CURRICULUM VITAE

Eliot M. Gelwan, M.D.

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office: 675 Mass. Ave., 11 fl.
Cambridge MA 02139
tel. 617.738.4018 (voice/fax)
email: "md at gelwan dot com"

hospital: Pembroke Hospital
199 Oak Street
Pembroke MA 02359- 1952
tel.: 781.829.7000 (page operator); 781.829.7172 (voicemail)

Education:
1975 A.B. Harvard University, cum laude, social anthropology
1978 Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Program in Counseling and Consulting Psychology
1983 M.D. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06510

Postdoctoral Training:
1983-84 Flexible Internship, The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge MA 02139
1984-86 Residency in Adult Psychiatry, Harvard University Dept. of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital
1986-87 Chief Resident, Community Psychiatry, Harvard University Dept. of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital
1986-87 Chief Resident, Psychopharmacology, Harvard University Dept. of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital

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Licensure and Certification:
1984 National Board of Medical Examiners
1984 Massachusetts Medical License
1990 Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1984 United States DEA Controlled Substances Registration
1993 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration

Academic Appointments:
1984-87 Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard University School of Medicine
1987-92 Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard University School of Medicine
1992-94 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Clinical Appointments:
1985-87 Assistant Medical Director, Boston City Hospital Methadone Maintenance Program
1986-87 Geriatric Psychiatric Consultant, The Cambridge Hospital @ Neville Manor Nursing Home, Cambridge MA
1987-92 Medical Director, Lawrence Schiff Day Treatment Center, The Cambridge Hospital
1987-91 Medical Director, Fresh Pond Clinic, The Cambridge Hospital
1987-88 Staff Psychiatrist, Psychopharmacology Clinic, The Cambridge Hospital
1987-88 Psychiatric Consultant, AIDS Program, Boston City Hospital
1988-92 Associate Director, Psychopharmacology Clinic, The Cambridge Hospital
1990-92 Medical Director, Behavioral Medicine Clinic, The Cambridge Hospital
1991-92 Psychiatric Consultant, Healthcare for the Homeless, The Cambridge Hospital
1992-94 Associate Director, Adult Mental Health Unit, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester MA
1993-94 Psychiatric Consultant, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, Worcester MA
1994-95 Consulting Staff, Boston City Hospital Dept. of Psychiatry
1994-95 Psychiatric Consultant, Mattapan Community Health Center, Boston MA
1994-95 Psychiatric Consultant, School-Based Health Center, Hyde Park High School, Hyde Park MA
1994-97 Associate Medical Director, Community Counseling of Bristol County (CCBC), Taunton MA
1994-97 Medical Director, Taunton-Attleboro Emergency Services and Hospital Diversion Program, Taunton MA
1994-97 Medical Director, Partial Hospitalization Program, CCBC, Taunton MA
1994-97 Psychiatrist, Southwest Area Residential Program, Dept. of Mental Health, Taunton MA
1994-97 Active Staff, Morton Hospital, Taunton MA
1994-97 Active Staff, Brockton Multiservice Center, Brockton MA
1995-97 Courtesy Staff, Pembroke Hospital, Pembroke MA
1997-    Attending Psychiatrist, Pembroke Hospital, Adolescent/Adult/Geriatric Services
1998-    Director, Geropsychiatry Service, Pembroke Hospital
1998-    Medical Director, Adult and Geriatric Services, Pembroke Hospital
1999-2000    Interim Medical Director, Pembroke Hospital
2000-2003    Medical Director, Pembroke Hospital
2003-            Senior Psychiatrist, Pembroke Hospital

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Other Clinical Activities:
1986- private practice in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy, Cambridge MA
1994-97 psychiatric consults to medical and surgical patients, Morton Hospital, Taunton MA
1997- forensic consultation in capital cases

Awards and Honors:
1970 Westinghouse National Scholar
1970 valedictorian, Forest Hills High School
1970-75 National Merit Scholar
1970-75 Harvard National Scholar
1972 research fellowship, Harvard University Chiapas Project
1973 junior Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University
1975 Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University
1980 fellowship, Appalachian Student Health Coalition, Vanderbilt University
1981-83 Hunter-Grubb Fund Grant

