David L. Fogelson

Education and Training

  • Undergraduate Education: UC Santa Cruz, 1972

  • Medical Degree: M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1977

  • Residency: UCLA, 1977–1981

  • Fellowship: McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1981–1982

Practice Information

  • Practice Style: Western medicine with comprehensive medical care, often functioning as patients’ general practitioner. Offers psychotherapy, medication management, and referrals to other somatic therapies, with expertise in psychopharmacology and diagnosis.

  • Theoretical Orientation: Primarily cognitive behavioral and psychoanalytic, with a mentalization focus

  • Patient Types: Individuals, families, adults

  • Diagnostic Interests: Psychoses, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obesity, personality disorders, dissociative disorders, childhood trauma, substance abuse

Teaching and Supervision

  • Current Teaching Position: Clinical Supervisor, 1982–present; individual clinical supervision, usually two residents per year

  • Previous Teaching Positions: Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, 1984–1994; Medical Director, Aftercare Clinic, 1994–2000

  • Residents Supervised: Ellen Charles; Alexander Sones; Scott Fears; Jonathan Heldt; Michah Hoffman; Jessica Nord; Galya Rees; Adrienne Grzenda; Jason Schiffman

Contact Information

  • Office Address: 2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 325, Santa Monica 90403

  • Office Phone: 310-828-5015

  • Mobile Phone: 310-612-5123

  • Email: DavidFogelson@2730wilshire.com

  • Availability: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 1:00–5:00 p.m.