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CURRICULUM VITAE
Britta Ostermeyer, MD, MBA, FAPA
December 2014
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Current Position:
Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry
The Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair
Department of Psychiatry
The University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Contact Information
Email: britta-ostermeyer@ouhsc.edu or britta.ostermeyer@gmail.com
Special Interests/Expertise
1. Administrative behavioral health/medicine; improve access to care, improve quality of care, obtain
research grant funding and expand/restructure existing service lines, add new resources and grow
the organization
2. Interface and collaboration with other medical specialties in the general medical hospital and
integrated care in the primary care medical home setting
3. Formal and informal teaching and education of trainees, staff, faculty as well as the general public on
behavioral health and medical topics
4. Medical legal issues/ethics, public health care policy, and patient advocacy
Educational Background
1982-85 Baccalaureate, Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium, Wolfenbuettel, Germany
1985
French studies, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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1985-92 Medical studies; MD in 1992; PhD pending completion of dissertation, Hanover Medical
School, Hanover, Germany
1990-92 Medical studies, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1993-94 Internship in Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1994-95 Fellowship in Neurology, Baylor College of Neurology, Houston, Texas
1998-02 Residency in Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and The New
York State Psychiatric State Institute, New York
2002-03 Fellowship in Psychiatry and the Law with Dr. Phillip Resnick (#1 rated program for Psychiatry
and the Law in the US and Canada), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
Cleveland, Ohio
2012-13 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Physician Executive Program, College of Business
Administration; the premier AACSB-accredited MBA program for physicians in the US and
abroad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; classes include leadership
development, organizational project, lean six-sigma, health care analysis/ measures, health
care reform, statistics, health economics, health care law, business decision- making,
corporate strategy and strategic planning, development and execution of business plans,
marketing, customer value and customer satisfaction, IT and electronic medical records,
accounting, and finance.
Extracurricular Activities During Medical School
02/90-11/90 German Government Scholarship to do the 3rd and 4th year of medical school at Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
10/91-08/92 Fourth Year of Medical School; Electives in Medicine and Neurology, The Methodist
Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine and Surgery, Texas Heart Institute under
supervision of Dr. Denton Cooley, Houston, Texas
02/89-05/89 Elective in Neurology, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
Texas
1988
Selected by UK National Institute of Neurology for an Elective in Neurology, The National
Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square,
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London, UK
1988
Elective in Psychiatry, Nervenklinik Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany
1988
Elective in Neurology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
10/87-11/92 Electives in Neurology, Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Neuroanatomy
Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Employment Experience
1/87-2/90
Instructor of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroanatomy, Hanover Medical School,
Hanover, Germany
1/96-6/00
Senior Research Associate in Neurosciences, Health Sciences Consultant Group,
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York
10/03-05/05 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
7/04-2008
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Menninger Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2005
Founder, Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP), integrated behavioral health
primary care program at medical homes, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
7/05-06/12
Director, Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP), integrated behavioral health
primary care program at medical homes Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
7/05-02/14
Director, Psychiatry Outpatient Services, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health
System, Houston, Texas
7/05-2009
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
Texas
2006-08
Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas
2006-10
Medical Director and Principal Investigator, Texas Working Well DMIE Project; $27 million
demonstration grant by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the
Texas State Health Department, Texas
2007-2008
Deputy Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris Health System, Houston,
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Texas
2008-02/14
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Department of Family and
Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2008-02/14
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Menninger Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2008-02/14
Principal Investigator, Choices Plus Grant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Houston, Texas
2008
Interim Director, Psychiatric Emergency Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
7/08-06/12
Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
2008-06/12
Assistant Director of Psychiatry Residency Education, The Menninger Department
of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2009-12/10
Interim Director, Psychiatric Emergency Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
2009-p
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
Texas
03/14- p
Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry, Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair, The University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Other Experiences and Training
07/03-p
Forensic Psychiatry Evaluator, performing psychiatric evaluations in the setting of civil or
criminal legal cases
2007
Training and certification in treatment with Buprenorphine, obtained a D.E.A.X number
2008
Fellowship Training Program in hospital leadership; one-year program provided individual
coaching mentorship, classroom instructions, and home assignments on various aspects of
hospital administration; including leadership decision making, management of professional
relationships in the hospital setting, team motivation, Human Resource issues including
recruiting, selection, hiring, and termination of personnel, evaluation of personnel,
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professional development and counseling of personnel, budget and salary planning, as well
as sessions on hospital crisis management in how to resolve various regulatory issues with
State and Federal agencies, and completion of a leadership project by the time of
graduation,
2009-10
Advanced Leadership Management Skills Training; attended and completed the intensive
two-day workshop “Crucial Conversations” and the intensive two- day workshop “Influencer,”
(named 2009 Top Training Product of the Year by Human Resource Executive Magazine,
named The 2009 Change Management Approach of the Year by MIT Sloan Management
Review) of VitalSmarts; professional interpersonal skills training that was implemented
successfully at the Mayo Clinic and at American and European Universities and
corporations, Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas
2010
Training in Motivational Interviewing; participated and completed a two-day training seminar
(16 hours) on motivational interviewing
12/13
Lean Six-Sigma Champion, training and certification as per standards by General Electric and
the American Society for Quality, Institute for Healthcare Quality, Research, and Education,
Knoxville, TN
2014
Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Training and Certification, Engineering Institute, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Board Certifications
2004
Certification in Psychiatry and Diplomate in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology
2005
Certification/Added Qualifications in Psychiatry and The Law, American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology
2014
Recertification in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Licensure Information
Connecticut License, not renewed due to move to Texas
New York License, not renewed due to move to Texas
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Ohio License, not renewed due to move to Texas
D.E.A number, active
D.E.A X number for treatment with Buprenorphine, active
Texas Controlled Substance Registration, active
Texas License, active
Oklahoma License, active
Oklahoma Controlled Substance Registration, active
Professional Affiliations
1998-p American Psychiatric Association (APA)
1999-02 Member, APA Residents’ Committee, New York County District Branch
1999
Chair, APA Fellowship Night, New York County District Branch
2000-01 Co-Vice Chair, APA Residents’ Committee, New York County District Branch
2000
Co-Chair, APA Fellowship Night, New York County District Branch
2000-01 Co-Chair, APA Residents’ Committee, New York County District Branch
2001-01 Member, Council, APA New York County District Branch
2006-09 Corresponding Member, Council on Private Practice
2008
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2008-09 Corresponding Member, Council on Public Psychiatry and Social Issues
2001-p American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law (AAPL)
2002-p Member, Program Committee, plan and organize the annual meeting, review scientific paper
submissions
2003-p Member, Education Committee, oversight of all AAPL educational events, including the
annual meeting and other AAPL educational events and materials
2002-08 Member, Rappeport Fellowship Committee, yearly review and selection of Rappeport Fellows,
mentorship of a Rappeport Fellow
2010-p Member, Rappeport Fellowship Committee, yearly review and selection of Rappeport Fellows,
mentorship of a Rappeport Fellow
2012
Co-Chair, Rappeport Fellowship Committee
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2003-p Houston Psychiatric Society (HPS)
2005-08 Member, Program Committee, planned monthly educational dinner presentations
2005-06 Chair, Committee on Public Affairs & Government Relations
2007-08 Secretary of the Houston Psychiatric Society
2003-14 Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
2014-p Oklahoma Psychiatric Physicians Association
2014-p Central Oklahoma Psychiatric Society
2008-p National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
08-02/14 Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of Medicine
11-02/14 Member, Steering Committee
11-02/14 Chair, Membership Committee
11-02/14 Member, Peer Coaching for Educators Committee
11-02/14 Member, Academy Educational Grant Review Panel
Review Panels
05/95-06/96 National Study Group on Breast Implants, American College of Rheumatology
2011-p
Reviewer, Academic Medicine
2011
Reviewer, Journal of Psychiatric Practice
2011-p
Reviewer, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2011-p
Member, Review panel, Annual Academy of Distinguished Educator’s Showcase
of Educational Scholarship
2012-p
External Reviewer, Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators, Columbia
University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York
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Honors and Awards
1. Valedictorian, Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium, Wolfenbuettel, Germany, 1985
2. Award by the Mayor of the city of Wolfenbuettel for the highest grade point average at graduation
from gymnasium in a class of 165 students, 1985
3. Award, Best Neurology Medical Student, Neurology Service, Baylor College of Medicine, 1989
4. State Medical Student Award, award by the German Lower Saxony State Government for
“Extraordinary performances as a medical student and for enhancing the international reputation of
Hannover Medical School abroad,” 1990
5. Recipient of National Scholarship Award by the German Government and the US Biomedical
Sciences Exchange Program, Salisbury Cove, Maine, 1990
6. Best Young Investigator Award, best paper submission, Texas Neurological Society, 1991
7. Best Young Investigator Award, best paper submission, Texas Neurological Society, 1992
8. Recipient of National Scholarship Award by the German Government and the US Biomedical
Sciences Exchange Program, Salisbury Cove, Maine, 1992
9. Best Scientific Oral Paper Presentation Award, Southern Medical Association, annual meeting, 1993
10. Scientific Paper Recognition Award, best paper submission and presentation, Southern Medical
Association, 1993
11. Best Young Investigator Award, best research paper submission, Texas Neurological Society, 1993
12. Physician Award by the Texas Breast Implant Foundation, Inc., for providing “Outstanding Medical
Services,” 1994
13. Physician’s Choice Award, Southern Medical Association (best poster presentation among 250
posters, elected by participants at the annual meeting), 1994
14. Best Scientific Oral Paper Presentation Award, Southern Medical Association, annual meeting, 1994
15. Physician Award by the National Breast Implant Foundation for pioneering clinical research, 1995
16. Physician Award by Silicone Scene, Inc (national patient support group), “In recognition of excellent
scientific contributions to the body of knowledge in the study of silicone adjuvant disease and with
gratitude for the arduous dedication and availability to those afflicted,” 1995
17. Nomination by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as Candidate for Member-in-Training
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Trustee-Elect in the national APA election of board members,1999
18. Avantis Fellowship/Women Leaders in Psychiatry Award, American Psychiatric Association, 2000
19. Certificate of Appreciation by the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric
Association in recognition of service as resident representative of the New York County District
Branch of the American Psychiatric Association, 2001
20. Fitzhugh Mullan Distinguished Resident Leadership Award by the United States Public Health
Service and the National Consortium of Residents, award presented by Dr. Mullan, Assistant
Surgeon General (Ret.), Washington, DC, 2001
21. Rappeport Fellowship, American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law (Charles Scott, M.D.,
fellowship mentor for the one year program), 2001 - 2002
22. Award by Janssen Pharmaceutica, selected to attend the symposium “Future Leaders in Psychiatry,”
West Palm Beach, Florida, 2004
23. Five Year Award for Dedicated Services, Baylor College of Medicine, 2005
24. Award by the School-Based Program of Harris Health System “In recognition of your dedication and
compassion to improving the health of our children,” presented at the opening ceremony of our
Harris Health System Southside Behavioral Health Clinic, May 2006
25. Recipient of the National 2007 APA Gold Award (Psychiatric Service Achievement Award) by the
American Psychiatric Association for The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health
Program (CBHP). APA awards one new and innovative mental health program each year to serve
as an example for other communities and institutions. CBHP was recognized for “creatively
integrating psychiatric care with primary care, for expanding capacity to address severe shortages
in psychiatric services, and for improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness, the
HCHD CBHP was selected to receive an APA Gold Achievement Award.”
