BenjaminAlbertFurstMD

Psychiatrist

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Office
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W Carson St, Box 498
Torrance, CA 90509
Phone+1 424-306-5700

Fax+1 310-328-7217

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2005
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2001
University of Southern CaliforniaB.A., American Studies, Summa Cum Laude, 1997
University of Southern CaliforniaB.A., Biological Sciences, Summa Cum Laude, 1997

Teaching Award for Outstanding Medical Student Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCLA, 2009
Best Role Model Award, Department of Psychiatry, for Resident Education Harbor-UCLA, 2008
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, for Resident Education Harbor-UCLA, 2006
Shirley Hatos 21st Century Prize for the best unpublished resident paper 2004
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PubMed

10 citations
Varenicline treatment for methamphetamine dependence: A randomized, double-blind phase II clinical trial.
Marisa S. Briones, Steven Shoptaw, Ryan Cook, Matthew J. Worley, Aimee-Noelle Swanson
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2018-08-01
31 citations
Possible association of QTc interval prolongation with co-administration of quetiapine and lovastatin.
Benjamin A. Furst, Katherine M. Champion, Joseph M. Pierre, Donna A. Wirshing, William C. Wirshing
Biological Psychiatry. 2002-02-01
31 citations
Cigarette smoking as a target for potentiating outcomes for methamphetamine abuse treatment
Matthew Brensilver, Keith G. Heinzerling, Aimee-Noelle Swanson, Donatello Telesca, Benjamin A. Furst
Drug and Alcohol Review. 2013-01-01

Journal Articles

Bowlby Goes to the Movies: An Argument for the Use of Film as a Teaching Tool for Issues of Bereavement, Mourning, and Grief in Health Care Education
Furst BA, Acad Psychiatry, 1/1/2007
Expression of Activin and Activin Receptors in the Prostate Carcinoma Cell Line DU145
Furst BA, Zhang Z, and Ying S-Y, International Journal of Oncology, 1/1/1995

Abstracts/Posters

Cardiovascular safety of ibudilast treatment with intravenous methamphetamine administration
DeYoung D, Heinzerling KG, Swanson A-N, Tsuang J, Furst B, Yi Y, Wu YN, Shoptaw S, Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 1/1/2015
Ibudilast may reduce inattention associated with methamphetamine use
Swanson A-N, Wright M, birath JB, Tsuang J, Furst B, Heinzerling K, Obermeit L, Amaya S, Maes L, McKay C, Shoptaw S, Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 1/1/2014
Ibudilast may reduce inattention associated with methamphetamine use.
Swanson A, Wright M, Birath JB, Tsuang J, Furst B, Heinzerling K, Obermeit, LO, Amaya S, Maes L, McKay C, & Shoptaw S, 75th annual meeting of College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2013
Expression of Activin and Activin Receptors in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines LNCaP and DU145
Zhang Z, Ying C, Batres Y, Furst B, Xing WX, and Ying S-Y, 77th Annual Meeting for the Endocrine Society: Programs and Abstracts, 1/1/1995
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Lectures

Navigating the Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization Process.
Long Beach, CA - 1/1/2011
Documentation and Handwriting.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA - 1/21/2010
Cost Containment and Utilization Review.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA - 1/25/2009
Treatment of Depression in the Latino Population: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
Universal City, CA - 1/18/2006
Death and Dying in the Movies.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA - 1/8/2005
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Other

Book Review: ADHD in the Hispanic Population
Furst BA, Advances in Cognitive Therapy Newsletter
1/1/2010