Committee Assignments:
1979-83 Medical School Advisory Council, Yale University School of Medicine
1979-83 medical student convenor, Medical Area Colloquium on Ethics in Medicine, Yale University
1981-83 Yale Medical School Student Psychiatric Society, co-president
1984-87 Residency Advisory Committee, Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1985-87 Residency Selection Committee, Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1989-92 Formulary Committee, The Cambridge Hospital
1990-92 Training Committee, Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1992-94 Morbidity and Mortality Committee, Dept. of Psychiatry, UMMC
1996-97 Education Committee, CCBC
1996-97 Board of Trustees, Morton Hospital, Taunton, MA
1997-    Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Westwood-Pembroke Health Systems
1998-2003    Medical Executive Committee, Westwod-Pembroke Health Systems
1998-2001    Governing Board, Westwood Pembroke Helath Systems
1999-    Mental Health Advisory Committee, Plymouth County Correctional Facility

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Memberships and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies:
1979 Physicians for Social Responsibility, New Haven chapter founder and president
1979 American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
1981-83 AMSA chapter president
1982-83 AMSA national co-coordinator of Humanistic Medicine Task Force
1984-94 American Psychiatric Association
1984-94 Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
1989-    American Orthopsychiatric Association
1989-    Physicians for Human Rights
1992-    American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
1994-    Doctors Without Borders

Teaching Activities:
1986-92 clinical supervision and teaching of medical students and residents on psychiatric rotations in day treatment setting
1986-92 clinical supervision and teaching of multidisciplinary day treatment staff
1986-87 developer and instructor, day treatment in-service course on psychotherapy of major mental illness
1987-92 clinical supervisor (psychotherapy and psychopharmacology), Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1988-92 director, weekly departmental Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychiatry Seminar, Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1988-90 director, third-year residents’ core didactic seminar, Dept. of Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital
1988-92 co-ordinator, psychopharmacology didactic seminar, Harvard Medical School students’ psychiatric clerkships, The Cambridge Hospital
1992-94 instructor, 1st-yr. medical students’ course in medical communications, UMMS
1992-94 clinical supervision and teaching of medical students and residents on rotations in inpatient psychiatric unit setting
1992-94 clinical supervisor (psychotherapy and psychopharmacology), Dept. of Psychiatry, UMMC
1993-94 co-director, weekly Biological Psychiatry Rounds, Dept. of Psychiatry, UMMC
1993-94 co-ordinator, weekly Grand Rounds in Psychiatry, UMMC
1994-95 clinical supervision and teaching of social work staff, Mattapan Community Health Center
1994-97 clinical supervision and teaching of crisis workers and nursing staff, Taunton-Attleboro Emergency Services
1999- clinical supervision of staff psychiatrists and clinical nurse specialists, Pembroke Hospital

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Major Publications and Invited Presentations:

