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Richard P. Brown, MD
  Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD


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Richard P. Brown, MD
  Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD

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Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae
 
ACADEMIC TRAINING, AWARDS & LICENSING
1971 B.A. Brown University, Providence, RI., Magna Cum Laude
1975 M.D. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1975 - 1976 Rotating Intern, Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge, MA
1976 - 1979 Resident in Psychiatry, Beth Israel, Hospital, Boston, MA
1991 Psychoanalytic Training: Graduate Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Boston, MA Institute,
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
1971 Magna Cum Laude, Brown University, Providence, RI
1971 Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University, Providence, RI
1975 Sandoz Award in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
 
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
July 1, 1976 Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners #149572
May 6, 1977 Massachusetts Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine, License Registration #40911, May 6, 1977
March 1982 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate certified in the subspecialty of Psychiatry #23183, March, 1982
Dec 3, 1982 University of the State of New York Education Department, License Registration in Medicine and Surgery #152667
 
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & ACTIVITIES
1979 - 1983 Assistant in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1979 - 1982 Attending Acute Impatient Unit and Consultant in Psychiatry, Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge, MA
1979 - 1983 Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
1984 - 1991 Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Practice, New York Medical College
1984 - 1991 Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency. Lecturer, Preceptor, Consultant in Psychiatry
1984 - Present Courtesy Staff, Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY
1984 - 1999 Courtesy Staff, Kingston Hospital, Kingston, NY
1984 - Present Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Extension Division
1997 - Present Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry New York Medical College
 
Activities
1974 - 1977 Reader for The Harvard Guide to Modern Psychiatry, Ed. Armand Nicholi, Jr., Harvard University Press, 1978
1975 - 1977 Reader for Chemotherapy in Psychiatry, Ross Baldessarini, M.D., Harvard University Press, 1977
1976 - 1979 Longitudinal study of Harvard Medical Students and Graduates with Dr. Carol Nadelson and Dr. Molkah Notman.
1978 - 1979 Joint Committee on the Status of Women, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1979 - Present Private Practice in Psychiatry
1996 - Present Hudson Valley Psychiatric Associates, L.L.C. - Group Practice in Psychiatry
 
Professional Societies
1978 - Present American Psychiatric Association
1978 - 1983 Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
1984 - Present New York State Psychiatric Society
1984 - Present Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society
1984 - Present Medical Society State of New York
1984 - Present Ulster County Medical Society
1990 - Present American Psychoanalytic Association
1991 - Present Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1993 - Present American Medical Association
 
Teaching Experience 
1976 - 1979 Clinical Supervision of Harvard Medical Students in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1978 - 1979 Longitudinal Seminar in Psychopathology for Harvard Medical Students
1979 - 1981 Supervision of West Cambridge Hospital Psychiatry Team, Cambridge, MA 1981 - 1982
1981 - 1982 Co-director seminar in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, Cambridge Hospital Psychotherapy Institute, Cambridge, MA
1982 - 1983 Psychotherapy supervisor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1983 - 1990 Supervisor, Preceptor in Psychiatry behavioral sciences. Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency. Medical Students
1993 Lecture Ulster County Psychiatrists: Delusional Transference?
1994-1999 CME lectures and case presentations sponsored by The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Extension Division for staff of the Psychiatric Unit at Benedictine Hospital and Ulster County Mental Health Services, Kingston, NY 1996 Evaluation and consultation to The Breast Center, Benedictine Hospital
 