26. Innovation Network Award by Harris Health System for the Community Behavioral Health Program,
2008
27. Recipient of fellowship of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
(sponsored by Harris Health System, nominated by Mr. David Lopez, MBA, FACHE, President
and CEO, Harris Health System); fellowship program consisted of one year training in
hospital leadership and management, 2008
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28. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for “Teaching and Evaluation” for
outstanding efforts in education and teaching to medical students, residents, faculty, and other
non-MD professionals at Baylor College of Medicine and became Member of the Academy of
Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of Medicine, April 2008
29. Recipient of the 2008 National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems Reducing
Health Care Disparities Honorable Award for the Harris Health System Community
Behavioral Health Program, June 2008
30. Recipient of the 2009 Excellence Award for Community Service by the Texas Hospital
Association for the HCHD Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP), February 2010
31. Innovation Network Award by Harris Health System for lean reorganization of Ben Taub’s
mental health inpatient unit, 2010
32. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for “Educational Leadership” in education and
teaching to medical students, residents, faculty, and other non-MD professionals at Baylor College of
Medicine and renewal of membership to the Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of
Medicine, July 2011
33. 2011 Medical Education Scholarship Award for Outstanding Poster by a Trainee by the Southern
Group on Educational Affairs SGEA, faculty mentor recipient, April 2012
34. Ten Year Award for Dedicated Services, Baylor College of Medicine, September 2012
35. Invited to join the Golden Key International Honour Society, October 2013
36. Invited to join The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, October 2013
37. Marketplace Masters Winner, group award for cohort 1 (Drs. Chelsey Gilbertson, Kevin Mikielski,
Britta Ostermeyer, and Amit Vashist), Physician Executive MBA Program, College of Business
Administration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, December 2013
Research Support and Grants
1. Research support
Role: Research Assistant, then Postdoc Fellow
02/89-06/95
Funding sources: Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, George and
Irene Lindler Foundation
Studies: Clinical research in neuromuscular diseases
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Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2. Research support
Role: Senior Research Scientist
01/96-06/98
Funding source: Health Sciences Consultant Group
Studies: Clinical research in neuromuscular diseases
Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York
3. Grant
Role: Medical Director
07/05-06/06
Funding Source: Hogg Foundation For Mental Illness, $454,867
Purpose: Integrated psychiatry/primary care; placement of psychiatrists and therapists into
primary care centers within Harris Health System and four partner organizations.
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
4. Education grant
Role: Recipient
12/05-02/07
Funding source: Abbott Laboratories, unrestricted educational grant, $54,000
Purpose: Psychiatric education of primary care physicians within Harris Health System
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
5. Grant
Role: PI and Medical Director
06/06-08/10
Funding source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), $27 million
Texas Department of State Health and Harris Health System (in-kind contribution)
In collaboration with UT Austin Addiction Research Institute, UT Houston School of Public
Health, UT School of Medicine Health Science Center at Houston, and Menninger Department
of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Study: Texas Working Well DMIE Project (Demonstration to Maintain Independence and
Employment); demonstration treatment grant with 1,600 participants largest federally-funded of
its kind nationally; Working Well tested whether providing expended behavioral health
interventions, employment supports, occupational services, and clinical case management would
keep working patients with potentially disabling mental and physical health conditions off federal
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benefits, such as Medicaid, SSI or SSDI. Research data was presented to Congress and will
guide decisions on national health care policy making for Medicare and Medicaid benefits
packages.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-19680
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, Texas
6. Educational grant
Role: Recipient
02/07
Funding source: AstraZeneca, unrestricted educational grant, $5,000
Purpose: Educational seminar on integrated psychiatric services in the primary care setting,
sponsored by the Houston Academy of Family Physicians and the Houston Psychiatric Society.
7. Award
Role: Recipient
2007
Funding source: American Psychiatric Association, $7,500, 2007 Gold Award
Allocation: Resource for the Community Behavioral Health Program
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
8. Grant
Role: PI until 08/08, then Co-PI
11/07-12/09
Funding source: Women's Fund for Health and Education Research, $50,000
Study: Postpartum Depression Screening Initiative within Harris Health System.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-22151
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
9. Grant
Role: PI
9/08-9/13
Funding source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Study: Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing in
women patients of childbearing ages who are at risk alcohol drinkers; study includes a smoking
cessation intervention.
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BCM IRB Protocol #H-24558
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, Texas
10. Grant
Role: Co-PI
07/10-01/12
Funding source: Johnson & Johnson
Study: JNJ2648911MDD2001; a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, active-and placebocontrolled study to assess the efficacy and safety of JNJ-26489112 in adult subjects with major
depressive disorder.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-26841
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
11. Grant
Role: Co-PI
07/10-03/11
Funding source: Evotec Neurosciences GmbH
Study: EVT 101/102; safety and efficacy of EVT 101 as monotherapy in patients with
treatment resistant major depression, proof of concept four week placebo controlled multicenter
trial tested safety and efficacy of an oral NR2B antagonist in patients with treatment
resistant depression.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-26893
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
12. Project
Role: Co-PI
08/10-02/14
Funding source: Baylor College of Medicine
Study: Long term follow up of affective disorder patients screening and long term five-year
naturalistic cohort study collecting clinical data on subjects with primary mood disorders.
IRB Protocol #H-26242
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
13. Grant
Role: Co-PI
09/09-09/12
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Funding source: NARSAD, The Brain and Behavior Research Fund
Study: Adjunctive IV ketamine in treatment resistant depression; randomized controlled trial to
test safety, efficacy, and time-to-response of repeated dose intravenous ketamine as
adjunctive therapy to a SSRI for severely symptomatic patients with MDD.
BCM IRB Protocol # H26488
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
14. R01 Grant
Role: Co-PI
08/10-07/14
Funding source: National Institute of Health (NIH), R01MH085054
Study: Efficacy and tolerability of riluzole in treatment resistant depression; four site NIH
collaborative R01 to study the efficacy and safety of the glutamate modulator riluzole in
patients with treatment resistant depression and to investigate biomarkers predictive of
response.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-26581
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
15. R01 Grant
Role: Co-PI
07/09-04/14
Funding source: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), R01MH081870-01A2
Study: Optimization of IV ketamine for treatment resistant major depression. Test the safety,
tolerability, and acute efficacy of a single subanesthetic dose of intravenous ketamine in
patients with treatment resistant major depressive disorder by using a randomized, triple-blind,
midazolam controlled, parallel-arm design.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-26303
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
16. Grant
Role: Co-PI
07/1-01/13
Funding source: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, CN-162-010
Study: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind 58 week rollover study to assess the safety and
tolerability of BMS-820836 in patients with treatment resistant major depression.
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BCM IRB Protocol # H-29010
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
17. Grant
Role: Co-PI
07/11-01/13
Funding source: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, CN-162-007
Study: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active controlled, comparative, fixed dose,
dose response study of the efficacy and safety of BMS-820836 in patients with treatment
resistant major depression.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-28942
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
18. Grant
Role: Co-PI
11/11-12/12
Funding source: F. Hoffman La-Roche Ltd., BP-25712
Study: A multicenter, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled parallel group study to
investigate the efficacy and safety of RO4005819 versus placebo as adjunctive therapy in
patients with treatment refractory major depressive disorder.
BCM IRB Protocol #H-29991
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
19. Cultural Research Project Role: PI
07/12-02/14
Funding source: Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
Study: Assessing cultural adaptability of the community behavioral health program’s integrated
care model. Evaluation of patient satisfaction and cultural aspects that impact treatment of
Hispanic patients at primary care centers within the Community Behavioral Health Program
(CBHP) within Harris Health System.
BCM IRB #H-31331
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
20. Smart Phone App Project Role: BCM Site PI
11/12-02/14
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Funding source: National Science Foundation (NSF) (pending)
Study: Exploring social and behavioral patterns in major depressive disorder through user
mobile phone interactions.
BCM IRB # H-32110
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Scientific Research Presentations (Plenum, Paper, and Poster Presentations)
11/90 Presenter “IgG Subclass Deficiency in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,” International
Conference for New Evidence in ALS/MND Research, Solihull, Birmingham, UK
05/91 Presenter “IgG Subclass Deficiency in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,” annual
meeting of the Texas Neurological Society, Dallas, Texas
11/91 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease,” annual meeting of the American Neurological Association,
Seattle, Washington
02/92 Presenter, research data to the FDA Advisory Expert Panel on silicone breast implants,
Washington, DC
04/92 Invited guest speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease,” annual meeting of the American Trial Lawyers
Association, Atlanta, Georgia
05/92 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease,” annual meeting of the Texas Neurological Society,
San Antonio, Texas
10/92 Presenter “Rheumatological and Neurological Findings in Silicone Breast Disease,” annual
meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia
10/92 Presenter of two studies “Silicone Adjuvant Disease: More Neurological Cases” and “Motor
Neuron Disease After Silicone Breast Implants and Silicone Fluid Injections Into Face,” annual
meeting of the American Neurological Association, Toronto, Canada
10/92 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” annual
national physician’s symposium sponsored by the Department of Rheumatology, George
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
11/92 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” annual
meeting of Andrews Publications, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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05/93 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,”
symposium by the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons at the annual meeting of the Texas
Medical Association, Houston, Texas
06/93 Invited keynote speaker “Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Injections Associated with The
Development of an Autoimmune Disease?,” European Workshop for Flap Dissection,
organized by the International Federation For Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, invited by the Chairman of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery and the Dean of Hanover Medical School, Hanover Medical
School, Hanover, Germany
06/93 Presenter “Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Injections Associated with The Development
of an Autoimmune Disease?” Congress of the International Federation for Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, invited by the President of the German Society of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery, Berlin, Germany
08/93 Co-Presenter at Brookhaven National Laboratory “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and
Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” research seminar of the Medical Research Center,
sponsored by the Associated Universities, Inc., a consortium of Eastern Universities,
New York, New York
09/93 Presenter of five studies:1) “Silicone Breast Implants: Association with Abnormal SPECT
Scans and Memory Defects, 2) ”Measurements of IgG Subclasses in Patients with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 3)” A Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome Occurring in Women
with Silicone Breast Implant Failure, 4) ” A High Incidence of Breast Implant Failure in Women
with Neurological and Rheumatologic Symptoms,” and 5) “An Atypical Multiple Sclerosis
Syndrome in Women with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections into Breast,” XV
World Congress of Neurology, Vancouver, Canada
09/93 Presenter “A Clinical Evaluation of Referred Women with Silicone Breast Implants and
Symptoms,” annual meeting of the American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
New Orleans, Louisiana
10/93 Presenter of four studies: 1) “Systemic Disease in Women Following The Insertion of Saline
Breast Implants, 2) ”A Clinical Evaluation of Referred Women with Silicone Breast Implants
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and Symptoms,” 3) “Silicone Breast Implants and Silicone Injections Into Breasts Associated
with a Multiple Sclerosis Syndrome,” and 4) “The Development of a Motor Neuron Disease
Syndrome Following The Insertion of Silicone Breast Implants,” annual meeting of the Scientific
Assembly of the Southern Medical Association, section of rheumatology, section of
neurology, and section of plastic and reconstructive surgery, New Orleans, Louisiana
11/93 Presenter “Noncardiac Chest Pain in Women with Silicone Breast Implants,” annual meeting of
the American College of Rheumatology, San Antonio, Texas
04/94 Invited guest speaker “A Clinical Evaluation of Referred Women with Silicone Breast Implants
and Symptoms,” annual meeting of Andrews Publications, Houston, Texas
05/94 Presenter “An MS-like Syndrome in Women with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid
Injections Into Breast,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology,
Washington, DC
06/94 Invited to testify in front of the FDA advisory panel on silicone breast implants, Washington, DC
06/94 Invited keynote speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
Women,” Women’s Health Issues, national medical symposium for nurses, physicians, and
