Lawrence David Willison IV MD Ph.D.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist in Private Practice

Summary

I am an Adult, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist in Private Practice in Westwood, CA conveniently located near UCLA Medical Center. I am board certified in both Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and General Adult Psychiatry. I graduated from the UCLA Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship in 2014, and the Residency in 2012.

Since 2008, I have provided treatment and care to adult patients with myriad diagnoses including major depression and other depressive disorders, ADHD/ADD, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, bipolar disorders, and autism spectrum disorders.

Since 2011, I have concentrated on treating childhood- and adolescent-onset psychiatric disorders including neurodevelopmental disorders (such as Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Asperger's Disorder), as well as other childhood-onset psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and childhood behavioral problems.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011 - 2014
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2008 - 2011
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2008
University of California, San FranciscoPh.D., Biological Sciences, 1997 - 2005
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Biology, 1992 - 1995
Lafayette CollegeUndergraduate, 1991 - 1992

Journal Articles

Circadian dysfunction may be a key component of the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: Insights from a transgenic mouse model
L.D. Willison, T. Kudo, D.H. Loh, D. Kuljis, C.S. Colwell, Journal of Experimental Neurology, 1/1/2013
Sleep and circadian dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders: insights from a mouse model of Huntington's disease
D. Kuljis, A.M. Schroeder, T. Kudo, D.H. Loh, L.D. Willison, C.S. Colwell, Minerva Pneumologica, 9/1/2012
The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor S1P(2) maintains the homeostasis of germinal center B cells and promotes niche confinement
J.A. Green, K. Suzuki*, B. Cho*, L.D Willison*, D. Palmer, C.D. Allen, T.H. Schmidt, Y. Xu, R. Proia, S.R. Coughlin, and J.G. Cyster, Nature Immunology, 1/1/2011
Glucose-induced insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in insulin-secreting beta-cells
P.L. Rothenberg, L.D. Willison, J. Simon, B.A. Wolf, Diabetes, 7/1/1995
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Abstracts/Posters

Essential Role for Galpha13 in Endothelial Cells During Embryonic Development
K.M. Ruppel*, D. Willison*, H. Kataoka, A. Wang, Y.W. Zheng, I. Cornelissen, L. Yin, S.M. Xu, and S.R. Coughlin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1/1/2005
The Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Lsc Homo-oligomerizes and Is Negatively Regulated through Domains in Its Carboxyl Terminus That Are Absent in Novel Splenic ...
T.M. Eisenhaure, S.A. Francis, L.D. Willison, S.R. Coughlin, and D.J. Lerner, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1/1/2003