Curriculum Vitae
Mace Beckson, M.D.
A Professional Corporation
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles
Board Certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry
CURRICULUM VITAE:
October 15, 2007
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
11301 West Olympic Boulevard #323
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Telephone: 310.966.1907
Facsimile: 310.477.0661
Email: becksonmd@becksonmd.com
Website: http://www.becksonmd.com
Education:
- Harvard College
- A.B.magna cum laude in Biochemical Sciences
- 1976-1980
- The Rockefeller University
- Graduate studies in molecular biology
- 1980-1983
- Cornell University Medical College
- M.D.
- 1980-1985
Post-Graduate Training:
- The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center/Payne Whitney Clinic
- Internship
- 1985-1986
- University of California at Los Angeles/Neuropsychiatric Institute
- Psychiatry Residency and Chief Residency
- 1986-1989
- University of California at Los Angeles/Department of Neurology
- Fellowship/Division of Neurobehavior
- 1989-1991
Licensure:
- Physician and Surgeon, License No. G59242, State of California
- 1986 -
Board Certification:
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- Certificate No. 289627
- 1986
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Psychiatry Certificate No. 33666
- 1991
- Addiction Psychiatry Certificate No. 0499
- 1994-2014
- Geriatric Psychiatry Certificate No. 0874
- 1994-2004
- Forensic Psychiatry Certificate No. 0625
- 1998-2008
- American Society of Addiction Medicine:
- Addiction Medicine Certificate No. 010603
- 1994
- Medical Review Officer Drug Testing Certification
- 1995
Academic Appointments:
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 2005-
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 2000-2005
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1996-2000
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1991-1996
- Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry (Voluntary)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1990-1991
- Clinical Instructor of Neurology (Voluntary)
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1989-1991
Clinical Positions:
- Medical Director, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 1998 -
- Private Practice, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry
- 1997 -
- Chief & Founder, Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions
- Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1995-1997
- Chief & Founder, Substance Abuse Consultation Team
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1995
- Program Director, Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1992-1995
- Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation Liaison Service
- University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
- 1990-1991
- Staff Psychiatrist (Voluntary), Student Psychological Services
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1989-1991
Teaching:
- Lecturer, NPI Psychiatry Residency PGY-1 Core Curriculum
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 2001 -
- Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1998 -
- Director, Intensive Care & Forensic Psychiatry Residency Rotation
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1998 -
- Lecturer, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1992 -
- Supervisor, Psychiatry Residents
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Residency Training Program
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Residency Training Program
- UCLA-San Fernando Valley Residency Training Program
- 1988 -
- Lecturer, Psychopharmacology Residency Course
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1993-2000
- Director, Addiction Psychiatry Residency Rotation
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1991-1997
- Supervisor, Addiction Therapists
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1991-1997
- Preceptor, Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1991-1993
- Preceptor, Medical Student Neurology Clerkship
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 1989-1991
Awards and Recognition:
- On the Spot Award for service to Suicide Root Cause Analysis Team, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 2006
- Director's Recognition, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Recognition of Outstanding Contributions in Improving Patient Safety
- 2005
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- 2003
- Special Contribution Award
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- 2003
- Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- 2001
- VA Innovations of Care, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Recognition of Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions
- Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1997
- Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry
- Cornell University Medical College
- 1985
Consultation:
- Expert Reviewer, California Medical Board
- Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California
- 2000 -
- Forensic Psychiatry Consultant
- 1998 -
- Psychiatric Consultant, Sexual Recovery Institute
- Los Angeles, California
- 1998-2003
- Psychiatric Consultant, AIM Healthcare Foundation
- Sherman Oaks, California
- 1998-2001
- Consultant, Sheriff's Department
- Ventura County, California
- 1998-1999
- Forensic Consultant, Neurobehavior Clinic
- University of California, Los Angeles
- 1989-1991
- Consulting Psychiatrist, Didi Hirsh Community Mental Health Center
- Culver City, California
- 1988-1998
Committee Activities:
- Jail Mental Health Services Quality, Academics and Research Advisory Board
- Adult Systems of Care, Department of Mental Health, County of Los Angeles
- 2007 -
- Faculty Mentoring Committee
- Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
- Univeristy of California at Los Angeles
- 2007 -
- Suicidology Committee
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- 2005 -
- Chair, Ad Hoc Promotion Committees
- Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 2005 -
- Co-Chair, Psychiatry Residency PGY-4 Sub-Committee
- Residency Oversight Committee
- University of California at Los Angeles
- 2005 -
- Chair, Addiction Psychiatry Committee
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- 2004 -
- Suicidal Behavior Root Cause Analysis Team
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 2003 -
- Co-Chair, Patient Rights Committee
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 1998 -
- Chair, Search Committee, ER Psychiatrist
- Psychiatry & Mental Health Service
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 2005-2006
- Co-Chair, Psychiatric Emergency Consultation Committee