women, Cincinnati, Ohio
06/94 Presenter of six studies: 1) “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Patients with Atypical Systemic Disease
and Implant Failure, 2) “An Atypical MS-Like Syndrome Associated with Silicone Breast
Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast, 3) ”An Atypical Motor Neuron Disease
Syndrome in Patients with Breast Implants,” 4) ”Abnormal SPECT Scans and Impaired
Memory in Patients with Adjuvant Breast Disease, 5) “Adjuvant Breast Disease in Patients with
Saline Filled Silicone Elastomer Shell Implants,” and 6) “IgG1 and IgG3 Deficiency in Patients
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,” Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, St. John’s,
Canada
07/94 Presenter of three studies: 1) “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in
100 Women,” 2)“An Autoimmune Syndrome with Neurological Disease Occurring in Women
with Saline Breast Implants,” and 3) “SPECT Scan Evaluation of Women with Breast Implants
and Systemic Autoimmune Disease, ”International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases,
Kyoto, Japan
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09/94 Presenter of six studies: 1) “Abnormal Histopathological Findings in Women with Systemic
Disease after Silicone Breast Implant Surgery or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast, 2)
”Cerebral Vascular Flow Defects in Patients with Silicone Breast Implants and Memory
Problems,” 3) “A Syndrome Resembling Motor Neuron Disease in Women with Breast
Implants,” 4) ”An Autoimmune Syndrome Resembling Multiple Sclerosis in Women with Breast
Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast, 5) ”Abnormal Laboratory and Histopathological
Findings in Women with Systemic Disease and Saline Breast Implants,” and 6) “Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis and Selective Defect of IgG Subclass Expression,” International Congress of
Neuropathology, Toronto, Canada
10/94 Presenter “Human Papilloma Virus Associated with a Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome,”
annual meeting of the American Neurological Association, San Francisco, California
10/94 Chairperson, organizer, and keynote speaker at a national all day course on the use of
immunoglobulin infusions in patients with autoimmune disease, sponsored by Quantum Health
Care, Houston, Texas
11/94 Presenter of three studies: 1) “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical Findings and Implant Failure
Rate in Women with Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” 2)“An Atypical
Chest Pain Syndrome in Patients with Breast Implants,“ and 3)“Abnormal SPECT Scans in
Silicone Breast Implant Patients,” annual meeting of the Scientific Assembly of the Southern
Medical Association, Orlando, Florida
04/95 Presenter, section of Neuroscience and Neurology at the National Research Forum, the
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
05/95 Invited speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,”
meeting of the study group on silicone breast implants of the American College of Rheumatology,
New Orleans, Louisiana
06/95 Presenter of six studies: 1) “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Patients with Atypical Systemic Disease
and Implant Failure, 2) “An Atypical MS-Like Syndrome Associated with Silicone Breast
Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” 3) ”An Atypical Motor Neuron Disease
Syndrome in Patients with Breast Implants,” 4) ”Abnormal SPECT Scans and Impaired
Memory in Patients with Adjuvant Breast Disease,” 5) “Adjuvant Breast Disease in Patients
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with Saline Filled Silicone Elastomer Shell Implants,” and 6) “IgG1 and IgG3 Deficiency in
Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,” annual meeting of the Canadian Neurological
Society, Victoria, Canada
06/95 Presenter “Neurological Symptoms and Findings in Women after Silicone Breast Implant
Surgery”, annual meeting of the Association of British Neurologists and the German Neurological
Society, Berlin, Germany
06/95 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” annual
meeting of the European Neurological Society, Munich, Germany
09/95 Presenter of two studies “Features of a Multiple Sclerosis Syndrome in Women with Silicone
Breast Implants” and “Systemic Autoimmune Disease with Neurological Involvement in
Women after Silicone Breast Implant Surgery,” annual meeting of the European Federation of
Neurological Societies, Marseille, France
09/95 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” meeting
of the Neuro Reunion sponsored by the German Neurological Society and the Benelux
Neurological Society, Maastricht, Holland
09/95 Invited speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,”
office of the German health commissioner, Berlin, Germany
09/95 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,” office
of the European device commission, Brussels, Belgium
10/95 Presenter ”An MS-Like Syndrome in Women with Silicone Breast Implants; a Novel Disease
with Rheumatological Symptoms,” annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology,
San Francisco, California
11/95 Chairperson and presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
Women,” workshop on silicone breast implants, annual meeting of the American Medical
Women’s Association, Seattle, Washington
11/95 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Women with Silicone Breast Implants and Anticardiolipin
Antibodies,” annual meeting of the Scientific Assembly of the Southern Medical Association,
Kansas City, Kansas
12/95 Invited guest speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
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Women,” national conference sponsored by Children Afflicted by Toxic Substances, Santa
Fe, New Mexico
12/95 Invited guest speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
Women,” Southern California Winter Conference, San Diego, California
02/96 Invited guest speaker two lectures, “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings
in 100 Women,” and “Adjuvant Breast Disease in Patients with Saline Filled Silicone
Elastomer Shell Implants,” annual meeting of the Australian Comprehensive Medical Council,
Sydney, Australia
08/96 Invited guest speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
Women,” medical symposium, sponsored by the University of Memphis, Tennessee
01/97 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100 Women,”
State Capital Hill, Austin, Texas
03/97 Invited guest speaker “Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 100
Women,” neurological symposium, Museum of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Houston,
Texas
09/97 Presenter of three studies: 1) “Histopathological Alterations in Sural Nerve of Silicone Breast
Implant Patients,” 2) “A Multiple Sclerosis-Like Syndrome in Silicone Breast Implant Recipients,”
and 3) “Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Patients with Silicone Gel Breast Implants,” XVI World
Congress of Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
03/99 Testified and presented in front of FDA advisory expert panel on consumer information
related to breast implant package inserts and informed consent prior to breast implant surgery,
Bethesda, Maryland
12/01 Presenter at conference “ Residency Training in Public Health and Health Policy,” sponsored by
the Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, Herndon, VA
03/03 Presenter “Dissociative Identity Disorder and Insanity” at workshop on “Dissociative
Disorder Part I and Part II: A Case of Murder by a Multiple,” All-State Ohio Institute on
Public Community Psychiatry, Beachwood, Ohio
05/03 Chairperson for the “Continuous Clinical Case Conference Part I Disorder,” annual meeting
of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California.
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05/03 Presenter “The Insanity Defense and Dissociative Identity Disorder,” annual meeting of the
American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California
10/03 Workshop “Forensic Pitfalls of Dissociative Identity Disorder,” annual meeting of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, San Antonio, Texas
10/03 Workshop “Deceit & Coercion in the Quest for Truth: Tricks of the Trade?,” annual meeting of the
American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Antonio, Texas
04/04 Presenter “Financial Exploitation in the Elderly,” Future Leaders in Psychiatry, West Palm
Beach, Florida
10/05 Moderator, Research In Progress Session, annual meeting of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal, Canada
10/05 Presenter in workshop “Violent Women: Abusers and Victims,” annual meeting of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal, Canada
10/05 Course Director “How to Make Your Best Presentation Now!” and presentation “Planning
and Preparation of Your Talk,” four-hour course with Drs. Phil Resnick, Charles Scott, and David
Preven, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal, Canada
05/07 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Trauma, Aggression, and
Psychopathology,” annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Diego,
California, 2007
05/07 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Managing Violence,” annual meeting of the
American Psychiatric Association, San Diego, California, 2007
10/07 Workshop “The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program: Met The New
Community Psychiatry Primary Care Team,” annual meeting of the Institute of Psychiatric
Services, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
06/08 Presenter “The Psychiatric Holy Grail: Low Cost, High Efficiency Mental Health Care Services
Within Harris Health System,” in workshop on “Behavioral Health in Safety Net Hospitals and
Health Systems,” annual meeting of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health
Systems in Santa Fe, New Mexico
06/08 Poster presentation “Work and Health-Related Characteristics of Low-Income Working Adults
with Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Disorders,” annual meeting of the College on
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Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
01/08 Poster presentation “The Community Behavioral Health Program,” fall meeting of the National
Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Chantilly, Virginia
05/09 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session, “Forensic Psychiatry,” annual meeting
of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California
05/09 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session, “Anxiety Disorders and Panic Disorder,”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California
10/09 Co-Presenter of two studies “Health and Healthcare Utilization Differences Among Singly- and
Dually-Diagnosed Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults” and “Differential Impact of Enhanced
Health and Employment Supports on Patient Health Utilization,” Addiction Health Services
Research Conference, San Francisco, California
03/10 Co-Presenter of three studies 1) “Differential Impact of Enhanced Health and Employment
Supports on Patient Health Care Utilization,” 2) “Health and Health Care Utilization
Differences Among Singly and Dually Diagnosed, Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults,”
and 3) “Uninsured Working Adults’ Perspectives on Overcoming Health Care Barriers: Lessons
from The Texas DMIE Project,” at the Center for Health Promotion Research Conference, Austin,
Texas
04/10 Co-Presenter, “Outpatient Case Management Impact on Health and Employment Outcomes
Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults,” Conference on The Quality of Behavioral
Healthcare: A Drive for Change Through Research, Clearwater Beach, Florida
04/10 Co-Presenter of two studies “Case Management’s Impact on Working Well’s Participants:
Lessons from the Texas DMIE Project” and “Working Well Participants’ 18-Month Outcomes,” at
the MIT/DMIE Summit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
05/10 Co-Presenter “Understanding ACG Health Measures as Outcomes in Longitudinal Research,”
Johns Hopkins ACG International User Conference, Tucson, Arizona
05/10 Poster presentation “Evaluating Patient Adherence to Antidepressant Therapy Among
Uninsured Working Adults Diagnosed With Major Depression: 12-month Results From The
Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) Study,” 15th
international meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes
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Research, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2010
06/10 Poster presentation “Access to Health Care Among Low-Income Working Adults with
Potential Disabilities: Impact of a Case Management Program to Reduce Dependence on
Federal Benefits,” annual meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
06/10 Co-Presenter “Enhanced Health Benefits Impact on Medication Utilization Among Low-Income,
Uninsured Working Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions,” Academy Health Annual Research
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
10/10 Moderator, Research in Progress Session #4, annual meeting of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and The Law, Tucson, Arizona
10/10 Monitor, course “Report Writing: Restraint, Reasoning, and Refinement,” annual meeting of
the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Tucson, Arizona
11/10 Co-Presenter “Impact of a Case Management Program to Reduce Dependence on Federal
Benefits for Low-Income Working Adults with Potential Disabilities,” annual meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Denver, Colorado
11/10 Poster presentation “Assessing Individual Substance Use Based on Information from Multiple
Data Sources: Lessons for Evaluation about Understanding and Reconciling Differences,”
American Evaluation Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas
04/11 Poster presentation “Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A Model Curriculum,”
annual meeting of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs Conference, Houston, Texas
05/11 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session, “Violence, Trauma, and Victimization”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
05/11 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session, “Anxiety Disorders,” annual meeting of
the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
05/11 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session, “Social and Community Psychiatry,”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
05/11 Poster presentation “Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A Model Curriculum,”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association of Psychiatry, Honolulu, Hawaii
05/11 Poster presentation “Evaluating Medication Adherence with Chronic Cardiovascular
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Therapies Among Uninsured Working Adults: Results from the Texas Demonstration to
Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) Study,” annual international meeting of the
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research in Baltimore, Maryland
09/11 Presenter of five studies: 1)“The Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP) of Harris
County Hospital District,” 2) “The US-Texas Demonstration To Maintain Independence and
Employment (DMIE Project): Data From 18 Months Outcomes,” 3)“Examining Adherence To
Antidepressants Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working U.S. Adults With Major Depressive
Disorder: Results From The Texas Demonstration To Maintain Independence and Employment
(DMIE) Study,” 4) “Meet The New Integrated Psychiatry Primary Care Team: Psychiatrists and
Primary Care Physicians Working Together at Community Medical Homes,” and 5) “Patient
Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A Model Curriculum,” World Congress of Psychiatry,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/11 Poster presentation “Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A Model Curriculum,”
annual Educational Showcase of the Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, Texas
10/11 Moderator, Research in Progress Session #5 and monitor for two sessions, annual meeting of
