Curriculum Vitae

A. Identifying Data

Date and place of birth: Coro, Venezuela, 1950

California Medical License A-030734
New York Medical License 178263-1

B. Academic History

M.D. Central University of Venezuela, 1967-1974
California State Medical Boards, 1975
Stanford University Department of Psychiatry, 1975-1978
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1976
Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1976-1978
American Board of Psychiatry, Part I 1982
Terapia Familiar, Centro per lo studio della Famiglia, Milano, Italia. 1976-1983
New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine 1996-1997
Medicina Alternativa Institute
The Open International University for Complementary Medicines
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1996-1997
Indian Council for Ayurved Promotion, Rishikesh, India, February-March 2000

C. Employment Record

75-78 Resident in Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center.
79-84 Director, National Institute for Child Psychiatry, Venezuela.
79-84 Director, Systemic Family Therapy Institute, Caracas, Venezuela.
84-89 Staff Psychiatrist, San Mateo County Mental Health, California.
87-89 Medical Director, La Familia Counseling Service, Hayward, Ca.
88-89 Psychiatric Emergency Services, Chope Hospital, San Mateo, Ca.
89-90 Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center, New York, NY.
91-94 Peekskill Area Health Center, Peekskill, NY.
91-99 Medical Director, Johnson Counseling Center, New York, NY.
89-    Children's Aid Society, Mental Health, New York, NY.
90-    Puerto Rican Family Institute, Mental Health, New York, NY.
97-    Beth Abraham Continuing Care Management Program
00-    The Guidance Center, New Rochelle, New York

D. Professional Associations

Clinical Instructor Stanford University Dept. of Psychiatry, 1978
Sequoia Hospital District, Redwood City, California, 1978
Harold D. Chope Hospital, San Mateo, California
Research Associate Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California
American Psychiatric Association
Venezuelan Psychiatric Association
Spanish Medical Society of New York
Board of Directors Hispanic Commission of Substance Abuse
Founding Member Association of Online Professionals
Founding Member Asociación Nacional Telemática, Venezuela EnLínea
Member American Ayurvedic Association
American Institute of Vedic Studies
Institut Européen d'Etudes Védiques

E. Languages

Spanish, English, Italian, French.

F. Diplomas

Over the years, the many trips and relocations from country to country, not to mention a certain disdain for the formality of certificates, have resulted in the "archival" of a number of diplomas. Today we have pulled them out of their respective dusty envelopes to hang them for you on these virtual walls.

• Universidad Central de Venezuela, Médico Cirujano, 1974
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, 1975
• Stanford University Medical Center, Scholar in Psychiatry, 1975
• Stanford University Medical Center, Rotating Intern Psychiatry, 1976
• San Francisco Academy of Hypnosis, 1976
• The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California,
  Psysicians and Surgeon's Certificate, 1977
• Stanford University Medical Center, Resident in Psychiatry, 1978
• Sociedad Venezolana de Psiquiatría, Miembro Titular, 1981
• The University of the State of New York, Medicine and Surgery, 1989
• New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine, Ayurvedic Counselor, 1997
• Medicina Alternativa Institute, The Open International University for Complementary Medicines, Diploma of Ayurveda, 1997
• Universidad Central de Venezuela, Certificado de Locutor 27.074, 1996
• Indian Council for Ayurved Promotion, Rishikesh, India, 2000
• American Ayurvedic Association
• New York Medical College, Medical Acupuncture, 2000
• Ayurvedic Subtle Therapies, Ananda Ashram, New York, July 19-21, Dr. Vasant Lad
• Pulse Practicum, Ananda Ashram, New York, July, 23-23, Dr. Vasant Lad