DanielAlanPlotkinMDMPH, PhD

Summary

• Daniel Plotkin, MD, based in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in geriatric psychiatry and has held numerous professional positions in his career, in academia as well as in the private sector. He is currently a Voluntary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. His educational background includes a residency in psychiatry and a 2 year fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Plotkin has a private practice and provides treatment as well as expertise in medical-legal cases. He sees patients in person in his office, he does house calls, and he does virtual visits with Zoom, etc. His notable publications address topics like undue influence, psychoanalytic treatment for older adults, dementia symptoms, and antidepressant drug studies, with some works cited multiple times in other publications. He has received recognitions such as Top Doctors in the LA area and Southern California, as well as being named a Super Doctor.