Expert Details
Sexual Medicine, Sexual Minorities
ID: 726639
California, USA
He is an expert on the evaluation and treatment of sexual concerns, the medical care of sexual minority patients, and the hormonal treatment of transsexuals. He is renown as a critic of the Sex and Gender Diagnoses of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric Association. His professional experience include working as a psychiatric social worker for two years, working with the Criminal Justice Health Services as a director to evaluate and treat sex offenders for four years, providing psychotherapy practice at a private clinical sexology practice for over ten years and working as a chair and professor of sexology at a major medical school focused on sexual medicine.
Expert has over 70 publications on topics such as unusual sexual interest, DSM-V and the gender diagnoses, gender dysphoria and hormonal use, sexual rights of children and adolescents, sadomasochism (SM), reproduction & menopause, homosexualiaty and heterosexuality, bisexuality, psychotherapy with BDSM clients, Paraphilias, Viagra, PDE5 inhibitors, Dyspareunia removal, child and adolescent psychiatry regarding sex and gender issues, gender dysphoric patients, anti-aging sexual medicine, Transvestitic fetishism, sexual minorities, sexual addiction, paraphilias, safe sex, socio-sexual issues and alcoholism, drug use and its affect on sex and drug use and its relationship to sexual dysfunction.
His expertise extends into the pharmaceutical and therapeutic aspect of sexual medicine, treatment, prevention and diagnosis of various oncology and sexual conditions. He provides psychological consultation and services as well as medical services and consultation as a board certified medical doctor in internal medicine.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1991 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Hahnemann University School of Medicine |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: Ph.D | Subject: Medical Sciences | Institution: Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality |
| Year: 1975 | Degree: M.S.W. | Subject: Social Work | Institution: University of Washington, School of Social Work |
| Year: 1974 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Physics | Institution: State University of New York |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1994 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Practitioner | Department: Health Care |
Responsibilities:Expert works as a private Practitioner in Internal Medicine and Sexual Medicine. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Advanced Education |
Responsibilities:Expert works as a professor of Sexology and is the Department Chair for the Department of Sexual Medicine. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1991 | Employer: Clinical Sexology Private Practice | Title: Psychotherapist | Department: Health Care Clinic |
Responsibilities:Expert worked as a psychotherapist focusing on patients with sexual issues. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2000 to Present | Country / Region: International | Summary: Expert is a charter member and an active member of the Advisory Committee in the International Association for the Treatment of Sex Offenders. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of numerous prestigious associations including the American Medical Association and California Medical Association, San Francisco Medical Society, American College of Physicians, International Academy of Sex Research and the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. He is also a member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Expert has been board certified in Internal Medicine, as a HIV Specialist, Sexologist and Sex Therapist by various prestigious organizations including the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has also been a certified Social Worker in NY (inactive) and a Sex Therapist and Sex Educator by AASECT (inactive). He is currently a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Physician and Surgeon in the state of California. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Expert serves and has served as a member of the Board of Directors in four of the associations he is affliliated with; he is a Diplomate of the American College of Sexology. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for several printing organizations such as the Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality and the San Francisco Medicine journal. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert has been awarded the Jane Stuart Prize for Excellence in Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, was listed among Who's Who in Sexology and recently recieved the "Outstanding Contributions to Sexual Science" Award. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Expert did his internship in internal medicine at Mt. Zion - University of California at San Francisco and his residency in internal medicine at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in CA. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has over 70 publications in the field of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, including various journal reviews, abstracts, websites, chapters and books. |