Mark Melden, D.O., DABPN

Mark Melden is one of the best psychiatrists in San Diego and is CEO/President of Crownview Medical Group, Inc.

Education

University of California at Irvine (UCI)

Irvine, California

Psychiatry, 2002-2005

 

USC-PIH Family Practice Residency

Los Angeles/Whittier, California

Family Medicine, 2000-2002

 

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate June 1999

 

University of California, At San Diego (UCSD)

1995 B.S., Cum Laude, Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence; four semesters

Major: Biochemistry Minor Disciplines: Psychology and Film      

 

Experience

Raiziss Fellowship Recipient University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Research and Development Associate Scientist, June 1996-September 1996

Synthesized alpha-helices to answer the scientific debate about whether proteins begin to fold before or after their secondary structures. 

 

DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE

Research and Development Associate Scientist, November 1996-June 1995

Utilized combinatorial chemistry and structure-based ligand design to develop a novel class of compounds that inhibit collagenase implicated in both cancer metastasis and arthritis.

 

Transitional Residency Independent Service, Inc., Berlin, NJ

Mental Health Counselor, November 1994-February 1995

Conducted group and individual counseling sessions for mentally ill patients to assist them in the transition to outpatient living.

 

Current Practice Experience

Sharp Coronado Behavioral Health Outpatient Unit

Medical Director/Chairman

Behavioral health unit with provides psychiatric and behavioral health care for older adults. 

 

Fountain Valley Regional Sleep Center

Medical Director

Sleep diagnostic service center which runs a panel of non-invasive sleep studies. 

 

Hanbeleceya Therapeutic Community System

Medical Director

Long term treatment center for the severely mentally ill which includes residential living in a non-hospital environment. 

 

Crownview Medical Group, Inc.

Medical Director/CEO

Psychiatric center designed to promote good mental health.

 

Tele-Care CORE Program

Medical Director

Integrated services for parolees

 

Paradise Valley Hospital

Medical Executive Committee

 

Locum Tenens: Family Medicine

Urgent Care, Family Practice, Community Clinics, General Practices, Industrial, and Occupational Medicine. 

 

Locum Tenens: Psychiatry

California Department of Corrections, Geriatric Psychiatry, Nursing Home, Long-Term Psychiatric Facilities.

 

Publications

Journal of American Chemical Society, Vol. 118, No. 42, (10337) 1996

Complimentary of Combinatorial Chemistry and Structure-Based Ligand Design:

Application to the Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases.

 

Ann Pharmacother, 2004 May; 38(5):899-900. Epud 2004 Mar 23

Urinary retention following repeated high-dose quetiapine.

 

Research Assistantships 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Summer 1998

Worked at the Endocinology/Metabolism branch of the NIH involved with a variety of protocols using experimental medications and surgeries for different endocrine diseases.

 

 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Summer 1998

Worked at the Neurology branch of the NIH involved with a variety of new protocols using experimental medications involved with neurological dysfunctions.

 

 

UCSD MEDICAL CENTER, Spring 1992-Fall 1992

Learned to administer and evaluate Rorschach blots given to patients who suffer from schizophrenia.