Title:

• Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Department:

• Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Locations:

• Keck Hospital of USC

Areas of Treatment:

• Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Dementias
• Research and Pharmacological Trials
• Behavioral Problems Associated with Dementias
• Mood Disorder In the Elderly

Specialties:

• Psychiatry - Geriatric

Sub-specialties:

• Geriatric Psychiatry

Background:

Dr. Pawluczyk was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After receiving her MD diploma at the Medical School of the University of Buenos Aires, she completed the “Curso Superior de Psiquiatria” at Hospital Borda. She moved to Los Angeles and entered the residency training in Psychiatry at LAC+USC. She did a fellowship in Psychiatry and the Law and in Geriatric Psychiatry. She then joined the Department of Psychiatry and has been part of the Geriatric Studies Center since 1991. Dr. Pawluczyk practices at the Memory and Aging Center at USC and she is also a consultant at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. Dr. Pawluczyk is fluent in Spanish.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, University of Buenos Aires 1973

Internships:

• LAC+USC Medical Center 1984 - 1985

Residencies:

• University of Buenos Aires: Psychiatry 1974 - 1976
• LAC+USC Medical Center: Psychiatry 1985 - 1988

Fellowships:

• University of Southern California Institute of Psychiatry and Law 1988 - 1989
• LAC+USC Medical Center: Geriatric Psychiatry 1989 - 1992

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Psychiatry Association
• American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

Languages:

• English
• Spanish