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Stephen L. Read, MD
Psychiatry
Geriatric & Forensic Psychiatry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

 

Birth: January 10, 1948 (Denver, Colorado)

Licensure: Physician, State of California, since September, 1979

Board Certifications: by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:

 

 

 

Psychiatry, April, 1987, with Added Qualifications in Sub-specialties:
     Geriatric Psychiatry, 1991; renewed 2001, 2011
     Forensic Psychiatry, 1999; renewed 2009

 

 

 

PRESENT POSITIONS: Dr. Read works in institutional and private practice settings, specializing in the field of Geriatric Psychiatry, including  clinical care, forensic practice and academics and education:


Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (July 2006--present)and Greater Los Angeles Veterans Health Care System (GLAVAHCS)

 

 

 

Clinical Professor, UCLA

 

Attending Staff Psychiatrist, Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Program, GLAVAHCS.

 

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Committee member

    and head of Forensic Geriatric Psychiatry elective;

 

UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Task Force, Geriatric Psychiatry representative;

VA Mental Health Liaison to the California State Veterans Home;

Lecturer to:  Fellows in Geriatric Psychiatry, Residents in Psychiatry (Harbor-UCLA Medical Center) and Neuropsychiatry Specialty Program, UCLA School of Nursing.

 

 

 

 

Private Practice in General, Geriatric, and Forensic Psychiatry:

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Stephen Read has maintained a private practice in geriatric psychiatry for more than twenty-five years in parallel with his academic, research, and institutional commitments. Currently Dr. Read limits his clinical practice to outpatient and homecare settings, but he brings his expertise developed from extensive experience in the full range of care settings: acute inpatient (psychiatric and medical-surgical hospital), day care, and long-term care (skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and assisted living programs).

Dr. Read's forensic practice focuses on decision-making and care issues, primarily involving the assessment of capacity, vulnerability to influence, and aspects of elder abuse. Dr. Read has been retained in over 800 cases primarily involving matters related to capacity and competence with regards to conservatorships, will contests, and quality of care issues, as well as selected personal injury and criminal matters, and the implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Dr. Read has qualified as an expert in federal court and in California and several other states.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Private Practice:

 

   January, 1986--November, 1987: Consulting Psychiatrist

 

 

 

 

Geriatric Day Hospital, Century City Hospital
Los Angeles, CA 90067

 

 

   October, 1987--February, 1995: Private practice--Los Alamitos , CA

 

 

 

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Los Alamitos Medical Center, 1992-1993

 

 

 

UCLA and West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center:

 

 

   October, 1995 – June, 2006 Associate Clinical Professor

 

Attending Psychiatrist, UCLA Mood Disorders Clinic 1998-2006; Consulting Psychiatrist, Los Angeles Air Force Base (El Segundo; 1997-2004) and Psychiatrist, Gardena Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, 1997-2004.

 

 

   January, 1988--October, 1995: Assistant Clinical Professor,

 

 

 

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine

 

 

   November, 1984--January, 1988: Assistant Professor in Residence, UCLA

July, 1984--October, 1987: Staff Psychiatrist , GLAVAHCS

Co-Director, Neurobehavior Unit
Geropsychiatrist, Nursing Home Care Unit

 

 

 

 

 

   April 1995--June 1998,

 

 

 

 

Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital

 

 

 

June, 1994--June, 1996: Associate National Director, UPBEAT Program, GLAVAHCS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Care:

 

 

 

 

October, 1987--June, 1994: Medical Director

 

 

 

John Douglas French Center for Alzheimer's Disease, a specialized Skilled Nursing Facility with Adult Day Care and Outpatient Evaluation, Care, and Research Programs; 3951 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION and TRAINING:

   September, 1966-December, 1968: Rice University, Houston, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

   January, 1969-December, 1971: Bachelor of Science

 

 

 

College of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley
Major: Conservation of Natural Resources

 

 

 

   March, 1973-June, 1974: University of Washington, Seattle

 

 

 

 

Postgraduate studies in biochemistry and genetics

 

 

   September, 1974-June, 1978: Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia

 

 

 

July, 1978-June, 1979: PGY I, Internal Medicine

 

 

 

 

Presbyterian Medical Center, Denver, Colorado

 

 

July 1979--June, 1981: PGY2-3, Dept of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

 

 

 

July, 1981-June, 1982: Chief Resident, (PGY4), Dept of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

 

 

