Curriculum Vitae - J. Peter Strang, MD

EDUCATION 

1969 – 1971         University of Washington School of Medicine: M.D.
                             Seattle, Washington

1967 – 1969         Dartmouth Medical School: B.M.S.
                             Hanover, New Hampshire

1963 – 1967         Amherst College: B.A. cum Laude
                             Amherst, Massachusetts 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 

1975 – 1977         Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine
                             Boston University School of Medicine
                             Boston, Massachusetts 

1972 – 1975         Resident in Psychiatry
                             McLean Hospital
                             Belmont, Massachusetts 

1971 – 1972         Internship/Assistant Resident in 
                             Medicine and Psychiatry
                             St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
                             New York, New York

CERTIFICATION 

1977                     American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology,
                             in Psychiatry, No. 17157

1998-2008          Certified by the American Board of
                            Psychiatry and Neurology, with Added 
                            Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry     

1998                    Certified by the American Board of
                            Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), 
                            No. 98-01333

2004 - 2009         Recertified by ABIME 

2009 - 2014         Recertified by ABIME 

2008 - 2018        Recertified by ABPN with Added Qualifications
                            in Forensic Psychiatry

LICENSURE 

1973                    Massachusetts Medical License, No. 35974

DISABILITY EVALUATION EXPERIENCE 

1985 – Present    Present and Director, University Disability Consortium, P.C. 
                            Newton Highlands, Massachusetts
                            a private multi-disciplinary group of
                            physicians specializing in Disability Medicine 

1982 – 1985        Psychiatric Member, Medical and Orthopedic 
                            Disability Panel.  Evaluated over 500 employees

MEMBERSHIPS 

1977 – Present    American Psychiatric Association
                            Massachusetts Psychiatric Society

POSITIONS HELD

1975 – Present     Part-time Practice of Adult Psychiatry 

1985 – Present     President and Medical Director, University
                             Disability Consortium, P.C.
                             Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 

1990 – 1997         Chief, Psychosomatic Liaison Clinic,
                             Boston City Hospital (Boston Medical Center)
                             Boston, Massachusetts 

1979 – 1997         Associate Director, Consultation-Liaison Service
                             Boston City Hospital (Boston Medical Center)
                             Boston, Massachusetts 

1975 – 1979         Assistant Attending Psychiatrist
                             McLean Hospital
                             Belmont, Massachusetts 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD 

1980 – 1998        Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
                            Boston University School of Medicine

1975 – 1979        Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry
                            Harvard Medical School

1972 – 1975        Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
                            Harvard Medical School 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

                                     Psychosomatic Medicine
                                     Occupational Disability

PUBLICATIONS           

Book Chapters: 

1.) Strang, J. Peter, “The Chronic Disability Syndrome”, pp. 603-23in
Evaluation and Treatment of ChronicPain, Ed. Gerald M.
Aronoff, Urban and Schwartzenberg, Baltimore, Munich, 1985

2.) Strang, J. Peter, “Gastrointestinal Disorders”, Vol. 2, Chap. 12,
pp.427-501in Psychosomatic Medicine: Theory, Physiology
and Practice, Ed. Stanley Cheren, International Universities
Press, Stress and Health Series, Madison, Conn., 1989

3.) Strang, J. Peter, “Chronic Low Back Pain and Disability”,
pp484-498in Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain,
Ed. Gerald M. Aronoff, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore,
1992 

Articles: 

1.) Kaplan, Kenneth H., Strang, J. Peter, and Ahmed Igbal.
“Dementia, Mental Retardation, and Competency to Make
Decisions”, General Hospital Psychiatry10:385-388, 1988 

2.) Klinger, Rochelle L., Strang, J. Peter, “Psychiatric Aspects of
Swallowing Disorders”, Psychomatics, Vol. 28,Number
11:572-576 

3.) Strang, J. Peter, “Reinforcement of Disability in Patients with
Chronic Low Back Pain”, Mediguide to Pain, Vol.5,
Issue 3,1-4, 1984 

Book Review:

Strang, J. Peter, “Hypnosis and the Relief of Pain”,
General Hospital Psychiatry, 1996