Joshua Pretsky, MD
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Education and Training

BA: History, UCLA, Departmental and College Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
MD: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dean's Scholar
Psychiatry Residency: New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry): West Los Angeles VA Medical Center/UCLA Department of Psychiatry
Psychoanalytic Training Program: New Center for Psychoanalysis
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy level 3: AEDP Institute

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Qualified Medical Evaluator, State of California Department of Worker’s Compensation
Medical Board of California, #A068344

Academic Appointments

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Senior Teaching Faculty, New Center for Psychoanalysis

Selected Seminars and Presentations

Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Problem Based Learning in Neurobehavioral Sciences, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
Character Development and Pathology, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
The Initial Psychiatric Interview for Psychotherapy, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Psychoanalysis and War: Treating Soldiers and Veterans on the Frontline and Homefront(symposium chair and moderator), New Center for Psychoanalysis
Freud’s Last Session (post-play discussant), The Broad Stage, Santa Monica City College Performing Arts Center
The Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, California Applicant Attorneys Association Rating Seminar, Costa Mesa, CA
The Independent Medical Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability, Longshoremen Compensation Association, Wilmington, CA 

Substance Abuse: Causes, Consequences and Cures, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV

Selected Honors and Awards

Teacher of the Year, Volunteer Faculty, UCLA Department of Psychiatry
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

Fellow, American College of Psychoanalysts
Fellow, International Psychoanalytic Association
Past Fellow, American Psychoanalytic Association
Past Fellow, Yale-New Haven Psychoanalytic Research Training Program
Stoller Foundation Grant, Research Career Development 

Horwitz Award for Clinical Excellence, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
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