July, 1982--June, 1984: Fellow, PGY5-6; Psychogeriatrics & Neurobehavior

 

 

 

Dept of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine/VAMC West Los Angeles

 

 

COMMITTEES and BOARDS:

 

 

 

 

Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Chapter, January 2007-present

Scientific Advisory Board, John Douglas French Foundation for Alzheimer's Research, 1987-present

LPS Task Force, Southern California Psychiatric Society, 1996-1997 and 2009-present

June, 1995--November, 1995: Consultant to the Committee on Probate and Elder Law, California State Bar

External Advisory Board, Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Southern California/University of California, Irvine, 1994-1999

Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimer's Association of Orange County, January, 1991--July, 1995

Elder Financial Abuse. Presentation to the California State Senate Sub-Committee on Aging. Robert Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, CA November 3, 1999

 

Legal Aspects of Elder Abuse and Exploitation.  Presentation to a Workgroup of the California State Senate Subcommittee on Aging & LTC (Chair:  John Vasconcellos), Sacramento, CA, November 19, 2003

 

Multiple presentations to Bar Association groups on issues of elder capacity, elder financial abuse, testamentary capacity, financial elder abuse.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

American Academy for Psychiatry and the Law
American Geriatrics Society
American Medical Association (and California and Los Angeles County chapters)
American Medical Directors Association
American Psychiatric Association (and California and Southern California chapters)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

 

 

 

    Reviewer for:

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Psychiatry
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
(Editorial Board, 1993-1995)

 

 

HONORS, RECOGNITION, RESEARCH GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED:

 

 

 

 

Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2011

 

Named as “Super Doctor” in Forensic Psychiatry, 2011.

 

April, 2010:  Fellow, Leadership and Management in Geriatrics , Long Beach, CA

 

September, 2001: Quoted in Time magazine re: evaluation and imaging in elders with cognitive impairment

1996: Named in Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region, 1996-1997 by Woodward/White Inc., Aiken, South Carolina and cited in "Los Angeles Magazine", November, 1996

1988: Appeared on CBS "Good Morning America" re: the needs for specialized long-term care for elderly patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

1988-1993: Principal Investigator for various therapeutic drug trials for memory disturbance in Alzheimer's Disease

January, 1986:Veterans Administration Research Advisory Group
Low Choline Flux: A Trait for Dementia of the Alzheimer Type?--Principal Investigator

July, 1985: French Foundation for Alzheimer Research
Intraventricular Bethanechol for Dementia of the Alzheimer Type--Principal Investigator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consulting Activities: 

 

o      Consultant to the California State Bar concerning revision of probate code, June, 1995--November, 1995

o      Community Advisory Board, LivHome, a home care agency of Southern California, January 2001—present

o      Attorney General of Pennsylvania in re:  American with Disabilities Act (ADA), in Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2003-2006.

o      Attorney General of California in re:  Laguna Honda (San Francisco City/County Long-Term Care Facility), 2008-9.

 

Current Research Interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.     Sustained Positive Response to Pioglitazone in Alzheimer’s Disease

 

2.     UCLA/VA Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship:  Thirty Years Experience

 

3.     Forensic Geriatric Psychiatry Curriculum—the UCLA Experience

 

4.     Decision-making, undue influence, and capacity in Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), Dementia associated with Fronto-temporal degeneration, and other neuro-psychiatric disorders.

 

5.     Capacity, Care, Influence, and Elder Abuse

 

6.     Effects of cholinergic agonists on cognition, mood, and behavior.

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

 

 

 

1. Miller MH, Read SL, Bajwa B. Treating postpartum psychosis: An interaction born of hope. Roche Report: Frontiers of Psychiatry, December, 1980

2. Read SL. Catatonia in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1983;44:343-344

3. Read SL. Development: Terminable or interminable? Contemporary Psychiatry 1983;2:102-104

4. Read SL. A handy neurology consultant. Contemporary Psychiatry 1983;2:126-127

5. Jarvik LF, Read SL, Mintz J, Neshkes R. Pretreatment orthostatic hypotension in geriatric depression: Predictor of response to imipramine and doxepin. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 1983;3:368-372

6. Stuller A, Bell K, Read S, Ananth J. Case Presentation: Antabuse Psychosis. Psychiatric Journal of the University of Ottawa 1983;8:179-180

7. Cummings JL, Tan H, Read SL, Benson DF. Amnesia in anoxic encephalopathy: Clinical-pathological correlation. Neurology 1984; 34:678-681

