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Bryan King, MD, MBA

Working Title

Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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He/Him/His
My research and clinical work has largely focused on psychiatric aspects of developmental disorders, and upon the pathogenesis and treatment of significant behavioral disturbance in autism and related disorders in particular. In recent years, this focus has been primarily directed on interventions in autism including both pharmacological and psychosocial treatments.

  • 2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
  • MBA, 2014 - Business, George Washington University
  • Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1990 - Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
  • Residency in Psychiatry, 1987 - Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
  • Internship, 1984 - Internal Medicine, UCLA Center for Health Sciences
  • MD, 1983 - Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • BS, 1979 - Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Asperger Syndrome
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
Social Behavior
Citalopram
Psychotropic Drugs
Craniosynostoses
Irritable Mood
Tuberous Sclerosis
Intellectual Disability
Mental Disorders
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Child Behavior Disorders
Self-Injurious Behavior
Autistic Disorder

  • Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2015
  • Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society, George Washington University School of Business, 2014
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
  • Annual Family Choice Award, Seattle Children's Hospital Family Advisory Council, 2007
  • Frank J. Menolascino Award, American Psychiatric Association, 2001
  • Outstanding Physician Award, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Department of Nursing, 1997
  • Outstanding Mentor Award, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, 1997
  • George Tarjan Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1990
  • Individual Research Service Award, NIMH, 1988
  • Gertrude Rogers Greenblatt Fellowship, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1988
  • Honors in Research, UC Irvine, 1979
  • Magna Cum Laude, UC Irvine, 1979
  • Phi Beta Kappa, UC Irvine, 1979

July 1, 2010 - March 31, 2014 - 2/4-RUPP Autism Network: Guanfacine for the Treatment of Hyperactivity in PDD , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01MH086927
August 6, 2007 - July 31, 2013 - UW Autism Center of Excellence , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P50HD055782
August 1, 1996 - July 31, 2001 - SELF INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR IN MENTAL RETARDATION , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01HD033779
February 1, 1991 - January 31, 1997 - SEROTONERGIC MECHANISMS AND SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K20MH000917
January 25, 1989 - January 1, 1900 - SEROTONIN RECEPTOR FUNCTION &CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: F32MH009730

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675 18th Street, #5330
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States