Wandal W. Winn, M.D.

Dr. Winn is a physician who practiced for 38 years in Anchorage, Alaska, while certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Currently, in retirement, he continues to be a resource to mental health professionals via consultation in a number of clinical and business areas. Continuing interests include forensics, patient/client assessment, disability/rehabilitation, transcultural issues, practice management and enhancement, and non-traditional styles of practice. Dr. Winn is an experienced and respected speaker on a number of clinical and administrative topics.

CURRICULUM VITAE

BIO

Office: 4325 Laurel Street, Suite 297 Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Voice: (907) 250-8200
Email: wwwinn@gmail.com

EDUCATION

High School: West High School, Anchorage, Alaska, 1960 to 1961 Burley High School, Burley, Idaho, 1961 to 1963.

Pre-Medical: Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 9/62 to 6/63. University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 6/66 to 9/66. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 9/63 to 6/67; B.S. Degree (Psychology/Chemistry) 6/67.

Graduate School: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (Physiological Psychology/Experimental Design), 6/67 to 9/68.

Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 9/68 to 9/72; M.D. Degree, 6/72.

Externships: Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. John Muth), eight weeks in 1972.

Internship: Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (Rotating 6); 7/72 to 6/73.

Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (Psychiatry); 7/73 to 6/75

Fellowship/Training:

Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, (Inpatient Child Psychiatry, Dr. Carl Koutsky), eight weeks in 1972.

D Street Clinic, Division of Mental Health, State of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska (Outpatient Adult Psychiatry), eight weeks in 1972.

Greater Anchorage Area Borough Health Department, Anchorage, Alaska (Family Planning Services), eight weeks in 1972.

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, National Institutes of Mental Health Sponsorship, 7/83 to 7/84 (Computer Applications in Medicine).

Numerous courses and workshops on hypnosis, hypnoanalysis, existential psychotherapy, and Ericksonian Theory, 1972 to present.

Continuing Medical Education Certification, American Psychiatric Association or American Medical Association, continuously 1972 to present.

Completed Arctic Survival Training by The United States Air Force, Eielson AFB, Alaska, winter 1976

Microprocessor Design and Assembly Language Workshop, Intel Corporation, San Francisco, CA, 5 days, spring 1982.

Fluency: Full: English; multiple programming languages. Partial: Russian; Mandarin Chinese.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

1. National Board of Medical Examiners: July 2, 1973 (Certificate #128159)
2. Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Arizona: September 20, 1971 to September 1974 (License #7800)
3. Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Wisconsin: 8/83 to 8/84
4. State Medical Board (Alaska): Temporary License: 6/8/76. Permanent License: 1/6/77 to present
5. Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology: 3/1/82 to present
6. Diplomat, American Board of Forensic Medicine, 1/1/97 to present
7. Certified Medical Consultant: National Association of Disability Examiners (NADE), 3/21/2006 to present

ORGANIZATIONS

1. Psi Chi: Vice-President 1967 to 1968
2. American Association of University Professors: Past
3. Good Samaritan Hospital House Staff Association: Departmental Representative 1972 to 1973
4. Terros, Inc.: Executive Board of Directors 1972 to 1976
5. Commissioned Officers' Association of the United States Public Health Service, Alaska Branch: Member 7/75 to 7/78; President 7/76 to 7/78
6. Alaska State Medical Association: 6/85 to 12/97
7. American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine: 9/86 to 3/95
8. American Association for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: 4/86 to 6/94
9. Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry: 2/91 to 7/96
10. American Psychiatric Association: Member 5/74 to present; Chair, Information Systems Committee 6/84 to 7/86; Member, Community Psychiatry Committee 4/06 to 4/10
11. Alaska Psychiatric Association: Member 5/74 to present; Public Affairs Rep, 4/86 to 4/94; President, 4/00 to 4/02; Deputy Representative, 4/05 to 4/14
12. National Association of Disability Examiners (NADE): 7/84 to 7/15
13. Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners: 11/94 to present

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

1. Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (House Staff) 7/73 to 7/75
2. Glendale Samaritan Hospital, Glendale, Arizona (Courtesy Staff) 7/74 to 6/75
3. Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix Arizona (Attending Staff) 1/74 to 7/78
4. Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska (Active Staff) 7/75 to 7/78 (Secretary of the Medical Staff 7/76 to 7/77)
5. Humana Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 7/79 to 1/90
6. Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital, Elmendorf, Alaska (Consulting Staff) 2/80 to 9/85
7. Central Peninsula General Hospital, Soldotna, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 4/83 to 7/86.
8. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 3/76 to 8/85
9. Charter North Behavioral Health Systems, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 5/89 to 11/96
10. Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 8/78 to 12/31/96
11. Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 7/1/98 to 10/00
12. Ketchikan General Hospital, Ketchikan, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 5/79 to 12/06
13. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy Staff) 5/04 to 8/13
14. Central Peninsula General Hospital, Seldotna, Alaska (Consulting Staff) 1/08 to 11/13
15. Maniilaq Health Center, Kotzebue, Alaska (Medical Staff) 1/10 to 8/13

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

1. Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone and Acquisition of a Passive Avoidance Response: A Replication and Extension. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1968. Vol. 66, No. 2, 497-499.
2. "Disagrees with Prognosis", The New Physician, 1973, Vol. 22, No. 12, 758.
3. American Indian Alcoholism: Etiology and Implications for Effective Treatment. Presented: Twelfth Annual Scientific Meeting, United States Public Health Service Professional Association, San Francisco, California, April 3-6, 1977. Modified and presented: IVth International Symposium on Circumpolar Health, Novosibirsk, USSR, October 2-7, 1978. Published: Alaska Medicine, May, 1977, Vol. 20, No. 3, 30-32.

