Curriculum Vitae
This is an abridged CV; to request the complete CV, please email us at info@gatewaypsychiatric.com.*

Peter Lloyd Forster, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

 University of California, San Francisco

Clinical Director
Gateway Psychiatric Services
211 Gough Street, Suite 211
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 551-0520
Fax: (415) 551-0524


 

Education
 

Dates Attended Institution and Location Degrees Conferred
1985-1989 University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143
Psychiatry Residency
1981-1985 University of California, San Diego,
School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA 91037
M.D. (May, 1985)
1978-1981 Pitzer College
Claremont, CA 91711
B.A. with honors in Psychology

Licenses, Certifications, Etc.
 

1986 Medical License, California
1990 Controlled Substances Registration, DEA
1991 Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (field: Psychiatry)

Professional Experience (abridged)
 

1994-2006 Clinical Director, Gateway Psychiatric Services, San Francisco, CA 94102
1997-2000 Medical Director, Community Mental Health Services
City and County of San Francisco, CA 94103
1994-1997 Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Alameda County Medical Center
John George Psychiatric Pavilion, San Leandro, CA 94578
1994-2000 Affiliated Investigator, Institute for Mental Health Services Research
NIMH Center for Research on the Organization and
Financing of Care for the Severely Mentally Ill
Berkeley, CA 94704-1103
1990-1994 Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES)
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA 94110

Research Activities
See Publications.
 

Service to Professional Publications
 

1999 University of California, Berkeley, Health Services Research, Reviewer
1998-present Comprehensive Psychiatry, Reviewer
1992-2003 Contributing Editor, Journal of Emergency Psychiatry
1992-present Journal of General Hospital Psychiatry, Reviewer
1989-present Journal of the Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Reviewer

Presentations at Scientific and Professional Meetings (abridged)

International

bullet International Association for Emergency Psychiatry, October 1998, "Acute or Crisis Treatment of the Dual Diagnosis Patient," Brussels, Belgium
bullet International Association for Emergency Psychiatry, October 1998, "Emergency Psychiatry and Social Control," Brussels, Belgium
bullet International Association for Emergency Psychiatry, February 1996, "Problems of Emergency Psychiatry," Brussels, Belgium

National

bullet American Psychiatric Association - 51st Institute on Psychiatric Services, October 1999, "Academic Detailing of Community Psychiatrists: Implementing Treatment Guidelines" (presentation), New Orleans, LA
bullet American Psychiatric Association- 49th Institute on Psychiatric Services, October 1997, "Acute Crisis Treatment of the Dual Diagnosis Patient", Washington, DC.
bullet Medical University of South Carolina- Emergency Psychiatry/ Mobile Crisis Program; Southern Regional Emergency Psychiatry Symposium, October 1997, "Assessment and Definitive Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in an Acute Care Setting", Charleston, South Carolina.
bullet US Psychiatric Congress, November, 1995, "Bipolar Disorder Presenting as a Clinical Emergency," New York, New York.
bullet Forty-Seventh Annual Hospital and Community Psychiatry Institute (Psychiatric Services), October 1995, "Rapid Stabilization and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder," (presentation) Boston, Massachusetts.
bullet American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 1994 "Suicide Assessment in the Acute or Outpatient Setting" (presentation), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
bullet American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists, June 1993, "Innovations in Urban Psychiatric Emergency Services" (presentation), Boston, Massachusetts.
bullet American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 1992, "Suicidality in the Psychiatric Emergency Room."(course), Washington, D.C.
bullet Forty-Third Annual Hospital and Community Psychiatry Institute, October 1991 "Satisfied Customers Don't Come Back: Successful Referrals from the PES," Los Angeles, California.
bullet Forty-Second Annual Hospital and Community Psychiatry Institute, "Natural Disasters and PTSD", (panel discussion), October 1990.

Regional

bullet California Academy of Family Physicians, "The Neurobiology of Depression," San Francisco, CA, 1999.
bullet California Medical Association Meeting, "Assessment and Management of the Suicidal Patient," Anaheim, California, 1993.
bullet Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting, April 1992 "Life Transition Issues for Psychiatrists,"(chairman and discussant).
bullet Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting, April 1990 "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," (chairman and discussant on panel).

Invited Lectures and Presentations (not listed above)

bullet American Psychiatric Association, "Factors Associated with Changes in Psychiatric Emergency Service Visits," New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999.
bullet American Psychiatric Association, "Innovative Pharmacy Services in Community Mental Health Centers," New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999.
bullet University of California, San Francisco, "Disturbance of Cognitive Function," San Francisco, California, 1999.
bullet Department of Public Health and United Behavioral Health Conference, "Suicide in San Francisco," San Francisco, California, 1999.
bullet Queens Medical Center, "Psychopharmacology of Agitation," Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999.
bullet Western State Hospital, "Innovative Psychiatric Emergency Services," Staunton, Virginia, 1999.
bullet California Department of Health Services and University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, "Community Mental Health for Physicians Training in Preventive Medicine," San Francisco, California, 1999.
bullet Lincoln Medical Center, "Suicide Assessment in Acute and Outpatient Setting," New York, 1999.
bullet Mt. Sinai Medical Center, "Innovative Psychiatric Emergency Services," New York, 1999.
bullet Washington State Association of Community Psychiatry, Annual Meeting, "Assessment & Treatment of Suicidality," Vancouver, Canada, 1998.

Consultation to Hospitals or Health Systems (abridged)

bullet Queens Health System, "Atypical Antipsychotics and the Managed Care Formulary," Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000.
bullet Texas Tech Psychiatric Emergency Services, "Development of a Residency Training Program in Emergency Psychiatry," El Paso, Texas, 2000.
bullet Queens Hospital, "Effective Expansion of Psychiatric Emergency Services," Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999.
bullet Salem Hospital, "Issues in the Interface of Emergency Services and Psychiatric Emergency Services," Salem, Oregon, 1998.
bullet Maine State Community Mental Health Network, "Administrative and Management Issues in the Psychiatric Emergency Services," Bangor, Maine, 1998.

 

1990-present Yearly Continuing Medical Education requirements met

(last updated 11/20/00)

*This is an abridged CV; to request the complete CV, please email us at info@gatewaypsychiatric.com.*


 

 


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