Psychiatry
Psychotherapy; individual, couple, family, and group.
Supervision and consultation for therapists
Organizational consultant
Undergraduate (B.S.) Biology, Suma Cum Laude, 1988
York College of CUNY, Queens, N.Y.
Graduate (Ph.D.) Molecular Neurobiology, 1996
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Medical (M.D.) Medicine, 1997
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Psychiatry 1997 to 2001
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles
Consultant, AKRI Certified AK Rice Institute for Study of Social Systems
2009 to present
Consultancy Training Systems Centered Training and Research Institute,
2006 to present
Training in Hypnosis Certificate in 100-hr hypnosis training,
Dr. Michael Yapko Hypnosis seminars, 2008
Human Complex Systems Graduate Certificate, Studying Human Complex Systems through computer and live modeling and simulation
UCLA, 2008
Training in Poetry Therapy National Association of Poetry Therapy,
2004 to present
Drumming Studies Persian Drums,
2008 to present
Member of Honor Society, Alumni, York College of CUNY, N.Y., since 1988
Partial Tuition Scholarship, USC, Medical School, 1989
Research Fellowship, USC, School of Medicine, 1991-1992
Neuroscience Subspecialty Award, Western Section, American Federation of Clinical Research (AFCR) Annual Meeting, Carmel, CA 1994
Award Abstract, Medical Student Research Forum, USC, Los Angeles, CA 1994
Honorary Membership, American Federation of Clinical Research (AFCR)
Abstract chosen by the 1994 Public Information Committee of the Society for Neuroscience for inclusion in the PRESS BOOK for a news release and a press conference because of its special interest.
Work cited in Science News Magazine, 146: 431, 1994.
AFCR Medical Student Award, Carmel, CA 1995-1996
Member of Honor Society, Alumni, USC, since 1997
Member of honor society, PHI KAPPA PHI, since 1997
Psychiatry Resident Award of excellence, Jansen Pharmaceutical research Foundation, 2000
Psychiatry Resident of the Year Award, Pfizer CNS Educational Grant, 2001
Curriculum Development, California State Educational Grant, UCLA School of Medicine, 2001
Developed and organized Geriatric Psychiatry Curriculum for psychiatry residents at UCLA.
President, Grex, West Coast Affiliate of AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems, 2009 to present.
Directed a 3-day Group Relations Experiential Learning Conference at UCLA, November 13-15, 2009 titled “Making Choices in an Uncertain World”.
Directed a 6 week post conference application seminar, Spring of 2007
Directing experiential group dynamics, UC Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Consortium (UCIPC) Annual Meeting, Lake Arrowhead, May 2004.
Directed an experiential group dynamics workshop, Fall Institute Conference, University of Vermont (UVM), October 2003 and October 2005.
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital:
Chief of psychiatric residency curriculum, 2000-2001
Chair of curriculum committee in Residency council, 1998-2000
Chair of call committee in Residency Council, 1998-2000
Univeristy of Southern California (USC):
Editor in Chief, USC Journal of Medicine, 1996-1997
Associate editor, USC Journal of Medicine, 1995-1996
Student Editor, USC Journal of Medicine, 1994-1995
Co-president, neuroscience journal club, USC, School of Medicine, 1994-1995
Research Internship, Psychology, Mammalogy Department, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, NY, summers of 1985, '86, & 87
Research Fellow, Molecular Neurobiology, Neurology Department, USC, School of Medicine, 1991-1992
Ph.D. studies, Research Assistant, Molecular Neurobiology, Neurosciences program, Department of Biological Sciences, USC, 1992-1996
Dissertation Topic: p53 induction is a marker of pathologic neuronal apoptosis, 1996
Sakhi S, Trzcinski AL, & Tobach E. Two-way shuttlebox avoidance conditioning in three DAB rat stocks. Physiology & Behavior, 43: 123-126, 1988.
Sussman MA, Sakhi-S, Barrientos P, Ito M, & Kedes L. Tropomodulin in rat cardiac muscle. Localization of protein is independent of messenger RNA distribution during myofibrillar development. Circulation Research, 75: 221-32, 1994.
Sussman MA, Sakhi S, Tocco G, Najm I, Baudry M, Kedes L, & Schreiber SS. Neural tropomodulin: developmental expression and effect of seizure activity. Brain Res. Dev Brain Res, 80: 45-53, 1994.
Sakhi S, Bruce A, Sun N, Tocco G, Baudry M, & Schreiber SS. p53 induction is associated with neuronal damage in the central nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 91: 7525-7529, 1994.
Schreiber SS, Sakhi S, Dugich-Djordjevic MM, & Nichols NR. Tumor suppressor p53 induction and DNA damage in hippocampal granule cells after adrenalectomy. Exp Neurol, 130: 368-376, 1994.
Bruce AJ, Sakhi S, Schreiber SS, & Baudry M. Development of kainic acid and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid toxicity in organotypic hippocampal cultures. Exp Neurol, 132: 209-219, 1995.
Sakhi S, Ning S, Wing LL, Metha P, & Schreiber SS. Nuclear accumulation of p53 protein following kainic acid-induced seizures. Neuroreport, 7: 493-496, 1996.
Pasinetti GM, Tocco G, Sakhi S, Musleh WD, DeSimoni MG, Mascarucci P, Schreiber S, Baudry M, & Finch CE. Hereditary deficiencies in complement C5 intensify excitotoxic brain lesions in mice: new roles of the C-system in neuronal and astrocytic functions. Neurobiol Disease, 3:197-204, 1996.
Sakhi S, Gilmore W, Tran N, & Schreiber SS. p53-defficient mice are protected against adrenalectomy-induced apoptosis. Neuroreport, 8:233-5, 1996.
Sakhi S, Bruce A, Sun N, Tocco G, Baudry M, & Schreiber SS. Induction of p53 and DNA fragmentation in organotypic hippocampal cultures following excitotoxin treatment. Exp Neurol, 145:81-8, 1997.
Tocco G; Musleh W; Sakhi S; Schreiber SS; Baudry M; Pasinetti GM. Complement and glutamate neurotoxicity. Genotypic influences of C5 in a mouse model of hippocampus neurodegeneration. Mol Chem Neuropath, 31:289-300, 1997.
Tocco G; Freire-Moar J; Schreiber SS; Sakhi S; Aisen, PS; Pasinetti, GM. Maturational regulation and regional induction of cyclooxygenase-2 in rat brain: implications for Alzheimer's disease. Exp Neurol, 144:339-49, 1997.
Sakhi S & Schreiber SS. p53 induction is associated with apoptosis in the central nervous system. In Apoptosis Techniques and protocols, ed. J Poirier, Totowa, N.J, Humana Press, 1997
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