MichaelM.TakamuraMD

Forensic Psychiatry

Private forensic psychiatry practice Adult inpatient at a private psychiatric hospital QME/IME/AME

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Office
15525 Pomerado Rd
Ste E3
Poway, CA 92064
Phone+1 858-592-6644

Fax+1 858-592-6393

Dr. Michael Takamura is a psychiatrist in Poway, CA, with a subspecialty in forensic psychiatry. He completed his medical education and residency at the University of California, San Diego, and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Southern California. Dr. Takamura served as the Medical Director at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital Psychiatric ICU and as the PICU Clinical Service Director at Aurora Behavioral Healthcare San Diego, and he currently holds a position as an Adult Psychiatrist for the County of San Diego. His expertise includes schizophrenia, medico-legal evaluations and adult criminal forensics. He has contributed publications on forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy and has received several honors, including Housestaff Physician of the Year at UC San Diego School of Medicine and various fellowship awards.

University of Southern CaliforniaMD, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, 2005 - 2006
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2005
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterInternship, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2002
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 2001
Harvard UniversityB.A., Biology, with neuroscience focus, Cum Laude, 1993 - 1997

Housestaff Physician of the Year University Of California, San Diego, 2005
Ginsburg Fellowship Award AADPRT, 2005
Leadership Fellow Award APA/GlaxoSmithKline, 2003
Laughlin Fellow Award American College of Psychiatrists, 2003
Scholarship Recipient Medical Education & Research Foundation, 2002
Excellence-In-Teaching Award UCSD Kaiser, 2002
Hartford UCLA Geriatrics Fellowship American Federation for Aging Research, 1998
Professional-In-Residence Program Scholarship Betty Ford Center, 1998
Pharmaceutical Group Scholarship Award Japanese Medical Society of America, 1998
Winthrop House Best All-Around Award 1997
25th Anniversary Scholar UCSD School of Medicine, 1997
J. William Fulbright Scholarship 1997
Harvard Research Program Scholarship 1995
John Harvard Scholarship 1995
Dean’s List Harvard College, 1993
Robert Byrd Honors Scholarship California State, 1993
Scholarship Harvard College, 1993
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