EDUCATION

1973 M.D. University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky

1969 B.A. University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Major: Biology Minor: Philosophy

GRADUATE EDUCATION

Fellow: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles 1976-78 Division of Psychiatry; Child Psychiatry

Resident: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California 1974-76 Medical Center Adult Psychiatry

Intern: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California 1973-74 Medical Center Surgery

ELECTIVES AND SEMINARS

William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Columbia, South Carolina. Adult Psychiatry/Neurology

Rig’s Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark. Pediatrics

New York University Hospital New York, New York. Department of Pediatric Neurology

Albert Einstein Medical Center New York, New York. Child Psychiatry

EXPERIENCE

2003 to Present: Executive Director, Optimum Performance Institute in Woodland Hills, Calif. (executive offices in Santa Barbara, Calif.)

1994 to 2003: Consulting Psychiatrist Cascade School, Whitmore, California

1991 to 1994: Medical Director--Redding Specialty Hospital, Redding, California. Developed the adolescent program and its substance abuse components. Also worked with adults in the hospital’s dual diagnosis program. Established Adult Partial Hospital Program. Medical Director of Adult Partial Hospital at Redding Specialty Hospital.

1989 to 1991: Medical Director---Del Amo Hospital, Torrance, California.

1989 to 1991 Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine

1988 to 1991: Established and served as Medical Director For Residential Treatment Center: Ivy Lea Manor for Adults, Children and Adolescents

1979 to 1989: Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Services, Del Amo Hospital, Torrance, California and developed outpatient child and adolescent clinic program.

Consultant:

1994 to 2003: Cascade School, Whitmore, California Provided psychotherapy and medication consultation for children at this private residential school setting.

1979 to 1983: Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles County

1978 to 1983: Five Acres Boys and Girls Home

1978 to 1983: Sunair Home for Asthmatic Children

1978 to 1983: Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

SOCIETIES

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
California Psychiatric Association
California Children’s Lobby

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS

• Etiology of the Arnold-Chiara Malformation



• Mechanisms of Placental Transport



• Kinetic drawings with Families
  Co-author: Roman Anshin, M.D. Cedar Sinai Medical Center



• Psychotic Process in Childhood



• The use of the Magic Sword: Therapeutic Uses of Projection and Projective Identification



• Chaos theory and Brain Functioning Co-author: Tom Colura, Ph.D.

PRESENTATIONS

November, 2003 Dynamics of Change: From Structured to Unstructured Settings, From Adolescent to Adult Presented at a meeting of the Independent Education Consultants Assn.

February, 1996 Chaos Theory and Brain Functioning Presented at the 6th Annual Advanced Winter Brain Conference sponsored by FutureHealth. Presented with Tom Colura, Ph.D.

October, 1985 Creativity Presented at the annual meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

March, 1985 Dragons & Devils: A comprehensive Developmental Approach to the Understanding and Treatment of Childhood Psychosis Presented at Del Amo Hospital, Torrance, California

APPOINTMENTS

1987 to 1991: Coordinator of Residency Training for Del Amo Hospital/Harbor UCLA Child Psychiatry Department

1986 Advisory Board of National Center for Youth Suicide Prevention, Washington, D.C.

1985 Chairman, National Creativity Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

1985 Secretary, California State Committee on Suicide Prevention

MISCELLANEOUS

Dr. Fischer is interested in cross cultural studies and has traveled and photographed people extensively throughout the world for the past 30 years. He is involved in EEG Biofeedback research and the application of Chaos Theory analysis and meditative states.

He has taken first, second, third and best-of-show awards in photography exhibitions held in Washington, D.C., Toronto, Canada; San Antonio, Texas, and in Sans Francisco and Los Angeles. He plays clarinet, saxophone and flute and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a Korean martial art.