UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jess H. Ghannam, PhD

Clinical Professor, UCSF; and Chief, Medical Psychology, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center

CONTACT

jess.ghannam@ucsf.edu
(415) 921-8096 (voice)
(415) 354-3377 (fax)

Box 0858, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0858

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, A.B., 1979, Psychology
University of California, Berkeley, CA, M.A., 1981, Psychology
University of California, Berkeley, CA, M.S., 1983, Medical Sciences
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Ph.D., 1984, Psychology, Clinical
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Post-Doc Fellow, 1985, Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1985-1989

Residential Scientist, Dept. of Psychiatry; University of California San Francisco

1986-1991

Dir. of Psychology Training, Crisis Clinic, Dept. of Psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center

1989, 1990

Visiting Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

1991-1993

Director of Psychology Training, Dept. of Psychiatry, Outpatient Services, California Pacific Medical Center

1985-2003

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

1989-present

Director of Training, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco/ Mount Zion Medical Center, San Francisco

1993-present

Director, Geriatric Mental Health Clinic and Training Program, UCSF Center on Aging

1994-present

Chief, Medical Psychology, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center

2003-present

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1975

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan

1979

Pillsbury Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis, University of Michigan

1980

Angell Scholar, University of Michigan

1984

Sigma XI Scientific Society

1989

Certificate of Appreciation, San Francisco Police Department, for outstanding contribution to community work with the Psychiatric Liaison Unit

1990

Certificate of Appreciation, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center/University of California San Francisco, for outstanding community service contribution

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Jones, E.E.; Ghannam, J.H.; Nigg, J.T.; and-Dyer, J.F. (1993), "A Paradigm for Single Case Research: The Time Series Study of a Long-Term Psychotherapy for Depression." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61(3):381-394.

Horowitz, L.M.; Locke, K.; Morse, M.; Waikar, S.; Dryer, C.; Tarnow, E.; and Ghannam, J. (1992), "Self-Derogations and the Interpersonal Theory." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Horowitz, M.; Merluzzi, T.; Ewert, M.; Ghannam, J.; Hartley, D.; and Stinson, C. (1991), "Role-Relationship Model Configuration." In: M. Horowitz (Ed.), Person Schemas and Maladaptive Interpersonal Patterns. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Horowitz, M.; Markman, H.; and Ghannam, J. (1990), "A Classification Theory of Defense." In: Jerome L. Singer (Ed.), Repression and Dissociation: Implications for Personality Theory, Psychopathology, and Health. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ghannam, J.H. and Gresham, G. (1989), "The Anatomy of Duty-To-Warn: Clinical and Legal Implications." The California Psychologist, 23(3):9,14.

Ghannam, J.H. and Gresham, G. (1989), "Supreme Court to Review Consent with Involuntary Psychiatric Patients." The California Psychologist, 23(2):5.

Gresham, G. and Ghannam, J.H. (1988), "A Preliminary Exploration of Informed Consent in Involuntarily Detained Patients." The California Psychologist, 22(4):18.

Ghannam, J.H. (1988), "Structural Change: A Text Analytic Approach." Proceedings of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research. Santa Fe, New Mexico-

Ghannam, J.H. (1987), "The Traumatized Self: A Look at Trauma and Its Vicissitudes." Contemporary Psychiatry, 6(3):184-185.

Ghannam, J.H. (1987), "A Method f or Characterizing Representations of Self and Other From Clinical Transcripts." Proceedings of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research Meeting. Ulm, West Germany.

Ghannam, J.H. (1987), "The Social and Psychological Structure of Disaster." Contemporary Psychiatry, 6(2):133-134.

Gevins, A.S.; Doyle, J.D.; Cutillo, B.; and Ghannam, J.H. (1981), "Electrical Potentials in Human Brain During Cognition: New Methods Reveal Dynamic Patterns of Correlation." Science, 213:918-922.

Papsdorf, J.D. and Ghannam, J.H. (1978), "Anxiety and Hemispheric Specialization: Implications for EEG Biofeedback." In: L. Kimmel (Ed.), Biofeedback and Self-Regulation LEA: New York.

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