Events
FY2023 HMDP VE in Psychiatric emergency - Dr Scott Zeller
Professionals
Doctors
24 March 2023
This HMDP Programme is scheduled for 10 April - 14 April 2023.
Visiting Expert in Psychiatric emergency
Dr Scott Zeller is the Ministry's HMDP Visiting Expert in Psychiatric Emergency. His HMDP Programme is scheduled for 10 April - 14 April 2023.
About the visit/HDMP expert
Scott Zeller, MD is Vice President for Acute Psychiatry at the multispecialty 5,000-physician group partnership Vituity; assistant professor at the University of California; Past President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry; Past Chair of the Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies; and former Chief of Psychiatric Emergency Services for the Alameda Health System in Oakland, CA, where he developed the “Alameda Model.”
He has authored multiple textbooks, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles, lectures internationally, and is known as the co-inventor of On-Demand Emergency Telepsychiatry and the creator of the EmPATH Unit (Emergency Psychiatry Assessment, Treatment and Healing Unit) model for behavioral health emergency care. He led Project BETA (Best Practices in the Evaluation and Treatment of Agitation), which produced guidelines that have revolutionized the care approach to agitated individuals around the world.
He was awarded the 2015 USA Doctor of the Year by the National Council for Behavioral Health, the 2019 California Hospital Association Heerman Award for making a landmark contribution to improving California healthcare, and in 2020 was named one of the "ten most influential people in healthcare design" by Healthcare Design Magazine.
HMDP programme schedule
Contact details
Name: Ms Leow Liting
Email: Liting_leow@imh.com.sg
Other HMDP VE programmes
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