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Expert Curriculum Vitae

LAWRENCE G. WILSON, M.D.

Personal Data:

  • Citizenship: U.S.
  • Birthplace: El Dorado, Kansas

Education:

  • B.A. l962, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
  • M.D. 1966, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas

Postgraduate Training:

  • Medical Internship, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Seattle, Washington, 1966-67
  • Resident, Psychiatry, University of Washington Medical School Affiliated Hospitals, July l970 - June l973

Faculty Positions Held:

University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Instructor, July 1, 1973 - June 30, 1976

Assistant Professor, July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1981.

(Leave of absence October 1976 - January 1978; worked in Saipan, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Associate Professor, July 1, 1981

Associate Professor, Emeritus, July 2006.

Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch Clinical School, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 1983 - March 1984. (During U.W. Professional Leave).

Visiting Research Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Medical College, Changsha, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China, April - May, 1984. (During U.W. Professional Leave.)

Hospital/Staff Positions Held:

  • Staff Physician, U.S. Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 1967 - June 1969 (on detail from the Commissioned Corps, U.S. Public Health Service).
  • Staff Physician, Multnomah County, Oregon, Department of Public Health, Mental Health Clinic, January - July, 1970.
  • Staff Psychiatrist, Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, July 1973 - October 1976.
  • Chief, Division of Mental Health, Department of Health Services, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, October 1976 - January 1978.(During UW Leave of Absence.)
  • Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Psychiatric Service, University Hospital, Seattle, February 1978 - January 1980.
  • Attending Psychiatrist, Inpatient Psychiatric Service, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, January 1980 - July 2006.
  • Director of Inpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, June 1981 - September 1983.
  • Director, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, September 1984 - July 2000.
  • Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, July 2000 - July 2006.

Consultant Positions Held:

Consultant, Psychiatric Knowledge and Skills Self-Assessment Program, American Psychiatric Association, in conjunction with National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987.

Consultant Psychiatrist, Southeast Asian Refugee Medical Clinic (Now International Clinic), Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, October l984 - July 2006.

Short-Term Consultant in Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines, 1989 (Northern Mariana Islands), 1991 (Tonga), 1995 (Cambodia), and 1997 (Fiji).

Consultant, Western State Hospital, Ft. Steilacoom, Washington, July 1993-present.

Consultant, Evaluation of the Use of Guidelines in Large Group Practices: Total Quality Management, Depression sub-group, University of Washington/Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound Research Project, Funded by a grant from Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Seattle, Washington, 1994-1995.

Board Certification:

  • National Board of Medical Examiners, July 1, 1967.
  • Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, October 1975. #14410
  • (Regional Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Western Region, l982 - present.)
  • Diplomate, subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry, April 1999, #1298, certified until April 2009

License to Practice:

  • Kansas, #13894, January 13, 1968 (Inactive)
  • Oregon, #1504, January 17, 1970 (Inactive)
  • Washington, #11318, June 15, 1970 (Active)
  • California, #220l4, March 1, 1972 (Inactive)

Professional Organizations:

American Psychiatric Association (elected Fellow, 1987) Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA) Seattle Chapter, WSPA, APA; President 1987-88 Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture King County Medical Society Washington State Medical Association World Psychiatric Association, Transcultural Psychiatry Section Seattle Forensic Institute of Washington Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (elected Fellow, 1992)

Special Local Responsibilities:

  • Admissions Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, l978 - 79.
  • Graduate Education Steering Committee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1978 - 1987.
  • Steering Committee, Center for International Health, University of Washington, 1981 - 1990.
  • University of Washington-China Health Liaison Committee l984-1990.
  • Chairman, Clinical Faculty Promotions Committee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, l984 - 87, 1998 - 2002.
  • Medical Executive Board, elected representative of Medical Staff Organization, Harborview Medical Center, l985 - l986.
  • President, Medical Staff Organization, Harborview Medical Center, 1988 - 89.
  • Student Honors and Awards Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1988 - 2005.
  • Ethics Forum Organizing Committee, Harborview Medical Center, 1988 - 2006.
  • Clinical Ethics Consultation Committee, Harborview Medical Center, 1991 - 2006.
  • Ethics Committee, Washington State Psychiatric Association, 1994 - 2000.

