Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE ROBERT JEFFRY MAURER
Family Medicine Spokane
Fifth & Brown Medical Center
(509) 25-2771
e-mail: sciencofexcellence@verizon.net

BIRTHDATE:
March 11, 1946

EDUCATION:
University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965
University of California, Los Angeles, 1965-1968
San Fernando Valley State College, 1968-1969
University of Houston, 1969-1972

DEGREES:
B.A., 1968, UCLA
M.A., 1971, University of Houston
Ph.D., 1972, University of Houston
EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:

2004-Present
Clinical Instructor
University of Washington
Department of Psychiatry

2005-Present
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Department of Family Medicine

2003-Present
Director of Behavioral Sciences
Family Medicine Spokane
University of Washington School of Medicine

• Curriculum development and implementation
• Provide lectures, demonstrations, and consultations to residents and faculty
• Evaluation of residents’ skills in behavioral science
• Create and conduct workshops and programs for weight loss and weight management

1980-Present

• Behavioral Science Instructor
• Family Practice Residency Program
• Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center

• Supervision of professional staff and trainees
• Provide lectures, demonstrations, and consultations to Family Practice residents and faculty
• Program planning and curriculum development
• Hospital consultations
• Create and supervise a weight loss program for patients and staff

Senior Instructor: UCLA Extension

• Associate Clinical Professor
• Department of Medicine
• University of California, Los Angeles

Consultant: British Government

• Provide workshops for government officials on psychological topics
• Conduct seminar on team building, stress reduction, and conflict resolution

Consultant: U.S. Navy

• Provide training in negotiation skills
• Conduct seminars on stress management, team building

Consultant: Canyon Ranch

• Conduct lectures and workshops on health promotion and enhancing success
• Provide individual counseling for spa guests on weight loss and weight management

1975-1979

• Director of Behavioral Sciences,
• Valley Medical Center of Fresno
• Department of Family Practice

Assistant Clinical Professor,

• Division of Ambulatory and Community Medicine
• University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

• Programming planning of Behavioral Science curriculum for Family Practice staff and residents
• Provide lectures., demonstrations, and on-site supervision for residents and hospital nurses
• Consultant to hospital administrative staff
• Psychological assessment
• Individual, group, and family therapy
• Supervision of doctoral-level psychology students
• Conduct research and program evaluation
• Supervision of Behavioral Science staff including social workers and psychologists
• Instructor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program

1973-1976

• Behavioral Science Consultant,
• Sierra Hospital

Fresno County, California

• Lectures and demonstrations in improving staff-patient communication and the psychology of illness and health
• Consultant for staff on the management of behavioral problems in medical settings

Instructor

California State University, Fresno

• Taught graduate courses in psychotherapy

1973-1974

Clinical Psychologist

Pre-Care Coordinator and Monitor

Fresno County Department of Mental Health

• Individual, conjoint, marital, family and group therapy with adult outpatients
• Diagnosis assessment
• Program evaluation
• Consultant to the Fresno County Jail

Clinical Psychologist

• Consultant to Telephone Hotline
• Consultant to Family Practice Service of the County Hospital
• Supervision of Master’s-level psychology and social work students from California State University, Fresno
• Behavior therapy program of obesity
• Administrative responsibility for team of psychiatrists, social workers and paraprofessionals
• Supervision of psychiatric residents
• Program planning for Crisis Services
• Responsible for developing effective referral system between departments within Mental Health Department and within the county
• Training of Paramedical Emergency Rescue Team
• Training of hospital nurse staff in Crisis Intervention techniques

Core Instructor

California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

• Teach courses in techniques and theory and psychotherapy to doctoral candidates
• Supervise doctoral students in individual psychotherapy
• Supervise doctoral students in consulting with physicians and general hospital patients

Instructor

California State University, Fresno (Extension)

1972

Intern in Clinical Psychology

Houston Veterans Administration Hospital

• Diagnostic Assessment
• Individual and group psychotherapy
• Consultant to halfway House for Federal parolees
• Consultant to Juvenile Probation Department
• Group psychotherapy with addicts and consultation with staff on a Methadone Maintenance Program
• Family therapy and diagnostic assessment of children

1971

Intern in Clinical Psychology:

Houston Veterans Administration Hospital

• Assessment and therapy on renal dialysis ward
• Group therapy with nurses working with terminal patients
• Individual, group, and hypnotherapy with spinal injured patients
• Instructor of undergraduate course.

Doctoral Candidate

University of Houston, Clinical Psychology Program

• Coursework: Research and Practicums
• Ecological Research at a physical rehabilitation hospital
• Diagnostic assessment, individual and group therapy at a community mental health center

1970

Master’s Candidate,

University of Houston Clinical Psychology Program

1969

Deputy Probation Officer,

Los Angeles County Probation Department

• Family therapy and vocational counseling with adult and child probationers

HONORS AND HONORARY SOCIETIES:

• Senior Resident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Family Practice, 1981, 1997
• National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellowship awarded 1970
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Ph.D orals passed with Honors

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Association of Suicidology
• American Board of Hypnotherapy
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychotherapists Guild
• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
• Association for Humanistic Psychology
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
• Fellow Diplomate. American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnostics

PUBLICATIONS:

Maurer, R.J. and J.C. Baxter, “Images of the Neighborhood and the City Among Black, Anglo, and Mexican-American Children, “Environment and Behavior,” 1972, 4,351-388

Maurer, R.J., “Family Assessment,” Family Practice Recertification, August 1983, Vol 5., No.8, Pgs. 27-41, 158-160.

Maurer, R.J., Suicide. In R. Rakel (Eds.). Saunders Manual of Medical Practice., Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1995

Maurer,R. One Small Step Can Change Your Life. New York: Workman Press, 2004

Sur, D. Maurer, R. and Hairir,K. Stress and the modern male. In Joel Heidelbaugh (Ed). Clinical Men’s Health. Evidence in Practice. New York: Saunders, 2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Abnormal Psychology
• Assessment of Adult Problems
• Compliance
• Creativity
• Differential Diagnosis of Obesity
• Ethics and Issues in Clinical Psychology
• Family Therapy
• Health Issues in Psychology
• Human Sexuality
• Interviewing
• Marriage and Family Problems
• Personality
• Projective Testing
• Psychology of Storytelling
• Psychotherapy
• Self-defeating behavior
• Storytelling
• Suicide

ADVANCED TRAINING:

Behavior Modification: Application of Medicine

• Pacific Medical School, San Francisco

Family Therapy Training

• 150 hours advanced training by George and Ruth McClendon, Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, California

Group Therapy Training

• One-month intensive workshop in group psychotherapy using transactional analysis, and Gestalt principles, Bob and Mary Goulding, Western Institute for group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, California

Hypnosis Training

• A five-day program on neuro-linguistic Programming by Richard Bandlet

Advanced Reitan Workshop

• 40 hour training in neuropsychological assessment, conducted by Ralph Reitan, Estes Park, Colorado.

Sex, Therapy Workshops

• 50-hour training in the principles of sex counseling, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Human Sexuality Program

“Type A” Behavior Pattern Risk Reduction

• Two-week training with Meyer Friedman

CERTIFICATION:

• American Board of Hypnotherapy American Board of Medical Psychotherapy

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

• Board of Psychology, State of California
• Board of Psychology, State of Washington

REFERENCES:

• Available upon request