4. Software Reviews (accounting), Computer Use in Social Services Network, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1983.
5. "Microcomputers for Private Practice", Wisconsin Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Madison, WI, Feb 17, 1984.
6. "How to Buy a Microcomputer", One day course, American Psychiatric Association annual meetings, May 1984 and May 1985.
7. "Office Automation and Psychiatric Practice", course presenter, The Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, NJ, Spring 1984.
8. “Pornography: Individual and Community Dynamics”, Collegium Aesculapium Fall Conference, San Diego, CA, October 25, 2001.
9. “Neutralizing the Threat of Violence in the Workplace”, course presenter, Magellan Business Symposium 2002, Anchorage, AK, September 18, 2002
10. "Pornography As Addiction", keynote speaker, The Alaska Psychiatric Association, Anchorage, AK, Spring 2003.
11. “Cinema Therapy Research”, The Cinema Therapy Newsletter #11, Feb. 28, 2004.
12. “Alaska Psychiatric Institute’s TeleBehavioral Health Project”, International Telemedical Conference, Anchorage, AK, March 5, 2004.
13. “Pornography, Addiction and the Internet”, Alaska Rural Behavioral Health Conference, Anchorage, AK, December 8, 2004.
14. “High Bandwidth TeleBehavioral Health Services in Rural Alaska”, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Annual Conference, Washington, DC, May 2, 2005.
15. “TeleBehavioral Health in Alaska”, Alaska Psychiatric Assoc. Annual Meeting, April 2010.
16. Numerous other workshops, presentations and lectures.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Board of Editorial Commentators, The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 11/77 to 7/79.
2. Psychiatry Editor, Medical Computer Journal, East Hampton, CT, 6/83 to 4/85.
3. Co-editor & Software Reviewer, Computers in Human Services, The Haworth Press, New York, NY, Spring 1985 to 11/96.
4. Initiated and edited The Alaskan Psychiatrist, the newsletter of the Alaska Psychiatric Association, 8/88 to fall 2000.
5. Co-founder and Assistant SysOp, American Psychiatric Association’s Member to Member Use Group, 1993 to present.

AWARDS

1. First Place Award, University of New Mexico School of Medicine's annual competition of "Excellence in Medical Research", 1970 to 1971.
2. Physician's Recognition Awards, American Medical Association, various dates.
3. Selected for inclusion in Leading Consultants In Computer Software, Research Publications, Lake Bluff, IL, 1984 and 1985 editions.
4. Invited Participant: Information Technology and Social Work Conference, Sponsored by The Silberman Fund at the Wye Plantation, The Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies, Queenstown, Maryland, June 9-12, 1984.
5. Selected Participant: University of Alaska's Circumpolar Health Medical Expedition, Anadyr, USSR, July, 1990.
6. Selected as “Exemplary Psychiatrist” of the year by his patients and coworkers, National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI), 2000.
7. Awarded Social Security’s “Regional Commissioner's Citation”, April 2001.
8. Awarded American Psychiatric Association’s William Richards Award (lifetime achievement in rural and community psychiatry) for 2007.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1. Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, 12/78. Advanced to Clinical Assistant Professor, 11/83 and to Clinical Associate Professor, 02/01 to 3/21.
2. Adjunct Faculty, BioMedical Sciences, WWAMI Program, University of Alaska, 8/91. Advanced to Associate Faculty, 3/17