8. Read SL, Jarvik LF. Cerebrovascular disease in the differential diagnosis of dementia. Psychiatric Annals 1984;14:100-108

9. Miller BL, Read SL, Mahler ME, Benson DF. Altered mental status in the elderly. Primary Care 1984;11:653-666

10. Cummings JL, Benson DF, Hill MA, Read SL. Aphasia in dementia of the Alzheimer type. Neurology 1985;35:394-397

11. Read SL, Small GW, Jarvik LF. Dementia Syndrome. In Yudofsky S (Ed). Psychiatric Update, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., 1985

12. Miller BL, Jenden DS, Cummings JL, Read SL, Rice K, Benson DF. Abnormal erythrocyte choline and influx in Alzheimer's Disease. Life Science 1986;38:485-490

13. Read SL. Update on cholinergic enhancement therapy for Alzheimer's Disease. Bull Clin Neurosci 1987;52:34-7

14. Read S. Review of: "Alzheimer's Dementia:" Dilemmas in clinical research. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 1987; 1:61-63

15. Read S, Cummings JL. Alzheimer's Disease: Past, present, and future. Hospital Medicine (supplement) April, 1987, 63-84

16. Trautner RJ, Cummings JL, Read SL, Benson DF. Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification and organic mood disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1988;145:350-353

17. Cummings JL, Read S. Multi-Infarct Dementia. Hospital Medicine November, 1988, 25-42.

18. Kempler D, Van Lancker D, Read S. Proverb and idiom comprehension in Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 1988;2:38-49

19. Mody CK, McIntyre HB, Miller BL, Read SL: Topographic Brain Mapping and EEG Frequency Analysis in Alzheimer's Disease: A preliminary report. Bull Clin Neurosci 1988;53:94-97

20. Read S: A bonny rose. In Talbott JA, Manevitz AZA (Eds): Psychiatric House Calls. Washington DC, American Psychiatric Association Press, Inc., 1988, pp.34-35

21. Miller BL, Jenden DJ, Tang C, Read SL. Factors influencing erythrocyte choline. Life Sciences 1989;44:477-482

22. Read SL. Depresson is uncommon in Alzheimer Disease: Another aspect of the cholinergic deficit syndrome? Bull Clin Neurosci 1989; 54:8-13

23. Buchwald JS, Erwin RJ, Read S Van Lancker D, Cummings JL: Midlatency auditory evoked responses: differential abnormality of P1 in Alzheimer's Disease. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 1989;74:378-84

24. Harbaugh RE, Reeder TM, Senter HJ, Knopman DS, Baskin DS, Pirozzolo F, Chui HC, Shetter AG, Bakay RAE, Leblanc R, Watson RT, DeKosky ST, Schmitt FA, Read SL, Johnston JT. Intracerebro-ventricular bethanechol chloride infusion in Alzheimer's Disease: Results of a collaborative double-blind study. J Neurosurg 1989; 71:481-486

25. Signer SF, Read SL. The patient with stroke. In: American Psychiatric Association: Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders: A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1989

26. Smith CA, Read SL, Satz P, Shapira J. A positive dose-response curve to a cholinergic agonist on the Randt Memory Test demonstrated in three patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 11:89, 1989

27. Miller BL, Jenden DJ, Tang CS, Read SL, Lin KM: Correlations of red and white blood cell choline: implications for interpreting lithium effects on choline transport and metabolism. Lithium

28. Read SL, Frazee J, Smith CS, Shapira J, Cummings JL, Tomiyasu,U. Intra-cerebroventricular bethanechol in Alzheimer's Disease: Variable Dose-related Responses. Arch Neurol 1990;47:1025-1030

29. Read S. Community Resources. In: Cummings JL, Miller BL (Eds): Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment and Long-Term Management. New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1990, pp. 235-244

30. Miller BL, Read SL, Tang C, Jenden D. Differences in red blood cell choline and lipid-bound choline between patients with Alzheimer's Disease and control subjects. Neurobiol Aging 1991;12:61-64

31. Read SL. The Dementias, In Sadavoy J, Jarvik LF, Shamoian C (Eds): Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1991

32. Leuchter AF, Read SL, Shapira J, Walter DO, Smith C. Stable bimodal response to cholinomimetic drugs in Alzheimer's Disease: Brain mapping correlates. Neuropsychopharmacology 1991;4:165-73

33. Read SL. Assessing dementia requires an interdisciplinary approach. Psychiatric Times, April 1991, pp 33-34.

34. Read SL. Long-term care for dementia: if appropriate, why "special"? (Editorial). J Am Geriatr Soc 1992;40:101-2.

35. Read, Stephen. Medication Management in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. In: Alzheimer's Association, Los Angeles Chapter. "A Guide to Survival: The Alzheimer's Dilemma," Los Angeles, 1992

36. Gorman DG, Read S, Cummings JL. Cholinergic therapy of behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology 1993;6:229-234.