the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Boston, Massachusetts
01/12 Poster presentation “People with Potentially Disabling Conditions Maintaining Health and
Work: Can Case Management and Expanded Health Supports Help?” Society for Social Work
and Research Conference, Washington, DC, January
05/12 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Collaborative Care,” annual meeting of the
American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05/12 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Inpatient Psychiatry,” annual meeting of
the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05/12 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Professional Issues,” annual meeting of
the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05/12 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Stigma,” annual meeting of the American
Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/12 Co-Presenter of four studies: 1) “Frotteurism: A Review of Prevalence and Measurement Tools,"
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2) “When God Commands: A Case Presentation with Literature Review,” 3) "Patient Assaults
Against Residents: Systemic Review & Model Curriculum,” and 4) “Stalking of Physicians: A
Systematic Literature Review,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the
Law, Montreal, Canada
10/12 Moderator, Research In Progress Session #3 and monitor for one session, annual meeting of
the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal, Canada
03/13 Poster Co-Presenter, “The Prevalence of Frotteurism in the Community: A Systemic Review”
and “When God Commands: A Case Presentation with Literature Review, ” annual conference
of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, MidWest Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
05/13 Chairman, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Substance Abuse: Treatment and Recovery,”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California
05/13 Chairman, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Depression: Course, Remission, Resistance,”
annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California
10/13 Moderator for a session, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The
Law, San Diego, California
10/13 Presenter in workshop “What and How to Teach: A Forensic Curriculum in Residency,” annual
meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, San Diego, California
04/14 Moderator, “Presentation of Resident Papers,” Oklahoma Psychiatric Physicians
Association, Tulsa, OK
05/14 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Forensic Psychiatry,” annual meeting of
the American Psychiatric Association, New York City
05/14 Chairperson, Scientific and Clinical Report Session “Integrated Care,” annual meeting of
the American Psychiatric Association, New York City
09/14 Presenter of three studies “A Systematic Literature Review: The Prevalence of Physicians who are
Stalked”, “Prevalence and Treatment of Frotteurism,” and “Leadership and Communication in
Physicians,” World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain
09/14 Chairperson, Oral Presentation Session #20, World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain
Lectures (Grand Rounds, Presentations Not Listed in the Section of
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Scientific Research Presentations)
International
12/92 Grand Rounds “Rheumatological and Neurological Findings in Silicone Adjuvant Breast Disease,”
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg,
Germany
12/92 Grand Rounds “Rheumatological and Neurological Findings in Silicone Adjuvant Breast Disease,”
Department of Neurology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
12/92 Grand Rounds “Rheumatological and Neurological Findings in Silicone Adjuvant Breast Disease,”
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Marcus Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
06/95 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with
Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of OB&GYN,
women’s Hospital, Munich, Germany
06/95 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with
Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast” Department of Psychosomatic
Medicine, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
National
10/95 Grand Rounds “A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants
or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Medicine, Peninsula Hospital,
Burlingame, California
08/97 Presenter “A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants or
Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
09/98 Presenter “A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants or
Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Psychiatry, Stamford Hospital, Stamford,
Connecticut
11/98 Presenter “A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants or
Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” to rheumatologists from New York University, New York
06/02 Presenter, lecture on “The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness,” Department of Psychiatry,
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Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York
10/02 Grand Rounds, Northcoast Behavioral Health Care, case presentation and violence risk
assessment of a forensic patient, Discussant: Dr. Phillip Resnick, Northfield, Ohio
04/03 Grand Rounds “Murder, Multiple Personality Disorder, and Insanity,” Cuyahoga Psychiatric
Court Clinic at The Court of Common Pleas, Justice Center, Cleveland, Ohio
06/03 Grand Rounds, clinical case presentation of a female forensic patient woman who gave false
confessions of child molestation, at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare, Cleveland Campus, Ohio
11/08 Invited Speaker “The Psychiatric Holy Grail: Low Cost, High Efficiency Mental Health Care
Services Within Harris Health System,” webcast presentation to the University of Mexico, New
Mexico
09/09 Presenter “Coordinating Psychiatric and Primary Care in Public Hospitals: You Can Do it: Low
Cost, High Efficiency Mental Health Care Services,” webinar interactive internet presentation,
National Association of Public Hospitals and Systems
Regional
08/92 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women
with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Medicine,
St. John’s Hospital, Clear Lake, Texas
02/93 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women
with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Pathology,
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
02/93 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women
with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Medicine,
Section of Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
03/06 Grand Rounds “The Insanity Defense: How to Do an Evaluation Yourself!,” Department of
Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
05/07 Grand Rounds “The Insanity Defense: From Ancient History to Modern Application,”
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
San Antonio, Texas
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03/10 Presenter “The Community Behavioral Health Program,” presentation to the Integration of
Health and Behavioral Health Workgroup Committee, Office of Health Services, Health and
Human Services Commission, Austin, Texas
04/10 Invited guest speaker “National and Local Models of Primary Care and Behavioral Health
Integration,” 2010 spring conference on “Collaboration and Service Excellence in Uncertain
Times” by the Administrators in Academic Psychiatry, Austin, Texas
07/11 Invited guest speaker "Jail or Hospital? Hospital Issues Regarding Transport and
Treatment of Persons in Need of Mental Health Services," 2011 Behavioral Health
Conference of the Texas Hospital Association in Austin, Texas
11/14 Invited guest speaker “Psychopharmacology Made Simple!,” Oklahoma Psychology Association,
Tulsa, OK
Local
01/93 Grand Rounds “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women
with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast, “ Department of
Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
04/94 Presenter “A Multiple Sclerosis-Like Syndrome after Breast Implant Surgery,” lecture, Department
of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
05/94 Presenter “Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation of 100 Symptomatic Women with
Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast,” Department of Psychiatry, Harris
County Psychiatric Center, Houston, Texas
02/05 Lecture and Workshop on “Suicide Risk Assessment” to primary care physicians and nursing
staff at Strawberry Health Community Center, Pasadena, Texas
10/05 Presenter “Depression Made Simple: A Pragmatic Treatment Approach,” Strawberry Community
Center, Pasadena, Texas
11/05 Organizer and Co-Chair, Community Behavioral Health Program Kick-Off Event, and
presentation “Overview of The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program,”
Houston, Texas sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, Harris County Hospital District in
conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science
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Center Houston, Texas
11/05 Presenter “Depression Made Simple: A Pragmatic Treatment Approach For Primary Care
Physicians,” monthly noon teleconference to Baylor primary care physicians within the
Community Health Program of Harris Health System, organized by the Department of Family &
Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
12/05 Presenter “Psychosis Made Simple: A Pragmatic Treatment Approach For Primary Care
Physicians,” monthly noon teleconference to Baylor primary care physicians within the
Community Health Program of Harris Health System, organized by the Department of Family and
Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
02/06 Presenter “Overview of The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program,” Board
of Managers Joint Conference, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
03/06 Presenter “Suicide: Facts and Risk Assessment,” Baylor Medical Students’ Coach Group and
Emergency Medicine Group, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
03/06 Presenter “Overview of The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program,”
Healthcare for the Homeless Program, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
03/06 Presenter “Schizophrenia”, all day preceptor seminar on “Understanding Patient Care: From
Diagnosis to Treatment to Outcomes in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder,” sponsored by
Pfizer, Inc
04/06 Presenter “Suicide: Facts and Risk Assessment Made Simple For Primary Care Physicians,”
monthly noon teleconference to Baylor primary care physicians, Community Health Program of
Harris Health System, organized by the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
05/06 Invited guest speaker “Overview of The HCHD Community Behavioral Health Program: What
Nursing and Case Management Need To Know,” sponsored by the Department of Clinical Case
Management in recognition of National Nurse Day, Harris County Hospital District, Houston,
Texas
05/06 Grand Rounds “Overview of The Community Behavioral Health Program or a Good Old Story of
Texan Success,” The Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
Texas
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06/06 Invited guest speaker “Overview of The HCHD Community Behavioral Health Program or a Good
Old Story of Texan Success,” monthly physicians’ meeting, Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Authority (MHMRA), Houston, Texas
08/06 Invited Guest Speaker “Depression and Suicide: Who Has It?,” Chautauqua Club, The Spires
Condominiums, Houston, Texas
11/06 Grand Rounds “The Insanity Defense: From Ancient History To Modern Application,” The
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
11/06 Presenter, Houston’s Long Term Mental Health Response to Katrina/Rita: Reflections & Actions,
United Way of Texas Gulf Coast, Houston and the Houston Katrina/Rita Fund,
Houston, Texas
11/06 Presenter “Psychosis Made Simple: A Pragmatic Treatment Approach For Primary Care
Physicians,” The Houston Council on Alcohol & Drugs, Houston, Texas
11/06 Co-Presenter “DMIE: Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment” to the
Executive Committee of the Community Health Program, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
01/07 Presenter “DMIE: Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment” to the
Council-at-Large, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
02/07 Invited guest speaker “Overview of The Community Behavioral Health Program or a Good Old
Story of Texan Success,” Healthcare Safety Net Initiatives Conference: Policy and Performance,
sponsored by The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston Endowment, Kelsey
Research Foundation, and Greater Houston Health Research Services Collaborative, Houston,
Texas.
03/07 Presenter “Overview DMIE: Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment,”
monthly noon teleconference to Baylor primary care physicians, Community Health Program of
Harris Health System, organized by the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
04/07 Invited guest speaker “Bipolar Disorder Made Simple: From Diagnosis to Differential
Diagnosis and Treatment Options!,” Houston Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,
Houston, Texas
06/07 Presenter “Overview DMIE: Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and
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Employment,” Board of Managers Joint Conference, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
02/08 Co-Presenter “Overview of Harris Health System Mental Health Services,” meeting for
Administrative Fellows of the Texas Medical Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
Conference, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
12/08 Presenter “Depression: Symptoms and Treatment,” monthly meeting of the Department of
Health Educators, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
06/10 Invited guest speaker "Understanding Mental Disabilities and Competency Issues," 10th annual
Joseph A. Vail Workshop on Immigration Court at the School of Law at the University of Houston
sponsored by Catholic Charities, YMCA, University of Houston, and Texas Appleseed, Houston,
Texas
12/10 Invited guest speaker, panel discussion on "Mental Health and Psychiatry" at the meeting on the
"Texas Medical Center Experience, An Examination of the Changing Face of Health Care"
organized by the Texas Medical Center for legislative staffers from Austin, Texas
01/11 Invited speaker “Improving the Treatment Outcome of Patients with Psychosis,” Educational
Psychiatric Nursing Symposium, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
01/11 Presenter, “The Harris County Community Behavioral Health Program,” The Mental Needs
Council of Harris County, Houston, Texas
05/11 Invited speaker “Overview of Psychiatric Services Within Harris Health System and How Budget
Cuts May Impact Them,” Doctors For Change-Mental Health Forum, Houston, Texas
05/11 Invited speaker “Improving The Treatment Outcome of Patients with Psychosis,” Educational
Psychiatric Nursing Symposium, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
05/11 Grand Rounds Presenter, Ben Taub General Hospital Nursing “The Art of Suicide Risk
Assessment,” Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
12/11 Invited guest speaker “Schizophrenia” and “The Detection of Malingering,” membership
meeting of the Coalition of Behavioral Health Services, Houston, Texas
01/12 Invited guest speaker “Psychiatric Emergency Services at Ben Taub General Hospital,” at the
training seminar for the 211 specialists by Mental Health America of Greater Houston,
Texas
05/12 Presenter "Psychosis Made Simple: Overview on DSM-IV-TR Psychotic Disorders and
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Antipsychotic Medications, 1" to Harris County Hospital nursing staff and other hospital
Associates, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
05/12 Presenter "Psychosis Made Simple: Overview on DSM-IV-TR Psychotic Disorders and
Antipsychotic Medications, 2" to Harris County Hospital nursing staff and other hospital
