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GRANACHER, JR., M.D., M.B.A. PERSONAL:Date of Birth: 07-29-1941Married - One child, Phillip Wife: Mary Linda EDUCATION:1969: B.A., University of Louisville1972: M.D., University of Kentucky 2004: M.B.A., University of Tennessee POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION:Resident in Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, July 1, 1972-December 31, 1973Chief Resident in Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, January 1, 1974-June 30, 1974 Clinical and Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Third Year Resident in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975 OTHER TRAINING:Senior Assistant Resident in Neurology, Harvard Neurology Unit, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1, 1974-June 30, 1975Junior Assistant Resident in Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, April 1-May 30, 1973 Research Fellow, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, September 1, 1974-June 30, 1975 Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, January 1, 1975-June 30, 1975 Research Fellow, Boston State Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, September, 1974-June 30, 1975 CERTIFICATIONS:Diplomate, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Behavioral Neurology and NeuropsychiatryDiplomate in Clinical Psychopharmacology, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1998, 2003, 2010 Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry with added qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry, 1994, 2004 Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, 1992, 2002 Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine, 1985 Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, 1983 Diplomate in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1976 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1972 PRESENT POSITIONS:Private Practice(Treatment of patients from central and eastern Kentucky; forensic consultation, U.S., Canada, Caribbean) St. Joseph Office Park 1401 Harrodsburg Road, Suite A-400 Lexington, KY 40504-3795 (859) 277-5213 Board Member St. Joseph Health System Eight Institutions $850,000,000 budget December 2007 — present Co-Chair, Quality and Process Committee St. Joseph Health System Eight Institutions 2008 — Present Dean's Council University of Kentucky, College of Medicine To develop U.K. College of Medicine for next 20 years 2005 — Present Clinical Professor of Psychiatry University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, KY Director CBA Pharma, Inc (Oncology research company) Lexington, Kentucky President Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association "News Talk Radio", 590 WVLK, with Sue Wylie (Mondays 11:00 a.m., WVLK, Lexington) HONORS:Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2005Highly Commended Award in Neurology, Medical book competition of the British Medical Association Library (Traumatic Brain Injury, by Granacher, CRC Press, 2003). Psychiatry Resident's Community Faculty Award, 2003, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2002 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award for 1996, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1994 Psychiatry Award, Graduating Class, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1972 Alpha Epsilon Delta, International Premedical Honor Society, 1961 NATIONAL COMMITTEE POSITIONS:Member, Forensic Neuropsychiatry Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 2001- present.Member, Private Practice Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 1985 - present Chairman, Private Practice Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1990-1998 Member, Forensic Core Committee, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2000-Present Member, Task Force on Practice Guidelines for Forensic Evaluations, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1995-1998 Member, Budget Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1995-1997 PAST CLINICAL POSITIONS:Board Member, Saint Joseph Healthcare, Inc. 1994 — 2007Board Member, CHI Transition Task Force to merge Saint Joseph Healthcare, Inc. into an eight institution consortium $700,000,000 budget, July &mdash December 2007 Executive Committee and Quality Control Committee, Saint Joseph Healthcare, Inc., 1997 — 2007 Board Member, Saint Joseph Healthcare, $400,000,000 budget (2007), 1994 — 2007 Chairman, Board of Governors (July 1999-July 2002) Saint Joseph Healthcare, Inc. ($280,000,000 budget), Lexington, Kentucky (Member 1994 — present, Vice Chairman, 1997 — July 1999) Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Saint Joseph Healthcare, Inc., Lexington, KY, 1984-1996 Sleep Disorder Physician, Polysomnographer, Sleep Disorders Center, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, 40504, 1985 - 2002. Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, 1990-1991 Staff Psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Leestown Division, Lexington, KY, August 22, 1977-August 22, 1978 Chief Intensive Treatment Services, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, KY, July 1, 1975-August 21, 1977 Staff Psychiatrist, Comprehensive Care Center, London, KY, September, 1975-December 1976 WORK EXPERIENCE:Board Member, Saint Joseph Health System, Lexington, KY 2008 — PresentThe Saint Joseph Health System was established in December 2007 and became effective early 2008. Dr. Granacher is one of the founding directors of this new corporation. It is comprised of hospitals stretching from Bardstown, Kentucky, east to Martin, Kentucky, and south to London, Kentucky. It consists of the following healthcare facilities: Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East, Flaget, Saint Joseph Mt. Sterling, Saint Joseph Martin, Saint Joseph Berea, Saint Joseph London, and Saint Joseph Jessamine County. The current budget is approximately $850,000,000 yearly revenue. Dr. Granacher also co-chairs the Quality and Process Improvement Committee. This committee is in charge of quality control for the eight facilities and also oversees credentialing for all physicians working in any of the eight facilities. Dr. Granacher oversees the credentialing of 1,800 physicians in the system. Board Member, Saint Joseph Healthcare, Lexington, KY (1994 — 2007) Dr. Granacher first joined the Board of Saint Joseph Healthcare in 1994. He was elected to the Board upon recommendation of William Fuchs, CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital. In 1997, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Board and was placed upon the Executive Committee. He assumed Chairman of the Board, July, 1999, and he served in that capacity as the first and only physician chair until July, 2002, while concurrently serving on the Executive Committee. He served on the Executive Committee as past Chairman of the Board, 2002 - 2007. During Dr. Granacher's tenure as board chairman, he was intimately involved in oversight of the $280,000,000 yearly budget. Notable achievements included acquisition of Jewish Hospital on Richmond Road and converting that to Saint Joseph Hospital, East. That hospital was upgraded, and the first long-term acute care hospital in Kentucky, within a hospital, was developed at that site. A five-story medical office building was added to the East campus. The entire medical and surgical services were upgraded, and bariatric surgery was added as a subspecialty practice. The Obstetrics Division increased its yearly deliveries 350% during Dr. Granacher's tenure. At the main Saint Joseph Hospital campus, the entire sixth floor was renovated for use by the oncology service. Interventional cardiology expanded with an additional sixteen beds. The cardiac catheterization laboratory was expanded to a total of 14 patient bays. Surgical telemetry was expanded onto 3B with an addition of a 25-bed surgical telemetry unit. 5A was converted to a 16-bed stroke telemetry unit. 43 new private rooms were added, and the total telemetry beds were increased to 136. Board Member, CHI Taskforce, 2007 Fifteen-member working committee to merge the following institutions: Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph Berea, Saint Joseph Mt. Sterling, Saint Joseph Jessamine County, Marymount, Flaget and Our Lady of the Way July-December 2007. Yearly budget $700,000,000. During Dr. Granacher's last years of service on the Saint Joseph Healthcare Board, intensive development began for the addition of an 8-story heart institute, adding 250,000 square feet. Positron Emission Tomography was added for use by the oncology service and for the analysis of complex brain disorders. Berea and Mt. Sterling hospitals were purchased and a new healthcare facility was established in Nicholasville. Board of Directors, CBA Pharma (1989 - Present) Dr. Granacher serves on the Board of this venture capital start-up pharmaceutical company. The company has a pending NDA for a product (CBT-1) for use as an adjunctive treatment reversing multiple drug resistance in cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy. This product is currently moving to a new drug application with the FDA. In 2006, CBA Pharma entered contractual research agreements with the National Cancer Institute. Assistant Director, Quality Control Schenley Distillers, Louisville, KY, February 1967-December 1968 Plastics Technology Research Associate, General Electric Company, Louisville, KY, January 1969- August 1969 CONSULTATION:Interprofessional Education at University of KentuckyTo design integrated campus for