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Some more about me
My credentials:
M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1990
Medical Board of California, License no. G89038
New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners, License no. 97-34
State of Hawaii Board of Medical Examiners, License no. MD-7999 (retired)
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry), certified 1996-2006 and 2006-2016.
Military Service: Medical Corps, United States Army, 6/21/1990-11/19/1996;
Individual Ready Reserve, 11/20/1996-10/31/2000 (Major)
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Retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs in February, 2017. |
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Prior to this, I was Staff Psychiatrist and V.A. Substance Abuse Treatment Program Coordinator at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, El Paso, Texas, where I did things like outpatient detox, the schizophrenia and dual diagnosis groups. Other activities included: facility Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; VISN 18 Pharmacy Benefits Management Committee; member and former chairman of the Pain Committee; member of the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Committee; Assistant Clinical Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, supervising and giving lectures to the psychiatry and family practice residents. |
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Before that, I was Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, 1994-1996. |
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Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, 1991-94. |
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Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1990-91. |
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University of Southern California School of Medicine, class of 1990. |
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Merck Index Award for chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 1985. |
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Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of Oklahoma at Norman, 1983. |
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Summa Award, Ohio State University, 1979. |
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| “From Clozapine to Risperidone,” U. S. Army Annual Psychiatry Conference | 4/1994 | |
| “The OCD-Psychosis Spectrum,” Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Tripler Army Medical Center | 1994 | |
| “Risperidone and the Serotonin-Dopamine Connection,” Psychiatry Grand Rounds, William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 1995 | |
| “Smoking and Mental Illness,” La Familia Conference, El Paso | 9/1998 | |
| “Cheap Highs: Atypical Substances of Abuse,” La Familia Conference, El Paso | 9/1999 | |
| “Smoking and Mental Illness,” Grand Rounds, El Paso Psychiatric Center/Texas Tech University | 10/6/1999 | |
| “Appropriate Prescribing of Controlled Substances,” All-provider meeting, DVAHCS, El Paso | 11/23/1999 | |
| VASAT program and outpatient detoxification, All-provider meeting, DVAHCS, El Paso | 1/25/2000 | |
| “Cyproheptadine and Typical Antipsychotics,” Grand Rounds, EPPC/TX Tech U | 3/6/2000 | |
| VASAT program and outpatient detoxification, William Beaumont Army Medical Center housestaff presentation | 8/2000 | |
| “Psychotropics Update,” La Familia Conference, El Paso | 9/18/2000 | |
| “Dementia: a Clinical Overview,” All-provider meeting, DVAHCS, El Paso | 5/22/2001 | |
| “Spirituality and Patient Care,” La Familia Conference, El Paso | 9/20/2001 | |
| “An Introduction to Schizophrenia,” Diagnostic Systems for Social Workers, the University of Texas at El Paso | 4/17/2002 | |
| All-provider meeting, V.A., “Antidepressants for Primary Care Providers | 2004 | |
| Texas Tech Family Practice Department, “Differential Diagnoses: Psychiatric Assessment in Primary Care” | 3/2005 | |
| Texas Tech Family Practice Department, “Antidepressants for Primary Care Providers” | 5/2005 | |
| Texas Tech Family Practice Department, “Schizophrenia: A Clinical Overview” | 6/2005 | |
| Texas Tech Family Practice Department, “Delirium and Dementia” | 7/2005 | |
Cowboy Wisdom:
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence,
try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.