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Licensure
Medical License, California
Drug Enforcement Agency
Qualified Medical Examiner

Honors
Alexander Simon Award, June 2001
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Alumni Faculty Interdisciplinary Award, June 2001
N.A.K.A. Award, June 2001
Golden Brick Award, June 1997
SOMA Award, June 1995
Upjohn Award, June 1995
Ciba-Geigy Award, June 1993
Graduation with Honors in Biology, Stanford University, June 1991
Athletic Director's Honor Roll, Stanford University, Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters 1989

Research, Current
"WorkCover." WorkCover is a project designed to examine the evaluation process used by clinicians to determine levels of psychiatric disability amongst injured workers in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. The results of the project will be used to develop more standardized and reliable scales for future determinations by clinicians in those regions.

Research, Fellowship
An examination of physician attitudes towards physician assisted suicide. Advisor: Renee Binder, M.D.

Publications
Chamberlain, John R. "Approaches to Somatoform Disorders in Primary Care." John Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 3(8) 2003: 438-447.

Chamberlain, John R and Stuart Eisendrath: Somatization. In: Mitchell D. Feldman and John F. Christensen (editors): Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care A Practical Guide 2nd edition, New York, New York, McGraw-Hill (in press).

Eisendrath, Stuart and John R. Chamberlain: Psychiatric Problems. In: Frederic S. Bongard and Darryl Y. Sue (editors): Current Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd edition, New York, New York, McGraw-Hill (2002).

Chamberlain, John R. "Virtual Therapy? E-Health? Cyber-offices?" The Northern California Psychiatric Physician 41(8) 2000: 7, 16.

Chamberlain, John R. "Can't We Just Strap 'Em Down?" The Northern California Psychiatric Physician 41(6) 2000: 5.

Chamberlain, John R. "Psychiatry and Medicine." The Northern California Psychiatric Physician 41(4) 2000: 5.

Chamberlain, John R., Greg Maron. "Why are Young Physicians Unionizing?" San Francisco Medicine 73(1) 2000: 27.

Chamberlain, John R., James Truong, and Gabriel Wasserman. "Med Students Practice What They Preach." California Physician 10(1993): 29.

Invited Presentations and Lectures
April 8, 2004 Caro Center (State Hospital), Caro Michigan, Grand Rounds, "Control of Acute Agitation in the Emergency Setting."

April 6, 2004 California Pacific Medical Center, Memory Disorders Clinic Teaching Rounds, "The Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Patients with Dementia."

March 30, 2004 Fairview Development Center (State Psychiatric Hospital) Costa Mesa, CA, Grand Rounds, "Long Term Management of Psychosis and Optimizing Patient Function."

March 11, 2004 University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry for Primary Care course, "Somatoform Disorders."

March 2, 2004 California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, "Treatment of Depression in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease."

February 6, 2004 San Francisco Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, "The Detection and Assessment of Cognitive Disorders."

May 28, 2003 California State Prison, Mental Health Services Educational Conference, "Recognition and Treatment of Impulsive Aggression."

April 15, 2003 California Pacific Medical Center, "Recognition and Treatment of Depression in Cancer Patients."

March 7, 2003 University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry for Primary Care course, "Somatoform and Factitious Disorders."

November 13, 2002 University of California San Francisco Chaplains' Service Teaching Conference, "Psychiatric Symptoms in the Acute Care Hospital."

October 27, 2002 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting Research in Progress, "Physician Assisted Suicide: Results of the AAPL Survey."

October 27, 2002 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting Panel Moderator, "Career Advice for the Early Career Forensic Psychiatrist."

August 20, 2002 California Pacific Medical Center Medicine Grand Rounds, "End of Life Decisions and the Terminally Ill."

July 17, 2002 University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry Teaching Conference, "Violence Risk Assessment."

May 29, 2002 University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, "Physician Assisted Suicide: A Comparison of the Attitudes of Forensic Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Residents, and Medical Students."

March 27, 2002 University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, "Serial Killers and Jack the Ripper: A Forensic Profile Analysis."

March 7, 2002 Forensic Mental Health Association of California Annual Conference, "Serial Killers and Jack the Ripper: A Forensic Profile Analysis."

February 28, 2002 University of California San Francisco Medical Student Lunch Conference, "The Utility of Forensic Profiling in Understanding Violent Behavior."

February 19, 2002 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Psychiatric Outcomes Conference, "Risk Assessment in Civil Forensic Psychiatry." February 9, 2002 Northern California Psychiatric Society Career Fair Panel, "Career Opportunities for Early Career Psychiatrists."

December 18, 2001 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Psychiatric Outcomes Conference, "Risk Assessment and the Tarasoff Rulings."

November 5, 2001 St. Mary's Medical Center McCauley Institute Grand Rounds, "Civil Commitment of Juveniles."

October 30, 2001 St. Francis Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Grand Rounds, "The Serial Murderer Revisited."

