CURRICULUM VITÆ 

 

 

Eliot M. Gelwan, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    office:

675 Massachusetts Avenue, 11th floor

 

 

 

Cambridge MA 02139-3309

 

 

 

tel.  617.738.4018 (voice/fax)

 

 

 

email: emg@who.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

hospital:

Pembroke Hospital

 

 

 

199 Oak Street

 

 

 

Pembroke MA 02359-1953

 

 

 

tel.: 781.829.7000 (page operator); 781.829.7172 (voicemail); 617.881.9042 (beeper)

 

 

 

 

 

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 Clinic, Harvard University Dept. of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital

 

 

 

 

 

Licensure and Certification:

 

 

1984

National Board of Medical Examiners

 

 

1984

Massachusetts Medical License 53266

 

 

1990

Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 33142

 

 

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:

 

 

Boston City Hospital:

 

 

1985-87

Assistant Medical Director, Boston City Hospital Methadone Maintenance Program

 

 

1987-88

Psychiatric Consultant, AIDS Program, Boston City Hospital

 

 

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

 

 

The Cambridge Hospital:

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

University of Massachusetts Medical Center:

 

 

1992-94

Associate Director, Adult Mental Health Unit, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester MA

 

 

1993-94

Psychiatric Consultant, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, Worcester MA

 

 

Community Counseling of Bristol County:

 

 

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

 

 

Pembroke Hospital:

 

 

1995-97

Courtesy Staff, Pembroke Hospital, Pembroke MA

 

 

1997-

Attending Psychiatrist, Pembroke Hospital, Adolescent/Adult/Geriatric Services

 

 

1998-

Director, Geropsychiatry Service, Pembroke Hospital

 

 

1998-1999

Medical Director, Adult and Geriatric Services, Pembroke Hospital

 

 

1999-2000

Interim Medical Director, Pembroke Hospital

 

 

2000-

Medical Director, Pembroke Hospital

 

 

 

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

 

 

1999-

Medical Executive Committee, Westwood-Pembroke Health Systems

 

 

 

 

 

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-

American Psychiatric Association

 

 

1984-

Massachusetts Psychiatric Society

 

 

1989-

American Orthopsychiatric Association

 

 

1989-

Physicians for Human Rights

 

 

1992-

American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Positions:

 

 

 

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

 

 

1998-

clinical supervision, crisis workers, Pembroke Hospital

 

 

1999-

Clinical supervision and proctoring, staff psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse clinical specialists

 

 

 

 

 

Major Publications and Presentations:

 

 

1983

The Effects of Growth Hormone on Attention in Children with Hypopituitary Short Stature, EM Gelwan MD. 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, EM Gelwan MD. 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, EM Gelwan MD. 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. EM Gelwan MD. The Consultant (publication of The Psychopharmacology Clinic of the Cambridge Hospital), August.

 

 

1987

Psychological considerations in treating the substance abuser with AIDS, EM Gelwan MD. Ambulatory Care Grand Rounds, Boston City Hospital.

 

 

1987

The approach to the addict with AIDS, EM Gelwan MD. Paper presented to City-wide Two-Day Workshop on AIDS and Addiction, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.

 

 

1988

Attention deficit disorder in adults, EM Gelwan MD. The Consultant (publication of The Psychopharmacology Clinic of the Cambridge Hospital), March.

 

 

1988

CFS, FMS, TMJ, PMS: psychiatric or medical? EM Gelwan MD. Medical Grand Rounds, Malden Hospital.

 

 

1989

The relationship between substance abuse and anxiety disorders. EM Gelwan MD. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.

 

 

1989

Controversial Syndromes at the Psychiatry/Medicine Interface, EM Gelwan MD. Chapter in The Psychotherapist’s Guide to Pharmacotherapy, ed. J Ellison MD (Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers).

 

 

1989

Recognition and treatment of controversial syndromes. EM Gelwan MD. 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. EM Gelwan MD. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.

 

 

1990

Adult attention deficit disorder, EM Gelwan MD. Paper and workshop presented to the 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. EM Gelwan MD. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.

 

 

1991

What’s on the horizon in psychopharmacological treatment? EM Gelwan MD. 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? EM Gelwan MD. Psychopharmacology Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital.

 

 

1992

If you need medication, EM Gelwan MD. Chapter in The Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy, ed. J Engler PhD and D Goleman PhD (New York, Simon and Schuster).

 

 

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, EM Gelwan MD. Nursing Grand Rounds, UMMC.

 

 

1993

The assessment and management of sleep disorders, EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Northampton Veterans’ Administration Medical Center.

 

 

1993

The treatment of aggression: how to choose? EM Gelwan MD. Biological Psychiatry Rounds, UMMC.

 

 

1993

Alphabet soup: syndromes and controversies. EM Gelwan MD. Social Work Colloquium, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

 

 

1993

Insomnia: varieties and approaches. EM Gelwan MD. Medical Grand Rounds, Berkshire Medical Center.

 

 

1993

The psychiatric reality of controversial syndromes, EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Westborough State Hospital.

 

 

1994

Approaches to the spectrum of somatization disorders, EM Gelwan MD. 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. EM Gelwan MD. Medical Grand Rounds, Harrington Hospital, Southbridge MA.

 

 

1995

Agitation, violence and the ward staff. EM Gelwan MD. Social Work Colloquium, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

 

 

1995

Somatization and controversy. EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Lahey Clinic, Burlington MA.

 

 

1995

The forensic patient in the community residential setting. EM Gelwan MD (training videotape, Comm. of MA Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)

 

 

1996

Coping with the borderline-personality-disordered patient in the residential setting. EM Gelwan MD.  (training videotape, Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)

 

 

1997

Assessment and risk management of the suicidal and/or violent patient. EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Taunton State Hospital.

 

 

1997

Suicide assessment, a comprehensive approach for community treatment. EM Gelwan MD (training videotape, Comm. of MA Dept. of Mental Health, Southeast Region.)

 

 

1998

Child and adolescent suicide assessment and management. EM Gelwan MD (Hyannis, MA; community outreach series, Pembroke Hospital)

 

 

1998

Are you getting enough sleep? EM Gelwan MD (Duxbury, MA; community outreach series, Pembroke Hospital)

 

 

1998

Depression: Hope and Challenge. EM Gelwan MD. Harron Cablevision (Southeast MA) broadcast for National Mental Health Awareness Month.

 

 

1998

The assessment and management of adolescent self-destructiveness. EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.

 

 

1998

Psychiatric evaluation: what are the treatment options? EM Gelwan MD. 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. EM Gelwan MD. Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Pembroke Hospital.

 

 

2000

Stigmatization of the mentally ill. EM Gelwan MD. Radio talk on The Practical Psychologist, WATD-FM, Boston/Marshfield.

 

 

2000

Geriatric mental health: the psychiatrist’s role. EM Gelwan MD. Paper presented to Westwood Pembroke Health Systems/Professional Counseling Center conference Dementia and Depression in the Elderly: a community-based approach, Randolph MA.