Dementia Prevention and Treatment: An Asian American Perspective

Benjamin Woo, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

¨ Dementia Prevention and Treatment: An Asian American Perspective

Benjamin Woo, M.D., is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He received his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego and did his psychiatry residency at UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program. Currently, he is an Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist and the Psychiatry Clerkship Director for medical students rotating at Olive View – UCLA Medical Center. For the past ten years, he has spoken on 100+ radio shows on various mental health topics on the only Cantonese radio station in Los Angeles. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Foundation awarded him one of its Advancing Minority Mental Health Awards. In 2018, he was the recipient of the C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies at UCLA. Dr. Woo’s research interests include Geriatric and Asian American mental health.