Bibliography
Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

  • Mast, J.W., and Wilson, L.G., A Survey of Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease, Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 7:41-47, January, 1969.
  • Wilson, L.G., and Shore, J.H., Evaluation of a Regional Indian Alcohol Program, American Journal of Psychiatry, 132:255-258, 1975.
  • Wilson, L.G., Viral Encephalopathy Mimicking Functional Psychosis, American Journal of Psychiatry, 133:165-170, 1976.
  • Hague, W.H., Wilson, L.G., Dudley, D.L., and Cannon, D.S., Post Detoxification Drug Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Alcohol Addicts, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 162:354-359, 1976.
  • Wilson, L.G., The Couvade Syndrome, American Family Physician, 15:157-160, 1977.
  • Wilson, L.G., Cross-Cultural Differences in Indicators of Improvement from Psychosis: The Case of Betel Chewing, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 166:250-251, 1979.
  • Wilson, L.G., Johnson, M.H., A Possible Method of Achieving Better Medication Compliance, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 31:351, 1980.
  • Wilson, L.G., The Clinical Home Visit in Cultural Psychiatry, Journal of Operational Psychiatry, 11:27-33, 1980.
  • Scher, M., Wilson, L., and Mason, J., The Management of Chronic Schizophrenia, Journal of Family Practice, 11:407-413, 1980.
  • Wilson, L.G., Ries, R., and Bokan, J., Transcultural Psychiatry on an American Psychiatric Ward, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 31:759-762, 1980.
  • Wilson, L.G., Community Psychiatry in Oceania: Fifteen Months' Experience in Micronesia, Social Psychiatry, 15:175-179, 1980.
  • Wilson, L.G., Forensic and Jail Psychiatry in the Tropical Pacific: Initiating a Consultation Program in Micronesia, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 8:207-220, 1980.
  • Ries, R., Wilson, L., Bokan, J., and Chiles, J., ECT in Medication Resistant Schizoaffective Disorder, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 22:167-73, 1981.
  • Wilson, L.G., Utilizing Mental Health Para-Professionals for Scattered Pacific Islands: A Micronesian Experience, Community Mental Health Journal, 17(2):165-174, 1981
  • Iddins, D.T., and Wilson, L.G., Case Report: Elderly Woman with Unrecognized Anomic Aphasia Referred Because of "Intractable Depression," Psychosomatics, 22:710-715, 1981.
  • Hall, D.C., Lawson, B.Z., and Wilson, L.G., Command Hallucinations in the Self-Amputation of the Penis and Hand During a First Psychotic Break, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2:322-324, 1981.
  • Dealy, R.S., Ishiki, D.M., Avery, D., Wilson, L., and Dunner, D., Secondary Depression in Anxiety Disorders, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 22:612-618, 1981.
  • Wilson, L., Roberts, R., Gerber, C., and Johnson, M., Pimozide versus Chlorpromazine in Chronic Schizophrenia: A 52-Week-Double-Blind Study of Maintenance Therapy, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 43:62-65, 1982.
  • Ward, N.G., Bloom, V., Wilson, L.G., Raskind, M., and Raisys, V.A., Doxepin Plasma Levels and Therapeutic Response in Depression: Preliminary Findings, J. of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2:126-128, 1982.
  • Wilson, L., Rosenthal, N., and Dunner, D., The Phenomenology of Bipolar I Manic-Depressive Illness. Canadian Psychiatric Assn. Journal, 27:150-154, 1982.
  • Avery, D., Osgood, T., Ishiki, D., Wilson, L., et al: The DST in Psychiatric Outpatients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Primary Affective Disorder. American J. of Psychiatry, l42: 844-848, l985.
  • Dunner, D., Ishiki, D., Avery, D., Wilson, L., and Hyde, T: Effect of Alprazolam and Diazepam on Anxiety and Panic Attacks in Panic Disorder: A Controlled Study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 47:458-460, 1986.
  • Meibach, R., Dunner, D., Wilson, L.G., Ishiki, D., and Dager, S: Comparative Efficacy of Propranolol, Chlordiazepoxine and Placebo in the Treatment of Anxiety: A Double-Blind Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 48:355-358, 1987.
  • Scher, M., Hartford, J., Khan, A., Gentry, R. and Wilson, L., Comparison of Two Psychiatry Clerkships With and Without Psychiatric Residents. Journal of Medical Education 63:140-143, 1988.
  • Johannessen, D. and Wilson, L.G., Mania with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Two AIDS Patients. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 49:200-201, 1988.
  • Wilson, L.G., Young, D., Diagnosis of Severely Ill Inpatients in China: A Collaborative Project Using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 176:558-592, 1988.
  • Avery, D., Bolte, M.A., Dager, S.R., Wilson, L.G., et al, Dawn Simulation Treatment of Winter Depression: A Controlled Study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150:113-117, l993.
  • Elliott, A.J., Pages, K.P., Russo, J., Wilson, L.G., and Roy-Byrne, P.P., A Profile of Medically Serious Suicide Attempts. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 57: 567-571, 1996.
  • Wilson, L.G., Human Rights of Psychiatrically Disturbed Persons in the Tropical Pacific, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (Special Issue: Proceedings of the 7th Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, (Japanese Journal Published in English) 52 (Suppl.), S252-S255, 1998.
  • Avery, D.H., Claypoole, K., Robinson, L., Neumaier, J., Dunner, D.L., Scheele, L., Wilson, L., Roy-Byrne, P. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Medication-Resistant Depression: Preliminary Data. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 187: 114-117, 1999.
  • Ehde, D.M., Patterson, D.R., Wiechman, S.A., and Wilson, L.G., Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Distress Following Acute Burn Injury. Burns, 25: 587-592, 1999.
  • Ehde, D.M., Patterson, D.R., Wiechman, S.A., and Wilson, L.G., Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Distress One Year After Burn Injury. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, 21: 105-111, 2000.
  • Wiechman, S.A., Ehde, D.M., Wilson, L.G. and Patterson, D.R. The Management of Self Inflicted Burns and Disruptive Behavior in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, 21: 310-317, 2000.
  • Weyrauch, K.F., Roy-Byrne, P., Katon, W.J., and Wilson, L.G. Stressful Life Events and Impulsiveness in Failed Suicide. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 31 (3): 311-319, 2001.
  • Bennett, M., Wilson, L.G., Roy-Byrne, P.P. A Case of GHB Poisoning and Intoxication. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2007, In Press.

