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including the evaluation and treatment of depression, anxiety, stress disorders, relationship problems, insomnia, memory problems and other mental and emotional problems which occur in the second half of life.
I treat older individuals in the office, or if needed, in a geriatric psychiatry in-patient hospital program. I also see patients who are hospitalized for medical problems who are in need of geriatric psychiatric consultation.
I also serve as an expert witness, and do legal and forensic record reviews, consultation, and assessments concerning psychiatric issues in older individuals, including testamentary capacity and contested wills and trusts.
I am on the Medical Staff of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Dade County, Florida.
I consult at selected assisted living facilities and independent living facilities.
My experience includes working with the elderly in various settings, including having been Medical Director for the Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, a Medical Director of inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry, and inpatient Mood Disorder programs, and Consulting at Nursing Homes and other facilities.
I am licensed to practice Medicine in Florida and in California.
I am Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry (October, 1979), and in Geriatric Psychiatry (April, 1991; Re-Certified, December, 2001).