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David E. Krantz, MD, PhD

  • Psychiatry
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About

David Krantz is a Professor in Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

An undergraduate at Brown University, he completed an MD/PhD in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UCLA in 1991, where he performed his dissertation on Drosophila eye development with Larry Zipursky. After a residency in psychiatry at UCLA, he was awarded a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Fellowship for Physicians to investigate the regulation of vesicular neurotransmitter transporters in Robert Edwards' laboratory at UCSF.

He returned to UCLA in 2000, and is currently using Drosophila to study how changes in the function of neurotransmitter transporters may influence synaptic transmission and behavior.

UCLA Committees:
  • Neuroscience IDP Dissertation Committee
    2002-ongoing; Chair, 2005-ongoing
  • Neuroscience IDP Vice Chair
    2007-2010
  • Psychiatry Residency Research Track Oversight Committee
    2003-ongoing; Chair, 2006-ongoing
  • Medical Scientist Training Program Admissions Committee
    2002-2007
  • Neuroscience Seminar Speaker Selection Committee
    2003-2013

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certification

Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1996

Fellowship

Research, UCSF Department of Neurology, 2000

Residency

Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 1995

Degree

MD, PhD, UCLA School of Medicine, 1991

Recognitions

  • Research, UCLA, 1991
  • Society of Biological Chemistry/Dista Fellowship Award, 1994
  • 36th Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar, 2001
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Locations

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • L.A. Care
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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Recognitions

  • Research, UCLA, 1991
  • Society of Biological Chemistry/Dista Fellowship Award, 1994
  • 36th Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar, 2001
  • EJLB Foundation Scholar, 2002
  • UCLA Dept. of Psych. Outstanding Grad. Student Teaching, 2008
  • Miller Family Endowed Chair in Depression Research, 2012