Dr. Alexander Hao Fan M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles CA, 90048About
Dr. Alexander Fan is a psychiatrist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Fan is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Fan diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Fan may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Fan treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Topical atropine in retarding myopic progression and axial length growth in children with moderate to severe myopia: a pilot study.
- Bipolar disorder and comorbid personality psychopathology: a review of the literature.
- Endothelial cell loss and surgically induced astigmatism after sutureless large-incision manual cataract extraction (SLIMCE).
- Autoenucleation: a case report and literature review.
- Randomized double-masked controlled trial comparing pain scores with and without the use of supplementary 2% lidocaine gel in LASIK.
- Differentiation of exudative age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in the ARMS2/HTRA1 locus.
- SNP rs1533428 at 2p16.3 as a marker for late-onset primary open-angle glaucoma.
- Evaluation of NTF4 as a causative gene for primary open-angle glaucoma.
- Severe and recurrent interface hemorrhage after endothelial keratoplasty.
- Femtosecond Laser: Is It the Way Forward for Cataract Surgery?
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
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