Dr. Steven Siegel, professor and chair of the department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine and Chief Mental Health and Wellness Officer for Keck Medicine of USC will speak at the USC Trojan Affiliates Year End Celebration at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 4. His topic will be “Aging Well — Living Positively for Sustained Mental Health.”
The dinner meeting will take place at Pinocchio Restaurant
at 1449 N. Lake Ave. in Pasadena. The program will include installation of the 2023-2024 board.
Siegel came to USC after 20 years at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had roles in research, teaching and clinical care. He received his bachelor’s in neuroscience at Colgate University in 1986, and his medical degree and doctorate in neurobiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996. He later completed a MacArthur Foundation Training Fellowship before completing his residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in neuropsychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
Siegel has made contributions to understanding the neurobiology of schizophrenia, autism and drug dependence. His laboratory uses animal models to evaluate EEG, combined with behavioral and molecular studies. Additionally, he invented, patented and licensed a new method of treatment for schizophrenia using biodegradable implants, which successfully completed a pivotal phase 3 clinical trial and has been submitted as an NDA to the FDA for consideration.
Siegel is also a physician-scientist specializing in the treatment of psychosis. In his current role at USC, Siegel oversees operations for a department comprising 200 faculty members, 50 staff members and 100 residents, fellows and trainees; more than tripling the size of the department in the five years since he arrived. His department provides a broad range of mental health services to children and adults at LAC+USC Medical Center including emergency, inpatient and outpatient services. Additionally, he has expanded and improved the quality of mental health services at Keck Medicine and USC Care, with an emphasis on consultation liaison and specialty services.
During his first year at USC he designed and oversaw the incorporation of student mental health services into Keck Medicine of USC. He continues to lead and guide the evolution of student mental health services at USC, both within Student Health, and in the new Keck Medicine student outpatient practice that launched in late 2019. He was named the inaugural Chief Mental Health and Wellness Officer for Keck Medicine of USC in 2021, with responsibility and oversight of mental health services across the Keck enterprise as well as leadership of wellness program as part of Keck Medicine’s nationally acclaimed Care for the Caregiver program.
Ann Proctor, of San Gabriel, will once again take the helm as president. The board includes members living throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
If you are interested in being a speaker for USC Trojan Affiliates please contact speakers chairman Jacqueline Goodman at jtgoodman@aol.com. For additional information, registration and to find out the cost of dinner, please contact the Trojan Affiliates reservations chairman at sisarah@verizon.net or (626) 303-7284 by April 30.
Psychiatry Professor to Speak on Aging Well at Trojans Affiliates
