Shadee Giurgius, M.D.
Dr. Giurgius is now seeing adults 18+ with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, and other psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Giurgius and his best friends founded The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's (YMAA) in 2003 during their undergraduate years. In 2023, YMAA was incorporated into Seth Rogen & Lauren Rogen's Alzheimer's nonprofit, Hilarity for Charity.
He has published scientific articles on topics including memory, aging, and other psychiatric conditions.
Career
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship: UCSF Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry Residency: UCLA-Kern Department of
Psychiatry, Academic Chief Resident
Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of
Medicine
Undergradaute: UCLA, Psychobiology & Gerontology
Dr. Giurgius has been involved with OPICA, Los Angeles' #1 center for individuals with memory impairment for over 20 years and was honored in 2020 at their annual conference.
Please support their life-saving work for patients and their families:
www.OPICA.org
Dr. Giurgius is Board Certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
PUBLICATIONS
- Advanced McDonnell, M., Dill, L., Panos, S., Amano, S., Brown, W., Giurgius, S., Small, G., Miller, K. (2020). Verbal Fluency as a Screening Tool for Mild Cognitive Impairment. International Psychogeriatrics 32, 1055-1062.
- Shweta Balakrishnan, Shadee Giurgius (2012). The Youth Movement: The Future of Aging and Alzheimer's Research. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10:2, 173-178.
- "UCLA Students Rally Against Alzheimer's." Shweta Balakrishnan, Shadee Giurgius. Aging Today Article, American Society on Aging Magazine Volume XXXII Number 4, July-August 2011.
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