37. Vinters HV, Secor DL, Read SL, Frazee JG, Tomiyasu U, Stanley TM, Ferreiro JA, Akers M-A. Microvasculature in brain biopsy specimens from patients with Alzheimer's Disease: An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Ultrastructural Pathology 1994;18:333-348.

38. Hankin M, Read S. Mental incapacity to marry. Estate Planning, Trust and Probate News. State Bar of California 1994; 14:46-52.

39. Read SL, Miller B, Mena I, Kim R, Itabashi H. SPECT in Dementia: Clinical and pathological correlation. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995;43:1243-1247.

40. Read Stephen. Vascular Dementias. In: Sadavoy J, Lazarus LW, Jarvik LF, Grossberg GT (Eds). Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry--II Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1996

41. Yener GG, Leuchter AF, Jenden D, Read SL, Cummings JL, Miller BL. Quantitative EEG in fronto-temporal dementias. Clinical Electroencephalography 1996;27:61-68.

42. Stein W, Read SL. Chronic pain in the setting of Parkinson's disease and depression. J Pain and Symptom Management 1997;14:255-258.

43. Di Patre PL, Read SL, Cummings JL, Tomiyasu U, Vartavarian L, Secor DL,Vinters HV. Progression of clinical deterioration and pathologic changes in patients with Alzheimer Disease evaluated at biopsy and autopsy. Arch Neurol 1999;56:1254-1261

44. Shoghi-Jadid K, Small GW, Agdeppa ED, Kepe V, Ercoli LM, Siddarth P, Read S, Satyamurthy N, Petric A, Huang S-C, Barrio J. Localization of Neurofibrillary Tangles (NFTs) and Beta-Amyloid Plaques (APs) in the Brains of Living Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 2002;10:24-35.

45. Read Stephen. Vascular Dementias. In: Grossberg GT, Sadavoy J, Jarvik LF, Meyers BS (Eds). Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry--III Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 2004, pp. 511-524

46. Read, Stephen. Ethical Issues [In Geriatric Psychiatry]. In Sadock BJ and Sadock V, Eds. Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry VIII, New York, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, pp. 3806-3813.

47. Asghar- Ali A, kavirajan H, Read S. The Effect of Risperidone on Nursing Burden Associated with Caring for Patients with Dementia. (Letter to the Editor) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005; 53:1261-1262.

48. Read Stephen. Vascular Dementias. In Sadavoy J, Jarvik LF, Grossberg GT, Meyers BS (Eds). Comprehensive Review of Geriatirc Psychiatry, Study Guide Third Edition. WW Norton & Company, New York, 2005, pp. 35-38 and 176-183.

49. Weinstock R, Read SL, Leung G, Silva AS. Violence in the Elderly. In Simon R, Tardiff K (Eds). Textbook of Violence Assessment and Management. American Psychiatric Association Press Arlington, Virginia, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 2008, pp. 381-406.

 

50.  Read SL.  Elder Abuse.  Psychiatric Times June 16, 2008

 

51.  Read, Stephen L.; Weinstock Robert. Forensic Geriatric Psychiatry. In Simon RI, Gold LH, Eds. The American Psychiatry Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry. Arlington, Virginia, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 2010, pp.505-528. 

52.  Read SL.  Naltrexone Effects in Patients with Dementia.  (Letter to the Editor).  American Journal of Psychiatry 2010;167:1278-9.

 

 

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:

 

 

 

 

Pioglitazone in Alzheimer’s Disease: Sustained Four-Year Response.  Poster:  Wu,

             Read, Biscow. American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Washington,

             DC, March, 2012

 

AMA Discharge for the Incompetent, Unbefriended Patient? For Symposium

American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, Boston, MA, October 28, 2011

 

Forensic Training in Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship.

