Curriculum Vitae
David L. Fink, M.D.
General and Forensic Psychiatry
Philadelphia, PA
Lic: Pennsylvania MD036115E
Education
Undergraduate: BA, Tufts University 1977-1981
Medical School: MD, Thomas Jefferson University
Post Graduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
- Intern in Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia PA. 1985- 1986
- Resident in Psychiatry, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 1986- 1989
Board Certifications:
1991-Present
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry
1999, 2009, 2023
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry in Forensic Psychiatry
Practice History:
1989-1996
Associate Director of the Trauma and Dissociative Disorders Unit at The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital
1990-2000
Private Practice of General Psychiatry
2000-2023
Private Practice of General and Forensic Psychiatry
2016-2023
Psychiatric Consultant for The Curtis Institute of Music
Faculty Appointments:
1994-2004
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University
2004-Present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Pennsylvania
Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
1989-1996
Associate Director of the Trauma and Dissociative Disorders Unit, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital
Major Teaching Responsibilities:
1989-1996
Supervision of Psychiatric Residents on an In-patient Trauma Unit, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital
1996-2004
Supervision of Psychiatric Residents at Thomas Jefferson University
2004-2023
Supervision of Psychiatric Residents at The University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors:
1984
Lavine Scholar, Thomas Jefferson University
1985
Baldwin Keyes Prize in Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University
1989
1st Prize, The Glencairn Award for Best Research paper in Psychiatry. MPD, Personality Disorders and Schizophrenia. A Comparative Study of Clinical Features. The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital
1996
Selected as one of Philadelphia’s: “Top Docs,” Philadelphia Magazine
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
National:
1985-1988
Task Force on Physician Safety, American Psychiatric Association
1985-2004
American Psychiatric Association
1998-2004
Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice and the Media
1997-Present
Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists
1998-Present
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
2001-Present
American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians
Local Societies:
1989-2004
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society
1989-Present
Philadelphia Psychiatric Society
2000-Present
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Editorial Positions:
1990-1996
Senior Assistant Editor: Dissociation: Progress in the Dissociative Disorders
Lectures by Invitation:
1991
The Incidence of Violence Against Psychiatric Residents. Presentation at The American Psychiatric Association annual meeting
1991-1995
Presenter as Part of Dissociative Disorders Course at the American Psychiatric Association annual meetings
1996
Making the Diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Case Study. Grand Rounds. Einstein Medical Center
1997
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative and Trauma Disorders. Grand Rounds. The Belmont Center for Behavioral Health
1999
Assessment of Dissociative Disorders. Grand Rounds. The Carrier Clinic
2000
Stopping Time; Temporal Distortion in Dissociative Disorders. Grand Rounds Thomas Jefferson University
Research Publications, Peer Reviewed:
1987
Fink, D., Reflections on the Treatment of a patient with Dissociative Disorder. Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry. Spring, 1987
1988
Fink, D., The Core Self: A developmental Perspective on Dissociative Disorders. Dissociation: Progress in the Dissociative Disorders, Spring, 1988
1989
Fink, D. Review of, The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders, Kluft, R. Dissociation: Progress in the Dissociative Disorders, June, 1989
1990
Fink, D. Golinkoff, M. MPD Borderline Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia: A. Comparative study of Clinical Features, Dissociation, September, 1990
1990
Fink, D. A Review of Assessment and Management of Violent Patients, Contemporary Psychiatry, June 1990
1991
Fink, D. Shoyer, B. and Dubin, W. A Study of Assaults Against Psychiatric Residents. Academic Psychiatry Vol XV, 1991
1992
Fink, D. The Comorbidity of Multiple Personality Disorder and DSM lll-R Axis two Disorders. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Spring 1992
Research Publication Non-Peer Reviewed:
1998
Fink, D. Dissociative Amnesia and Victim Testimony. Forensic Echo, Vol. ll, 1998
1998
Fink, D. Assessment and Management of Violent Patients. Review in Contemporary psychiatry: A Journal of Critical review, Vol 9, Number 2, June 1990
1998
Fink, D. The Shattered Self; A Psychoanalytic Study of Trauma, by Ulman, R. and Brothers, D. 1998. Review in Dissociation, December 1998
1999
Fink, D. Which Personality Proceeds Pro Se? Forensic Echo, Vol lll, May 1999
2000
Fink, D. Commentary: Insanity defense/Dissociative Identity Disorder. In Forensic Echo
Book Chapters:
- Fink, D. Violence and Psychiatric Residents. In Patient Violence and the Clinician, Ed. By Eichelman, BS. Ac, APA press 1995
- Fink, D. Marmer, S. Rethinking the Comparison of Borderline Personality Disorder and Multiple Personality Disorder, Psychiatric Clinics of North America, December, 1994
- Fink, D. Observations on the Role of transitional Objects in patients with Multiple Personality Disorder, in Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder, APA Press, 1992