Elliott M. Stein, Geriatric Psychiatry
525 Midvale WayMill Valley, CA 94941 Phone: (415) 672-9352 Email: geripsych@aol.com Website: www.elliottsteinmd.com
Specialty Areas
Assisted Living and Nursing Facility Matters, Estate Planning/Settlement, Estate Planning/Settlement - Testamentary Capacity, Estate Planning/Settlement - Undue Influence, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Insurance - Medicare/Medicaid, Medical - Medicine & Health, Medical-Other, Psychiatry - General, Psychiatry - Geriatric, Will Contests
About
I am available to provide legal and forensic consultation and expert witness services and medical record reviews, in matters concerning psychiatric issues in older individuals, including testamentary capacity, contested wills and trusts, competence, undue influence, dementia, delirium, Alzheimer’s, depression, anxiety, psychosis, nursing homes, assisted living, hospitals, psychotropic medication, Medicare.
Licenses
M.D., licensed in CA and FL.
Education
B.S., Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1965-1969; M.D., Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1969-1973; Internship and Residency, Psychiatry, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, CA, 1973-1976.
Current/Previous Positions
Psychiatric Consultant to San Francisco Towers CRCC Life Care Community 2020 – present. Clinical Psychiatrist in Geriatric Psychiatry program, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center 2021-2023. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary), University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Previously, I served as Chief of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital for the Jewish Home of San Francisco, 2010-2020. Previously in Private Practice of Geriatric and Older Adult Psychiatry in Miami and Miami Beach, Florida for 33 years. I was Medical Director for the Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, Medical Director of an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry program, and Medical Director of an Inpatient Mood Disorder program, as well as consulting at Nursing Homes, Assisted Living and other facilities.
Honors Awards
Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Distinguished Fellow of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. In 1997, recipient of Founder’s Award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry for contributions to the field. In 2001, given the Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association, their highest award in Geriatric Psychiatry. ln 2003, was the first recipient of the Clinician of the Year Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. In 2004, given Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Miami School of Medicine. Listed in Best Doctors in America beginning 1992. On Board of Directors (1982-1985) and twice elected President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (1985-1987). Served as Treasurer (1989-1993) and on Board of Directors (1993-1997) of the International PsychoGeriatric Association, and as Member of the Task Force on Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence (2007-2016). Currently a member of the committee on Geriatric Psychiatry for the American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law (2022-present).
Prof. Affiliations
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological Association of America, International PsychoGeriatric Association. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
Publications
Author/co-author of multiple books and book chapters, and articles in the professional literature. Lecturer at local, regional, national, and international conferences. Recent publications include “Geriatric Psychiatric Outpatient Care: The Private Practice Model in the USA”, in the textbook Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, 3rd Edition (2011), and “Does your client have testamentary capacity? Mental health and memory issues that affect estate planning.” California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, 17 (2), 2011, and “Determination of Decision Making Capacity” in the textbook Geriatric Medicine (2024).
Prior Expert Experience
Legal consultation regarding Geriatric Psychiatry matters in more than 95 cases. I have worked with attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants.