Curley L. Bonds MD DFAPA (He/Him)

Curley L. Bonds, MD

941 Westwood BlvdSte 205Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Summary

Curley Bonds, MD, is a psychiatrist based in Los Angeles, CA, with extensive experience in community psychiatry and healthcare administration. He completed his psychiatry residency at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and holds a medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Bonds is the Chief Medical Officer at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA. His past roles include Medical Director at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and Professor and Chair at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. He has contributed publications on mental health guardianship and community engagement in minority communities. Dr. Bonds has received multiple honors, including the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Southern California Psychiatric Society and the James Paulsen Award from AGLP.

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1992 - 1996
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Emory UniversityB.A., Sociology, 1983 - 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1994 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

James Paulsen Award AGLP, 2022
Outstanding Achievement Award Southern California Psychiatric Society, 2022
J. POLLARD TURMAN ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD Emory University, 2019

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Improving Mental Health Guardianship: From Prevention to Treatment.
Amy L. Shearer, Elizabeth Bromley, Curley Bonds, Connie Draxler, Dmitry Khodyakov
Psychiatric Services. 2021-11-29
8 citations
Mental Health Community and Health System Issues in COVID-19: Lessons from Academic, Community, Provider and Policy Stakeholders.
Armen C. Arevian, Felica Jones, Elizabeth M. Moore, Nichole Goodsmith, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Ethnicity & Disease. 2020-09-24
3 citations
Community Engagement and Planning versus Resources for Services for Implementing Depression Quality Improvement: Exploratory Analysis for Black and Latino Adults.
Nicolás Barcelo, Alma Rosa Lopez, Lingqi Tang, Maria Gabriela Aguilera Nunez, Felica Jones
Ethnicity & Disease. 2019-04-18

Journal Articles

Engaging LGBTQ Communities in Community-Partnered Participatory Research: Lessons from the Resilience Against Depression Disparities Study.
Sugarman, O. K., Wennerstrom, A., Pollock, M., Griffith, K., Rey, E., Vargas, S. M., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Smith, J., Williams, C. R., Williams, P., Bonds, C., Spri..., Progress in Community Health Partnerships : Research, Education, and Action, 2021
The Effect of Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression on Glycated Hemoglobin and Quality of Life in Low Income Hispanics and African Americans with Diabetes: A Randomize...
Echeverry D, Duran P, Bonds C, Lee M, Davidson MB, Diabetes Care, 9/1/2009
Immunosuppressant Neurotoxicity in Liver Transplant Recipients: Clinical Challenges for the CL Psychiatrist
Strouse TB, El-Saden S, Glaser NEM, Bonds C, Ayars N, Busuttil RW, Psychosomatics, 3/1/1998

Books/Book Chapters

Dermatology for Skin of Color Textbook
Chapter: Psychiatric Aspects of Skin of Color.
Bonds C, et alMcGraw Hill2009

Abstracts/Posters

Intervention Study to Reintegrate Women with Severe Mental Illness Into Communities Upon Release from Jail.
Kurzban S, Bonds C, Davis, L, 3rd Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1/1/2009
Psychiatric Evaluation of Heart Transplant Candidates: Predicting Post transplant Hospitalizations, Rejection Episodes and Survival.
Owen JE, Bonds C, Hsiao E, Wellisch D, Annual Meeting of the Academy Psychosomatic Medicine, Coronado, CA, 1/1/2003
Gender Differences on Risk Factors for Cardiac Transplantation: Implications for Transplant Selection.
Hsiao E, Kobashigawa J, Owen J, Wellisch D, Bonds C, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Coronado, CA, 1/1/2003

Lectures

"Cross Cultural Psychiatry: African Americans." (Annual Lecture)
1/1/2014
"Physician Assistant Program-Community Mental Health Overview" (Annual Lecture)
1/1/2014
"Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam Review"
1/1/2013

Other

"Super Millionaire" Game Show (Consultant/Participated as one of the Three Wise Men)
Curley L. Bonds, MD, ABC Television
1/1/2004
Medicare Matters. (editorial)
Bonds C, Southern California Psychiatrist, Vol. 52, No. 11
1/1/2004
"Countering the Holiday Blues" (Interview and Discussion)
Curley L. Bonds, MD, NPR Member Stations
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1570778
1/1/2003

Press Mentions

In L.A., Street Psychiatrists Offer the Homeless a Radical Step ForwardOctober 20th, 2024
Understanding Bipolar Disorder — in the News, on Social Media, in Your LifeFebruary 2nd, 2023
With $12 Million in Federal Funding, UCLA to Expand Reach of Its Depression TreatmentAugust 4th, 2022