September 20, 2001 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Bipolar Affective Disorders Focus Clinic Conference, "Lithium and the Kidney."

August 28, 2001 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Psychiatry Residents Grand Rounds, "Moonlighting and the Psychiatric Resident." July 12, 2001 Dinner Program, "Provigil: A Novel Wake Promoting Agent."

May 23, 2001 UCSF Resident Dinner Program, "An Update on the Newest Atypical Antipsychotic."

April 26, 2001 UCSF Transplant Service Grand Rounds, "Patient Selection for Liver Transplant."

April 9, 2001 UCSF School of Medicine Pharmacology Course, "Antidepressant Selection in Clinical Practice."

April 3, 2001 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Psychiatry Residents Grand Rounds, "Psychiatric Evaluation of the Transplant Candidate."

January 11, 2001 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Bipolar Affective Disorders Focus Clinic Conference, "Lithium and the Kidney."

December 3, 1999 San Francisco VA Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, "Adverse Reactions in Psychiatric Practice."

October 12, 1998 UCSF Psychiatric Consultation Rounds, "Frontal Lobe Syndromes."

Teaching
Instructor for the Third Year Medical Student "Consolidated Core Psychiatry Clerkship Case-Based Conference," December 2000 to June 2001.

Coordinator of weekly core lecture series in psychiatry at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, January 2000 to June 2001.

Small Group Instructor for UCSF School of Medicine Psychiatry 131 (Second Year Medical Student Psychiatry Course). January to March 2000.

Instructor for Psychiatry Intern Consultation, Liaison, and Emergency Psychiatry Course. January 1999 to present.

Leadership Activities
President Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Alumni Faculty Association. Term: July 2002 to June 2003.

Member Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Adult Inpatient Unit Pain Assessment Committee, July 2002 to present.

Member Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Adult Inpatient Unit Medical Clearance Committee, July 2002 to present.

Member Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Adult Inpatient Unit Acuity Assessment Committee, July 2002 to present.

Chairman of California Psychiatric Association Mental Health Advocacy Training Committee, May 2002 to present.

Area VI Early Career Psychiatrist Deputy Representative to the American Psychiatric Association Assembly, May 2002 to present.

Chairman of Northern California Psychiatric Society Early Career Psychiatrist Committee, February 2002 to present.

Chairman of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Early Career Committee, October 2001 to present.

Extracurricular Activities, Fellowship
Member of the "Pharmaceutical Representatives Committee" at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. Charged by the chairman of the department with developing institutional policies regarding interactions with the pharmaceutical industry. August 2001 to present.

Board member Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Alumni Faculty Association. August 2001 to present.

Extracurricular Activities, Residency
Designed and implemented a morbidity and mortality conference for the department of psychiatry.

Designed and implemented a specialized psychiatric clinic for evaluation of transplant candidates prior to operation.

Member of Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee for the Northern California Psychiatric Society, October 2000 to present.

Resident Councilor for the Northern California Psychiatric Society, May 2000 to June 2001.

Coordinator of a monthly journal club on forensic psychiatry, August 2000 to December 2000.

Member American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Early Career Committee.

Member Medical Staff Training Committee, July 1999 to July 2000.

Resident coordinator of weekly lunches for Psychiatry Residents and Interns January 1999 to June 2001 (San Francisco Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, and San Francisco General Hospital).

Founding member of UCSF Psychiatry Call Committee, a committee responsible for developing policies and schedules for night and weekend coverage for three hospitals in the UCSF system. October 1998 to June 2001.

Inter-Residency Council for UCSF Psychiatry resident and faculty council, which addresses system wide issues in the residency training program in psychiatry. August 1998 to June 2001.

Extracurricular Activities, Medical School
Doctors Ought to Care (DOC), a student organization dedicated to educating the public on a variety of health issues through public speaking.

Developed DOC curriculum for Child Abuse Education. May 1993.

Co-founded DOC program on Rape Education. January 1993.

Founded DOC program for Spanish language AIDS education. March 1992.

Founded UCSD DOC Tobacco education program. March 1992.

Founding Member of California State DOC Board. November 1992 to present.

Member of National Board of Directors of DOC. September 1992 to June 1994.

Director UCSD DOC. January 1992 to June 1993.

Speaker UCSD DOC (Five to seven lectures per quarter). September 1991 to December 1993.

Employment Experience
Clinical Instructor, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry. September 2002 to present.

Clinical Instructor, Adult Consultation Liaison Service, University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry. September 2002 to present.

Clinical Instructor, Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry. July 2002 to September 2002.

Psychiatric Emergency Services Staff Physician, John George Psychiatric Pavilion. November 1999 to July 2002.

Medical Officer of the Day, St. Francis Memorial Hospital. August 1998 to July 2002.

Professional Memberships
American Medical Association
California Psychiatric Association
Santa Clara County Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
Northern California Psychiatric Society
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
American Association of Emergency Psychiatry
American Academy of Forensic Sciences