PUBLICATIONS
1.  
Integrative Psychopharmacology: A Practical Approach to Herbs and Nutrients in Psychiatry by Richard P. Brown, MD and Patricia L Gerbarg, MD, Chapter 1 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry, Edited by Philip R Muskin, MD, Review of Psychiatry Volume 19, No 1, Series Editors John M Oldham, MD and Michelle Riba MD, American Psychiatric Press Inc, Washington, DC, 2000.
2.  
Update on S-adenosylmethionine, new introduction by Richard P Brown, MD and Patricia L Gerbarg, MD in Stop Depression Now by Richard P Brown, MD; Teodoro Bottiglieri, PhD; and Carol Coleman. Penguin Putnam, New York, NY, 2000 2nd Edition.
3.  
S-adenosylmethionine in Depression: Biochemical and Clinical Evidence, by RP Brown, MD; PL Gerbarg, MD; and T Bottiglieri, PhD. Psychiatric Annals, 32(1):29-44, 2002.
4.  
S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) in the Clinical Practice of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Internal Medicine by RP Brown, MD; PL Gerbarg, MD, and T Bottiglieri, PhD. Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine, 1(4):230-241, 2000.
5.  
Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Herbs and nutrients in the treatment of depression, anxiety, insomnia, migraine, and obesity. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 7:75-91, March 2001.
6.  
Kenny E, Muskin PR, Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. What the general psychiatrist should know about herbal medicine. Current Psychiatry Reports, 3:226-234, 2001.
7.  
Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Alternative Treatments in Brain Injury in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury, Second Edition edited by Silver JM, Yudofsky SC, McAllister TW. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC, 2004.
8.  
Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Muskin PR. Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry in Psychiatry 2nd Edition edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, London, UK, 2003, Chapter 104, pp. 2147-2183.
9.  
Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Ramazanov Z: A Phythomedical Review of Rhodiola rosea. Herbalgram, 56:40-62, 2002.
10.  
Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Graham, B: The Rhodiola Revolution, Rodale Press, NY, 2004.
11.  
Gerbarg PL and Brown RP: Yoga chapter in Clinical Manual of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry ed. JH Lake and D Spiegel, American Psychiatric Publishing, Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental health Care. ed. JH Lake and D Spiegel, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2007, pp. 381-400.
12.  
Brown RP and Gerbarg PL: Sudarshan Kriya yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression: Part I-neurophysiologic model. J Alternative and Complementary Med. 11(1):189-201, 2005.
13.  
Brown RP and Gerbarg PL: Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part II ? Clinical Applications and Guidelines. J Alternative and Complementary Med. 11(4):711-717, August 2005.
14.  
Gerbarg PL and Brown RP: Yoga: a breath of relief for Hurricane Katrina refugees. Current Psychiatry. 4(10): 55-67, Oct 2005.
15.  
Gerbarg, PL: Neuro-psychoanalysis and yoga: a match made in heaven. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 79-89.
16.  
Descilo T, VedamurthacharA, Gerbarg, P, Nagaraja D, Gangadhar BN, Damodoran R, Adelson B, Braslow L, Brown RP. Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression survivors of tsunami disaster. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 64-78.
17.  
Larsen S, Yee WK, Gerbarg PL, Brown RP, Gunkleman J, Sherlin L. Neurophysiological markers of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga practices: a pilot study. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 36-48.
18.  
Gerbarg PL: Yoga and Psychoanalysis, chapter in Bodies in Treatment: The Unspoken Dimension. Edited by F. S. Anderson. The Analytic press, Inc. Hillsdale, NJ. [In press] 2007.
19.  
Gerbarg PL, Brown RP. Yoga, chapter 15 in Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental health Care, ed. J Lake and D Spiegel, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Washington, DC 2007, pp 381-400.
20.  
Brown RP, Gerbarg PG, Muskin PR. Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry in Psychiatry 2nd Edition edited by Tasman A, Kay J, and Lieberman J. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, London, UK 2007 [in press].
 
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
1996 “Drawing upon Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology in a case of Sexual Abuse.” Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society, Hudson River Psychiatric Center, Community Mental Health Providers of Ulster County
9/27/97 “Drawing upon Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse” presented with Dr. Jose Saporta at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
12/18/97 “Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse” American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting, Workshop on Dissociative Disorders
4/6/98 “Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology” presented at Tufts University
6/4/98 “Psychotherapy and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse” presented with Dr. Jose Saporta at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
5/23/02 American psychiatric Association Annual meeting: Practical Approaches to Alternative and Complementary Treatments in Psychiatry
6/4/02 Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Yogic breathing and meditation: when the thalamus quiets the cortex and rouses the limbic system. Presented at the International Conference on Breath, New Delhi India, March 4-6, 2002.
6/9/04 Rhodiola rosea benefits in menopause. American Botanical Council Conference, Rosenthal Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
5/6/04 Alternative Treatments in Depression: SAM-e, Rhodiola rosea, Sudarshan kriya Yoga. American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, NY, NY
5/7/04 Medical updates - Rhodiola rosea benefits for cognitive function, American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, NY, NY
5/7/05 The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry - American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, Atlanta
2/24/06 Neuro-psychoanalysis - A Match Made in Heaven. World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006
5/6/06 The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry - American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting
5/23/07 American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, San Diego
1. The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry
2. Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression survivors of tsunami disaster