Junji Takeshita, M.D. Professor, Program Director Geriatric Psychiatry Residency, Vice Chair of Clinical Services EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY Temple University School of Medicine, M.D., 1989 Psychiatry Residency at Yale University, School of Medicine, 1990-1993 RELEVANT PRIOR EXPERIENCE Chief of Psychiatry, QMC, January 2004 - present Vice Chair, Clinical Services, August 2004 - present Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Residency Program, September 2004 - present Associate Training Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Residency Program, 2003 – August 2004 Associate Professor, 1999-Present Assistant Training Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Residency Program, 1996 - 2002. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 1993 - 1999 Director, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry, Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998 - Present. Consultant, Psychiatry Emergency Services, Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998 - Present Geropsychiatric Consultant to Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996 - Present. RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES IN THIS RESIDENCY Assisting in training of geriatric psychiatry residents, supervision of general residents on the consultation/liaison service and the emergency room. RESEARCH/SCHOLARLY INTERESTS Depression and medical illness PUBLICATIONS Journals Takeshita J: Use of Propofol in Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium: A Case Report. J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65:134-135. Takeshita J: Internet pharmacy and phentermine overdose. J Clin Psychiatry 2003; 64: 215. Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Foley D, Li YQ, Chen R, Fujii D, Ross GW, Petrovich H, White L: Are depressive symptoms a risk factor for morality in elderly Japanese American men?: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159: 1127-1132. Baker FM, Takeshita J: The ethnic minority elderly, in Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice. Edited by Tseng WS, Streltzer J. Washington D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2001. Fujii D, Ahmed I., Takeshita J: Neuropsychological implications in erotomania: Two case studies. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology 1999; 12: 110-116. Presentations (local, national, international): Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Chen R, Fujii D, Rodriguez B, Curb JD: Diabetes mellitus is not a risk factor for depressive symptoms in elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu Heart Program; Dementia and Depression: Recent Findings from The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Symposium, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, March, 2003 Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Foley D, Li YQ, Fujii D, Ross GW, Petrovich H, White L: "Higher mortality in healthy elderly Japanese-American men with depressive symptoms: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study," Poster presentation, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, January, 2001 “Delirium,” “Dementia,” Depression: An Overview,” “Medical Aspects of Depression,” and "Higher mortality in healthy elderly Japanese-American men with depressive symptoms: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study," Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, June, 2001, University of Hawaii Affiliated Program Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Chen R, Fujii D, Rodriguez B, Curb JD: Diabetes mellitus is not a risk factor for depressive symptoms in elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu Heart Program.” Poster presentation, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Palm Springs, California, November, 2000. Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Foley D, Li YQ, Fujii D, Ross GW, Petrovich H. White L: The constancy of depressive symptoms and hope in elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.” Poster presentation, International Psychogeriatric Association, Vancouver, Canada, August, 1999. Matsumoto K, Takeshita J, Goebert D: In-flight psychiatric emergencies.” Poster presentation, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May, 1999 Takeshita J, Masaki K, Ahmed I, Foley D, Li YQ, Fujii D, Ross GW, Petrovich H, White L: “Hopelessness and the risk for mortality in elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.” Poster presentation, American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, Canada, March, 1999. OTHER INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS American Psychiatric Association American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry American Psychosomatic Society Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE(S) Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1994 ABPN (Geriatric), 1995 Hawaii