Elliott
M. Stein, M.D.
CENTER
FOR ADULT
Contents:
Teaching and Professional Society Activities
Educational Background and Credentials
Contact Information and Appointments
Internet
Links which may be of interest to you
Specializing in the Care of Older Adults
including the evaluation and
treatment of depression, anxiety, stress disorders, relationship problems,
insomnia, memory problems and other mental and emotional problems which occur
in the second half of life.
I treat older individuals in the office, or if needed,
in a geriatric psychiatry in-patient hospital program. I also see patients who are hospitalized for
medical problems who are in need of geriatric psychiatric consultation.
I also serve as an expert
witness,
and do legal and forensic record reviews, consultation, and assessments
concerning psychiatric issues in older individuals, including testamentary
capacity and contested wills and trusts.
I am on the Medical Staff of
I consult at selected
assisted living facilities and independent living facilities.
My experience includes
working with the elderly in various settings, including having been Medical
Director for the Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, a Medical
Director of inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry, and inpatient Mood Disorder
programs, and Consulting at nursing homes.
I am licensed to practice
Medicine in
I am Board Certified by the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry (October,
1979), and in Geriatric Psychiatry (April, 1991; Re-Certified, December,
2001).
Teaching
Activities:
I am Clinical Professor in
the Department of Psychiatry,
Author/co-author of teaching
and professional materials, including book and book chapters, and articles in
the professional literature.
Among these are a chapter
entitled "Private Practice Issues" in the textbook Comprehensive
Review of Geriatric Psychiatry, Third Edition, published in 2004, as well
as the corresponding question and answer section in the Comprehensive Review
of Geriatric Psychiatry, Third Edition, Study Guide published in 2005.
I have been a Lecturer at
local, regional, national, and international conferences.
In March, 2008, I presented “Images of Aging in
the Cinema”
at the Twenty First Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric
Psychiatry,
At this meeting I also
taught a program on Geriatric Psychiatry Practice Management, designed to
encourage and assist psychiatrists going into the field of treating older
patients.
Professional Society Activities:
I have volunteered for
activities in many professional societies.
I was on the Board of
Directors (1982 - 1985) and was elected President of the American Association
for Geriatric Psychiatry (1985 - 1987); President of the Gerontologic Society
of
I am currently a member of
the Task Force on Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence, for the
International PsychoGeriatric Association (2007 – present).
I was a Member of the Board
of Directors of the Geriatric Psychiatry Alliance (1996 - 1998), which helped
to promote public information about mental disorders which affect older people.
I have been a Member of, and
Consultant to, the American Psychiatric Association Council on Aging (1984 -
1993), Vice-President of the South Florida Psychiatric Society (1988 - 1989),
and a Member of the Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Medical and
Scientific Advisory Board for the Dade County Alzheimer's Association (1988 - 1995).
I continue to be active in
many activities, committees and projects for professional societies.
Special Honors:
I am honored to have been
listed in Best Doctors in America continuously since 1992.
I have been elected as a Distinguished
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
In 1997, I was given the Founder’s
Award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry for
contributions to the field. This was
only the 3rd time that this award had been presented since the organization was
started in 1978.
In May, 2001, I received the
Jack Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American
Psychiatric Association, their highest award in Geriatric Psychiatry.
In 2003, I was selected as the
first recipient of the Clinician of the Year Award by the American
Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
In 2004, I was given the Distinguished
Alumnus Award by the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Educational
Background and Credentials:
I have been in the practice
of Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry from 1977 to the present.
I received a Bachelor of
Science in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, 1969.
I am a graduate of the
I am Board Certified by the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry (October, 1979),
and in Geriatric Psychiatry (April, 1991; Re-Certified, December, 2001).
Contact
Information:
To Schedule an Appointment:
Call my office
Monday to Friday
between
Office Telephone and Fax
numbers:
Telephone: (305)
534-3636
Fax:
Office Address:
My office is at 4300 Alton
Rd., Suite 360,
(in
the
Hours:
Office hours are Monday,
Tuesday and Friday afternoons
(by
appointment only)
E-mail address: geripsych@aol.com
Internet Links which may be of interest to you:
(Note that these links are to independent websites
and Dr. Stein is not responsible for any information which may or may not be
found there.
Note also that there are many other resources
available on the internet for medical, psychiatric and geriatric information.)
American Association for
Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP): www.AAGPonline.org
Geriatric Mental Health
Foundation: www.GMHFonline.org
American Psychiatric
Association: www.psych.org
International PsychoGeriatric Association: www.ipa-online.org
American Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry website: www.AJGPonline.org
AAGP Annual Meeting website:
www.AAGPmeeting.org
The Official
National Institute on Aging (NIA): www.nih.gov/nia
National
National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov
National
National Family Caregivers Association: www.nfcacares.org
Eldercare Locator: www.eldercare.gov
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