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Richard M. Kapit, M. D.
Career Positions, Education, Skills, And Professional Societies
Medical officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1984-1990 and 1991-2002
- Reviewed the New Drug Applications for Prozac, Clozaril, and Prosom
- Reviewed more than 100 Investigational New Drug applications
- Reviewed adverse reactions associated with vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, interferons, thrombolytic agents, and growth factors.
- Developed system for monitoring and reviewing adverse reactions to drugs and vaccines at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
- Developed system for tracking adverse reactions due to individual vaccine batches
- Representative (1995-96) to the International Conference on Harmonisation of Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), topic E2.
- CBER's Fraud Policy Working Group (1991-92)
Medical officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1990-1991
- Clinical trial development for buprenorphine as treatment for opiate addiction.
- Clinical trial development for bupropion as a treatment for cocaine abuse.
- Established relationship with Polish medical authorities for research into drug abuse.
- Surveyed U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers on research into drugs to treat mental illnesses.
Psychiatrist (board certified) in general and forensic practice, 1972-1984
- Testified more than 100 times in local and federal court.
- Unit Chief, Washington Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Clinical faculty, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Clinical faculty, George Washington University Medical School
- Washington Psychoanalytic Institute
- Private psychiatric practice
Education
| 2003-2004 |
University of Maryland, Communications/Journalism Major |
| 1991-1997 |
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| 1978 |
Certified, National Board of Psychiatry and Neurology |
| 1972-1975 |
National Institute of Mental Health (Psychiatric residency). |
| 1967-1972 |
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016. |
| 1963-1967 |
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. |
Skills
FDA experience
Courtroom experience
Psychiatric practice
Medical/science writer
Facility with word-processing, spreadsheet, and database programs
Professional Societies
American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians
International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
International Society of Pharmacovigilance
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Medical Writers Association
D.C. Science Writers Association
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