Associates, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
06/12 Grand Rounds "DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorders Made Practical!," Department of Neurology,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
07/12 Invited guest speaker, plenum session “Integral Care: Integrating Primary Care, Mental
Health, and Substance Abuse Services,” at the conference on Integration: Developing a Culture
of Recovery and Wellness of the 2012 Texas Behavioral Health Institute, Austin Convention
Center, Austin, Texas
02/13 Grand Rounds “How Can We Treat Anxiety Disorders Better?,” Department of Family and
Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
10/13 Invited guest speaker, “The Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP): Meet The New
Integrated Care Team!,” as part of the Mental Health Wellness presentations, invited by the
Psychiatry Interest Group, Baylor medical students, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
07/14 Invited guest speaker, “The Emotional Brain,” Neuro Night, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience,
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Voluntary Health Organization Participation
1989-98
Patient Advocacy Experience , lobbied local and federal health care agencies for the
availability of adequate medical care for women and transsexual men with breast
implants, worked closely with the FDA, testified at federal government hearings, and
presented clinical findings at patients’ support group meetings throughout the US, Canada,
Australia, Argentina, and Europe
09/01-12/01 September 11 World Trade Center Attack, volunteered at the emergency room at New
York-Presbyterian Hospital on the night of 9/11/01 and provided psychiatric
evaluations and treatment during the aftermath in downtown Manhattan
08/05-09/05 Hurricane Katrina, served as first-response disaster volunteer for evacuees from New
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Orleans in Astrodome/Astroarena, and spent about 15-25 hours per week at the
Astrodome clinic in addition to my assigned duties at Ben Taub General Hospital/ Harris
Health System, Houston, Texas
02/07-12/07 Homeless Medical Service Focus Group, worked on: Harris County standardized eligibility
system between service providers, global medical records information system to facilitate
efficient case management, and additional medical respite care facilities to increase
available pool of respite care beds, Community & Economic Department, Harris County
10/07-07/08 Local Authority Network Advisory Committee, appointed to the new Local Authority
Network Advisory Committee to advise the HHSC Commissioner Albert Hawkins and
The Department of State Health Services on technical and administrative issues
affecting local mental health authority responsibilities
2007-02/14 Day in the District, public relations activity, Harris Health System invites visitors from the
local community to shadow physicians at the hospital , Ben Taub General Hospital,
Houston, Texas
07-06/12
Media Consultant to Harris Health System regarding mental health, substance abuse, or
medical legal topics, Houston, Texas
07-201
Organized for students to shadow and volunteer in psychiatry at Ben Taub General
Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
08/07-08
Member, Task Force on Mental Health Crisis and Crisis on Inpatient Beds in Houston,
city-wide effort led by Harris Health System and the Houston Health Care Alliance with
representatives from all major institutions, associations, and hospitals within Harris
County
01/08-11
Member, Advisory Board, Houston-Galveston Trauma Institute, Houston, Texas
07/08-06/12 Member, The Network of Behavioral Health Providers, Houston, Texas
07/08-08/12 Member, Mental Needs Council of Harris County, Houston, Texas
12/09-06/10 Member, Medical Advisory Council of MHMRA of Harris County
12/09-06/10 Consultant, Project on Integrated Psychiatric Primary Care Medical Services, Texas State
Health Department, Austin, Texas
11-02/14
Member, School Behavioral Health Initiative, Mental Health America of Greater
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Houston, Texas
03/12-02/14 Member, Mental Health/Substance Abuse Work Group, Waiver 1115 Delivery System
Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIP) Process, Harris Health System in collaboration with
the Texas Health & Human Services Commission
Teaching Experience
Didactic Course Work
Courses Taught
1987-1990 Core curriculum lectures, Neuroscience and Basic Neurology Course for 2nd year
medical students, four hours per week for 10 weeks every winter, Hanover Medical
School, Germany
1994
Chairperson and organizer, all day national course on the use of immunoglobulin infusions
in patients with autoimmune disease, sponsored by Quantum Health Care, Houston,
Texas
1995
Course Director, workshop on silicone breast implants, annual meeting of the American
Medical Women’s Association, Seattle, Washington
2004-p
Core curriculum lecture, Neuroscience and Human Behavior Course for 1st year medical
students, 90 min class on “Suicide: Facts and Risk Assessment,” University of Texas
Medical Branch
2004-2007 Seminar Director, “Forensic Psychiatry: Suicide and Violence Risk Management,”
interactive case presentation with risk analysis and discussion of management and
medical-legal liability issues for residents, faculty, and medical students, one hour monthly,
Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System
2005
Course Director, “Psychiatry and The Law,” seminar for PGY-3 adult, PGY-4 adult, and
child psychiatry residents, 12 classes of 75 min each (taught six classes myself),
University of Texas Medical Branch
2005
Course Director, “How To Make Your Best Presentation Now!” and presentation “Planning
and Preparation of Your Talk,” four-hour course with Drs. Phil Resnick, Charles Scott, and
David Preven, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law,
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Montreal, Canada
2005-2009 Seminar Director, “Mini-Grand Rounds” live patient interview with interactive case
discussion for primary care physicians, one hour monthly, Strawberry Community Health
Center, Harris Health System
2005
Course Director, “Harris Health System Psychiatry Lecture Series for Primary Care
Physicians,” lecture series was videotaped, and Abbott produced 250 DVDs and 250
audiotapes of each presentation for individual review by primary care physicians within
Harris Health System, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, in conjunction with Harris
Health System, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston
2006-2007
Course Co-Director, “Mental Health Curriculum for Primary Care Center Staff,” Community
Health Program, Harris Health System
2006-2008
Course Director, “Forensic Psychiatry,” for PGY-4 adult psychiatry residents, five 75 min
classes each (taught four classes myself), Menninger Department of Psychiatry
2006-2008 Core curriculum lecture, “Anxiety Disorders,” psychiatry core curriculum for 3rd year
medical students on their core psychiatry rotation, one hour monthly, Baylor College of
Medicine
2006-2009 Core curriculum lectures to nursing students, “Schizophrenia” and “Suicide: Facts and
Risk Assessment,” two one hour classes, Texas Women’s University, School of Nursing
2007-02/14 Core curriculum lectures, Neuroscience and Human Behavior Course for 1st year medical
students, three lectures: 1) “Legal Issues In Medicine and Psychiatry,” 2) “Anxiety
Disorders,” and 3) “Anxiolytics,” three classes of 60 min each yearly, Baylor College of
Medicine
2007-02/14 Course Co-Director, “Psychiatry and The Law,” seminar for PGY-3 adult, PGY-4 adult, and
child psychiatry residents, 12 classes of 75 min each, (teach five classes myself),
University of Texas Medical Branch
2008-02/14 Core curriculum lecture, “Anxiety Disorders” NeuroPsych Course, one hour yearly,
Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
2008-02/14 Core curriculum course lecture in the course “New Therapies Course for PGY-3
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Psychiatry Residents,” lecture “Addiction Therapies: Community and Brief Intervention,”
one hour yearly, Menninger Department of Psychiatry
2008
Seminar course lecture in the Apex Capstone elective seminar course “Integrative Clinical
Experiences,” class on emergency psychiatry, one 60 min class, medical school teaching,
Baylor College of Medicine
2008-2/14
LACE IAT Small Group Facilitator, LACE small group session, “Best Intentions,” medical
school education, one 60 min class yearly, Baylor College of Medicine
2009-2/14
Core curriculum course lectures in the course “Psychopharmacology,” class on
”Antidepressants 1 and 2,” to PGY-psychiatry residents, two classes of each one hour
yearly, Menninger Department of Psychiatry
2009-02/14 Facilitator, Apex course class “Medical Legal Issues” for graduating 4th year medical
students, Baylor College of Medicine
2009-02/14 Facilitator, Apex course class “Recognizing & Overcoming Personal Obstacles During
Internship” for graduating 4th year medical students, Baylor College of Medicine
2010
Core curriculum course lectures in the course “Psychopharmacology,” class on
“Depot Antipsychotics” and class on “Clozaril” to PGY-2 psychiatry residents, two classes
of one hour each, Menninger Department of Psychiatry
2010-02/14 Lecture, “Suicide Risk Assessment,” during PGY-1 resident orientation, 90 min, Menninger
Department of Psychiatry
2010-2011
Core curriculum lectures to primary care residents, Kelsey-Seybold tract, classes on
recognition and treatment of depression, psychosis, anxiety disorders, and suicide, four
one hour lectures, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine
2011-02/14 Longitudinal Ambulatory Care (LACE) Underserved Care Pathway Students’ course,
class on “Disparities in Mental Health Care,” one hour yearly, medical school
education, Baylor College of Medicine
2011
Facilitator, Apex course class “Teaching 101: Basis Teaching Concepts, Feedback &
Evaluation” for graduating 4th year medical students, Baylor College of Medicine
2011-02/14 Lecture, “Clinical Report Writing and Documentation,” during PGY-1 resident orientation,
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90 min, Menninger Department of Psychiatry
2011-02/14 Course Co-Director and lectures on psychiatry to neurology residents, 10 classes each
one hour yearly, (taught four myself), Department of Neurology, Baylor College of
Medicine
2011-12
Course Co-Director and lectures, educational seminars to behavioral health specialists,
Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP), three-hour class monthly (taught one
hour four times yearly), Menninger Department of Psychiatry,
2012-02/14 Core curriculum lecture in the course ”DSM-IV,” class “Schizophrenia and other Psychotic
Disorders,” three-hour class yearly, to social work graduate students, Graduate College of
Social Work, University of Houston
2012-02/14 Core curriculum lectures on Psychiatry and the Law to psychiatry residents, seven classes
of 90 min each yearly, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University
of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
03/14-p
Core curriculum lectures, psychiatry residency program, Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/12-p
Forensic Psychiatry Course, psychiatry residency program, Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Non-Didactic Teaching
01-06/95
Neurology Fellow, teaching and supervising three medical students during their four-week
neurology research elective at the Methodist Hospital/Outpatient Clinic throughout the
Year, Baylor College of Medicine
07/98-12/98 Psychiatry Intern teaching and supervising medical students at Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons during their five-week inpatient psychiatry rotation at
Stamford Hospital
01/99-05/99 Medical Intern teaching and supervising medical students at Columbia University College
of Physicians & Surgeons during their Internal Medicine rotation at Stamford Hospital 07/9806/02 Psychiatry Resident teaching and supervising medical students at Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons during their inpatient, outpatient, and emergency room
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rotations in psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and The New YorkPresbyterian Hospital
07/01-12/01 Psychiatry Resident teaching and supervising medical students at Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons during their five-week rotation in psychiatry at the
Neuro-6 Clinic at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital
07/02-06/03 Forensic Fellow teaching medical students, law students, and psychiatric residents of
Case Western Reserve University on how to perform forensic psychiatric evaluations at the
Cuyahoga Court Psychiatric Clinic
10/03-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist supervising psychiatry residents at the residents’ clinic, Department
of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
07/04-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist individual supervision of PGY-2 UTMB resident, one hour every
other week throughout the year, the University of Texas Medical Branch
10/03-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, Clear Lake and Market Street Outpatient Clinics, Department of
Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch
10/03-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, Residents’ Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, The University of
Texas Medical Branch
07/04-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, supervising PGY-3 psychiatry residents BenTaub Residents’ Clinic,
Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
07/04-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, teaching and consulting with around 25 primary care medicine
faculty physicians for 12 hours per week at Strawberry Health Community Center, Gulfgate
Clinic, and Martin Luther King Clinic, Harris Health System
07/05-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, directly teaching and consulting with around 20 primary care
medicine faculty physicians and consulting with around 130 primary care faculty
physicians, and teaching two to three primary care residents, one psychiatry resident, and
three nursing students for 16 hours per week in the Harris Health System Community
Behavioral Health Program (22 centers/partners), Harris Health System
2005-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, teaching and supervising seven PGY-3 psychiatry residents for 12
hours per week at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Ben Taub General Hospital, Baylor
College of Medicine
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07/05-06/06 Attending Psychiatrist, teaching one to two PGY-1 residents and three medical students
for four hours in the Ben Taub General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Center, Baylor
College of Medicine
07/06-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, teaching one to two PGY-1 residents and three medical students in
the Ben Taub General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Center or on the Consultation
Liaison Service when faculty is out, about four hours a month
07/05-09
Attending Psychiatrist, teaching one to two primary care residents, one psychiatry
resident, and three nursing students eight hours per week at Strawberry Community
Center, Community Behavioral Health Program, Harris Health System
07/05-06/08 Forensic Psychiatrist, teaching and providing curbside consultations to psychologists and
internists, Federal Detention Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons
08/05-08
Attending Psychiatrist, teaching a LACE (Longitudinal Ambulatory Clinical Experience)
medical student four hours per week at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Ben Taub
General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
07/05-06/12 Attending Psychiatrist, supervising initially nine, then later on 18 BCM social work
therapists, Community Behavioral Health Program, about four to six hours/month
04/-04-2012 Resident Mentor, worked with residents on clinical and research projects, e.g., Dr. Rhoda
Seplowitz implemented a Psychiatric OB Clinic and received a $50,000 research grant.