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- 2005 - 2006
- Executive Committee (Member-at-Large)
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- 2004-2006
- Council on Education and Scientific Affairs
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- 2004-2006
- Sexual Offender Committee
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- 2003-2005
- Chair, Task Force on Adolescent Substance Abuse
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- 2003-2005
- Addiction Psychiatry Committee
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- 1998-2004
- Research and Development Committee
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles (Brentwood Division)
- 1993-1996
Research Positions:
- Director, Clinical Trials
- Medication Development Research Center
- National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1995-1996
- Co-Director, Brain Imaging Program
- Medication Development Research Center
- National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1994-1996
- Research Psychiatrist
- Medication Development Research Center
- National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- 1991-1997
Professional Organizations:
- Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality 2005 -
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 2004 -
- Psychology-Law Society, Division 41, American Psychological Assn 2004 -
- American Association of Suicidology 2004 -
- Society of Biological Psychiatry 2003 -
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 2003 -
- Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers 2000 -
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 1999 -
- Association of Threat Assessment Professionals 1998 -
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1998 -
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1997 -
- The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health 1996 -
(formerly: National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity) - California Society of Addiction Medicine 1995 -
- American Society of Addiction Medicine 1993 -
- Southern California Psychiatric Society 1986 -
- American Psychiatric Association 1984 -
Presentations (selected):
- Chair, Panel on "Addiction and Criminal Responsibility"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- October 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois
- Chair, Panel on "Pathological Gambling: Phenomena and Forensic Issues"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- October 27, 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- "Impaired Physicians: Alcohol and Drug Problems"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- October 24, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona
- "Psychiatric Issues in Workplace Violence"
- May 20, 2004 in Anaheim, California
- Chair, Panel on "Addictive Disorders in Adolescents"
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 2004 Annual Meeting
- March 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, California
- "Teen Addiction: Prevalence and Risk"
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- March 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, California
- "Medico-Legal Considerations in Suicidal Patients"
- Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds
- West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center
- September 18, 2003 in Los Angeles, California
- "Suicide"
- Century City Bar Association
- August 14, 2003 in Los Angeles, California
- "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Club Drugs in the 21st Century"
- Century City Bar Association
- July 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California
- "An Overview of Mental Illness & its Association with Those Who Pursue & Threaten"
- The National Conference on Threats & Workplace Violence
- July 16, 2003 in Anaheim, California
- "Forensic Issues in Addiction"
- Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
- January 10, 2003 in San Francisco, California
- "Behavioral Addictions and Forensic Issues: Sexual Addiction"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- October 25, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts
- "Boundary Issues in Addiction Treatment"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- October 15, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland
- "Sexual Addiction"
- Century City Bar Association
- May 5, 1999 in Los Angeles, California
- "Forensic Aspects of Psychopharmacology"
- Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles County
- February 4, 1999 in Los Angeles, California
- "Sex, Drugs, and Compulsivity: HIV Risk and Clinical Medication Trials"
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence
- June 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona
Publications:
Thompson CR, Del-Pan N, Beckson M, Weinstock R. Adolescent substance use disorders and psychiatrists: Competent assessment and treatment? The American Journal on Addictions, 2008, in press.
Vari G, Beckson M. Escitalopram-associated serotonin toxicity. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 27:229-230, 2007.
Venneman S, Leuchter A, Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Simon SL, Schaefer M, Rawson R, Newton T, Cook IA, Uijtdehaage S, Ling W. Variation in neurophysiological function and evidence of qualitative electroencephalogram discordance: predicting cocaine-dependent treatment attrition. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 18:209-216, 2006.
Simpson JR, Thompson CR, Beckson M. Impact of orally disintegrating olanzapine on the use of intramuscular antipsychotics, seclusion, and restraint in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 26:333-335, 2006.
Beckson M. Adolescent substance use and addiction (Special Section Editor's Introduction). Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 29:3-17, 2005.
Thompson CR, Beckson M. A case of factitious homicidal ideation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 32 :277-281, 2004.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Rapoport R, Bridge P, Mintz J. Cortical gray matter volumes are associated with subjective responses to cocaine infusion. American Journal of Addiction 13:64-73, 2004.
Beckson M, Bartzokis G, Weinstock R. Substance abuse and addiction. In: Rosner R, Ed. Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry 2 nd Ed. London: Arnold, 2003, pp. 672-684.
Beckson M, Bartzokis G. Brain disease: forensic neuropsychiatric issues. In: Rosner R, Ed. Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry 2 nd Ed. London: Arnold, 2003, pp. 603-611.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Bridge P, Mintz J. Brain maturation may be arrested in chronic cocaine addicts. Biological Psychiatry 51:605-612, 2002.