Medicine, Dentistry Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health and Public Health 2006 - 2009 Chairperson Biotechnology Committee Dean's Council University of Kentucky College of Medicine 2005 – 2009 Board of Governors Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund 2005 - 2010 Member Search Committee of Saint Joseph Health System for CEO, 2007. Member Search Committee for CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital, 2007. Member Search Committee of Saint Joseph Healthcare for CEO, 2004. Consultant to Department of Corrections, Kentucky. Revised psychiatric care standards for LaGrange Reformatory, 1996. Member Search Committee for CEO of St. Joseph Hospital, 1995. Assisted in development of Form 107-P for Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims, 1994. Forensic Consultant, U.S. Customs, Child Pornography, 1992. Reviewed Cognitive Impairment Disorders for American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV, 1992. Forensic Consultant, Child Pornography, U.S. Post Office Inspector, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991-1993. U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, Arlington, Virginia, 1990-1991. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. Provided the impetus to develop the first private general hospital brain SPECT laboratory in Kentucky, 1989. Member, Task Force on DSM-IV, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1988-1994. Psychiatrist to Gender Dysphoria Team, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, 1988-Present. Member, Medical Fee Schedule Committee, Department of Workers' Claims, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1988, 1994. United States Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., 1987-1990. Commissioner Mental Health, State of South Carolina, Standards for Psychiatric Care, 1985-1986. Governor's Task Force on Prison Options, Martha Layne Collins, Governor, 1984-1985. Commission on Corrections and Community Service, John Y. Brown, Governor, 1982-1983. New Drug Evaluation Unit, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Clinical Researcher, Psychopharmacology, 1982-1983. Geropsychiatry Unit, St. Joseph Hospital. Provided leadership and expertise in developing the first general hospital geriatric psychiatry unit in Kentucky, 1981. Special Consultant in Clinical Psychopharmacology to United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1991. United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Standards of Psychiatric Care, Prisons and Psychiatric Hospitals, 1977-1991. ORGANIZATIONS:American Academy of Psychiatry and the LawAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry American Medical Association American Neuropsychiatric Association American Psychiatric Association International Brain Injury Association Kentucky Medical Association Kentucky Psychiatric Association Lexington Medical Society Mensa North American Brain Injury Society TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS:Clinical Instructor Forensic Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry, fourth-year residents, 1989-Present.Clinical Preceptor for third-year medical students, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1985-1989. Seminar in Forensic Psychiatry and Ethics, third- and fourth-year residents in psychiatry,University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1985-1992. Seminar in Biological Psychiatry, first-year residents in psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1983-1985. Clinical Preceptor for Physician Assistant students, College of Allied Health, University of Kentucky, 1981-present. Clinical Professor in Human Sexuality, third-year medical students, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1980-1985. Clinical Preceptor for Psychiatric Residents, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1975-1992. Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry, second-year medical class, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1975-1991. Researcher in Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1975-1990. Seminar in Clinical Psychopharmacology for first- and second-year residents in psychiatry,University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1975-1985. EDITING:Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Bloomfield, CT, 2000-present.Supporting Editor for Psychopharmacology, Springer-Verlag Publishers, Berlin and Heidelberg, 1975-1977. BOOKS:Granacher, R.P.: Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Evaluation, Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2008Granacher, R.P.: Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Evaluation, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2003. Mason, A.S. and Granacher, R.P.: Clinical Handbook of Antipsychotic