Jeff Victoroff, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry - Adult

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry

Department:

Locations:

Sub-specialties:

  • Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Neurorehabilitation, Aggression and Terrorism

Background:

Jeff Victoroff, MD received his medical degree with honors from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. After residencies in both neurology and psychiatry at the Harvard affiliated programs, he completed his fellowship in Neurobehavior at UCLA. Since then he has been on the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, where he serves as associate professor of clinical neurology and psychiatry. Dr. Victoroff directs the Neuropsychiatry/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Clinic at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, where he treats patients with behavioral complications of TBI. He is a program director of the NFL Neurologic Care Program, and treats former football players for complications of concussion at USC. His research interests include the behavioral complications of neurological disease, including aggression in epilepsy and TBI. He also conducts studies on social psychology of terrorism. He has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including Neurology, the Journal of the American Psychiatric Association, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. One of his books is Saving Your Brain (Bantam, 2002). He is a member of the Research Committee of the American Neuropsychiatric Association and is Chair of the Aggression Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He is also on the UN roster of Terrorism experts.

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts, St. John's College
  • Master of Social Science (Biopsychology), University of Chicago
  • Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 1982

Internships:

  • University Hospitals of Cleveland, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983

Residencies:

  • McLean Hospital, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1985
  • Harvard Longwood Neurology Program, Neurology, 1985 - 1988

Fellowships:

  • UCLA, Neurobehavior, 1988 - 1990

Board Certification:

  • Board Certified, Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Certified in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry (UCNS)
  • Certified in Neurorehabilitation (ASNR)

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Academy of Neurology (Fellow); American Psychiatric Association; American Neuropsychiatric Association; American Society for Neurorehabilitation; Association for Psychological Science; International Society for Research on Aggression; International Society for Political Psychology; American Academy for Psychiatry and the Law; International Academy for Law and Mental Health; Peace Science Society International; and Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

Languages:

  • English