Former Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D. is the Former Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at University of California San Diego. He obtained his medical education in Pune and Mumbai, India. In the US, he completed psychiatry residency at Cornell, and Neurology residency at George Washington University. He was a research fellow, and later, Unit Chief at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) before joining UC San Diego, where he served for 36 years. He started a Geriatric Psychiatry program from scratch at UC San Diego; today it is one of the largest Geriatric Psychiatry Divisions in the world. Dr. Jeste has been Principal Investigator on a number of research and training grants. His main areas of research include schizophrenia, neuropsychiatric interventions, and successful aging. He has published 14 books, including “Wiser”, over 750+ articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 160+ invited book chapters. He is Past President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Jeste is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and was a member of the NIMH Advisory Council and NIH Council of Councils. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Psychogeriatrics. He was listed in “The Best Doctors in America” and in the Institute of Scientific Information list of the “world's most cited authors”. Dr. Jeste has received many award including those from the NIMH; Society of Biological Psychiatry; APA; Institute of Living; Veterans Affairs; National Alliance on Mental Illness; National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders; American College of Psychiatrists; International Psychogeriatric Association; and Universities of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Maryland, and Cornell. He has also received Honorary Fellowship, the highest honor it bestows, from UK’s Royal College of Psychiatrists; and Honorary Professorship from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. He has been a TEDMED speaker. His work has been cited in Time, The Atlantic, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Public Radio International, NPR, and various other national and international media outlets.
Monday, May 1, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM