Despite being at the core of the healthcare system, physicians (and other healthcare professionals) tend to neglect their own health and rely on self-management when they have health problems. This tendency towards self-treatment and the increasing demands of the environment in which they practice, leads healthcare providers to have increasing rates of adverse outcomes such as suicide and burnout. However, there is hope and evidence-based interventions to improve resiliency and the physical and mental health of our healthcare workforce.
Date:Wednesday, March 15
Time: 6:00 p.m. - Dinner; 6:30 p.m. - Program
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Cost: Free to CAP members and non-physician guests of CAP members
This presentation is part of the Orange County Medical Association Physician Wellness Program.
About the Speaker
Dr. Matthew Goldenberg is the Associate Medical Director of the Promises Professionals Treatment Program, in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Goldenberg's work at Promises and in his private practice focuses on physicians and other licensed professionals with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health conditions. Dr. Goldenberg is also on the medical staff and is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Goldenberg completed his Psychiatry Residency Training at Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona. He completed an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Goldenberg has numerous peer-reviewed publications and has spoken extensively on Physician Health and other topics related to mental health and substance abuse.