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Jeffrey Sugar, MD, Psychiatry, El Segundo, CA

JeffreyASugarMDDistinguished Life Fellow, APA

Psychiatry El Segundo, CA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, USC School of Medicine

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  • Office

    312 E. Sycamore Ave
    El Segundo, CA 90245
    Phone+1 310-291-0886

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1987 - 1989
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1987
  • San Francisco State University
    San Francisco State UniversityMaster�s, Interdisciplinary Creative Arts, 1982 - 1983
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1983, MD, Note graduated in 1984, but most classmates were from 1983, due to my year studying creative arts at SF State
  • New College of Florida
    New College of FloridaB.A., 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Faculty of the Year USC, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019
  • Research Fellow International Psychoanalytic Association, 2018
  • Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Association between Depression Severity and Stigmatized Beliefs in Undergraduate Students at a Large Metropolitan University: A Cross-Sectional Study  
    Pendi A, Ashraf J, Wolitzky-Taylor KB, Lee D, Sugar J, et al, J Psychiatry Ment Health, 1/1/2016
  • Peritraumatic Dissociation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Psychiatrically Impaired Youth  
    Sugar, J, and Ford, J, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1/1/2012
  • Reflective Team Supervision After a Frightening Event on a Psychiatric Crisis Service: A Case Study  
    Chien, J, Sugar, J, Shoemaker, E, Pataki, C, Academic Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • How Adversity Becomes Disease: The Biological Embedding of Experience
    Sugar, J, Proceedings of the National Crime Victim Bar Association national conference, 1/1/2015
  • The Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Psychological Trauma
    Pun, S, Sugar, J, Chen, H, Roy, D, USC, 1/1/2015
  • Virtual Justina: A PTSD Virtual Patient for Clinical Classroom Training
    Kenny, P, Parsons, T, Pataki, C, Pato, M, St-George, C, Sugar, J, Rizzo, A, Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

  • Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Adversity and Trauma (RAPAT): Scale Development and Early Results 
    Portsmouth, NH - 1/1/2016
  • The Next Step After ACES: Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Adversity and Trauma (RAPAT) 
    Dallas, TX - 1/1/2016
  • Mis(sed) Diagnosis: Trauma, Dissociation, and Psychosis, Revisited 
    1/1/2015
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