2007-2012. UCLA Engineering, M.S. Medical Imaging Informatics, 2006-2007. The Interdisciplinary
Center, Herzlia, Israel, B.A. Business Administration, 2000.
Professional Activities: UCLA: Residency Oversight Committee Representative, 2012-2013.
Professional Income: 100% Resident UCLA
Devin Stroman, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Representative
Education: University of Southern California, 2010 – Present, Resident Psychiatrist. St. George’s
University, M.D., graduated Cum Laude. New York University, B.A. Psychology 2004.
Professional Experience: Member-In-Training, Southern California Psychiatric Association 2012present, Chief Resident, Consult and Liaison Psychiatry, LAC USC Medical Center, Mental Health
Worker, New Alternatives, Chula Vista, CA 2005 AmeriCorps VISTA (HIV/AIDS Healthcare), San
Diego, CA, 2004.
Academic Contributions: Publications: “Adult-onset Pica Leading to Acute Intestinal Obstruction”
Psychosomatics, 2011 July-August; Poster Presentations: “Mirtazapine, Pregnancy and Hyperemesis
Gravidarum, LAC USC Medical Center (2013), “Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) and Rates of
Recidivism and Patient Relapse” American Psychiatric Association, New York, 2004.
Professional Income: 100% USC Resident
Robert Dasher, M.D.
San Fernando Valley Councillor
Certification: Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Subspecialty Psychosomatic
Medicine.
Education: University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, B. A.; University of Southern
California School of Medicine, M. D.; Residency, psychiatry, UCLA/San Fernando Valley psychiatry
residency training program. Psychopharmacology fellowship, UCLA/San Fernando Valley psychiatry
residency training program.
Professional Activities: Associate Clinical Professor Psychiatry at UCLA, Division Chief for Academic and administrative affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Director
HIV mental health services at Olive/ View UCLA Medical Center.
Professional Associations: APA, Southern California Psychiatric Society, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Professional Income: 100% Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Jay Mortimer, M.D.
San Fernando Valley Councillor
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology.
Education: Temple University, B.A., UCLA, California College of Medicine, M.D.; Residency in Internal Medicine: Queen of Angels Hospital; Residency in Psychiatry: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Professional Activities: Medical Director, Ross-Loos Medical Group; Medical Director, Lakeside
Medical Group, Medical Director, Lifeplus Coldwater Canyon Hospital; Staff Psychiatrist, Parole Outpatient Clinic and L.A. County Department of Mental Health. Hospital, Partial Hospitalization and Outpatient Psychiatric Practice.
Professional Associations: APA, CPA, SCPS
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice
Oscar Pakier, M.D.
San Fernando Valley Councillor
Certification: Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology with added qualifications
in geriatric Psychiatry.
Education: Northwestern University undergraduate, Northwestern University Medical School
Psychiatric Residency; USC.
Additional Training: Southern California Psychiatric Psychoanalytic Institute.
Professional Activities: Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA 1977-2002; Instructor at the UCLA Extension Division 1996-present; Previous counselor with SCPS from 1988-2003; SCPS Director of the
Educational Program 1986-2002.
Hospital Involvement: Medical Directorship at Northridge Hospital 1989-1998; Pinegrove
Hospital 2000-2003. Active hospital work - 1977-2003; Psychiatric Research Institute 2001-2003.
Currently in outpatient psychiatric private practice.
Professional Associations: American Psychiatric Association and the American Association for
Geriatric Psychiatry.
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice
Vanessa Lauzon, M.D.
Ventura Councillor
Certifications: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Diplomate, American Board
of Family Medicine.
Education: University of Southern California, B.A/B.S, summa cum laude; USC Keck School of Medicine, M.D. with highest distinction; UC San Diego Combined Psychiatry & Family Medicine Residency; UC San Diego Community Psychiatry Fellowship.
Professional Activities: Psychiatry & family medicine practice, and Medical Director of Behavioral
Health, Community Memorial Health System in Ventura, CA, August 2013-present; Asst Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Western University, 2013-; San Diego Psychiatric Society MIT Rep 2010-2013;
APA Public Psychiatry Fellow 2010-2012.
Professional Associations: APA, AAFP, AACP, NAMI
Professional Income: 80% practice of psychiatry and family medicine, Community Memorial Health
System, 20% Medical Director, Community Memorial Hospital
Curley Bonds, M.D.
West Los Angeles Councillor
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Education: B. A. Sociology, Emory College, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; M.D. Indiana University
School of Medicine, Internship: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and West Los Angeles VA Medical
Center; Residency: Adult Psychiatry – UCLA NPI and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.
Professional Activities: Medical Director: Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, Professor and Chair:
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior;
Health Sciences Professor of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine; Private Practice - Westwood.
Professional Associations: APA (Dist Fellow), AMA, AGLP, National Medical Association, Academy
of Psychosomatic Medicine (Fellow), Association of Community Psychiatrists.
Professional Income: 65% Medical Director, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; 25% Chair, Psychiatry Department, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, 10% Private Practice
Deborah Lynn, M.D.
West Los Angeles Councillor
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Candidate of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Education: Northwestern University Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME); Northwestern
University Medical School, M. D.; University of Chicago Internship; University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Psychiatry Residency; UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.
Professional Activities: Volunteer Clinical Professor, UCLA, 1998-; Instructor New Center for Psychoanalysis.
Professional Associations: APsA, SCPS, AACAP, APA, AMA
Professional Income: 100% Private Practice

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