Background
Jalali, Behnaz was born on January 26, 1944 in Mashad, Iran. Daughter of Badiolah and Bahieh (Shahidi) Samimy. came to the United States, 1968.
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Behnaz Jalali, American Psychiatrist, educator. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Orthopsychiatry Association, American Association Social Psychiatry; member American Family Therapy Association, Southern California Psychiatric Association (chair committee for women 1992), World Federation Mental Health.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, Tehran (Iran) U., 1968.
Career
Rotating intern, Burlington County Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1968-1969;
resident in psychiatry, U. Maryland. Hospital, Baltimore, 1970-1973;
assistant professor psychiatry department psychiatry School Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1973-1976;
assistant professor psychiatry department psychiatry School Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1976-1981;
associate clinical professor psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, 1981-1985;
associate clinical professor psychiatry department psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1994;
clinical professor psychiatry department psychiatry School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1994. Director psychotherapy School Medicine Rutgers University, Piscataway, 1973-1976.
Director family therapy unit department psychiatry Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1985. Mental health clinical coordinator, 1987-1996, chief clinical services, medical student educator West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Orthopsychiatry Association, American Association Social Psychiatry. Member American Family Therapy Association, Southern California Psychiatric Association (chair committee for women 1992), World Federation Mental Health.
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Married Mehrdad Jalali, September 18,1968.
