Background
Hochman, John Ira was born on November 3, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Harold and Laura Hochman.
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John Ira Hochman
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Bachelor of Science magna cum laude in Physics/Chemistry, CUNY, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1969.
Career
Extern, Guys Hospital, London U., 1969;
extern, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1969;
intern, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, 1969-1970;
resident department psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1970-1973;
private practice, Encino, California, since 1974;
assistant clinical professor psychiatry & biobehavioral science, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, since 1987. Clinical associate Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills, California, 1972-1980, instructor, 1981-1982. Member of staff various hospitals, Los Angeles County, since 1973.
Staff psychiatrist Department Mental Health, Los Angeles, 1973-1974. Consultant L.A.County Probation Department, Los Angeles, 1976. Forensic psychiatric consultant, Encino, since 1978.
Member task force on cults Cmty. Rels. Council Los Angeles, 1982-1990. Member of faculty panel Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles, 1984-1985.
Member board advisors American Family Foundation, 1991. Member science advisory board False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Philadelphia, since 1993. Member conference faculty Johns Hopkins Medical Institute & False Memory Syndrome Foundation, 1994, 96.
Presenter and lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member southwestern regional board Anti-Defamation League, 1982-1985. Board directors West Coast Orthodox Unit, 1992-1995. Captain United States Air Force Reserve, 1970-1975.
Member American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Society, American Psychiatric Association, American Association Psychiatry & Law, California Medical Association, Southern California Psychiatric Society (member committee psychiatry and religion, 1988-1989), Los Angeles County Medical Association (member section industrial medicine and surgery 1980-1986, president 1983).
Connections
Married Janice Lutwick, February 1972. Children: Noah, Rachel, Jared.
