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Corporate Select an Amen Clinic Location   Corporate Amen Clinic Newport Beach Amen Clinic Fairfield Amen Clinic Northwest Amen Clinic DC Mindworks Press   Corporate - Serving Newport Beach, CA 4019 Westerly Place, Suite 100 Newport Beach, CA 92660 DIRECTIONS: Click For Directions PHONE: Toll Free (888) 564-2700 FAX: (949) 266-3750 Contact Us: Click here Staff Directory   Daniel G. Amen, MD Medical Director and CEO Daniel G. Amen, MD is a child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. in Newport Beach and Fairfield, California, Tacoma, Washington and Reston, Virginia. Amen Clinics, Inc have the world’s largest database of functional brain scans relating to psychiatric medicine, totaling over 37,000 scans, and the clinics have seen patients from 62 countries. Dr. Amen is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. A small sample of the organizations Dr. Amen has spoken for include: the National Security Agency, the world’s largest spy agency, the National Science Foundation, Harvard’s Learning and the Brain Conference, and the Supreme Courts of Delaware, Ohio and Wyoming. Dr. Amen’s work has been featured in Parade Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, and Cosmopolitan. He writes a regular feature for Men’s Health Magazine. In addition, Dr. Amen has appeared on the Today Show, 48 Hours, the Discovery Channel, The View, Regis and Kelly and HBO’s show America Undercover. Dr. Amen is the author of 22 books and a number of audio and video programs. Dr. Amen, together with The United Paramount Network and Leeza Gibbons, produced a show called The Truth About Drinking, on alcohol education for teenagers, which won an Emmy Award for the Best Educational Television Show. In 1999, Random House published Dr. Amen’s book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, which has been on the New York Times bestseller list and is translated into 13 languages. He is also the author of Healing ADD, Healing The Hardware of the Soul, Making A Good Brain Great and the co-author of Healing Anxiety and Depression and Preventing Alzheimer’s. In January 2007, Harmony Books published Dr. Amen’s new book, Sex On The Brain. Mike Marino, Ph.D. Vice President of Corporate Operations Mike Marino has an extensive background in communications and mental healthcare, hosting his own syndicated radio program in 183 markets for 5 years, authoring a popular book about depression, and directing an in-patient psychiatric hospital. He has also been president of a nationwide network of mental health clinicians and facilities and has produced broadcast programming and live stage events for such diverse people as the Reverend Billy Graham and Dr. Laura Schlessinger. He resides with his three children in Southern California. Catherine Hanlon Executive Assistant Catherine graduated from California State University of Long Beach in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in Human Development. Catherine is Dr. Amen’s personal assistant and is in charge of Dr. Amen’s speaking engagements. She has worked at the Amen Clinics since 2003. You can reach Catherine by calling the Newport Beach office at 949-266-3700. Chris Hanks, Ph.D. Director of Research Amid little fanfare, Dr. Hanks received his Ph.D. in political psychology from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Senior Statistician at the UCI Center for Statistical Consulting. In 2004 he made the final table of the Stud/8-Omaha High/Low Poker World Championship, which he still lords over everyone. When he's not researching problems of the brain and human behavior, Chris flaunts his much-ballyhooed golf swing to passing drivers and U.S. military veterans at a nearby freeway onramp. Jill Prunella Senior Research Associate Jill joined Amen Clinics in 2003. Included in her many responsibilities as Senior Research Associate is the management and coordination of our Healthy Brain Research Project. If you are interested in finding out if you qualify for our study, please call our Newport Beach clinic at (949) 266-3700 and ask for Jill. Jill also has an amazing little boy named Kody. Kandace Kadow Research Associate Nancy Erickson Accounting Sue Wolfe Accounting Justin Wong Database Administrator Justin graduated from the University of California, San Diego in June of 2005 with a B.S. in Computer Science. He has worked in the IT department at the UCSD School of Medicine, done research at the San Diego Super Computer Center, and more recently, was an associate software engineer at Websense, Inc. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega. Justin’s many non-technical hobbies include playing basketball "prison rules" style, watching Star Trek, and searching for Big Foot. On a more serious note, his passion for interfacing technology with people led him to Amen Clinics, Inc. where he hopes to make a lasting impact.

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