Book Chapters:

  1. Avery, D., Wilson, L., and Dunner, D., Diagnostic Subtypes of Depression as Predictors of Therapeutic Response, in Clayton, P.J. and Barrett, J.E. (eds.), Treatment of Depression: Old Controversies and New Approaches, New York, Raven Press, 193-204, 1983.
  1. Wilson, L.G., Psychiatric Aspects of Viral Encephalitis, in Kurstak, E., Morozov, P.V., and Lipowski, Z.J. (eds), Viruses, Immunity and Mental Disorders, New York, Plenum Publishing Corp., 413-422, 1986.
  1. Wilson, L. G., A "Convent Call" and A "Village Visit" on Tropical Islands, in Talbott, J. and Manevitz, A. (eds.), Psychiatric House Calls, Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 177-181, 1988.
  1. Wilson, L.G., Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, in D. Dunner (ed), Current Psychiatric Therapy, 1st Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co., 457-463, 1993.
  1. Wilson, L.G., Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, in D. Dunner (ed), Current Psychiatric Therapy, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co., 496-504, 1997.

Reports:

Wilson, L.G., Differential Diagnosis of Encephalopathy and Schizophrenia, Medicine and Hygiene (WHO Publication, Geneva), 36:2405-2406, June, 1978.

Selected Presentations:

  • Presentation: Psychiatry in China: 5 years of Collaboration Between the University of Washington and Hunan Medical College, Medical Staff Presentation, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, August 7, 1986.
  • Workshop Presentation: Cultural Factors in the Manifestation of Symptoms of Psychiatric Illness, Whitman County Community Mental Health Center, Pullman, Washington, August 31, 1987.
  • Presentation: Recognition and Management of Depression in the Medical Setting, Medical Staff Conference, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, February 4, 1988.
  • Presentation: Schizophrenia: Cultural and Ethnic Aspects, Continuing Psychiatric Education Conference, Eastern State Hospital, Medical Lake, Washington, April 29, 1988.
  • Presentation: Cultural and Ethnic Aspects of Psychiatric Disturbances, Staff Conference, Consejo Counseling and Referral Services, Seattle, June 21, 1988.
  • Workshop Presentation: Recognition of Cultural Factors in the Manifestation of Major Psychiatric Illness, Continuing Psychiatric Education Conference, Blackfoot State Hospital, Blackfoot, Idaho, August 24, 1988.
  • Paper Presentation: Recognition and Treatment of Depression in Medically Ill Patients, Medical Staff Conference, Commonwealth Medical Center, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, January 19, 1989 (World Health Organization Short-Term Consultant in Mental Health and Substance Abuse.)
  • Presentation: Schizophrenia: Cultural and Ethnic Aspects of Symptom Presentation and Management, Continuing Medical Education Program, Western State Hospital, Steilacoom, Washington, April 6, 1989 (plus one hour case consultation).
  • Paper: Mental Health Programs in the Northern Mariana Islands: A 10 Year Follow-up, Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Culture and Psychiatry, Farnham, England, October 6, 1989.
  • Workshop Presentation: Programs Directed at Substance Abusing Patients in the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia, World Health Organization South Pacific Country Liaison Officers' Conference, Suva, Fiji, November 17, 1989 (World Health Organization Short-Term Consultant in Mental Health and Substance Abuse.)
  • Presentation: The Treatment of Psychiatric Illness in Pregnancy and Lactation, Medical Staff Conference, Commonwealth Health Center, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, November 30, 1989 (World Health Organization Short-Term Consultant in Mental Health and Substance Abuse.)
  • Presentation: Diagnostic Problems in Major Mental Illness, Region III, Idaho Division of Mental Health, Nampa, Idaho, March 16, 1990.
  • Symposium Presentation: International Organizations in Mental Health: The WHO Consultation Program. Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Annual Meeting, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, October 5, 1990.
  • C.M.E. Presentation: Psychotropic Drug Treatment of Psychiatric Illness in Pregnancy and Lactation, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, October 24, 1990.
  • Staff Education Seminar, Harborview Community Mental Health Clinic: The care of the mentally ill woman from first trimester to delivery and lactation, Seattle, Washington, June 24, 1991.
  • Workshop: Identification and Management of Substance Abusing Patients in a Medical Population. Tongan Health Workers Conference, Vavau, Tonga, October 16-17, 1991, and Nuku'Alofa, Tonga, October 21-22, 1991 (World Health Organization Short-Term Consultant in Mental Health and Substance Abuse.)
  • C.M.E. Presentation: Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Medically Ill Patients, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, March 26, 1992.
  • Paper: Development of Mental Health Delivery Systems in the Tropical Pacific - Part I, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Narni, Italy, September 23-27, 1992.
  • Seminar Presentation: Being a Consultant for the WHO, presented at International Health Seminar, University of Washington Medical School, November 12, 1992.
  • Presentation: The Use of Psychotropic Medication in Pregnancy; Department of Psychiatry "State of the Art" Conference, Harborview Medical Center, March 26, 1993.
  • Paper: Mental Health Delivery Systems in the Tropical Pacific - Part II: presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Rockport, MA, September 30-October 3, 1993.
  • C.M.E. Presentation: Update on Concerns of Treating Psychiatrically Ill Women During Pregnancy, Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, March 24, 1994.
  • Presentation: The Use of Psychostimulants in Psychiatry; Department of Psychiatry "State of the Art" Conference, Harborview Medical Center, March 17, 1995.
  • Symposium Presentation: Concerns Regarding Human Rights of Psychiatrically Disturbed Persons in Pacific Island Areas, in Symposium; "Mental Health Law in the Pacific Rim Countries - With Specific Reference to Human Rights." 7th Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, October 24-27, 1995, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Paper: Care of Psychiatrically Ill Persons in the Tropical Pacific; presented at the Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Culture and Psychiatry, Waneka, New Zealand, October 16-20, 1996.
  • Presentation: Psychiatric Asects of Physical Disease, Medical Staff Conference, Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji, Sept. 25, 1997
  • Presentation: The use of Psychostimulants in Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Peoples' Republic of China, April 14, 1998.
  • Presentation: Psychotropic Drug Use in Pregnancy and Lactation, Dept. of Psychiatry Special Visiting Lecture, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Peoples' Republic of China, April 16, 1998
  • Presentation: Medical and Psychiatric Education in Fiji and Sichuan, China: Two Recent Consultation Experiences. Psychiatry Rounds, Harborview Medical Center, April 12, 1999.
  • Presentation: Panel Discussion - Field Experiences in Cultural Psychiatry, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, 1999 Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., October 16, 1999.
  • Presentation: Psychiatric Education in Two Asian-Pacific Settings, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, 1999 Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., October 17, 1999.
  • Presentation: Suicide: Clinical and Legal Aspects of Risk Assessment for Clinicians. Seattle Forensic Institute, Monthly Meeting, March 16, 2000.
  • Paper Presentation: H. B. M. Murphy, Pioneer of Transcultural Psychiatry. Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Annual Meeting, Chantilly, France, October 18, 2000.
  • Multiple Presentations on Mental Health Matters in Primary Care Medicine, Pacific Islands Continuing Clinical Education Project (PICCEP), visit to Micronesian island states of Pohnpei and Chuuk, April 15-19 and April 22-25, 2002.
  • Paper Presentation: Adding Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Topics to Continuing Education for Doctors in Micronesia. Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, October 17-20, 2002.
  • Symposium Chair: Working Overseas in Psychiatry and Mental Health: Asian and South Pacific Perspectives. Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 6, 2003.
  • Presentation: Update on Treatment of Mood Disorders. Medical Staff Conference, Commonwealth War Memorial Hospital, Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji, February 18, 2005.
  • Plenary Session Chair: Reconciling Conflicted Identity: Holocaust Survivors' Struggles with their Societies. Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. Washington, D.C., October 15, 2006.
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