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Invited Presentations

Media

Invited Presentations

1.

CA Pacific Medical Center Grand Rounds, Dept. of Psychiatry. "Gambling Addiction 101." April 22, 2008

2.

Harbor-UCLA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. "Adolescents and Gambling Addiction." Los Angeles, CA. February 20, 2008.

3.

"Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapies for Addictive Disorders." UCLA Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. Los Angeles, CA. February 6, 2008. Powerpoint Presentation

4. "Pathological Gambling Among Asian-Americans: The Hidden Addiction." San Mateo County Behavioral Health Services, Psychiatry Grand Rounds. January 22, 2008. Powerpoint Presentation
5.
"An Overview for Asian Americans: Prevalence, Etiology, Assessment, Clinical Picture and Impact of Gambling Addiction." Conference on Compulsive Gambling Among Asian Americans. NYU Medical School, New York. October 26, 2007.
6.

“Gambling and the Law:  Hidden Addictions With Real Consequences?” Faculty "Monday Lunch" Speakers. UCLA School of Law. Los Angeles, CA. October 1, 2007.

7.

“Addiction and an Introduction of Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Addiction”  Armenian American Medical Society of California. Glendale, CA. July 25, 2007

8.

“What’s New with Gambling and Video Game Addiction?” UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Program Research Rounds. Los Angeles, CA.  July 20, 2007

9.

“Pathological Gambling:  Causes, Course and Treatment” Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Harbor King-Drew Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA.  June 26, 2007

10.

“Is Problem Gambling Neurotoxic?” National Council on Problem Gambling Annual Meeting.  Kansas City, MO. June 2007

11.

“Asian-Addictions and Barriers to Treatment”.   American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.  San Diego, CA.  May 2007

12.

“Pharmacotherapy for Nicotine Dependence”  Exodus Recovery Center.  Venice, CA.  May 14, 2007

13.

“Better Luck Tomorrow”  Cross-Cultural Movie Night. UCLA Psychiatry Residency.  Los Angeles, CA. April 25, 2007

14.

“Adolescent Problem Gambling”.  Stress, Vulnerability and Serious Mental Disorders.  American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry – 2007 Annual Meeting.  Santa Monica, CA  March 10, 2007

15.

“Collecting and Translating Survey Data for Effective Interventions”.  APA Community Research Roundtable Conference.  Los Angeles, CA March 2, 2007

16.

Testimony on problem gambling treatment in California.   Senate General Committee on Governmental Organization.   Sacramento, CA.  February 27, 2007

17.

“Applying Neuroscience to Problem Gambling Prevalence Studies”.  Best Practice In Prevalence Studies of Problem Gambling.  Swedish National Institute of  Public Health.  Ostersund, Sweden. February 21, 2007

18.

“Pathological Gambling Among Asians:  The Not-So-Hidden Addiction”. NIDA Translational Conference:  From Community To Bedside. Santa Monica, CA.  

19.

“Brief Interventions for Problem Gamblers”  Office of Problem Gambling Advisory Group Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA.  January 23, 2007

20.

“Pathological Gambling: New Prevention and Treatment Strategies”  Evening of Addiction Medicine, California Society of Addiction Medicine.  Los Angeles, CA.  January 16, 2007, CA.  October 2006

21.

“Dreamland” Open Mind Documentary Series, Friends of the Semel Institute.  Panel Discussion. Los Angeles, CA November 2006

22.

“New Prevention and Treatment for Pathological Gambling”  UCLA 11th Annual Review of Psychiatry.  Los Angeles, CA.  October 2006

23.

“The Culture of Dysfunctional Impulsivity in Adolescence”  American Academy of Pediatrics: Current Advances in Pediatrics.  Irvine

24.

“Gambling Addiction among Asian-American Pacific Islanders”  12th Annual Asian American Mental Health Training Conference.  Long Beach, CA.  October 2006

25.

“Pathological Gambling and Women:  Emerging Trends” Women in Addiction Monthly Conference Series.  UCLA.  Los Angeles, CA September 2006

26.

“Opioid Dependence, Prevention and Management”  2006 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Management Symposium.  Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Las Vegas, July 2006

27.

“Pathological Gambling Among Asian Pacific Islanders”  National Council on Problem Gambling Annual Meeting.  St. Paul, Minnesota.  June 2006

28.

“America as a Gambling Nation: We’re All In!”  Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar, UCLA College of Arts and Sciences.  Spring Quarter 2006

29.

“Asian Pacific Islanders and Pathological Gambling” 3rd Annual Asian Pacific Islander Summit.  Sacramento, CA.  March 2006

30.

“Pathological Gambling:  2006 Update”  San Diego County Drug and Alcohol Administrators Quarterly Meeting.  San Diego, CA  February 2006

31.

"What Every Medical Student Needs to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, Gambling and Sex”.  Medical Student Selective.  David Geffen School of Medicine. Winter Quarter 2006

32.

“Pathological Gambling: Update on the Hidden Addiction”  Psychopharmacology Update 17.  Southern California Psychiatric Society.  Santa Monica, CA.  January 2006

33.

“Biomedical Aspects of Addiction”  UCLA School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Department.  Los Angeles, CA.   January 2006

34.

“Pathological Gambling 2005:  Updates on the Hidden Addiction”.  Grand Rounds Presentation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  Los Angeles, CA. December 2005

35.

“Pharmacological Management of the Dually Diagnosed Patient: 2005 Update”.  Workshop presented at the 16th Annual American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting.  Scottsdale, AZ.  December 2005

36.

“Effective Treatments for Problem and Pathological Gambling”  Office of Problem Gambling Advisory Board.  Ontario, CA December 2005

 
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