Dennis Alters, MD
Accepting New Patients
Board Certified
Telehealth Offered
Specialties
Locations
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UCR Health Comprehensive Psychiatric Services
3390 University Avenue, Suite 115
Riverside, CA 92501
Personal
Languages
English
Provider Bio
Dennis Alters, MD, DLFAPA specializes in Psychiatry at the UCR Health Psychiatry Suite. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Co-Founder for the Department of Psychiatry at the UCR School of Medicine. Dr. Alters is board-certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Gender
Male
Professional
Areas of Interest
- Psychiatry
Medical Services
- Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Diplomate, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Training / Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
- California Psychiatric Association
- San Diego Psychiatric Association
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child Psychiatric Council of San Diego
- American Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- San Diego County Medical Society
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- San Diego Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity
Honors / Awards
- Appointed Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association
- Gold Medal from The Fourth International Seminar on Learning Disabilities: Wizard’s Way® Community Mental Health Interventions, April 1998.
- 1992-1993 Psychiatrist of the Year, San Diego Psychiatric Society
Publications
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Effective Treatment of eating Disorders
- How effective is family therapy for the treatment of anorexia nervosa?
- Developing an Intervention to Reduce Seclusion and Restraint
Accepted Insurances
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- Medicare
Education
Medical School
- University of Miami School of Medicine – Miami, FL
Residency
- Mt. Sinani Medical Center – Psychiatry Residency
- University of Louisville, Kentucky – Ophthalmology Residency
- University of Louisville, Kentucky – Psychiatric Residency
- University of California, San Diego – Psychiatric Residency
Fellowship
- University of California, San Diego – Child Psychiatric Fellow