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Being an effective Area 6 Trustee is like being a good cook - it takes more than following a recipe.

​​Experience Matters!​

I know what members want and need from their membership in the APA.

 From long experience
- with District Branches, State Associations, and the APA itself -
I know how to get it done,
either through existing channel or, when necessary,
                                           by effectively challenging the system.

                                           ​I am a tireless advocate for members.
                                                  ​I'm not afraid of taking a controversial stand in my advocacy for members.

​​My Experience as a Psychiatric Physician
​
  • 30 years in solo private practice: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry
  • Experience in hospital and outpatient clinic administration, and both in- and outpatient psychiatry
  • Work in residential facilities
  • Faculty positions at university- and county-based teaching institutions: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Teaching positions, volunteer, within the USC Department of Psychiatry and the UCSF Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Consultation for non-mental health physicians and non-physician mental health providers
​My Experience in Organized Psychiatry (in brief)
​
  • 30 years - District Branch member (1988-2001 in SCPS; 2001-Present in NCPS)
  • 9 years - DB Council member (SCPS and NCPS, including President of NCPS)
  • 12 years - California Psychiatric Association Council member
  • 8 years - CPA Federal Legislative Representative

  • Testimony to governmental bodies, including testimony to the CA Senate Committee on Health and the CA Senate Select Committee on Mental Health/Mental Health Parity and Access Oversight Committee - December 16, 2015 and invited testimony to the Stakeholders Group, CA Mental Health Parity and Access, Convened by the Chair of CA Senate Committee on Health, 2016.
  • 6 1/2 years on the APA’s Board of Trustees and current Area 6 (California) Trustee: 2 years as Assembly Speaker-Elect and Speaker, 2 years completion of a former Area 6 (CA) Trustee's term, and 2 1/2 years as the elected Area 6 (CA) Trustee.

  • Speaker of the APA Assembly - 2013-2014
  • 3 years - APA Assembly officer
  • Participation nationwide, as Assembly Speaker-Elect and Speaker, with all 7 APA Area Councils and more than 20 District Branches/State Associations.

  • APA Finance and Budget Committee, setting finance/budget policy for the entire APA and its charitable Foundation - 2013-2017
  • APA Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning - 2014-2017
  • APA Council on Advocacy and Government Relations - 2008-2013
  • APA Joint Commission on Government Relations - 2000-2003

  • President, California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1999-2001
  • 12 years - Executive Committee, California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1989-2001
  • President, Southern California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1993-1994
  • 12 years - Executive Committee, Southern California Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1993-2001

  • 2016 Recipient Northern California Psychiatric Society Meritorious Service Award
  • 2015 Recipient of the APA Warren Williams Assembly Speaker's Award for outstanding activities or contributions in the field of psychiatry and mental health - Area 6 (California)
  • 2008 Recipient CPA Edward M. Rudin, MD, Award for exceptional contributions to the California Psychiatric Association in California State Government Affairs
  • 1998 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
  • 1995 Southern California Psychiatric Society Appreciation Award
​I welcome your comments and your concerns.  Please feel free to contact me.