EXPERIENCE

1. 6/67 to 9/68 – Graduate Research Fellow (1/2 time), Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
2. 9/69 to 9/70 – Computer Programmer and Research Assistant (1/2 time), Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
3. 6/70 to 9/70 – Psychiatric Fellow (full time), Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
4. 6/70 to 9/71 – PBX Operator and Night Admissions Clerk (1/2 time) Bernalillo County Mental Health Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
5. 7/73 to 1/74 – Medical Examiner (1/4 time), Allstate and Occidental Life Insurance Companies, Phoenix, Arizona.
6. 12/73 to 6/75 Psychiatric Consultant, Community Organizations for Drug Abuse Control (CODAC), Phoenix, Arizona.
7. 1/74 to 6/75 – Psychiatric Consultant and Emergency Room Psychiatrist, Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
8. 1/74 to 6/75 Assistant Chief, Inpatient Detoxification Service (1/4 time), Department of Psychiatry, Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
9. 7/74 to 6/75 – Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
10. 9/74 to 6/75 – Psychiatric Consultant and Member, Executive Board of Directors, Terros, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona.
11. 7/75 to 7/76 – Staff Psychiatrist, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
12. 7/76 to 7/77 – Chief of Psychiatry, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
13. 7/77 to 7/79 – Director of Mental Health Services, Anchorage Service Unit, Alaska Area Native Health Services, Anchorage, Alaska.
14. 2/80 to 5/83 – Psychiatric Consultant, U.S. Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Elmendorf, Alaska.
15. 1/81 to 1/83 – Medical Director, Alaska Treatment Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
16. 4/83 to 5/83 – Chairman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health's Special Panel on Cuban/Haitian Entrants, U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia.
17. 7/79 to 7/86 – Psychiatric Consultant, Central Peninsula Mental Health Center, Kenai, Alaska.
18. 11/83 to 12/87 – Vice President for Software Design, PRN Systems, Madison, Wisconsin.
19. 8/85 to 12/87 – Psychiatric services, Wildwood Correctional Center, Kenai, Alaska.
20. 1/83 to 11/89 – Psychiatric Consultant, Alaska Treatment Center, Head Injury and Pain Management programs; Medical Director, 1/85 to 12/88, Anchorage, Alaska.
21. 9/87 to 9/90 – Chairman, Information Systems Committee, American Psychiatric Association.
22. 10/84 to 4/97 – Information Systems Consultant, Alaska State Medical Association, Anchorage, Alaska.
23. 6/78 to 9/97 – Psychiatric Consultant, Catholic Social Services, Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska.
24. 10/98 to 5/00 – Designated and Contracted Examiner and Consultant, Alaska Federal Probation Office.
25. 8/98 to 9/00 – Lead Psychiatrist, LifeSkills (provision and supervision of care and program consultation in a Managed Care friendly out patient setting).
26. 7/97 to 10/06 – Senior Member, Executive Insight Development Group (executive coaching, workplace trauma debriefing, executive retreat design, distance management techniques, www.exec–insight.com).
27. 6/99 to 12/07 – Psychiatric Consultant, First Mental Health (Alaska Medicaid utilization review, quality of care determination and staff consultation).
28. 8/79 to 4/12 – Designated Medical Examiner, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Anchorage, Alaska (Examination of clients and consultation to staff on injury, disability and return to work issues).
29. 12/07 to 1/12 – Psychiatric Consultant, CHOICES, Inc. (Non-medication alternative outpatient and case management program for the chronically mentally ill).
30. 11/95 to 2/12 – Psychiatric Examiner and Consultant, The Independent Medical Evaluators (Psychiatric evaluation of patients for clinical, forensic and disability purposes).
31. 1/04 to 6/13 – Medical Director, TeleBehavioral Health Program, Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Established and directed a program delivering psychiatric services to rural Alaska via high bandwidth two-way real time video).
32. 8/79 to 6/13 – Psychiatric Consultant, Gateway Center for Human Services, Ketchikan, Alaska; Medical Director, 1/01 to 8/06 and 7/07 to 6/13 (Oldest Community Mental Health Center in Alaska).
33. 8/80 to 2/13 – Chief Psychiatric Consultant, HAA/Magellan Behavioral Health; Medical Director Anchorage Office, 5/91 to 3/98; Physician Advisor, 3/98 to 5/08 (Premier Employee Assistance firm in Alaska).
34. 2/10 to 4/13 – Assistant Medical Director, Premera Blue Cross (Medical/psychiatric consultation and medical utilization review).
35. 6/04 to 6/14 – Psychiatric Consultant, Center for Drug Problems (Medical evaluation and treatment of patients in Alaska’s largest methadone Maintenance Program).
36. 4/97 to 11/15 – Psychiatric Examiner and Consultant, Medical Evaluations of Alaska (Psychiatric evaluation of patients for forensic, industrial, disability and rehabilitation purposes).
37. 11/84 to 7/15 – Designated Examiner and PTSD Expert (over 2200 cases), U.S. Veterans Administration.
38. 6/79 to 6/16 – Chief Medical Consultant, Social Security Disability Determination Unit, Anchorage, Alaska (Supervision of 7 physicians with decisional authority on $18,000,000 of disability claims per year).
39. 6/78 to 3/21 – Private medical practice, psychiatry, Anchorage, Alaska (evaluation, treatment, child custody, clinical and industrial consultation, forensics).
40. 11/85 to 7/92 and 5/04 to 3/21 – Psychiatric Consultant, Alaska State Division of Corrections (Psychiatric evaluation and treatment of incarcerated mentally ill offenders).
41. 7/85 to 3/21 – President, PRN Systems of Alaska (Experts in the application of technology to medical care in Alaska, China and the Soviet Far East).
42. 2/88 to 3/21 – Designated HIMS Certified Examiner and Consultant, Federal Aviation Administration (Independent examination of safety sensitive cases, pilots and air traffic controllers).
43. 1/97 to 3/21 – Medical Director, Qualis Health (Associate Medical Director, 2/99 to 6/03; Regional Medical Director 5/1/08 to present), ProWest ® Qualis Health (Multi-State Medicare & Medicaid utilization review; program development and quality assurance).
44. 3/21 – Retirement