IraM.LesserMD
Psychiatry • Torrance, CAGeriatric Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Office
21840 Normandie Ave
Ste 200
Torrance, CA 90502Phone+1 310-222-3101Fax+1 310-320-6973
Education & Training
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1975 - 1977- Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1974 - 1975
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1974
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1975 - 2025- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Clinical Trials
- Family-Focused Therapy for Youth With Early-Onset Bipolar or Psychotic Disorders Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsHow patients experience thyroid eye disease.Terry J Smith, Laszlo Hegedüs, Ira Lesser, Petros Perros, Kimberly Dorris
Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2023-01-01 - Our Most Fundamental Task.Ira M. Lesser
Focus. 2017-10-16 - 1 citationsCompassion in the Eye of the BeholderIra M. Lesser
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2016-10-01
Press Mentions
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to Open County’s First Teen Psychiatric Emergency RoomFebruary 11th, 2018
Grant Support
- Clinical Trial: Ethnic Variations In Antidepressant ResponseNational Center For Research Resources2008–2009
- Ethnicity And The Diagnosis Of Affective IllnessNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2008
- Ethnic Variations In Antidepressant ResponseNational Center For Research Resources2005–2007
- Ethnic Variations In Antidepressant ResponseNational Institute Of Mental Health2004–2005
- Biopsychosocial Bases Of Ethnic Differences In DepressionNational Center For Research Resources1998–2001
- Core--Assessment And Subject RecruitmentNational Institute Of Mental Health1997–2000
- Ethnicity, Brain Imaging And Antidepressant ResponseNational Center For Research Resources1996–1997
- Ethnicity, Brain Imaging, ND Antidepressant ResponseNational Center For Research Resources1995
- Brain Lesions And Cognition In LATE Onset DepressionNational Center For Research Resources1993–1995
- Brain Lesions And Cognition In Late-Onset DepressionNational Institute Of Mental Health1991–1993
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