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Itai Danovitch, MD

Psychiatry

Itai Danovitch, MD

Psychiatry

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  • Male

  • English

  • 22 years experience

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    Experience

    Board Certifications

    • Addiction Psychiatry

      American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

    • Psychiatry

      American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

    Titles

    Professor

    Cedars-Sinai

    Chair

    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

    Education & Training

    2013

    Completed Degrees

    Master's

    UCLA Anderson School of Management

    2008

    Completed Fellowship

    Cedars-Sinai

    2007

    Completed Residency

    New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center

    2003

    Completed Medical School

    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

    Awards & Honors

    • Distinguished Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine

    • Commissioner, California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission

    • Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

    Research and Publications

    Research

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    Publications

    • IsHak W, Lopez E, Steiner A, Kharazi P, Cedillo P, Nimmer M, Bellete N, Benji A, Berberyan R, Smith K, Naghdechi L, Yahia Jaffer K, Parisi L, Burnes-Bolton L, & Danovitch I. Evaluating the impact of depression screening in general hospitals: a pilot study of patient reported outcomes of quality of life, functioning, and psychiatric symptom severity. Int J Med Sci. 2016

    • Danovitch I. Post-traumatic stress disorder and opioid use disorder: A narrative review of conceptual models.J Addict Dis. 2016;35(3):169-179.

    • Mosher H, Herzig SJ, Danovitch I, Boutsicaris C, Hassamal S, Wittnebel K, Dashti A, Nuckols T. The Evaluation of Medical Inpatients Who Are Admitted on Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. J Hosp Med. 2017. [Epub ahead of print]

    • Dascal, J, Ishak W, Spiegel B, Reid M, Rosen B, Danovitch I. Virtual Reality and Medical Inpatients: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2017;14(1-2):14-21.

    • Danovitch I, Kan D. The Addiction Benefits Scorecard: A Framework to Promote Health Insurer Accountability and Support Consumer Engagement. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2017;49(2):122-131. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

    • Danovitch I, Vanle B, Van Groningen N, Ishak W, Nuckols T. Opioid Overdose in the Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review. J Addict Med. 2019 Apr 2.

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