Co-Chief Resident Dr. Stephanie Kwok presented her study at the Southern Group on
Educational Affairs in 4/11 and received the Outstanding Poster Award by a Trainee. Dr.
Kwok also presented her poster at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association and it was accepted for presentation at the World Congress of Psychiatry in
Buenos Aires in 9/11, Baylor College of Medicine
2005-02/14 Faculty Mentor, four to five BCM junior faculty, half to one hour/week or every other week,
Baylor College of Medicine
07/05-02/14 Clinical Skills Examiner (Oral Mock Boards) for psychiatry residents, Menninger
Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
02/07-02/14 Oral Presentation Examiner for Medical Student at the end of their psychiatry core
rotation, Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
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02/07-11/09 Medical Director, supervising seven to nine non- BCM clinical case managers, Texas
DMIE Project, about one to two hours/month, Baylor College of Medicine
10/06-02/14 Interviewer for Applicants to the Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Menninger
Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
07/07-06/09 Attending Psychiatrist, weekly supervision of one senior psychiatry resident who then
became a junior faculty and who implemented an OB Psychiatry Clinic at the Ben Taub
General Hospital and at Peoples Community Center. Menninger Department of
Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
07/07-06/08 Deputy Chief of Psychiatry, supervision of duties and assignments of the Ben Taub Chief
Resident, Ben Taub General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
07/08-06/12 Chief of Psychiatry, supervision of duties and assignments of the Ben Taub Chief
Resident, Ben Taub General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
09/08-06/12 Assistant Director of Psychiatry Residency Education, Menninger Department of
Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
2009-2010
Oral Examiner for the Psychiatry Clinical Skills Evaluation for psychiatry residents,
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
01/10-12/10 Fellowship Mentor for Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr. McClain Sampson, Ph.D.,
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
07/00-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, teaching and supervising one PGY-2 resident and three medical
students for four hours on weekends in the Ben Taub General Hospital Psychiatric
Emergency Center, Baylor College of Medicine
07/05-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison Service, Ben Taub General Hospital, teaching
and supervising two PGY-2 residents and four medical students, on average one and a
half days day per month between 07/2005 -12/12, then one day per week from 01/13
onwards, Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine
03/14-p
Attending Physician supervising and teaching residents, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Service, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Patient Care Responsibility
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07/89-06/02 Psychiatry Intern and Resident, General Psychiatry, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons and The New York State Psychiatric Institute
01/99-05/99 Medical Intern, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, The New YorkPresbyterian Hospital New York, New York, and Stamford Hospital
09/00-07/03 Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Stamford Hospital
12/01-03/03 Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Hospital
07/02-06/03 Forensic Fellow, Case Western Reserve University, Psychopharmacological treatment of
Mentally Ill Offenders, Outpatient Clinic, Recovery Resources
10/03-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, Clear Lake and Market Street Outpatient Clinics, Department of
Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch
10/03-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, Residents’ Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, The University of
Texas Medical Branch
05/04-2005 Staff Psychiatrist, Harris County Jail, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of
Harris County
07/04-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Ben Taub General Hospital
07/04-06/05 Attending Psychiatrist, Community Health Centers (Gulfgate Community Center, Martin
Luther King Center, and Strawberry Community Center), Harris Health System
07/05-06/08 Forensic Psychiatrist for Affiliated Medical Services, Federal Detention Center, Federal
Bureau of Prisons
07/05-06/12 Attending Psychiatrist, Community Behavioral Health Program, Harris Health System
07/05-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Emergency Room, Ben Taub General Hospital
07/05-02/14 Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation Liaison Service, Ben Taub General Hospital
03/14-p
Attending Psychiatrist, OU Physicians and OU Medical Center,The University of Oklahoma,
Oklahoma City, OK
Administrative Assignments
01/04-06/05 Member, Residency Miscellaneous Topics Curriculum Committee (includes Forensic
Psychiatry), Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas
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2005
Founder, Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP)
07/05-06/12 Director, Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP), program
focuses on integrated collaborative mental health services in the primary care setting,
catchment area of 4.0 million people in Harris County, Texas
07/05-02/14 Director, Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
07/05-06/12 Member, Community Behavioral Health Program Steering Committee, Harris Health
system, Houston, Texas
10/05-12/08 Ex-Officio Member, Community Health Program Executive Committee, Harris Health
System, Houston, Texas
12/05-09
Member, Expert Advisory Panel, Texas Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative, Harris Health
System, Houston, Texas
02/06-06/12 Member, Outcomes Research Team, Community Behavioral Health Program, Harris
Health System in conjunction with The University of Texas School of Public Health, Harris
Health System, Houston, Texas
03/06-02/14 Member, Ethics Committee, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston,
Texas
03/06-06/12 Member, EPIC (Electronic Medical Records) Workgroup for Psychiatry, Harris Health
System, Houston, Texas
06/06-08/10 Medical Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
(DMIE) grant in the amount of $27 million by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), in collaboration with Texas Department of State Health Services, Harris
Health System, UT Austin Addiction Research Institute, Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A & M, UT Houston School of Public Health, UT School of Medicine Health
Science Center at Houston, and Baylor College of Medicine
08/06-02/14 Member, CNS Subcommittee of the Pharmacology & Therapeutics Committee, Ben Taub
General Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas
08/06-06/08 Designee for Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris Health System,
Houston, Texas
2/07-06/08
Deputy Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris Health System, Houston,
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Texas
02/07-06/12 Member, Quality Review Council, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System,
Houston, Texas
02/07-06/12 Member, Psychiatry Residency Education Program Committee, The Menninger
Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
04/07-10/07 Member, Task Force MedPsych Unit, Ben Taub General Hospital, implementation of
MedPsych Unit which was opened on 10/15/07, Houston, Texas
02/08-06/12 Member, EPIC (Electronic Medical Records) Ambulatory Care Group, Harris Health
System, Houston, Texas
02/08-10/08 Member, Task Force additional 20 Bed Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Ben Taub General
Hospital and additional 24 Bed Unit at Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, Texas
06/08-02/14 Member, E1 Psychiatry Faculty Storm Team, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
07/08-06/12 Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris Health System (HHS), duties
included administrative oversight of all psychiatric service lines: General Psychiatry
Outpatient Clinic, General Child Outpatient Clinic, Intensive Outpatient Program, STAR
Day Program, Step-Up Outpatient Program, Psychology Service Lines, Group
Psychotherapy Program, Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Service, MedPsych Unit 5D, Child Hospital Services, Emergency Psychiatric Center,
Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP) with 19 locations; implementation of new
service lines such as telepsychiatry services, MedPsych Inpatient Unit 5D, C/L Follow-up
Clinic, EC Follow-up Clinic, Trauma Clinic, and Psych OB Clinic. Lean reorganization of
established service lines such as complete reprogramming of the inpatient unit to shorten
ALOS (ALOS was shortened from 18-20 days to 6.8 days/ month) and top to bottom
reorganization of the Psychiatric Emergency Center (new staffing, new/additional shifts,
new and improved interface between psychiatry and main Medicine EC). Oversight of
service productivity, quality performance review, quality improvement, development and
implementation of psychiatric performance indicators, hiring of faculty, faculty clinical and
teaching assignments, resident assignments, liaison to other medical and surgical
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specialties, searching and applying for additional research and treatment grants/funds to
expand service capacity and advance treatment options. Service staffing: about 47
faculty/ therapists (36.4 FTE, clinical and research), additional 15-16 non-paid faculty, 51
rotating residents (18-16.65 FTE), 75 FTE of nursing staff, Houston, Texas
07/08-06/12 Member, Executive Committee, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
07/08-06/12 Member, Departmental Executive Committee, The Menninger Department of Psychiatry,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
07/08-09/08 Interim Director, Psychiatric Emergency Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
09/08-06/12 Assistant Director of Psychiatry Residency Education, The Menninger Department of
Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
09/08-06/12 Member, Directors’ Residency Training Group, The Menninger Department of Psychiatry,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
01/09-06/12 Member, Executive Committee, Community Health Program, Harris Health System,
Houston, Texas
02/09-06/13 Member, Faculty Appointment & Promotion Committee, Menninger Department of
Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
07/09-06/12 Member, Admissions Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
11/09-07/10 Interim Director, Psychiatric Emergency Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
01/10-06/12 Member, AMS (Affiliated Medical Services) Practice Leadership Group (APLG) of Baylor
College of Medicine
08/10-02/14 Member, Mood Disorder Research Program, Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor
College of Medicine
10/12-02/14 Member, Committee II, Institutional Setting, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
(LCME) Task Force, Baylor College of Medicine
02/14-p
Chairman of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Chief of Psychiatry, OU Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
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03/14-p
Chairman, Psychiatry Clinical Services Committee at OU Medical Center, Oklahoma
City, OK
03/14- p
Member, OU Medical Center Medical Operations Committee, OU Medical Center,
Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Ex-Officio Member, Endowment Committee, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Chair, Executive Committee, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University
of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Chair, EMR Committee, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University
of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Member, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Committee, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14-p
Member, Performance Improvement Committee, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
07/14-p
Chair, Clinical Council, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
09/14-p
Member, Oklahoma Center of Neuroscience Executive Board, Oklahoma City, OK
Publications
Peer Reviewed Published Papers
1. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. IgG 1 and IgG 3 Subclass Deficiency in ALS. Acta Neurologica
Scandinavica 1993; 87:192-194.
2. Lee L, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An Atypical Chest Pain Syndrome in Silicone Breast
Implant Patients. Southern Medical Journal 1994; 87:978-984.
3. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Adjuvant Breast Disease: A Clinical Evaluation
of 100 Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast.
Keio Medical Journal 1994; 43:79-87.
4. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Human Adjuvant Disease: Presentation as a Multiple SclerosisLike Syndrome. Southern Medical Journal 1996; 89:179-188.
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5. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome in Silicone Breast Implant
Recipients. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 1995; (4):155-163.
6. Patten BM, Ostermeyer Shoaib B. Disquisition on Human Adjuvant Disease. Perspectives in
Biology and Medicine 1995; 38:274-290.
7. Ostermeyer B, Zuchowsky S. Health Care in Prisons: Court Rejects Claims by Prisoners That
Prison’s Mental and Dental Health Care Services Violated Prisoners’ Eighth Amendment. Journal
of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law 2003; (3):383-385.
8. Ostermeyer, B. Integration of Community Psychiatry Into Primary Care Centers in Harris County,
Texas, Harris County Hospital District Community Behavioral Health Program, Houston,
Psychiatric Services, 2007; 58:1366-1368.
9. Begley C, Hickey S, Ostermeyer B, Teske A, Vu T, Wolf J, Kunik M, and Rowan R. Integrated
Behavioral and Primary Health Services in a Public Clinic System: The Harris County Hospital
District Community Behavioral Health Program, Psychiatric Services 2008; 59:356358.
10. Nwokeji ED, Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Christensen K, Spence RT, Reed B, and
Ostermeyer B. Evaluating Patient Adherence to Antidepressant Therapy Among Uninsured
Working Adults Diagnosed with Major Depression: Results of the Texas Demonstration to
Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) Study. Administration and Policy in Mental
Health and Mental Health Services Research, Epmed ahead of print, May 2011.
11. Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Christensen K, Stoner D, Pittman, A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B.
Working Well - The Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment -18
Month Outcomes. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2011; 34(2): 97-106.
12. Ozaki RR, Schneider JI, Hall JP, Moore JM, Linkins KW, Brya JJ, Stoner D, Christensen K,
Wallisch L, Bohman TM, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Personal Navigation, Life Coaching, and
Case Management: Approaches for Enhancing Health and Employment Support Services,
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2011; 34(2):83-95.
13. Mathews S, Shah A, Clark C, Jarun N, Lapidus K, Ostermeyer B, Murrough JS. Ketamine as a
Treatment for Depression: Current Evidence, CNS Drugs,2012; 26(3)189:189-204.
14. Kwok S, Ostermeyer B, Coverdale JH. Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A
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Literature Review and Model Curriculum. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, September,
2012; 4(3):296-300.