Drug Therapy, Seiwa Shoten, Suginamiku Tokyo 168, Japan, 1984. Mason, A.S. and Granacher, R.P.: Clinical Handbook of Antipsychotic Drug Therapy, Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, New York, 1980. BOOK CHAPTERS:Granacher, R.P.: Forensic Issues and TBI, in Clinical Manual of Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury, Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, In Press.Granacher, R.P.: Employment, in The Psychiatric Report: Principles and Practice in Writing for the Courts, Buchanan, A. and Norko, M. (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010. Rogers, R. and Granacher R.P.: Conceptualization and Assessment of Malingering, in Handbook of Forensic Assessment: Psychological and Psychiatric Perspectives, Drogin, E.Y., DaTillo, F.M., Sudoff, R.L. and Gutheil, T.G. (Eds.), Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2010. Berry, D.T.R. and Granacher, R.P.: Feigning of Psychiatric Symptoms in the Context of Documented Severe Head Injury and Preserved Motivation on Neuropsychological Testing, in Handbook of Neuropsychology, J. Morgan and J. Sweet, Psychology Press, New York, 2009. Granacher, R.P. and Berry, D.T.R.: Feigned Medical Presentations, in Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, Rogers, R. (Ed.)., Guilford, New York, 2008. Granacher, R.P. and Fozdar, M.: Personal Injury Litigation in the United States and India: Acquired Psychopathy, in The International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, Felthous, A. and Sass, H. (Eds.), Wiley and Sons, New York, 2008. Granacher, R.P. and Fozdar, M.A.: Acquired Psychopathy and the Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, in The International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, Felthous, A. and Sass, H. (Eds.), Wiley and Sons, New York, 2008. Granacher, R.P.: The Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, in The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury; A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, G.J. Murrey (Ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2007. Granacher, R.P.: Starting a Forensic Practice, in APA Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Simon, R., and Gold, L. (Eds.), APA Press, Washington D.C., 2003. Granacher, R.P.: Biomechanics, Pathophysiology and Medical Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury, in Handling the Brain Injury Case: A Primer for Lawyers, KATA, 2003. Granacher, R.P.: Functional Imaging Techniques, in Head Trauma Cases. Law and Medicine. Second Edition, Vol. 1, A.C. Roberts (Ed.) John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1996. Granacher, R.P.: Criminal responsibility, in Crime and Punishment in the 80s, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, 1982. Cole, J.O., Gardos, G., Tarsy, D., Granacher, R.P., Sniffen, C., Vanderkolk, B., and Trenholm, I.: Drug trials in persistent dyskinesia in Tardive Dyskinesia published under aegis of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Raven Press, New York, l979. Granacher, R.P. and Baldessarini, R.J.: The usefulness of physostigmine in neuropsychiatry, in Handbook of Neuropharmacology, H. Klawans, editor, Raven Press, New York, 1976. MONOGRAPHS:Drug Utilizations Review. Stolar, M.: Member of national work group, U.S. Government Printing Office, Psychotropic Drugs: Approaches to Psychopharmacologic Drug Use, D HEW Pub. No. (ADM) 79-58, 1979.ARTICLES AND ABSTRACTS:Granacher, R.P.: Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Brain Disorder, Psychiatric Times, November 1, 2008.Walters, G.D., Berry, D.T., Rogers, R., Payne, J.W., and Granacher, R.P.: Feigned Neurocognitive Deficit: Taxon or Dimension? Journal of Experimental and Clinical Neuropsychology, 31:584-593, 2008. Granacher, R.P. Jr.: Commentary: Applications of Functional Neuroimaging to Civil Litigation of Mild TBI, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 36:323-328, 2008. Walters, G.D., Berry, D.T.R., Duncan, S.A., Payne, J.W., Rogers, R., Miller, H.A., McCusker, P.J. and Granacher, R.P.: Malingering as a Categorical or Dimensional Construct: The Latent Structure of Feigned Psychopathology as Measured by the SIRS and MMPI-2. Psychological Assessment, 20:328-347, 2008. Smart, C.M., Nelson, N.W, Sweet, J.J., Bryant, F.B., Berry, D.T.R., Granacher, R.P., and Heilbonner, R.L.: Use of MMPI-2 to Predict Cognitive Effort: D. Heirarchically — Optimal Classification Tree Analysis, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14:842-852, 2008. Rogers, R., Payne, J.W., Berry, D.T.R. and Granacher, R.P., Jr.: Use of the SIRS in Compensation Cases: An Examination of The Validity and Generalizability. Law and Human Behavior, 33:213-224, 2008. Alwes, Y.R., Clark, J.A., Berry, D.T.R. and Granacher, R.P.: Screening for Feigning in a Civil Forensic Setting. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30:133-140, 2008. Nelson, N.W., Sweet, J.J., Berry, D.T., Bryant, F.B. and Granacher, R.P.: Response validity in forensic neuropsychology: exploratory factor analytic evidence of distinct cognitive and psychological constructs. J. Int. Neuropsychol. Soc., 13:440-449, 2007. Vagnini, V.L., Sollman, M.J., Berry, D.T., Granacher, R.P., et al: Known-Groups Cross-Validation of the Letter Memory Test in a Compensation-Seeking Mixed Neurologic Sample. Clin. Neuropsychol. 20: 289-304, 2006. Granacher, R.P.: Commentary: Alcoholic Blackout and Allegation of Amnesia During Criminal Acts. J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law, 34:371-374, 2004. Vagnini, V.L., Sollman, M., Berry, D., Granacher, R., Hopkins, J.: Effectiveness of MMPI-2 validity scales for detection of malingered neurocognitive deficit. Presentation, 32nd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. Sollman, M.J., Berry, D., Granacher, R., Vagnini, V., Frazier, A., Hopkins, J., Wetter, A. & Wetter, M.: Validity of the Letter Memory Test in a compensation-seeking TBI population. Presentation: 32nd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. Hopkins, J.N., Vagnini, T.L., Sollman, M.J., Granacher, R.P., Berry, D.T.R., and Alwes, Y.R.: Screening for Feigned Psychiatric Symptoms in a Sample of Workers Compensation Evaluees. Poster Presentation. Southern Psychological Associations, New Orleans, March, 2003. Granacher, R.P.: Book Review, Mastering Forensic Psychiatric Practice: Advanced Strategies for the Expert Witness, Psychiatric Times, 19(12):65, 2002. Granacher, R.P.: The Business Aspects of Forensic Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 29:216-24, 2001. Granacher, R.P.: Depression and Cardiac Surgery, The Saint Joseph Hospital CME Clinical Letter, 1:6-7, 1996. Granacher, R.P.: How Much to Disclose: Personal Information. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter, 20:1995. Granacher, R.P.: To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Tricyclic Antidepressants Can Kill You, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter, 18:71-72, 1993. Lineberry, C.G., Johnston, J.A., Raymond, R.N., Samara, B., Feighner, J.P., Harto, N.E., Granacher, R.P., Weisler, R.H., Carman, J.S., Boyer, W.F.: A fixed dose (300mg.) efficacy study of bupropion and placebo in depressed out-patients. J.Clin.Psychiatry, 51:194-199, 1990. Granacher, R.P.: Neuropsychiatry: New Tools for Assessment, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter, 14:67-68, 1989. Granacher, R.P.: (Abstract) a Model Mental Health System for Death Row, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Ottawa, Canada, October, 1987. Granacher, R.P.: (Abstract) The Neuropsychiatric Examination of the Brain Damaged Litigant, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Ottawa, Canada, October, 1987. Granacher, R.P.: Agitated Elderly Patients, Family Medicine Review, Science-thru-Media, 1984. Granacher, R.P.: Geriatric Sexuality, Audio Digest Psychiatry 12:No. 4, 1983. Granacher, R.P.: Geriatric Sexuality, Audio Digest Psychiatry 12:No. 4, 1983. Granacher, R.P.: "Second Generation" antidepressant compounds, Acta Litera, Ky. Psychiatric Assoc. 4(1):6, 1983. Granacher, R.P. and Ruth, D.D.: A comparison of thioridazine (Mellaril) and thiothixene (Navane) in the treatment of hospitalized psychotic patients, Curr.Ther.Rest. 31:692-705, 1982. Granacher, R.P.: The agitated elderly patient, Postgrad.Med. 72:83-96, 1982. Granacher, R.P.: Auto venipuncture as a cause of factitial illness, J.Nerv.Ment.Dis. 170:308-310, 1982. Granacher, R.P.: The neurological examination in geriatric psychiatry, Psychosomatics 22:485-499, 1981. Granacher, R.P.: Basic principles of geriatric psychopharmacology, J.Ky.Med.Assoc. 79:July, 1981. Granacher, R.P.: The differential diagnosis of tardive dyskinesia, Am.J.Psychiatry 138:1288-1297, 1981. Granacher, R.P.: Coffee and antipsychotic drugs, Am.J.Psychiatry 137:749-750, 1980. Granacher, R.P.: Psychotropics in geriatric patients, Acta Litera, Ky. Psychiatric Assoc. 1(2):6, 1979. Granacher, R.P.: Titrating intramuscular dosages for elderly patients, Am.J.Psychiatry 137:1997, 1979. Gardos, G., Granacher, R.P., Cole, J.O., and Sniffen, C.: The effects of papaverine in tardive dyskinesia, Prog. Neuro-psychopharmacol. 3:No. 4, 1979. Granacher, R.P. and Ruth, D.D.: Droperidol in acute agitation, Curr.Ther.Res. 25:361-365, 1979. Granacher, R.P.: The Capgras syndrome in old age, Am.J.Psychiatry 135:758-759, 1978. Granacher, R.P.: The tardive dyskinesia syndrome, J.Ky.Med.Assoc. 