1983   The Effects of Growth Hormone on Attention in Children with Hypopituitary Short Stature, Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of M.D. degree, Yale University School of Medicine.
   1985   Endogenous growth hormone levels predict attentional performance: a preliminary report, MO Smith PhD, EM Gelwan MD et al. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 6(5):273-8.
   1986   Combining psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in the treatment of the anxiety disorders, Paper presented to Harvard Medical School Dept. of Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Conference Combining Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology, Cambridge Hospital.
   1986   The issue of pain medication for the addict, Paper presented to Boston City Hospital Dept. of Psychiatry conference Substance Abuse: Help, Hope, Health.
   1987   Issues in referring the anxious patient for a psychopharmacology consult. The Consultant (publication of The Psychopharmacology Clinic of the Cambridge Hospital), August.
   1987   Psychological considerations in treating the substance abuser with AIDS, Ambulatory Care Grand Rounds, Boston City Hospital.
   1987   The approach to the addict with AIDS, Paper presented to Citywide Two-Day Workshop on AIDS and Addiction, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.
   1988   Attention deficit disorder in adults, The Consultant (publication of The Psychopharmacology Clinic of the Cambridge Hospital)
   1988   CFS, FMS, TMJ, PMS: psychiatric or medical? Medical Grand Rounds, Malden Hospital.
   1989   The relationship between substance abuse and anxiety disorders. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.
   1989   Controversial Syndromes at the Psychiatry/Medicine Interface, Chapter in The Psychotherapist’s Guide to Pharmacotherapy, ed. J Ellison MD (Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers).
   1989   Recognition and treatment of controversial syndromes. Paper presented to Harvard Medical School Dept. of Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Conference Psychopharmacology for the non-M.D. Therapist, The Cambridge Hospital.
   1989   Weight gain: an adverse consequence of psychiatric medications. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.
   1990   Adult attention deficit disorder, Paper presented to the Second International Conference on ADHD, Plymouth MA.
   1990   ADD Adults Discussing Problems and Strategies: An Interactive Workshop, Second International Conference on ADHD, Plymouth MA
   1990   Complex partial seizure symptoms affected by marijuana abuse [letter]. JM Ellison MD, EM Gelwan MD, J Ogletree. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 51(10): 439-40.
   1990   Attention Deficit Disorder Update. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.
   1991   What’s on the horizon in psychopharmacological treatment? Paper presented to Harvard Medical School Dept. of Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Conference, Psychopharmacology for the non-M.D. The Cambridge Hospital.
   1991   Can schizophrenia be localized in the brain? Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.
   1992   If you need medication, Chapter in The Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy, J Engler PhD, EM Gelwan MD, and D Goleman PhD (New York, Simon and Schuster).
   1992   Tricyclic antidepressants. Hyperreal Archives (hosted by Erowid).
   1992   The inpatient treatment of the “difficult nonpsychotic patient.” B Szetela MD and EM Gelwan MD et al. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, UMMC.
   1992   Approaches to the agitated patient, Nursing Grand Rounds, UMMC.
   1993   The assessment and management of sleep disorders, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Northampton Veterans’ Administration Medical Center.
   1993   The treatment of aggression: how to choose? Biological Psychiatry Rounds, UMMC.
   1993   Alphabet soup: syndromes and controversies. Social Work Colloquium, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
   1993   Insomnia: varieties and approaches. Medical Grand Rounds, Berkshire Medical Center.
   1993   The psychiatric reality of controversial syndromes, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Westborough State Hospital.
   1994   Approaches to the spectrum of somatization disorders, Biological Psychiatry Rounds, UMMC.
   1994   The treatment of the borderline patient outside the 50-min. hour. EM Gelwan MD and K Whitley MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, UMMC.
   1994   An approach to sleep disorders. Medical Grand Rounds, Harrington Hospital, Southbridge MA.
   1995   Agitation, violence and the ward staff. Social Work Colloquium, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
   1995   Somatization and controversy. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Lahey Clinic, Burlington MA.
   1995   The forensic patient in the community residential setting. (training videotape, Comm. of MA Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)
   1996   Coping with the borderline-personality-disordered patient in the residential setting. (training videotape, Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)
   1997   Assessment and risk management of the suicidal and/or violent patient. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Taunton State Hospital.
   1997   Suicide assessment, a comprehensive approach for community treatment. (training videotape, Comm. of MA Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)
   1998   Child and adolescent suicide assessment and management. Community outreach series, Pembroke Hospital (Hyannis, MA)
   1998   Are you getting enough sleep? Community outreach series, Pembroke Hospital (Duxbury, MA )
   1998   Depression: Hope and Challenge. Interview on Harron Cablevision (Southeast MA) commemorating National Mental Health Awareness Month.
   1998   The assessment and management of adolescent self-destructiveness. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
   1998   Psychiatric evaluation and treatment of the aged: what are the options? Paper presented to Pembroke Hospital/Quincy Hospital conference Geriatric Mental Health Assessment and Treatment, The Biopsychosocial Approach, Rockland MA.
   1999   Agitation, Irritability and Aggression: Choosing Your Interventions. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
   2000   Stigmatization of the mentally ill. Radio talk on The Practical Psychologist, WATD-FM, Boston/Marshfield.
   2000   Geriatric mental health: the psychiatrist’s role. Paper presented to Westwood Pembroke Health Systems/Professional Counseling Center conference Dementia and Depression in the Elderly: a community-based approach, Randolph MA.
   2000   What's on the horizon for psychiatric care? Talk to South Shore Manic Depressive and Depressive Association (MDDA), Pembroke MA.
   2001   Modern mental health treatment: expectations and realities. Radio talk on The Practical Psychologist, WATD-FM, Boston/Marshfield.
    2001   Psychiatric aspects of epilepsy. South Shore Registered Nurses' Association continuing education series.
    2001   Psychiatric treatment: what lies ahead? South Shore Manic Depressive and Depressive Association guest lecture.
    2002   The medical-psychiatric interface in inpatient treatment. Psychiatric Teaching Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
    2002   Mind over matter; matter over mind. Psychiatric Teaching Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
    2002   How to present a case. Psychiatric Teaching Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
    2002   The significance of the mental status examination. Psychiatric Teaching Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.
    2002   Social isolation, loneliness and mental illness. South Shore Manic Depressive and Depressive Association guest lecture
    2003   The varieties of depressive experience. South Shore Registered Nurses' Association continuing education series.
    2003   Loneliness, mental illness and the family. South Shore Manic Depressive and Depressive Association guest lecture
    2003   Geropsychiatry enters the 21st century, Goddard House guest lecture, Brookline, MA.
    2004   An overview of personality disorders. South Shore Registered Nurses' Association continuing education series.

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