SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL LECTURES PRESENTED
Tales of Wounded Workers, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery 37th Annual Conference, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, October 2022.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a Former NFL Athlete, in “Neurological & Neuropsychiatric Perspectives on Post-concussion Syndrome.” Western Occupational Health Conference 2022, Silverado Resort & Spa, October 2022.
Character & Maladaptive Coping in Impaired Professionals, in “The Effects of Substance Abuse on Mind & Body,” California Applicant Attorneys Association 2022 Summer Convention, Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, June 2022.
Wounded Workers: Once Essential but not Forgotten, EZ QME Continuing Education, April 2022.
Wounded Workers: A Myriad of Tales, California Workers’ Compensation Conference, MCLE Network, January 2022.
Wounded Workers: Who Isn’t Essential? Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, December 2021.
Wounded Workers: Victims & Victors, in “Workplace Diversity & Occupational Health in Occupational Medicine,” California El Camino RealAssociation of Occupational Health Nurses, October 2021.
Wounded Workers: Victims, Victors & the Very Fortunate, in “Optimizing Mental Health in the Workplace.” Southern California Education & Research Council, UCLA School of Public Health, September 2021.
Wounded Workers: A Book Reading. Doctors For America’s Book Club, J. Sakran (moderator), July 2021.
Wounded Workers: Let Their Tales Be Told. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz Campus, June 2021.
Wounded Workers: Victims & Victors. Santa Fe Public Library, June 2021.
Wounded Workers: A Psychiatrist Recounts Tales of Workplace Tragedy.
Occupational Medicine Residency Program, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, May 2021.
Wounded Workers: Beat Up, But Not Done. Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, May 2021
Wounded Workers: Complex Cases for Occupational Medicine. Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, December 2020.
Wounded Workers: Complex Injuries from a Psychiatric Perspective. California Applicants Attorneys Association, Monterey Chapter, September 2020.
Wounded Workers: Beat Up & Fought Over. California Orthopedic Association 2020 Meetings (by webinar), April 2020.
Mental Health Session, R. Larsen, V. Bokarius. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Squaw Creek, June 2017.
Mental Health Session, R. Larsen, C. Munday. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, San Diego, June 2016.
Mental Health Session, R. Larsen, T. Preston, D. Kauss, L. Rosenthal. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Long Beach, June 2015.
Evidence Based Medicine, M. Belsky, J. Kirz, R. Larsen, L. Snook. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Sacramento, June 2014.
Mental Health Session, R. Larsen, R. Lieberman, S. McCormack. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Newport Beach, June 2013.
Mental Health Session, R. Larsen, R. Rassp, R. Lieberman. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Santa Clara, CA, June 2011.
Surviving and Thriving in a Deposition, Mock Depositions of: R. Larsen, P.J. Mandell and J. Ng. California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar, Santa Clara, CA, June 2011.
Psychiatric Impairments, State Bar of California, Workers’ Compensation Section, Spring Conference 2010, Universal City and Concord, CA, March 2010; California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, Santa Rosa, July 2010; Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, U.C. Berkeley, Current Trends in Workers’ Compensation, Oakland, July 2012.
Emotional Resilience as a Response to Trauma and Illness, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Mid-Summer Seminar (co-chair), Berkeley, July 2008.
Psychiatric Updates for Workers’ Compensation and Employment Law Attorneys (seminar moderator), Center for Occupational Psychiatry, San Francisco, January 2005.
Common Psychiatric Conditions in the Workplace, North Bay Workers’ Compensation Association, Santa Rosa, CA, July 2003.
Psychiatric Syndromes Common to the Workplace, Advances in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, May 2003.
The Psychiatric Fitness for Duty Exam, Advances in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, May 2003.
Psychiatric Syndromes Common to the Workplace, Center for Occupational & Environmental Health (U.C., Berkeley), Concord, CA, July 2002; Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, San Francisco, May 2003.
The Psychiatric Fitness-for-Duty Examination, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA, May 2002.
Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders and Malingering: Who Should Be Responsible?, Northern California Applicant Attorneys Association, San Francisco, California, January 2002.
Ethics and the Role of the Physician in Workers’ Compensation and Protecting Injured Workers’ Privacy, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Aptos, California, June 2001.
Industrial Medical Council Update, Industrial Claims Association, San Francisco, May 2001.
Psychiatric Disability and Treatment Strategies, Occupational Safety and Health Institute, UCSF, Oakland CA, August 2000.
Victims in the Workplace: Awful to Optimal Outcomes, APA Committee on Psychiatry in the Workplace, American Psychiatric Association, Chicago IL, May 2000.
The Psychiatric Fitness for Duty Examination, National Workers’ Compensation & Occupational Medicine Seminar, San Diego, March 2000; American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, May 2002; American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, Newport Beach, October 2002; Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, San Francisco, May 2003.
Chronic Pain Management in the 21st Century, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Summer Seminar, Monterey, July 1999.
Psychiatric Disability Evaluation, Industrial Claims Association, San Francisco, February 1999.
Delayed Recovery and Confidentiality, Industrial Medical Council, Costa Mesa, CA, October 1998.
Fibromyalgia: Odyssey or Oddity, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Dana Point, CA, July 1998.
Workplace Harassment, American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, June 1998.
Emerging Issues in Mental Health Cases, National Employment Law Institute, Americans with Disabilities Act Briefing, San Francisco, April 1998.
Maximizing Psychiatric Disability, California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, Monterey CA, December 1997.
Treatment of the Traumatized Employee, American College of Psychiatrists, Kauai, Hawaii, February 1997.