            American Assn for Geriatric Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX, March 18, 2011

 

The Dementia Landslide

            Inns at Court, Redondo Beach, CA  March 16, 2011

 

Life Issues in Later Years:  Experiences, Issues, and Decisions

Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, September 14, 2010

 

Undue Influence in Elderly Testamentary Matters

Probate & Trust Section

Bar Association of Orange County

Orange, CA, July 14, 2010

 

Forensic Geriatric Psychiatry in Community Mental Health

OACT-MD, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, May 27, 2010

 

When Things Fall Apart, in Symposium:

Forensic Evaluations in Geriatric Psychiatry: The Many Faces of Capacity. 

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Savannah, Georgia, March 8, 2010.

 

Vulnerability to Influence and Elder Financial Abuse

Judicial Council of California (for Court Probate Investigators)

September 22, 2009

 

Keynote Speaker for Symposium on Incapacity

Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, March 20, 2009

 

Dementia, Capacity, and Vulnerability to Influence

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC),

Rancho Mirage, CA, March 6, 2009

 

Assessment of Mental Functions and Capacity in Dementia, for:

Probate Volunteer Panel of Attorneys

Los Angeles Superior Court, January 21, 2009

 

Assessment of Mental Functions and Capacity in Dementia, for:

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), State of California,

Los Angeles (7/24/08), San Diego ( 8/1/08), Irvine (8/7/08)

 

Will and Legacy:  Don Quixote and Modern Times

            AIMED, Barcelona, Spain, April 8, 2008.

 

Hoarding Behavior in the Elderly: Diagnostic and Capacity Issues.

Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry

GLAVAHCS, January 18, 2007

 

Capacity In the Elderly: Financial and Contracting.

Real Estate Fraud in the Elderly (Conference)

Sepulveda VA GRECC Conference. San Pedro, CA, October 26, 2006

 

Hoarding Behavior in the Elderly (poster).

UCLA Conference on Aging, June 20, 2006

 

Capacity and Influence: Gero-Psychiatry Update.

South Bay Bar Association, Probate Section.

Torrance, CA; November 16, 2005

Capacity and Influence: Gero-Psychiatric Update.  Santa Monica Bar Association, Probate Section. Santa Monica, CA; November 10, 2005

Assessment of Capacity. For Geriatric Medicine Symposium, SCAN Health Care   Plan; Palm Springs, CA; September 10, 2005

Behaviors Associated with Excess Cholinergic Activity in Humans with Dementia (poster)2004 Conference on Neural Control of Behavior, UCLA, February 5-7, 2004

Workgroup of the California State Senate Subcommittee on Aging & LTC: Invited Participant, Sacramento, CA, November 19, 2003

Vulnerability to Influence in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL); San Antonio, TX, October 18, 2003

Advances in Alzheimer's Disease Research. Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles , South Bay Chapter; Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, June 17, 2003

Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence. Southern California Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; Rosemead, CA, June 14, 2003

Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment: A Crucial Element in the Spectrum of Long-Term Care. Professional Fiduciary Association of California; Irvine, CA, May 2, 2003

A Geropsychiatrist's View of Capacity and Undue Influence. Southern California Council on Elder Law; Encino, CA, February 12, 2003

Undue Influence, Frontal Lobes, and Executive Function
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
Newport Beach, CA, October 25, 2002.

Psychiatry and Long-Term Care. UCLA
Seventh Annual Review of Psychiatry. October 12, 2002

Psychiatry and Long-Term Care. UCLA
Sixth Annual Review of Psychiatry. October 19, 2001

Private Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, April 2, 2001 & May 3, 2000
Gero-psychiatry fellows seminar. UCLA Division of Geriatric Psychiatry

Depression and Medical Illness, July 23, 2001, July 18, 2000, July 21, 1999, July 20, 1998 for Neuropsychiatric subspecialty course, UCLA Nurse Practioner program in Neuropsychiatry

Memory and Aging: Alzheimer’s, Other Dementias and Regional Brain Dysfunction. International College of Applied Kinesiology-USA Meeting, Palm Springs , California, June 24, 2000

Clinical Evaluation for Dementia. Residents Seminar, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Torrance, CA November 10, 1999

Elder Financial Abuse. Presentation to the California State Senate Sub-Committee on Aging. Robert Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, CA November 3, 1999

Depression in the Geriatric Medical Patient; Grand Rounds, Pomona Valley Hospital, April 7, 1998

Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease. Pilgrim Place; Claremont, CA January 14, 1998

