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Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, DLFAPA, FACLP

President, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
San Diego, California, United States

Dr. Maria Tiamson-Kassab obtained her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine and migrated to the US where she completed a residency in Psychiatry and a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in New York. She was Director of AIDS Psychiatry and was in the Consultation Liaison Service at Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College in New York. She then joined the Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System in New York where she managed the Consultation-Liaison Service and the Community Mental Health programs. She was Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College. Dr. Tiamson-Kassab was Acting Chief of Psychiatry and then Associate Chief of Psychiatry at the San Diego VA Healthcare System and Division Director of Acute and Intensive Mental Health Services. She is currently the Director of Psychiatry and Psychological Services at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center and Jacobs Medical Center. She is actively involved in the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the local, state and national levels. She is the President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Dr. Tiamson-Kassab is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and a Fellow of the ACLP. She has co-authored two editions of Practical Guide to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine, which has been translated to several languages and has written book chapters and articles in various topics in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and other Psychiatry topics. Dr. Tiamson-Kassab is board certified in Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD.

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