Expertise

• Mood disorders
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Social Phobias
• Workplace trauma
• stress
• discrimination
• Cross-cultural Psychiatry
• Creativity and Mental Health

Treatment Orientation

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Somatic therapy
• Attachment-based
• Feminist
• Psychodynamic
• Mindfulness-based (MBCT)
• Interpersonal
• Dialectical
• Person-centered
• Trauma-focused
• Humanistic
• Multicultural

Work Experience

• Psychiatrist – West Contra Costa County Mental Health Clinic, San Pablo, California
• Psychiatrist – Marin General Hospital Older Adult Intensive Outpatient Program, Greenbrae, California
• Psychiatrist – Solano County Integrated Care Clinics, Vallejo & Fairfield, California
• Psychiatrist – Napa State Hospital, Napa, California
• Private Practice of Psychiatry – Marin County & San Francisco, California
• Psychiatrist – Avenal State Prison, Avenal, California
• Psychiatrist – Pleasant Valley State Prison, Coalinga, California
• Psychiatrist – Canyon Manor Residential Treatment Center, Novato, California
• Psychiatrist – Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, California
• March 1995 – Oct 1999, Psychiatrist – Ross Hospital, Kentfield, California
• Clinical Faculty in Psychiatry, A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Mesa, Arizona
• Instructor in Psychiatry for Osteopathic Students, Touro University, Vallejo, California
• Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
• Adjunct Faculty Member and Instructor in Psychopharmacology, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, California
• Psychiatrist and Clinical Supervisor – Richmond Area Multi-Services Community Mental Health Clinic, San Francisco, California
• Psychiatrist and Clinical Supervisor – Mt. Zion Crisis Clinic, San Francisco, California
• Psychiatrist – Narvaez Mental Health Clinic, San Jose, California
• Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Clinic Richmond Area Multi-Services Community Mental Health Clinic, San Francisco, California
• Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatric Program St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco, California
• Medical Director, Psychiatric Day Treatment Program St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco, California

Education

• B.A., Natural Sciences and Science Writing (University of California)
• M.D., University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine
• Intern, Medicine and Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Resident, Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University

Affiliations and certifications

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• National Board of Medical Examiner’s Diplomate

Awards and honors

• Dana Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuroscience
• Grass Fellow in Neuroscience (Cold Spring Harbor)
• National Institute of Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship
• Danforth Fellowship College Nominee
• Medical Student Research Fellowship (National Institute of Mental Health
• Danforth Fellowship College Nominee
• Honors Senior Thesis (Natural Sciences and Science Writing)
• Award in Visual Astronomy (Camp Uraniborg Astronomy and Physics Camp)
• High School Honors Program in Astronomy (Columbia University)
• National Merit Scholarship Finalist
• Special Mention, Kodak Teenage Movie Award

Publications

1. Vinogradov, S., Brody, D., Csernansky, J.G., and Hollister, L.E. Consultation in clinical psychopharmacology: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Hosp. Formulary 23(8), 1988
2. Brody, D. – Vacationing Amid Mummies. Relax: Travel and Leisure, Ideas for the Practicing Physician 3(8): 52-58, 1987
3. Peabody, C.A., Brody, D., Thornton, J.E., and Warner, M.D. Tardive dyskinesia after low-dose haloperidol. Bio. Psychiatry 22: 111-112, 1987
4. Brody, D. – Quasar research sheds new light on subject. Science notes from the University of California, Santa Cruz 3(1), 1976