Research in Different Settings (A Symposium): Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry/NIMH, Los Angeles, July 27, 1997

Informed Non-Consent vs. Incapacity--Ethical Decision Making for the Elderly                  Annual Review of Geriatric Medicine, Marina del Rey, CA, January, 1997

The Impact of Depression on Outcomes of Medically Ill Elderly
     California Psychological Assn, Pasadena, CA, November 9, 1996

The Road to Diagnosis [of Alzheimer's Disease]: Initial Signposts
     Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA, November 2, 1996

Falls in Long Term Care: Significance, Assessment, & Prevention
     Golden State Care Center, Chatsworth, CA, October 14 & November 12, 1996

Alcohol and Substance Abuse (in the Elderly)
     1996 Board Review Course for Added Qualifications Exam
     Santa Monica, CA, October 4, 1996

Key Ethical Issues: Views from a Researcher
     Challenges in Geriatrics, Manhattan Beach, CA, May 31, 1996

Treating Anxiety, Depression, and Alcohol Abuse in the Primary Care of Older Adults
     Challenges in Geriatrics, Manhattan Beach, CA, May 31, 1996

Mental Status Assessment, Faculty Development in Clinical Geriatric Assessment
     UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, April 24, 1996

UPBEAT!: Psychogeriatric Care to Improve Healthcare Outcomes in Ailing Elderly Veterans
     American Society on Aging, Anaheim, CA, March 18, 1996

Psychiatric Case Studies
     Geriatric Medicine Review
     UCLA School of Medicine, January 20, 1996

Longitudinal Management of Behavior Disorders
     Alzheimer's Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA , November 3, 1996

Benson Symposium, Honoring the Career of D. Frank Benson; UCLA, June 30, 1995

Advanced Psychopharmacology
     Geriatric Medicine Review, UCLA School of Medicine, January 20, 1995

Issues in Long Term Care [for patients with Alzheimer's Disease]
     Alzheimer Association of Los Angeles/UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center
     Los Angeles, November 6, 1994

Facilitation of Advance Directives for Dementia Patients in LTC
     American Society on Aging, San Francisco, March, 1994

The Experience of Dementia
     Friends of Caregivers Symposium, Long Beach, February 4, 1994

Longitudinal Behavior Management in Dementia
     Alzheimer Association of Los Angeles/UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center
     Los Angeles, November, 1993

SPECT in Dementia
     Western Society for Nuclear Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Oct, 1993

Hierarchic Dementia Scale for Cognitive Deficits in LTC
     American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, May, 1993

SPECT in Dementia: Clinical and pathological correlation.
     American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, May 1992

Depression in Alzheimer's Disease
     American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May 1992

Colloquium on Gero-Psychiatry Fellowship Program
     VA Western Region (in San Francisco), February 1992

Correlates of Caregiver Burden
     International Alzheimer's Disease Association, Amsterdam, Sept, 1991

Atypical (Dementia) Syndromes
     American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, May 1992

Experimental Treatments for Dementia: A Review
     American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, February, 1990

Behavioral Disorders in Alzheimer's Disease: Depression is Uncommon
     French Foundation for Alzheimer Research, Los Angeles,Oct,1989

SPECT in the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia
     American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, May, 1989

Intraventricular Bethanechol in Alzheimer's Disease
     Southern Illinois University, Springfield, March 1988

Psychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease
     John Douglas French Foundation Symposium, September, 1987

Intraventricular bethanechol for Alzheimer Disease: A dose-response study.
     Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Dartmouth College, October, 1986

Intraventricular bethanechol for Alzheimer Disease: A dose-response study.
     John Douglas French Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, June, 1986

Preliminary report of IVBC for Alzheimer Disease
     American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May, 1986

Toward a treatment for Alzheimer Disease
     Federation of Western Neurological Societies, San Francisco, February, 1986

Choline uptake: A familial trait?  French Foundation, Los Angeles February, 1985

Delusions in the older patient. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Denver, October, 1984

Treatment decisions in cognitively impaired patients
     Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, Nov, 1983

Family members as decision-makers in subjects with dementia: A basis for informed    consent?  American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Portland, Oct,1983

Informed consent in research subjects with dementia: A symposium
      American Psychological Association, Anaheim, August, 1983

Postgraduate training in geriatric psychiatry: A cross-cultural perspective
     American Psychiatric Association, Los Angeles, 1983