15. Seplowitz R, Miller H, Ostermeyer B, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Silver E, Mark Kunik. Utilization of
Psychiatric Services by Postpartum Women in an Low-Income and Mostly Minority Urban
Population, Community Mental Health Journal 2014, (in print.)
16. Johnson SR, Ostermeyer B, Sikes K, Nelsen A, Coverdale JH. Prevalence and Treatment of
Frotteurism in the Community: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law, 2014 (in print.)
17. Nelsen A, Johnson SR, Ostermeyer B, Sikes K, Coverdale JH. Stalking of Physicians: A
Systematic Literature Review. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2014 (in
print.)
Book Chapters
18. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. IgG 1 and IgG 3 subclass deficiency in ALS. In: Rose FC,
ed. New Evidence in ALS/MND Research. Advances in ALS/MND, 2. London: Smith Gordon,
1991, 991:17-25.
19. Patten BM, Ostermeyer Shoaib B. Common Variable Immune Deficiency is Common in ALS and
Reflects Defective Terminal Differentiation of the Bursal Lymphocyte or a Defect in Chromosome
14 or both in ALS. In: Rose FC, ed. ALS, From Charcot to The Present and Into The Future: The
Forbes H. Norris (1928-1993) Memorial Volume. Advances in ALS/MND, 3 London: Smith
Gordon,1994.
20. Feder A, Wigdor Robbins S, Ostermeyer B. Personality Disorders. In: Feldman MD,
Christensen JF, eds. Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care: A Practical Guide, 2d edition. New
York: McGrath-Hill, 2003: 231-252.
Submitted for Peer Reviewed Publication
21. Wallisch L, Bohman, TM, Christensen K, Bennett P, Stoner D, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Access
to Health Care for Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults: Impact of a Case
Management Intervention to Prevent Disability.
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Abstracts
22. Ostermeyer B, Patten BM. IgG 1 and IgG 3 Subclass Deficiency in ALS. Annals of Neurology
1991; 30:301.
23. Ostermeyer B, Patten BM. Adjuvant Breast Disease. Annals of Neurology 1991; 30:271.
24. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Silicone Adjuvant Breast Disease: More Neurologic Cases.
Annals of Neurology 1992; 32:254.
25. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Ashizawa T. Motor Neuron Disease after Silicone Breast Implants
and Silicone Injections Into Face. Annals of Neurology 1992; 32:254.
26. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Rheumatological and Neurological Findings in Silicone
Adjuvant Breast Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1992; 35:66.
27. Brown S, Patten BM, Cooke N, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Jhingran SG. Silicone Breast Implants:
Association with Abnormal SPECT Scans and Memory Defects. Canadian Journal of Neurological
Science 1993; 20:177.
28. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Measurements of IgG Subclasses in Patients with Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis. Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 1993; 20:80.
29. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome Occurring in Women with
Silicone Breast Implant Failure. Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 1993; 20:110.
30. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A High Incidence of Breast Implant Failure in Women with
Neurologic and Rheumatologic Symptoms. Canadian Journal of Neurological Science 1993; 20:79.
31. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An Atypical Multiple Sclerosis Syndrome in Women with
Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast. Canadian Journal of Neurological
Science 1993; 20:156.
32. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Silicone Breast Implants or Silicone Injections Associated
with the Development of Autoimmune Diseases? European Journal of Aesthetic Surgery, 1993.
33. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Systemic Disease in Women Following the Insertion of Saline
Breast Implants. Southern Medical Journal 1993; 86:118.
34. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A Clinical Evaluation of Referred Women with Silicone Breast
Implants and Symptoms. Southern Medical Journal 1993; 86:108.
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35. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Silicone Breast Implants and Silicone Injections Into Breasts
Associated with a Multiple Sclerosis Syndrome. Southern Medical Journal 1993; 86:53.
36. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. The Development of a Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome
Following the Insertion of Silicone Breast Implants. Southern Medical Journal 1993; 86:53.
37. Lu L, Patten BM, Ostermeyer Shoaib B. Noncardiac Chest Pain in Women with Silicone Breast
Implants. Arthritis & Rheumatis 1993; 36:219.
38. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An MS-Like Syndrome in Women with Silicone Breast
Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast. Neurology 1994; 44:A158.
39. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical and Laboratory
Findings in 100 Women. Nerve & Muscle 1994; Suppl 1:263.
40. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Salazar D. An Autoimmune Syndrome with Neurological
Disease Occurring in Women with Saline Breast Implants. Nerve & Muscle 1994; Suppl 1:263.
41. Brown S, Patten BM, Cooke N, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Jhingran SG. SPECT Scan Evaluation
of Women with Breast Implants and Systemic Autoimmune Disease. Nerve & Muscle 1994;
Suppl 1:263.
42. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Adjuvant Breast Disease: Patients with Atypical
Systemic Disease and Implant Failure. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1994; Suppl
2:10.
43. Ostermeyer Shoaib B and Patten BM. An Atypical MS-Like Syndrome Associated with Silicone
Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections into Breast. Canadian Journal of Neurological
Sciences 1994; Suppl 2:18.
44. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An Atypical Motor Neuron Disease Syndrome in Patients with
Breast Implants. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1994; Suppl 4:64.
45. Brown S, Patten BM, Cooke N, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Jhingren SG. Abnormal SPECT Scans
and Impaired Memory in Patients with Adjuvant Breast Disease. Canadian Journal of Neurological
Sciences 1994; Suppl 2:40.
46. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Adjuvant Breast Disease in Patients with Saline Filled Silicone
Elastomer Shell Implants. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1994; Suppl 2:10.
47. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. IgG 1 and IgG 3 Deficiency in Patients with Amyotrophic
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Lateral Sclerosis. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1994; Suppl 2:62.
48. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Abnormal Histopathological Findings in Women
with Systemic Disease after Silicone Breast Implant Surgery or Silicone Fluid Injections Into
Breast. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:468.
49. Brown S, Patten BM, Cooke N, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Jhingren SG. Cerebral Vascular Flow
Defects in Patients with Breast Implants and Memory Problems. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:469.
50. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A Syndrome Resembling Motor Neuron Disease in Women
with Breast Implants. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:469.
51. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An Autoimmune Syndrome Resembling Multiple Sclerosis in
Women with Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breast. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:492.
52. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Abnormal Laboratory and Histopathological Findings in
Women with Systemic Disease and Saline Breast Implants. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:499.
53. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Selective Defect of IgG
Subclass Expression. Brain Pathology 1994; 4:468.
54. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Adjuvant Breast Disease: Clinical Findings and
Implant Failure Rate in Women with Breast Implants or Silicone Fluid Injections Into Breasts.
Southern Medical Journal 1994; 87:S140.
55. Lu L, Patten BM, Ostermeyer Shoaib B. An Atypical Chest Pain Syndrome in Patients with Breast
Implants. Southern Medical Journal 1994; 87:S16.
56. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Brown S, Patten BM, Cooke N, Jhingran SG. Abnormal SPECT Scans
in Silicone Breast Implant Patients. Southern Medical Journal 1994; 87:S138.
57. Payne D, Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Human Papilloma Virus Associated With a Motor
Neuron Disease Syndrome. Annals of Neurology 1994; 36:292.
58. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Neurological Symptoms and Findings in Women after Silicone
Breast Implant Surgery. Association of British Neurologists and the German Neurological Society,
Berlin, Germany, meeting syllabus, June 1993.
59. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Salazar D, Armen G. Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Women
with Silicone Breast Implants. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1995; 22.
60. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. A Multiple Sclerosis-Like Syndrome after Breast Implant
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Surgery. Journal of Neurology 1995; Suppl 2;242(6):99.
61. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Features of a Multiple Sclerosis Syndrome in Women with
Silicone Breast Implants. European Journal of Neurological Sciences, September 1995.
62. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Calkins DS. Systemic Autoimmune Disease with
Neurological Involvement in Women after Silicone Breast Implant surgery. European Journal of
Neurological Sciences, September 1995.
63. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Salazar D, Armen G. Adjuvant Breast Disease: Women with
Silicone Breast Implants and Anticardiolipin Antibodies. Southern Medical Journal 1995; 88:S58.
64. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Salazar D, Armen G. Adjuvant Breast Disease: Women with
Silicone Breast Implants and Anticardiolipin Antibodies. Southern Medical Journal 1995;
88:S151.
65. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Salazar D, Armen G. Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Silicone
Breast Implant Recipients. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, June 1995.
66. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. An MS-Like Syndrome in Women with Silicone Breast Implants; A
Novel Disease with Rheumatological Symptoms. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1995; 38:S264.
67. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Letter to the Editor on Atypical Chest Pain in Silicone Breast
Implant Patients. Southern Medical Journal 1996; 97:99-100.
68. Puszkin S, Ostermeyer B. Histopathological Alterations in Sural Nerve of Silicone Breast Implant
Patients. World Congress of Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Journal of The Neurological
Sciences 1997; 150 (Supp):S122.
69. Ostermeyer B, Patten BM, Puszkin S. A Multiple Sclerosis-Like Syndrome in Silicone Breast
Implant Recipients. World Congress of Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Journal of The
Neurological Sciences 1997; 150 (Supp):S320.
70. Ostermeyer B, Patten BM, Puszkin S. Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Patients with Silicone Gel
Breast Implants. World Congress of Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Journal of The
Neurological Sciences 1997; 150 (Supp):S37.
71. Sorrentino R, Cobb T, Ostermeyer B, Resnick PJ, Zuchowski S. Dissociative Disorder Part I
and Part II: A Case of Murder by a Multiple. Annual meeting All-Ohio Institute on Public Community
Psychiatry, Beachwood, Ohio, syllabus of the meeting, April, 2003.
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72. Ostermeyer B, Cobb T, Sorrentino R, Kluft RP. Continuous Clinical Case Conference Part I: A
Case of Murder and Dissociative Identity Disorder: Real or Malingered Mental Illness?
Continuous Clinical Case. Conference part I, annual APA meeting, San Francisco, syllabus of
the meeting, May 2003.
73. Ostermeyer B, Cobb T, Sorrentino R, Resnick RJ, Kluft RP. Continuous Clinical Case
Conference Part II: A Case of Murder and Dissociative Identity Disorder: Real or Malingered
Mental Illness? Continuous Clinical Case Conference Part II, annual APA meeting, San
Francisco, syllabus of the meeting, May 2003.
74. Cobb T, Sorrentino R, Ostermeyer B, Noffsinger S. Forensic Pitfalls of Dissociative Identity
Disorder. Annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, San Antonio,
Texas, syllabus of the meeting, October 2003.
75. Sorrentino R, Ostermeyer B, Noffsinger S, Resnick PJ, Gutheil T. Deceit & Coercion in The
Quest for Truth: Tricks of The Trade? Annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
The Law, San Antonio, Texas, syllabus of the meeting, October 2003.
76. Sorrentino R, Ostermeyer B, Hershberger J, Scarano V. Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Dirty Old
Men or Prisoners of Age? Annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The
Law in Scottsdale, Arizona, syllabus of the meeting, October 2004.
77. Ostermeyer B, Sorrentino R, Scarano V, Resnick PJ, Scott CL. Pitfalls in Clinical and Forensic
Practice: A Presentation and Discussion of Case Scenarios. Annual meeting of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and The Law in Scottsdale, Arizona, syllabus of the meeting, October 2004.
78. Ostermeyer B, Resnick PJ, Scott CL, Preven D. How to Make Your Best Presentation Now!
Annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal, Canada,
syllabus of the meeting, p71, October 2005.
79. Sorrentino RM, Hatters-Friedman S, Stankowski J, Ostermeyer B. Violent Women: Abusers
and Victims. Annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law, Montreal,
Canada, syllabus of the meeting, p65, October 2005.
80. Sorrentino RM, Hatters-Friedman S, Stankowski J, Ostermeyer B. Psychokillers: Mental
Illness and Homicide. Annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada,
syllabus of the meeting, May 2006.
