Nomi J Fredrick, M.D. - Medical Director, Psychiatric Disorders

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Four and a half years of experience progressing to working as the medical director of an adult thirty bed acute inpatient psychiatric hospital specializing in the treatment of eating disorders
  • Effective coordination in both the inpatient and outpatient setting with a variety of other areas of expertise and discipline when treating psychiatrically and medically complex patients
  • Expertise in both the psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological management of psychiatrically complex patients
  • Unique interest in the psychoneuroendocrinological aspects of psychiatric disorders

EDUCATION

  • Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry, UCLA/Atascadero, 1993-94
  • Chief Resident, Affective Disorders/PTSD Inpatient Research Unit & OCD Day Hospital
  • Psychiatric Residency, UCLA/Neuropsychiatric Institute/Los Angeles, 1990-93
  • Internship, UCLA/Neuropsychiatric Institute/Brentwood VA, 1989-90
  • M.D., New York University School of Medicine, 1985-89
  • Premedical Studies, City College of New York, 1982-85
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1973-77

ACADEMIC HONORS

  • Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Society in 1989 at New York University School of Medicine
  • Awarded NIMH Student Grant for study in geriatric psychiatry in 1987 at New York University School of Medicine
  • Inducted into Golden Key Society in 1985 at City College of New York
  • Bachelors Degree awarded with Highest Honors in 1977 at Pratt Institute

RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS

  • Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency and Depression”, Annual meeting of The Magic Foundation, Phoenix 2006
  • Brain SPECT Scan and Orthostasis in CFS”, co-investigator for NIH grant at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center 1999
  • Results of In Utero Cocaine Exposure”, Grand Rounds at Stanford University 1996
  • SPECT Scans and Psychological Testing in Children with In utero Cocaine Exposure”, Annual meeting of The American Academy of Clinical Psychiatry, San Diego 1995
  • SPECT Scan Studies of Children with In Utero Cocaine Exposure”, College of Biological Psychiatry, San Diego 1995
  • Adult ADD Disordered Offender and Buproprion”, Grand Rounds at Atascadero State Hospital , Atascadero 1993
  • OCD Day Hospital Treatment Outcomes”, Annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Charleston 1993
  • Fluoxetine Management of Treatment Refractory Depression in Epilepsy, Pre & Post Lobectomy”, Annual conference of the National Epilepsy Society 1992
  • Phototherapy in the Treatment of an Organic Mood Disorder Occuring After Removal of a Craniopharyngioma”, UCLA/NPI Grand Rounds 1991
  • The Impact of Psychiatric Hospitalization on Dually Diagnosed Schizophrenics”, New York University School of Medicine Grand Rounds 1988
  • Three Year Study of Geriatric Depression in a Nursing Home Population”, participation in a NIMH study at New York University School of Medicine 1987

RESEARCH GRANTS SUBMITTED

RO1 DK56306 (Friedman, T.C., Poland, R., Fredrick, N.J., Leh, K.M.) 7/1/01-6/30/04
National Institutes of Health
$350,842/year
Decreased Cerebral Blood Flow and Orthostasis in CFS
This project will explore the hypothesis that the etiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in a subgroup of patients may be due to reduced mineralcorticoid activity and subsequent reduction of blood volume resulting in impaired cerebral blood flow.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

  • The pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatments of eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders
  • The psychoneuroendocrinological aspects of mood, anxiety, appetite, cognition and motivation
  • The pharmacology of neuroendocrine disorders with special interest in Eating Disorders, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency and female physiology
  • The interaction of newer adrenergic and glutaminergic agents in multiple syndromes which have aspects of cognitive and behavioral impairment
  • The role of psychiatric disorders in medical illness
  • The occurrence of growth hormone deficiency in psychosomatic syndromes in adults

POSITIONS HELD

  • Medical Director, Pacific Shores Hospital, Rader Treatment Programs, Oxnard, California, 7/2009-present
            • An acute adult psychiatric thirty bed inpatient and eight bed partial hospital      that specializes in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating        disorder as well as related psychiatric and medical co-morbidities
  • Acting Medical Director, Pacific Shores Hospital, Rader Treatment Programs, Oxnard, California, 9/2007-3/2008
  • Staff Psychiatrist, Pacific Shores Hospital, Rader Treatment Programs, Oxnard, California, 2/2007-present
  • Independent Contractor/Psychiatry, Vista Staffing, California, 2006 -2007
            • Forensic Psychiatry – Psychiatric Security Unit, Sacramento State Prison
  • Independent Contractor/Psychiatry, Locumstenens.com, California, 2006
  • Community Mental Health – Outpatient Psychiatry – Tehama Health Services
              • Community Mental Health – Outpatient and Inpatient Psychiatry and Crisis     Evaluation, Sutter-Yuba Mental Health Services
  • Website Design, Freelance, Los Angeles, 2001-2005
  • Consulting Psychopharmacologist, The Primal Center, Los Angeles, 1998-2000
  • Private Practice/Psychopharmacology, Los Angeles, 1994-2000
  • Consulting Psychopharmacologist, MacLaren Children’s Center, Los Angeles County Mental Health, 1994-96
  • Coordinator for Physician Education at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, 1994-95
  • Consulting Psychopharmacologist, Juvenile Halls, Los Angeles County Mental Health, 1994-95
  • Product Design, Development and Marketing, Henson Associates, New York and London, 1977-1985

BOARD ELIGIBLE IN PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY