Richard S. Abrams, M.D.,S.C

Offices: **** W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60659

Mail address: P.O. Box 148033, Chicago, IL 60614, USA

TEL: 1 773/348 7003 FAX: 1 847/256 7880 E-Mail: ad04hl@r.postjobfree.com

Certif. Amer. Bd. Psychiatry

CURRICULUM VITA

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, February 22, 1933.

Staff: Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL., from 1970-1991. Associate in

Psychiatry and past teaching staff of Northwestern Medical School.

Attending staff, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Hts., IL., 1986 to

2007.

Attending staff, Lincoln Park (Grant) Hospital, Chicago, IL., since 1976. Director

of Psychiatry, 1976-1980. Director Quality Assurance Committee for Psychiatry,

1992. (Hospital closed 2008).

Attending staff of Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL., 1996 to 2011.

Attending staff St. Joseph Hospital, 2002 to 2017, now inactive.

Consulting psychiatrist to two mentally challenged clinics: Seguin Services & Mulford Homes in the Chicago Area. I have been the only psychiatrist responsible for about 200 mentally challenged patients. I was also the only psychiatrist for Helping Hand mentally challenged patients

Board Certification: Jan., 1976, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Certificate #14483.

Consultant to Chicago Public Schools 1973-1977. Duties were teaching classroom,

special education, adjustment teachers and social workers. I gave formal and

informal seminars and lectures to Board of Education nurses and school

psychologists, with accreditation through National College of Education.

Past Training and Experience: Graduate of Northwestern University, undergraduate (1955) and Medical schools (1958), with BS and MD degrees. Internship: rotating at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 1958-1959.

Residency: general surgery, 2 years, 1959-1961, at Michael Reese Hospital in

Chicago and 1.5 years from 1961-1963 at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, NY

Residency: psychiatry from 1964-1968 at the Boston Veterans’ Hospital in

Boston, MA. This included training in long term analytically oriented psychotherapy, with intensive supervision of in and out-patients, using the facilities of the 1000 bed VA general hospital and outpatient clinics. After the residency, training, two years were spent at Tufts-New England Medical Center, gaining experience with female patients. One year, part time, was spent in the study of child psychiatry. Individual and group psychotherapy were practiced with mentally challenged/brain damaged patients attending the Fernald School. Throughout the training program, I led a minimum of two groups. The views of my supervisors were highly varied, including traditional psychoanalytic, reality oriented and behaviorist methodologies. Emphasis was placed on intensive, long-term involvement with patients. A personal analysis was included in the program. On weekends during the surgical training program, I staffed the emergency room at St. John’s Hospital in Lowell, MA and covered the private practices of general

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practitioners. Since 1987, I have studied and have clinical research publications in the field of psychiatry and inflammatory bowel disease.

In 1969, I was staff psychiatrist at New York Medical College and Metropolitan Hospital in New York City. I also maintained a private practice in psychiatry in Fort Lee, NJ.

In 1970 I joined the private practice group of Professor Dr. Benjamin Boshes, Chairman of the Dept. of Psychiatry at Northwestern Medical School and hospitals. In 1974, I left the group to establish my own private practice of psychiatry, which I maintain to the present, with offices in Chicago and Arlington Hts., Illinois. I treat adolescent to geriatric patients in my offices and in 4 hospitals when I was on staff. Diagnostic range includes the psychoses, personality disorders, neuroses, dementias, and alcohol/drug addictions. Sexual problems are prevalent in all the diagnostic categories. I also perform child custody evaluations and practice forensic psychiatry.

From 1976 - 1980, as the Director of Psychiatry at Grant Hospital, my duties were to develop an inpatient psychiatric unit. I also supervised outpatient clinical staff.

From 1985-1993 I served as staff psychiatrist for the Institute of Psychiatry of the Criminal Court of Cook County, examining those persons charged with crimes, at the pre-indictment and indictment levels, for fitness to stand trial and for sanity determination. I also examined and evaluated families who were undergooing divorce and child custody issues.

From 1985 to 2006, I was an official examiner for the U.S. Social Security Administration, determining eligibility of applicants for disability benefits.

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I was on the psychiatric staff of St. Joseph hospital, Chicago, until 2017

I was a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners.

I have done clinical research for Inflammatory Bowel disorders for 35 years and am published.

I currently maintain a private practice of general psychiatry, office based.

CAQH# CAQH # 10572658

Illinois medial license 036036185.

Publications available upon request.

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