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81. Ostermeyer B. The Harris Health System Community Behavioral Health Program: Meet The New
Community Psychiatry Primary Care Team. Annual meeting of the Institute of Psychiatry,
American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, syllabus of the meeting, October
2007.
82. Bohman T, Wallisch L, Nwokeji ED, Spence ED, Stoner D, Pittman A, Ostermeyer B, and
Reed B. Work and Health-Related Characteristics of Low-Income Working Adults with Mental
Health and/or Substance Abuse Disorders. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the
College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), San Juan, Puerto Rico, syllabus of the
meeting, June 2008.
83. Wallisch L, Bohman TM, Stoner D, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Health and Healthcare Utilization
Differences Among Singly- and Dually-Diagnosed Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults.
Presentation at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco,
California, syllabus of the meeting, October, 2009.
84. Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Differential Impact of Enhanced Health and
Employment Supports on Patient Health Utilization. Poster presentation at the Addiction
Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, syllabus of the meeting, October, 2009.
85. Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Differential Impact of Enhanced Health and
Employment Supports on Patient Health Care Utilization. Presentation at the Center for Health
Promotion Research Conference, Austin, Texas, syllabus of the meeting March 2010.
86. Wallisch L, Bohman TM, Stoner D, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Health and Health Care Utilization
Differences Among Singly and Dually Diagnosed, Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults.
Presentation at the Center for Health Promotion Research Conference, Austin, Texas,
syllabus of the meeting, March 2010.
87. Christensen K, Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Spence RT, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Uninsured Working Adults’ Perspectives on
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Overcoming Health Care Barriers: Lessons from the Texas DMIE Project. Poster presentation
at the Center for Health Promotion Research Conference, Austin, Texas, syllabus of the
meeting, March 2010.
88. Bohman T, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Spence R, Christensen K, Chimera D, Weatherby T,
Bennett P, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. Outpatient Case Management Impact on
Health and Employment Outcomes Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults.
Conference on The Quality of Behavioral Healthcare: A Drive for Change Through Research,
Clearwater Beach, Florida, syllabus of the meeting, April, 2010.
89. Bohman T, Wallisch L, Christensen K, Spence R, Stoner D, Ostermeyer B, Reed B, Chimera
D. Case Management’s Impact on Working Well’s Participants: Lessons from the Texas DMIE
Project. MIT/DMIE Summit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, syllabus of the meeting, April 2010.
90. Bohman T, Wallisch L, Christensen K, Spence R, Stoner D, Ostermeyer B, Reed B, Chimera
D. Working Well Participants’ 18-Month Outcomes. MIT/DMIE Summit, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, syllabus of the meeting, April 2010
91. Bohman, TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Reed B, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D,
Weatherby T, Bennett P, Pittman A, and Ostermeyer B. Understanding ACG Health Measures
as Outcomes in Longitudinal Research. Paper presentation at Johns Hopkins ACG International
User Conference, Tucson, Arizona, syllabus of the meeting, May 2010.
92. Wallisch L, Bohman T, Stoner D, Ostermeyer B, Reed B, Spence R, Christensen K, Chimera
D, Weatherby T, Bennett P, and Pittman A. Access to Health Care Among Low-Income
Working Adults with Potential Disabilities: Impact of a Case Management Program to Reduce
Dependence on Federal Benefits. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the
Society for Disability Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, syllabus of the meeting, June 2010.
93. Bohman, TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Reed B, Spence RT, Christensen K, Chimera D,
Weatherby, T, Bennett P, Pittman A, and Ostermeyer B. Enhanced Health Benefits Impact on
Medication Utilization Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults with Behavioral Health
Conditions. Paper presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Conference, Boston,
Massachusetts, syllabus of the meeting, June 2010.
94. Nowokeji WD, Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Christenson, Spence R, Ostermeyer B, and
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Reed BC. Evaluating Patient Adherence to Antidepressant Therapy Among Uninsured Working
Adults Diagnosed with Major Depression: 12-month Results from The Texas Demonstration to
Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) Study. Poster presentation at the international
meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Atlanta,
Georgia, syllabus of the meeting, May 2010.
95. Bohman TM, Wallisch L, Christenson K, Spence R, Stoner D, Ostermeyer B, Reed B, and
Chimera D. Impact of a Case Management Program to Reduce Dependence on Federal Benefits
for Low-Income Working Adults with Potential Disabilities. Paper presentation at the annual
meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, Colorado, syllabus of the meeting,
November 2010.
96. Wallisch L, Bohman TM, Christensen K, Spence R, Stoner D, Pittman A, Chimera D, Reed B,
and Ostermeyer B. Assessing Individual Substance Use Based on Information from Multiple
Data Sources: Lessons for Evaluation about Understanding and Reconciling Differences.
Poster presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas,
syllabus of the meeting, November 2010.
97. Kwok S. Coverdale JH, Ostermeyer B. Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A
Model Curriculum. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Group on
Educational Affairs Conference, syllabus p 73, April 2011.
98. Kwok S. Coverdale JH, Ostermeyer B. Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A
Model Curriculum. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association of Psychiatry, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2011.
99. Nwokeji E, Bohman TM, Reed BC, Wallisch L, Ostermeyer B, Stoner, D, Spence R. Evaluating
Medication Adherence with Chronic Cardiovascular Therapies Among Uninsured Working Adults:
Results from The Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE)
Study. Poster presented at the annual international meeting of the International Society
for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research in Baltimore, MD, May 2011.
100. Ostermeyer B, Begley C E, Hickey J S, Teske LA, Vu T, Wolf J, Kunik ME, and Rowan PJ.
The Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP) of Harris Health System. Poster
presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2011.
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101. Bohman, T M, Wallisch L, Christensen K, Stoner D, Pittman A, Reed B, and Ostermeyer B. The USTexas Demonstration To Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE Project): Data From 18
Months Outcomes. Poster presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, September 2011.
102. Nwokeji E, Bohman TM, Ostermeyer B, Wallisch L, Stoner D, Reed B, Spence R, Christensen
K, Chimera D, Weatherby T, Bennett P, and Pittman A. Examining Adherence To
Antidepressants Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working US Adults With Major Depressive
Disorder: Results From The Texas Demonstration To Maintain Independence and
Employment (DMIE) Study. Poster presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, September 2011.
103. Ostermeyer B. Meet The New Integrated Psychiatry Primary Care Team: Psychiatrists and
Primary Care Physicians Working Together at Community Medical Homes. Oral
Communication presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
September 2011.
104. Kwok S, Coverdale JH, Ostermeyer B. Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A
Model Curriculum. Poster presented at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, September 2011.
105. Kwok S, Coverdale JH, Ostermeyer B. Patient Assaults and Threats Against Residents: A
Model Curriculum. Poster presented at the annual Educational Showcase of the Academy of
Distinguished Educators at Baylor College of Medicine, October 2011.
106. Bell H, Bohman T, Wallisch L, Christensen K, Stoner D, Pittman A, Reed B ,and Ostermeyer B.
People with Potentially Disabling Conditions Maintaining Health and Work: Can Case
Management and Expanded Health Supports Help? Poster presented at the Society for Social
Work and Research Sixteenth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 2012.
107. Johnson RS, Ostermeyer B, Sikes K, Coverdale JH. Frotteurism: A Review of Prevalence and
Measurement Tools, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
Montreal, Canada, 2012.
108. Johnson RS, Ostermeyer B, Sikes K, Coverdale JH. When God Commands: A Case
Presentation with Literature Review, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry
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and the Law, Montreal, Canada, 2012.
109. Kwok S, Ostermeyer B, Coverdale JH. Patient Assaults Against Residents: Systemic Review
& Model Curriculum, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
Montreal, Canada, 2012.
110. Nelsen A, Ostermeyer B. Coverdale J, Johnson R, Sikes K. Stalking of Physicians: A
Systematic Literature Review, annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the
Law, Montreal, Canada, 2012.
111. Marden Velasquez M, Sternberg K, Parrish D, Kowalchuk AA, and Ostermeyer B. Behavioral
Health Interventions for Reducing Risk of Alcohol and Nicotine-Exposed Pregnancy: Challenges
and Successes in Public Health Care Settings. Invited presentation as part of the symposium
“Integrated Care for Alcohol and Other Problems: Challenges, Opportunities, and New Directions,”
annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Orlando, Florida, June 2013.
112. Johnson RS, Ostermeyer B, Sikes K A, Nelsen A, and Coverdale JH. The Prevalence of Frotteurism
in the Community: A Systemic Review. Syllabus, annual conference of the American Academy
of Psychiatry and the Law, MidWest Chapter, Columbus, Ohio, 2013.
113. Johnson RS, Coverdale JH, Sikes K A, Nelsen A, and Ostermeyer B. When God Commands: A
Case Presentation with Literature Review. Syllabus, annual conference of the American Academy
of Psychiatry and the Law, MidWest Chapter, Columbus, Ohio, 2013.
114. Poa E, Stolar A, Johnson RS, Nelsen A, Sikes K, and Ostermeyer B. What and How to Teach: A
Forensic Curriculum in Residency. Syllabus annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry
and The Law, San Diego, California, 2013.
115. Johnson RS, Ostermeyer B, Sikes KA, Nelsen AJ, Coverdale JH. Prevalence and Treatment of
Frotteurism,” Syllabus, World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, 2014.
116. Nelsen AJ, Johnson RS, Ostermeyer B, Sikes KA, and Coverdale JH. A Systematic Literature
Review: The Prevalence of Physicians who are stalked, Syllabus, World Congress of Psychiatry,
Madrid, Spain, 2014.
117. Ostermeyer B, Lyle LG. Leadership and Communication in Physicians, Syllabus, World Congress of
Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, 2014.
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Other Publications (Editorials, DVDs)
118. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM. Silikon: Verdacht erhaertet. [Silicon: Suspicion Confirmed].
In: Mobil-Rheuma Magazin 1992; 6:25.
119. Ostermeyer Shoaib B, Patten BM, Schoenfelder R. Erstes Seminar ueber rheumatologische
und neurologische Erkrankungen nach Silikonbrustimplantaten am 19.12.92 in Hanover. [First
Seminar about Rheumatological and Neurological Diseases after Silicone Breast Implantation on
12.19.92 in Hanover]. In: Mobil-Rheuma Magazin 1993; 2:26-27.
120. Ostermeyer B. Guest editorial: Treating The Complex Patient. In: Clinical Psychiatry News,
May 2004.
121. Ostermeyer B. Guest editorial: The Value of Integrated Care. In: Clinical Psychiatry News,
March 2006.
122. Ostermeyer B. The Value of Integrated Care. In: Internal Medicine News, April 2006
123. Begley C, Hickley S, Ostermeyer B, Teske A, and Wolf J. Harris Health System Community
Behavioral Health Program Evaluation 2005/06. Report to Hogg Foundation For Mental Illness,
July 2006.
124. Ostermeyer B, Swann A, Harper RA. DVDs and audiotapes. Mental Health Lecture Series for
Primary Care Physicians, Vol 1: Bipolar Disorder: Recognition and Treatment, Vol. 2:
Overview of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Disruptive
Behavior Disorders and Mood Disorders, Vol 3: Depression Made Simple: A Pragmatic
Treatment Approach for Primary Care Physicians, and Vol 4: Psychosis Made Simple: A
Pragmatic Treatment Approach for Primary Care Physicians, Harris Health System in
Association with Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston, February 2007.
125. Ostermeyer B. Program: Community Behavioral Health Program, Harris County Hospital
District, Houston, Texas. In: CEO Insight Series. The Importance of Community Partnerships.
American Hospital Association, 2010:9-10.
126. Hatters Friedman S, Ostermeyer B. Rappeport Fellows 2012-13. Editorial. Newsletter of the
American Academy of Psychiatry of the Law. Fall 2012.
127. Ostermeyer B Hatters Friedman S. Rappeport Fellows 2013-14. Editorial. Newsletter of the
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American Academy of Psychiatry of the Law. Fall 2013.
128. Ostermeyer B (advisor Lyle L). Annotated Bibliography: Leadership and Communication in
Physicians. Organizational Action Project (MBA program master thesis), November 2013.
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