Beckson M. Smack is back: heroin in the 21 st century. Century City Lawyer 11(8): 19-22, 2002.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Neuchterlein K, Edwards N, Mintz J. Age-related changes in frontal and temporal lobe volumes in men: A magnetic resonance imaging study. Arch Gen Psychiatry58(5): 461-465, 2001.
Barzokis G, Lu PH, Beckson M, Rappaport R, Grant S, Wiseman E, London ED. Abstinence from cocaine reduces high-risk responses on a gambling task. Neuropsychopharmacology 22(1): 102-103, 2000.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Po H, Edwards N, Rappaport R, Wiseman E, Bridge P. Increased CSF volumes are associated with diminished subjective response to cocaine infusion. Neuropsychopharmacology 23(4): 468-473, 2000.
Bartzokis G, Beckon M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Rappaport, Wiseman E, Bridge P. Age-related brain volume reductions in amphetamine and cocaine addicts and normal controls: Implications for addiction research. Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging Section 98(2): 93-102, 2000.
Ettlin, TM, Kischka U, Beckson M, Gaggiotti M, Rauchfleisch U, Benson DF. The Frontal Lobe Score: Part I: Construction of a mental status of frontal systems. Clinical Rehabilitation 14: 260-271, 2000.
Beckson M. Sexual addiction. Century City Lawyer 9(6): 8-10, 1999.
Newton TF, Kalechstein A, Beckson M, Bartzokis G, Bridge TP, Ling W. Effects of selegiline pretreatment on response to experimental cocaine administration." Psychiatric Research 87(2-3): 101-106, 1999.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Hance DB, Lu P, Foster JA, Mintz J, Ling W, Bridge P. MRI evidence of 'silent' neurovascular toxicity in cocaine dependence. Biological Psychiatry 45: 1203-1211, 1999.
Beckson M. Marijuana: Mental and behavioral aspects. Century City Lawyer 8(1): 12-13, 1999.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Wirshing DA, Lu P, Foster JA, Mintz J. Choreoathetoid movements in cocaine dependence. Biological Psychiatry 45: 1630-1635, 1999.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Newton T, Mandelkern M, Foster JA, Ling W, Bridge P. Selegiline effects on cocaine-induced changes in medial temporal lobe metabolism and subjective ratings of euphoria. Neuropsychopharmacology 20: 582-90, 1999.
Bartzokis G, Goldstein IB, Hance DB, Beckson M, Shapiro D, Lu PH, Edwards N, Mintz J, Bridge P. The incidence of T2-weighted MR imaging signal abnormalities in the brain of cocaine-dependent patients is age-related and region-specific. American Journal of Neuroradiology 20(9): 1628-1635, 1999.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Hance DB, Marx P, Foster JA, Marder SR. MR evaluation of age-related increase of brain iron in young adult and older normal males. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 15(1): 29-35, 1997.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M. MRI evaluation of neurotoxicity in cocaine users. In: Nahas G, Ed. Drugs of Abuse in the Decade of the Brain. Cambridge, Massachusetts: I.O.S. Press, pp. 249-57, 1997.
Bartzokis G, Beckson M. Clinical and MRI evaluation of psychostimulant neurotoxicity. In: Neurotoxicity and Neuropathology Associated with Cocaine Abuse, MD Mjewska, ed. (NIDA Research Monograph Series 163: 300-317). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996.
Beckson M, Schaefer M. Sex, drugs, and compulsivity: HIV risk and clinical medication trials. In: Problems of Drug Dependence 1995: Proceedings of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. (NIDA Research Monograph Series 162: 46-48). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995.
Margolin A, Kosten TR, Avants SK, Wilkins JN, Ling W, Beckson M, Arndt IO, Cornish J, Li SH, Bridge P, Ascher JA. A multicenter trial of bupropion for cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 40 (2): 125-131, 1995.
Beckson M, Benson DF. Brain disease and abnormal behavior. In: Rosner R, Ed. Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1994, pp. 461-468.
Beckson M, Ling W. Pharmacologic interventions in cocaine dependence. Southern California Psychiatrist 41(10): 10-11, 1993.
Ettlin TM, Beckson M, Benson DF, Langfitt Jt, Amos EC, Pineda GS. Prosopagnosia: a bihemispheric disorder. Cortex 28: 129-134, 1992.
Beckson M, Cummings JL. Psychosis in basal ganglia disorders. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology 5: 126-131, 1992.
Beckson M, Cummings JL. Neuropsychiatric aspects of stroke. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 21(1): 1-15, 1991.
Van Putten T, Beckson M, Marder SR. The neuroleptic malignant syndrome manifested as a prolonged confusional state. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 8 (3): 229-230, 1988.
Wang LH, Beckson M, Anderson SM, Hanafusa H. Identification of the viral sequence required for the generation of recovered avian sarcoma viruses and characterization of a series of replication-defective avian sarcoma viruses. Journal of Virology 49 (3): 881-891, 1984.