ABILASH A. GOPAL, M.D.

DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY

2161 UNION STREET, SUITE 3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123
TEL (415) 494-9329 FAX (415) 952-9333
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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

● 2003-2008 M.D. Tufts Medical School, Boston, MA

● 1998-2002 A.B. in Psychology Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

● 2012-2013 Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco

● 2004-2012 Apprenticeship in Forensic Psychiatry Program in Psychiatry and the Law,
Harvard Medical School
● 2011-2012 Chief Resident in Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco
● 2009-2011 Residency in Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco
● 2008-2009 Internship in Medicine University of California, San Francisco

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

● 2015-present American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Added Qualifications in Forensic

Psychiatry (#2163)
● 2012-present American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (#65056)
● 2011-present Buprenorphine Certification
● 2009-present Physicians and Surgeons License, Medical Board of California (#A109317)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

● 2013-present Corresponding Member, Program in Psychiatry and the Law,

Harvard Medical School
● 2012-2017 Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
● 2013-2017 Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Forensic Psychiatry

AWARDS AND HONORS

● 2011 Rappeport Fellowship​, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

● 2011 Resnick Scholar Award​, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
● 2008 MERF Scholarship​, California Society of Addiction Medicine
● 2007 Young Investigator Travel Award,​ American Epilepsy Society
● 2006 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship,​ Harvard Medical School
● 2004 Scaife Family Fellowship​, Institute of Alcohol and Drug Studies, Rutgers University
● 2002 Intramural Research Training Award​, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH
POPULAR PRESS ARTICLES

1. Gopal A, ​Loren M. Reviving Romeo: Reclaiming the Male Identity in an Age of “Toxic
Masculinity.” ​Psychology Today​. June 4, 2019.
2. Gopal A.​ 10 Reasons to Fire Your Therapist. ​Psychology Today​. May 14, 2018.
3. Gopal A.​ Fear of a Black Man. ​Huffington Post.​ May 16, 2016.
4. Gopal A.​ Helicopter Parenting Has Given Birth to a Generation of Entitled Victims. ​Huffington
Post.​ April 12, 2016.
5. Gopal A​. There Is Nothing That Can Make You Smarter, But There Should Be. ​Huffington Post​.
September 9, 2015.
6. Gopal A​. A Good Psychiatrist Is Hard to Find. ​Huffington Post​. July 7, 2015.

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

1. Gopal AA​. Physician-assisted suicide: Considering evidence, existential distress, and an emerging
role for psychiatry. ​J Am Acad Psychiatry Law​. June 2015;43:183-190.
2. Gopal AA​, Clark E, Allgair A, D’Amato C, Furman M, Gansler DA, Fulwiler C. Dorsal/ventral
parcellation of the amygdala: relevance to impulsivity and aggression. ​Psychiatry Res​.
2013;211:24-30.
3. Gopal AA​, Cosgrove L, Shuv-Ami I, Wheeler EE, Yerganian MJ, Bursztajn HJ. Dynamic informed
consent processes vital for treatment with antidepressants. ​Int J Law Psychiatry​.
2012;35(5-6):392-7.
4. De Freitas J, Haque OS, ​Gopal AA​, Bursztajn HJ. Clinical wisdom and evidence-based medicine
are complementary. ​J Clin Ethics​. 2012;23(1):17-25.
5. Gopal A​,​ ​Cosgrove L, Bursztajn HJ. Commentary: The public health consequences of an
industry-influenced psychiatric taxonomy: “attenuated psychotic symptoms syndrome” as a case
example. ​Account Res.​ 2010;17:264-269.
6. Gopal A​, Bursztajn HJ. DSM biases evident in clinical training and courtroom testimony.
Psychiatr Ann​. 2007;37:604-617.
7. Gopal A​, Bursztajn HJ. On skepticism and tolerance in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.
Psychiatr Times​. Bonus Issue: Clinical Psychiatry and the Law April 15, 2007;24(5).
8. Gopal A​, Pirakitikuir D, Bursztajn HJ. Informed consent in neuropsychosocialpharmacology.
Psychiatr Times​. 2005;22(13):59-63.

BOOKS

1. Haque OS, De Freitas J, Bursztajn HJ, Cosgrove L, ​Gopal AA​, Paul R, Shuv-Ami I, Wolfman S. The
Ethics of Pharmaceutical Industry Influence in Medicine. United Nations Education, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2013.
2. Gopal AA​, Ropper AE, Tramontozzi LA: Déjà Review: Psychiatry, 2​nd​ edition. New York City,
McGraw-Hill Medical, May 2011.
3. Gopal AA​, Ropper AE, Tramontozzi LA: Déjà Review: Psychiatry. New York City, McGraw-Hill
Medical, October 2007.
BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Haque OS, Bursztajn HJ, ​Gopal A​. Post-mortem organ donation: Cultural aspects of death and
burial traditions. In: Schicktanz S, Wiesemann C, Wöhlke S, eds. ​Teaching Ethics in Organ
Transplantation and Tissue Donation: Cases and movies.​ Goettingen: Goettingen University
Press, 2010:40-41.

BOOK REVIEWS

1. Gopal A​, Bursztajn HJ: Review of Offender profiling: An introduction to the sociopsychological
analysis of violent crime, by G. Palermo and R. Kocsis. ​Am J Psychiatry​. 2006;163:559-560.
2. Gopal AA​, Bursztajn HJ: Review of Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, by P. Appelbaum
and T. Gutheil. ​JAMA.​ September 2007;298(10):1224-1225.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Considering Evidence, Existential Distress, and an Emerging Role for
Psychiatry. ​Tulane Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds​. New Orleans, May 2014.
2. “Fitter, Happier”: The Alluring Promise of Neuroenhancement. ​International Conference on
Science in Society​. Berkeley, CA, November 2012.
3. Neuroenhancers: Use, Abuse, and Controversy. ​UCSF Substance Abuse Seminar​. San Francisco,
CA, January 2012.
4. The UNESCO Ethics Case Book Project: Psychotropics in Industry: Under-Reporting of Harms in
Medical Journals. ​International Academy of Law and Mental Health.​ Berlin, Germany, July 2011.
5. Myocarditis: An Uncommon Complication of Clozaril. ​Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Clinical
Case Conference​. San Francisco, CA, November 2010.
6. Reefer Badness? Marijuana Legalization and Mental Health. ​San Francisco Veterans
Administration Grand Rounds​. San Francisco, CA, June 2010.
7. “Fear of Fear Itself”: Reaction to Recurrent Trauma in an African-American War Veteran. ​San
Francisco General Hospital Clinical Case Conference.​ San Francisco, CA, December 2008.
8. Preictal Increases in Multi-unit Firing in Patients with Intractable Focal Epilepsy, ​American
Epilepsy Society.​ November 2007.
9. Memory-related Hippocampal Activity in Schizophrenia, ​Organization for Human Brain Mapping​.
May 2003.