Curriculum Vitae
Mace Beckson, M.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE:
June 1, 2009
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
11301 W. Olympic Blvd. #657
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
- 1985-1986
Internship - University of California, Los Angeles/Neuropsychiatric Institute
- 1986-1989
Psychiatry Residency and Chief Residency - University of California, Los Angeles/Department of Neurology
- 1989-1991
Fellowship/Division of Neurobehavior
Licensure:
- Physician and Surgeon, License No. G59242, State of California 1986 -
- Medical Doctor, License No ME 102592, State of Florida 2008 -
Board Certification:
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:
- Forensic Psychiatry Certificate No. 0625 1998-2018
- Addiction Psychiatry Certificate No. 0499 1994-2014
- Geriatric Psychiatry Certificate No. 0874 1994-2004
- Psychiatry Certificate No. 33666 1991
- American Board of Addiction Medicine Certification No. 000375 2009
- American Society of Addiction Medicine:
- Addiction Medicine Certificate No. 010603 1994
- Medical Review Officer Drug Testing Certification 1995
- American Association of Suicidology Forensic Suicidology 2009
- National Board of Medical Examiners Certificate No. 289627 1986
Academic Appointments:
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated) 2005 -
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated) 2000-2005
- University of California. Los Angeles
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated) 1996-2000
- University of California. Los Angeles School of Medicine
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary) 1991-1996
- University of California. Los Angeles
- Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry (Voluntary) 1990-1991
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Clinical Instructor of Neurology (Voluntary) 1989-1991
- University of California, Los Angeles
Clinical Positions:
- Medical Director/Lead Physician, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit 1998 -
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Private Practice, Addiction Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry 1997 -
- Chief & Founder, Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions 1995-1997
- Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- Chief & Founder, Substance Abuse Consultation Team 1995
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- Program Director, Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program 1992-1995
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison Service 1990-1991
- University of California. Los Angeles Medical Center
- Staff Psychiatrist (Voluntary), Student Psychological Services 1989-1991
- University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching:
- Director, Intensive Care & Forensic Psychiatry Residency Rotation 1998 -
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Supervisor, Psychiatry Residents 1988 -
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Residency Training Program
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Residency Training Program
- UCLA-San Fernando Valley Residency Training Program
- Lecturer, NPI Psychiatry Residency PGY-1 Core Curriculum 2001 -
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty 1998-2008
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lecturer, Psychopharmacology Residency Course 1993-2000
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lecturer, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship 1992-2008
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Director, Addiction Psychiatry Residency Rotation 1991-1997
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Supervisor, Addiction Therapists 1991-1997
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- Preceptor, Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship 1991-1993
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Preceptor, Medical Student Neurology Clerkship 1989-1991
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards and Recognition:
- On the Spot Award for service on the Suicide Root Cause Analysis Team 2006
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Director's Recognition 2005
- Recognition of Outstanding Contributions in Improving Patient Safety
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association 2003
- Special Contribution Award 2003
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Fellow, American Psychiatric Association 2001
- VA Innovations of Care, Department of Veterans Affairs 1997
- Recognition of Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions
- Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
- Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry 1985
- Cornell University Medical College
Consultation:
- Forensic Psychiatry Consultant 1998 -
- Expert Reviewer, California Medical Board 2000 - 2009
- Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California
- Psychiatric Consultant, Sexual Recovery Institute 1998-2003
- Los Angeles, California
- Psychiatric Consultant, AIM Healthcare Foundation 1998-2001
- Sherman Oaks, California
- Consultant, Sheriff's Department 1998-1999
- Ventura County, California
- Forensic Consultant, Neurobehavior Clinic 1989-1991
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Consulting Psychiatrist, Didi Hirsh Community Mental Health Center 1988-1998
- Culver City, California
Committee Activities:
- Judicial Action Committee 2008-
- California Psychiatric Association
- Quality, Academics and Research Advisory Board 2007-
- Jail Mental Health Services, Adult Systems of Care
- Department of Mental Health, County of Los Angeles
- Suicidology Committee 2005-2008
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- Chair and Member, Ad Hoc Promotion Committees 2005-
- Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
- University of California at Los Angeles
- Suicidal Behavior Root Cause Analysis Team 2003-
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Chair (2004-) and Member, 1998-
- Addiction Psychiatry Committee
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- Co-Chair, Patient Rights Committee 1998-
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Co-Chair, Psychiatry Residency PGY-4 Sub-Committee 2005-2008
- Residency Oversight Committee
- University of California at Los Angeles
- Co-Chair, Psychiatric Emergency Consultation Committee 2005
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Executive Committee (Member-at-Large) 2004-2006
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Council on Education and Scientific Affairs 2004-2006
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Sexual Offender Committee 2003-2005
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- Chair, Task Force on Adolescent Substance Abuse 2003-2005
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Research and Development Committee 1993-1996
- VA Medical Center West Los Angeles (Brentwood Division)
Research Positions:
- Director, Clinical Trials 1995-1996
- Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Medical Center West Los Angeles - Co-Director, Brain Imaging Program 1994-1996
- Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Medical Center West Los Angeles - Research Psychiatrist 1991-1997
- Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Medical Center West Los Angeles
Professional Organizations:
- Florida Medical Association 2009-
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 2004-
- American Association of Suicidology 2004-
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 2003-
- 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-
- 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 "Methamphetamine, Psychosis and Violence"
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
October 24, 2008 in Seattle, Washington - "Involuntary Hospitalization and Treatment of the Mentally Ill: Obstacles to Good Outcome"
- Mental Health Law Symposium: Protecting and Treating those Destabilized by Mental Illness: Beyond the Asylum and the Jail
UC Berkeley School of Law & UCLA School of Medicine
May 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California - 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"
- The National Conference on Threats & 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:
Vari G, Beckson M, Weinstock R. Legal issues in inpatient psychiatry. In: Ovsiew F, Munich RL, Eds., Principles of Inpatient Psychiatry. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009, pp. 139-153.
Thompson CR, Del-Pan N, Beckson M, Weinstock R. Adolescent substance use disorders and psychiatrists: competent assessment and treatment? The American Journal on Addictions 17:245-246, 2008.
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, Second Edition. 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, Second Edition. 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 21st 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. Archives of General Psychiatry 58(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: Mjewska MD, Ed., Neurotoxicity and Neuropathology Associated with Cocaine Abuse, (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.