Education
State University of New York Downstate: Brooklyn, NY (1976)
Medical Degree

Training
Resident, Internal Medicine: UCLA-San Fernando Valley Medical Program; Sepulveda, CA (1976-1979)

Teaching Fellow, Psychiatry: Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA (1979-1981)

Resident, Psychiatry: Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, MA   (1979-1981)

Postgraduate Scholar, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry: Stanford University School of Medicine (1981-1983)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Gastroenterology: Divisions of Gastroenterology and Psychiatry; DVA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA (1981-1983)

Fellow, Gastroenterology: DVA Medical Center; Martinez, CA (1988-1989)

Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1982)

Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1989)

Diplomate, Subspecialty of Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine (1989)

Certified by Exam, Chemical Dependency, American Society of Addiction Medicine (1986)

Certificate of Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Recertified 2003-2013)

Research and Clinical Interests
Functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders; hepatitis C psychosocial aspects and treatment; psychosocial aspects of liver transplantation; psychological and psychiatric aspects of endoscopy; psychiatric co-morbidity in GI practice and liver treatment; psychiatric aspects of liver transplantation; management of patients with refractory functional gastrointestinal disorders; management of patients with combined medical and psychiatric disorders; doctor-patient communication; medical education.