76:1-5, 1978. Granacher, R.P.: Neuromuscular problems associated with lithium, Am.J.Psychiatry 134:702, 1977. Granacher, R.P.: Facial dyskinesia after antihistamines, N.Engl.J. Med. 296:616, 1977. Tarsy, D. and Granacher, R.P.: Tardive dyskinesia in young adults, Am.J.Psychiatry 134:1032-1034, 1977. Erwin, W.J. and Granacher, R.P.: New behavioral data concerning the autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome, South Med.J. 70:876-878, 1977. Mason, A.S. and Granacher, R.P.: Basic principles of rapid neuroleptization, Dis.Nerv.Syst. 37:547-551, 1976. Granacher, R.P., Baldessarini, R.J., and Messner, E.: Delirium induced by anticholinergic drugs: Treatment with physostigmine, Am.Fam.Physician 13:99-104, 1976. Granacher, R.P., Baldessarini, R.J., and Cole, J.O.: The pharmacologic evaluation of tardive dyskinesia, N.Engl.J.Med. 292:926-927, 1975. Granacher, R.P.: Anticholinergic action of thioridazine, Am.J.Psychiatry 132:302-303, 1975. Granacher, R.P.: The central anticholinergic syndrome: Management with physostigmine, J.Ky.Med.Assoc. 73:147-150, 1975. Granacher, R.P. and Baldessarini, R.J.: Physostigmine: Its use in acute anticholinergic syndrome with antidepressant and antiparkinson drugs, Arch.Gen.Psychiatry 23:375-380, 1975. DRUG RESEARCH:A multi-clinic controlled study of the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder with LY123508. 1979.Thioridazine HC1 base suspension vs. haloperidol concentrate in newly admitted schizophrenics. 1979. Phase II evaluation of safety and therapeutic efficacy of BW 647-U in hospitalized depressed patients. 1980. Double blind, placebo controlled comparison of the antidepressant effects of WHR-2520 (Indalpine) and Imipramine in depressed out-patients. 1982. Long-term effects (53 weeks) of the carbazole neuroleptic, BW 234-U in chronic schizophrenics. 1983. Multicenter evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a 300 mg. daily dose of Wellbutrin versus placebo in depressed out-patients. 1989. FORENSIC CONSULTATION: COMPLEX LITIGATION: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEWyatt v. Ireland, Wyatt v. Stickney (Alabama)Gave continuing consultation in rational psychopharmacology to United States Department of Justice regarding the State of Alabama's response to the suit, 1977-1980. R.A.J. v. Miller (Texas) On behalf of the United States Department of Justice, led continuing collegial negotiations in rational psychopharmacology and developed dosage guidelines for Department of Mental Health, Texas. These negotiations involved the Attorney General of Texas, Texas Research Institute in the Mental Sciences and certain Texas medical schools, 1980-1983. Provided consultation to the R.A.J. special court master and gave collegial advice to William Reid, M.D., Commissioner of Mental Health, Texas, 1990. STATE OF LOUISIANA: Evaluated East Louisiana State Hospital and Feliciana Correctional Center for the United States Department of Justice. These evaluations concerned the appropriateness of psychopharmacology practice, 1981-1991. Evaluated mental health services within the Orleans Parrish Jail, 1991. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY: Testified to the Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, Subcommittee on Mental Illness and Mental Incompetency, regarding changes in Kentucky's Involuntary Hospitalization, Statutes, KRS202A, 1981. Mental health consultant and expert witness in the defense of Canterino, et al v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Corrections, George Wilson, et al, and testified at Trial, United States Federal Court, Louisville, 1982-1983. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS: Evaluated Worcester State Hospital, United States v. Michael Dukakis and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for psychopharmacologic practices at request of United States Department of Justice, testified at trial, 1988, United States Federal Court, Boston, Massachusetts. STATE OF ILLINOIS: Evaluated Elgin Mental Health Center for psychiatric and psychopharmacologic practices at request of United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1985. STATE OF MICHIGAN: Provided continuing consultation regarding psychopharmacology and psychiatric practices in the Michigan prison system. Helped develop a unit for self-mutilators and a program for violent, psychotic inmates, and testified on repeated occasions, United States Federal Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1987-1992. STATE OF NEW YORK: Evaluated Creedmore Hospital, Long Island, for psychopharmacology and psychiatric quality, including Mayor Koch's Homeless Unit, 1989. Reported findings to United States Department of Justice. STATE OF HAWAII: Evaluated the mental health sections and psychopharmacology practices of the Hawaii prison system for the United States Department of Justice, 1983. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Certification Examination, New Orleans, 2010, 50 hours. |