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Stephen Arnoff

Ruth M. Lamdan, MD

 

Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Telephone:  215-707-8986

Email: rlamdan@temple.edu

 

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

 

Educational Background:

 

BA, Mathematics, Temple University, 1971

 

MD, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1975

 

Residency, Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1975-1977

 

Residency, Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ, 1977-1980

 

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clinical Interests:

 
  • Psychosomatic medicine
  • Medical student education
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Women's health

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board certifications:

  • Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1981
  • Added qualifications in Geriatrics, recertified 2001
  • Added qualifications in Psychosomatic Medicine, 2005

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professional affiliations:

 
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  • Education Committee, APA
  • Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM)
  • Membership committee, APM
  • Member, Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP)
  • Chair, Task Force on Clinical LCME Requirements, ADMSEP
  • Reviewer, Academic Psychiatry and Psychosomatics

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research interests:

 

  • Medical education
  • Psychological sequelaw of breast cancer with special focus on minority women
  • Psychosomatic medicine and geriatrics

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19398635. Ning A, Gottlieb D, Lamdan RM, The Chief Resident for Education: description of a novel academic teaching position. Acad Psychiatry 33:2(163-5)2009 Mar-Apr

19190301. Joy JA, Garbely JM, Shack JG, Kurien M, Lamdan RM, Supervising the supervisors: a case-based group forum for faculty development. Acad Psychiatry 32:6(521-4)2008 Nov-Dec

18712591. Shelby RA, Crespin TR, Wells-Di Gregorio SM, Lamdan RM, Siegel JE, Taylor KL, Optimism, social support, and adjustment in African American women with breast cancer. J Behav Med 31:5(433-44)2008 Oct

17021147. Lewis R, Lamdan RM, Wald D, Curtis M, Gender bias in the diagnosis of a geriatric standardized patient: a potential confounding variable. Acad Psychiatry 30:5(392-6)2006 Sep-Oct

16155965. Shelby RA, Lamdan RM, Siegel JE, Hrywna M, Taylor KL, Standardized versus open-ended assessment of psychosocial and medical concerns among African American breast cancer patients. Psychooncology 15:5(382-97)2006 May

12832602. Deibler MW, Hacker C, Rough J, Darby J, Lamdan RM, Ganser's syndrome in a man with AIDS. Psychosomatics 44:4(342-5)2003 Jul-Aug

12790260. Taylor KL, Lamdan RM, Siegel JE, Shelby R, Moran-Klimi K, Hrywna M, Psychological adjustment among African American breast cancer patients: one-year follow-up results of a randomized psychoeducational group intervention. Health Psychol 22:3(316-23)2003 May

12476432. Taylor KL, Lamdan RM, Siegel JE, Shelby R, Hrywna M, Moran-Klimi K, Treatment regimen, sexual attractiveness concerns and psychological adjustment among African American breast cancer patients. Psychooncology 11:6(505-17)2002 Nov-Dec

10431933. Schwartz MD, Taylor KL, Willard KS, Siegel JE, Lamdan RM, Moran K, Distress, personality, and mammography utilization among women with a family history of breast cancer. Health Psychol 18:4(327-32)1999 Jul

10338984. Lamdan RM, Ahmed Z, Lee J, General anesthesia: an extreme form of chemical and physical restraint. HEC Forum 10:3-4(317-22)1998 Sep-Dec

10338983. Vaught W, Lamdan RM, An ethics committee explores restraint use and practices. HEC Forum 10:3-4(306-16)1998 Sep-Dec

9989118. Umapathy C, Ramchandani D, Lamdan RM, Kishel LA, Schindler BA, Competency evaluations on the consultation-liaison service. Some overt and covert aspects. Psychosomatics 40:1(28-33)1999 Jan-Feb

9314716. Lamdan RM, Ramchandani D, Schindler BA, The chronically mentally ill on a general hospital consultation-liaison service. Their needs and management. Psychosomatics 38:5(472-7)1997 Sep-Oct

9217405. Ramchandani D, Lamdan RM, O'Dowd MA, Boland R, Hails K, Ball S, Schindler BA, What, why, and how of consultation-liaison psychiatry. An analysis of the consultation process in the 1990s at five urban teaching hospitals. Psychosomatics 38:4(349-55)1997 Jul-Aug

8701015. Lamdan RM, Ramchandani D, Schindler B, Constant observation in a medical-surgical setting. The role of consultation-liaison psychiatry. Psychosomatics 37:4(368-73)1996 Jul-Aug

8666210. Boland RJ, Diaz S, Lamdan RM, Ramchandani D, McCartney JR, Overdiagnosis of depression in the general hospital. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 18:1(28-35)1996 Jan

8600491. Gitlin DF, Schindler BA, Stern TA, Epstein SA, Lamdan RM, McCarty TA, Nickell PV, Santulli RB, Shuster JL, Stiebel VG, Recommended guidelines for consultation-liaison psychiatric training in psychiatry residency programs. A report from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Task Force on Psychiatric Resident Training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Psychosomatics 37:1(3-11)1996 Jan-Feb

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