A. Ari Albala, M.D. , D.F.A.P.A.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego
Medical Director, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD)
Clinical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Aurora Hospital, San Diego, CA
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
With PCSD Since: August 1984
Medical School: University of Chile, Santiago, Chile and University of Tel-Aviv Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1975
Residency: Psychiatry, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel, 1974-75; University of Michigan, Psychiatry University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 1975-78 (Chief Resident, 1977-78).
Fellowship: Clinical Research, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 1978-80
Academic appointments: Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego;
Past appointments: Instructor and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan; Adjunct Professor, Family Practice Sharp Residency Training Program; Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of San Diego.
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1982); Added Qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry (1992; Recertified 2001)
Honors/Awards: Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Teaching Excellence Award-Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Diego (2001);
Education Award-San Diego Psychiatric Society, 2006;
Listed in "Best Doctors in San Diego" (San Diego Magazine-2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008) as selected by survey of own peers; Listed in "Best Doctors in America" 2003-2004 and 2007";
President, San Diego Psychiatric Society (2004-2005).
Publications: Co-author of the recently published, The Therapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology" (Guilford Press, 2006), plus over 30 scientific papers and book chapters in the areas of mood disorders, psychoneuroendocrinology, psychopharmacology, and other psychiatric topics
Presentations: Over 400 presentations and lectures, both within the USA and internationally, at clinical meetings, and to fellow psychiatrists, non-psychiatric physicians, allied mental health professionals, and the public at large.
Specialty: Adult and geriatric psychiatry; psychopharmacology; depression; bipolar; panic; anxiety; social phobia; obsessive-compulsive; Alzheimer's disease and other dementias; clinical drug trials.
Other Languages: Spanish, Hebrew
PCSD Office: Chula Vista

Sabah N. Chammas, M.D., M.A.S.
President and CEO, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD)
With PCSD Since: July 1978
Business Degree: Masters of Advanced Studies in Healthcare Organization Management, University of California, San Diego.
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1974
Residency: Psychiatry, Washington University and Affiliated Hospitals, St. Louis, MO, 1974-77
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Added Qualification in Geriatric Psychiatry; American Society of Addiction Medicine.
Specialty: Adult and geriatric psychiatry; addiction.
Other Languages: Arabic

Katharine N. Dixon, M.D.
Past President, Neuropsychiatric Society of Central Ohio
Senior Advisor for Managed Care, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD)
With PCSD Since: August 1987
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1967
Residency: Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1968-71
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1971-73
Academic appointments: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Ohio State University, 1973-87; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego, since 1988
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child Psychiatry
Publications: Thirty scientific book chapters and articles in the areas of child psychiatry, eating disorders, and neuroendocrinology
Specialty: Children and adolescents, adult psychiatry, women's issues, American Indian mental health, attention deficit disorder, psychopharmacology.

Thomas A. Flanagan, M.D., F.A.P.A.
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego
Medical Director , Aurora Hospital North
Past-President, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD)
Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
With PCSD Since: August 1973
Undergraduate Education: B.A. Physical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added qualification in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Specialty: General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
PCSD Office: Hospitalist at Aurora Behavioral Health Center

Elizabeth Hudler, M.D.
With PCSD Since: Rejoined in June 2007
Undergraduate: University of Michigan, BA in Psychology
Medical School: M.D., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Residency: Psychiatric Residency, Menninger, Topeka, KS
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Specialty: PTSD, women's issues, schizophrenia, mood disorders, and psychotherapy.
License: A78721
PCSD Office: Mission Valley

Syed Jafar, M.D.
With PCSD Since: July 2008
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PCSD Office: Hospitalist

Fernando D. Kwiatkowski, M.D.
* Quality Award for Physician of the year (2008)*
Director of Quality Management and Improvement Committee, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD) Member, Board of Directors, Psychiatric Centers at San Diego (PCSD)
Adjunct Faculty: Sharp Family Practice Residency Program
Born: 1955
With PCSD Since: May 1997
Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1988
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Specialty: General adult psychiatry.
Other Languages: Spanish
PCSD Office: Mission Valley