DR. SAM ELSANADI

EDUCATION

Board Certification
Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, November 1996
Diplomate in Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry, June 1998

Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Neuropsychiatric Institute Los Angeles, California July 1995 to June 1996

Residency
King/Drew – UCLA Medical Center Psychiatry Los Angeles, California July 1991 to June 1992

Medical School
Ain Shams University School of Medicine Cairo, Egypt Medical Degree, 1987

Please click on the link below to hear Dr. Elsanadi’s interview with Susan Valot/KPCC 89.3 KPCC – Depression Often Goes Undiagnosed Among Older People by Susan Valot

http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2008/05/21/08_senior_depression_05.html

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Private Practice
Laguna Hills, California
Residential Home Care
Geriatric Assessments
Neurocognitive Examinations
Dementia Workups
June 1996 to Present

Medical Director – Partial Hospitalization Program –Laguna Woods
College Hospital
Costa Mesa, Ca.
August 2002 – to Present

Medical Director of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
UCI Medical Center – 2 South
Orange, California
January 2001 to Present

Assistant Clinical Professor - Geriatric Psychiatry Department
UCI Medical Center Neuropsychiatric Institute
Teaching Psychiatry Residents & Medical Students
University of California Irvine
January 2001 to Present

Associate Medical Director
Newport Bay Hospital
Newport Beach, California
November 1995 to December 2000

Medical Director of Geriatric Outpatient Services
Charter Hospital
Mission Viejo, California
July 1997 to July 1998

Medical Director
Saddleback Health Center – PHP
Laguna Hills, California
June 1996 to April 2001

Chief Resident
King/Drew – UCLA Medical Center
June 1994 to June 1995

Assistant Chief Resident
King/Drew – UCLA Medical Center
July 1993 to June 1994

Senior Research Associate
Charles R. Drew University
Los Angeles, California
June 1990 to June 1991

Medical Assistant
Family Practice Clinic, Farid F. Farid, M.D.
Van Nuys, California
February 1989 to June 1990

General Practice
Cairo, Egypt
September 1987 to December 1988

HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERSHIPS

Saddleback Memorial Medical Center – Laguna Hills, California
UCI Medical Center – Orange, California
Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo, California
College Hospital – Costa Mesa, California

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SOCIETIES

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Scientific Advisory Board of Orange County Alzheimer’s Association

HONORS AND AWARDS

Resident of the Year Award
King/Drew – UCLA Medical Center
June 1995

Eli Lilly Fellow
Psychiatric Mental Health Congress
November 1994

Marion Merrel Dow Fellow
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Award
December 1993

HONORS AND AWARDS

Intern of the Year Award
King/ Drew – UCLA Medical Center
June 1992

Egyptian Government Superiority Award
July 1979