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Andrei Novac, MD, Psychiatry, Newport Beach, CA

AndreiNovacMD

Psychiatry Newport Beach, CA

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Program. Private practice in Newport Beach, CA. Author of over 50 articles, a poet, and an Associate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.

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  • Office

    400 Newport Center Drive
    Suite 309
    Newport Beach, CA 92660
    Phone+1 949-760-9133

Summary

  • Dr. Andrei Novac is a psychiatrist in Newport Beach, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and UCI Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and has been in practice 39 years. He is experienced in depression, psychotherapy, and trauma care.

Education & Training

  • University of California (Irvine)
    University of California (Irvine)Residency, Psychiatry, 1982 - 1986
  • Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
    Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyClass of 1978
  • College J.W. Goethe German College
    College J.W. Goethe German CollegeBaccalaureate, 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1983 - 2026
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Doctors of Orange County Orange Coast Magazine, 2014
  • Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
  • Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Free association in psychoanalysis and its links to neuroscience contributions  
    Andrei Novac and Barton Blinder, Neuropsychoanalysis, 10/6/2021
  • Writing on one's own demise: Suicide notes in the age of the internet  
    Novac, A, Pithia, N, Nguyen, B-N B., Krishnan, S and Bota, RG, British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 1/1/2016
  • Longitudinal reflections of the recent political shifts in the prescription of opiates  
    Bota RG, MD, Novac A, MD, Kheriaty A, MD, Mental Illness, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Foreign Accent Syndrome as an Under-recognized Manifestation of Chronic Psychological Trauma
    Chukwu, I, Seegan, A. & Novac A., 60th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA, 1/14/2016
  • Free Artistic Expression and Play as Means of Surviving Trauma
    Novac, A. (Chair and Presenter); Jaros, B., Blinder, B., Annual Meeting Syllabus and Proceedings Summary, 167th APA Meeting, New York, NY, 1/1/2014
  • Conflict Revisited: Psychotherapy Joins Neuroscience
    Novac, A. (Chair and Presenter); Pally, R., Blinder, B, Annual Meeting Syllabus and Proceedings Summary, 166th APA Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

  • Identity Narrative: The Implicit Rerouting Hypothesis 
    Bucharest, Romania - 1/24/2015
  • Identity Narrative and its Role in Understanding Trauma 
    Bucharest, Romania - 1/24/2015
  • Physician Burn-Out 
    University of California at Irvine, Department of Psychiatry. Irvine, CA - 1/2/2015
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Other

  • The Age of Humanity 
    Plexus
    1/1/2015
  • Nightmare Fog 
    Plexus
    1/1/2015
  • "Our Way Home," (short story) dramatized as musical play by Bonita Jaros, Ph.D., staged and performed 

    JCC of Orange County, CA - 1/4/2013
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