UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of John R. Chamberlain, MD  John R. Chamberlain, MD

Director, Consultation Liaison Services, and Clinical Director of Psychiatry, UCSF

Contact

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(415) 476-7456 (voice)
(415) 476-7371 (fax) (fax)

Box 0984, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0984

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, B.S., 1987-91, Biology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, M.D., 1991-95, General Medical Studies
University of Michigan Medical Center, 1995-98, General Surgery
University of California San Francisco, SF, CA, 1998-2001, General Adult Psychiatry
University of California San Francisco, SF, CA, 2001-02, Forensic Psychiatry

Professional Experience

  • 1998 - 02
    Medical Officer of the Day St. Francis Memorial Hospital
  • 1999 - 02
    Psychiatric Emergency Services Staff Physician John George Psychiatric Pavilion
  • 2002 (July - September)
    Attending Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
  • 2002 - 03
    Attending Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
  • 2002 - 03
    Chief Psychosocial Oncology Program, UC San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • 2003 -
    Director, Adult Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute

Honors & Awards

  • 1993
    Ciba-Geigy Award (Sophomore student most active in community service)
  • 1995
    SOMA Award (Student who demonstrates outstanding achievement in patient care, clinical skills and basic sciences)
  • 1995
    Upjohn Award (Outstanding surgical student)
  • 1997
    Golden Brick Award (Resident who demonstrates exceptional dedication to the protection of patient and resident interests)
  • 2001
    Alexander Simon Award (Outstanding Teaching by a Resident in Psychiatry)
  • 2001
    Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Alumni Faculty Interdisciplinary Award (Outstanding ability to integrate various disciplines within psychiatry to benefit the field as a whole)
  • 2001
    N.A.K.A. Award (Graduating resident voted by all trainees to have done the most to improve the residency)

Selected Publications

  • Eisendrath, Stuart and Chamberlain, John R.: Psychiatric Problems. In: Frederic S. Bongard and Darryl Y Sue (editors): Current Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd edition, New York, New York, McGraw-Hill (2002).
  • Chamberlain, John R. and Eisendrath, Stuart: Somatization: In: Mithcell D. Feldman and John F. Christensen (editors): Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care A Practical Guide 2nd edition, New York, New York, McGraw-Hill (2003).
  • Chamberlain, John R. Approaches to Somatoform Disorders in Primary Care. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2003; 3:438-447.

Updated: September 21, 2010