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Overview of Dr. Mesco
Richard Mesco, DO, is a psychiatrist based in Glendale, CA, specializing in child and adolescent and general psychiatry. He completed his fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA Medical Center, and his psychiatry residency at New Jersey Medical School University Hospital, after completing a rotating internship at what was Union Hospital, now a part of Overlook Medical Ctr. He received his medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine after receiving a BA in Biology and Science in Human affairs from Princeton University. Dr. Mesco currently works as a child, adolescent, general, and geriatric psychiatrist at LifeStance Health in Glendale, CA where he has been since 2021. Dr. Mesco served for many years as a Public Health Service medical officer and Area Child Psychiatrist for Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas in the Indian Health Service, responsible for child and adolescent mental health services for 27 Indian tribes. He was later Medical Director of Behavioral Health for three Centura Health Hospitals in Colorado Springs, and then as Medical Director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health for the Island and County of Hawaii under the Felix v. Caetano Federal Judicial Consent Decree. He has published chapters on the evaluation and treatment of ADHD in the Yale New Directions for Mental Health series, as well as on the evolution of the psychiatric diagnosis of Adolescents and Children historically, up through ICD-10 and the DSM-V.
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1989 - 1991
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1987 - 1989
Overlook Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1986 - 1987
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern UniversityClass of 1986
Princeton UniversityBA, Biology, Certificate in Science in Human Affairs, 1973 - 1981
Certifications & Licensure
CA State License 1989 - 2028
HI State License 1996 - 2028
AL State License 2023 - 2026
CO State License 1998 - 1999
NM State License 1991 - 1998
NJ State License 1987 - 1997
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
AOA Board of Neurology and Psychiatry Child Psychiatry- AOA Board of Neurology and Psychiatry Psychiatry
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