Lawrence J. Albers, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
Irvine, California
Acting Chief, Mental Health Care Group
Chief, Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment Service
Long Beach VA Healthcare System
Long Beach, California

Lawrence J. Albers, MD is associate clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine. He also is acting chief of the Mental Health Care Group for the Long Beach VA Healthcare System. Recently, he was elected a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Albers earned his bachelors degree in psychology, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles. He subsequently received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and completed a residency in psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine.

He was voted Teacher-of-the-Year by the psychiatry residents at the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of the West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry Faculty Research Award. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator of various clinical trials of mood and psychotic disorders with an emphasis on drug-drug interactions.

Dr. Albers has published numerous articles on psychopharmacology, and is co-author of two books on psychiatry and psychiatric drugs titled, Current Clinical Strategies. His primary research interest is in pharmacogenetics and he has been a member of the planning committee for two international meetings of the Pacific Rim Association for Clinical Pharmacogenetics. His current clinical focus is in the treatment of refractory mood and anxiety disorders.