Procare: A Program for Proactive Prevention and Intervention of Industrial Psychiatric Injuries, 25th International Congress on Occupational Health, Stockholm, Sweden, September 1996.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment Guidelines for the Injured Employee, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, San Antonio, May 1996; American Psychiatric Association, New York, May 1996; UCSF Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, September 1996.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological Sequelae of Work Place Trauma, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Las Vegas, May 1995; California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Squaw Creek, July 1995.
Occupational Psychiatry: Introduction & Overview, Course given with B. Grant & L. Sperry, American Psychiatric Association, Miami, May 1995; New York, May 1996.
Workers’ Compensation Stress Claims: Causes & Prevention, Academy of Organizational & Occupational Psychiatry, San Diego, January 1994; American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Las Vegas, May 1995.
Psychiatric Assessment and Ethical Concerns in Stress Claims, Conference of California Workers’ Compensation Judges, San Diego, October 1993.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: A Psychiatric Perspective and Ethical Issues in Occupational Medicine, National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar, Cape Cod, July 1993.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: A Psychiatric Perspective, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Carmel Valley, July 1993.
Industrial Psychiatric Claims from the Psychiatrist’s Point of View, California Compensation Seminars, Burbank, June 1993.
Disability, Work Stress and Undiagnosed Anxiety Disorders, discussant, Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry, San Francisco, May 1993.
Recent California Legislative and Regulatory Changes, Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar, San Francisco, March 1993.
Actions of the Industrial Medical Council, Industrial Claims Assn, Walnut Creek, January 1993 course.
Control of the Psychiatric Disability Evaluation Process, Conference of California Workers’ Compensation Judges, San Francisco, October 1992.
Management of Occupational Health Problems in Primary Care Settings, UC Berkeley, April 1992.
The Importance of Sports Psychology to Performance, Calif. Society Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Sports Medicine Seminar, Scottsdale, March 1992.
The Psychiatric Component of Functional Capacity Assessment, American Academy Disabled Evaluating Physicians, Kansas City, November 1991.
Psychiatric Disability Evaluation, Workers’ Compensation Advisor, October 1991.
Workers’ Compensation Reform, Cleanup and Beyond”, Industrial Claims Association, June 1991 panel.
Workers’ Compensation, with James Cuneo, Esq., Occupational and Environmental Medicine Symposium, University of California, Davis, May 1991.
Psychological Pollution, American College of Occupational Medicine, Annual Meetings, San Francisco, May 1991.
Management of Occupational Health Problems in Primary Care Settings, Center Occupational Environmental Health, UC Berkeley, March 1991 seminar.
Treatment and Medical Legal Issues Under the New Workers’ Compensation System, Industrial Claims Association, San Francisco, March 1991 course.
Assessment and Management of Psychosocial Problems, UCSF School of Nursing, 1991 course.
Psychiatric Workers’ Compensation Cases, American Academy Organ and Occupational Psychiatry, Annual Meetings, Phoenix, January 1991.
Stress, Hypertension and Heart Disease, (moderator), California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Winter Seminar, Puerto Vallarta, December 1990.
Ethics in Occupational and Forensic Psychiatry, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, San Diego, October 1990 meetings.
Handling Stress Claims, Medical-Legal Evaluations in the 90’s Seminar, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, 1989.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Violence in the Workplace, Occupational & Environmental Medical Grand Rounds, UCSF, 1989; Industrial Claims Association, 1989.
DSM III-R: Relevance of Psychiatric Diagnosis to the Working Population, Occupational & Environmental Medical Grand Rounds, UCSF, 1989.
Psychiatric Work Injury: A California Perspective, American Psychiatric Association annual meetings, 1989.
Ethical Dilemmas in the Evaluation & Treatment of Injured Workers, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Winter Seminar (chair), Palm Desert, 1988.
Work & Mental Health (co-chair), University of California, San Francisco, 1988.
Medicolegal Ethics: A Panel Discussion, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Winter Seminar (chair), 1987.
Difficult Clinical Cases, California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery. Psychiatric Guidelines Seminar, 1987.
Proposed Changes in Psychiatric Disability Rating, California Applicant Attorneys Association meetings, 1987.
Evaluation of the Potentially Violent Worker, Work & Mental Health (co-chair), University of California, San Francisco, 1987.
Characteristics of a `Stress’ Claims Population, Work & Mental Health (co-chair), University of California, 1986; American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, 1986; California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Winter Seminar (co-chair), 1986.
Psychiatric Injury: Clinical Concepts for the Practicing Attorney, California Applicant Attorneys Association, 1986.
Psychiatry, Medical Societies & Impaired Doctors, American Psychiatric Association meetings, 1985.
Career: Power, Competence, Change, Conference on Mid-Life Issues, UCSF Medical Center, 1985.
State Medical Societies: Their Perception & Handling of Impairment, AMA 6th National Conference on the Impaired Physician, 1984.
The California Diversion Program for Impaired Physicians, American Psychiatric Association meetings, 1983.
The Impaired Physician, Grand Rounds: Mills Memorial Hospital, 1985; Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, 1983; Department of Medicine, UCSF, 1983; Department of Psychiatry, Pacific Medical Center, 1983; Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary’s Hospital, 1982.
The Meaning of Work, Grand Rounds, Division of Occupational Medicine, UCSF, 1982.
Dangerousness & Substance Abuse in Emergency Psychiatric Presentations, American Public Health Association meetings, 1981.
The California Model for Treatment of the Impaired Physician, American Public Health Association meetings, 1981.
A Resident’s Perspective of Training: An Opportunity for Personal Growth, American Psychiatric Association meetings, 1980.
