Dr. Howard A. Hassman

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Howard Hassman has a vast knowledge of clinical research with over 25 years of experience in the field. He has teamed with the most respected organizations conducting studies that led to medical and technological breakthroughs. Dr. Hassman began conducting clinical trials in 1982 and is considered an expert in the field of Psychopharmacology. Dr. Hassman received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1983. He is Board Certified in Family Practice as an Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon in California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Dr. Hassman trained for 13 years as an investigator with Karl Rickles, MD, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hassman worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1984 to 1993. From 1984 through 1997, Dr. Hassman worked as a General Practitioner at the Family Practice Associates of San Diego, Inc. Dr. Hassman was also Medical Director of his research facility CMCR.

In 1998, he established CNS Research Institute (now CRI Lifetree) and currently serves as its Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Hassman’s primary areas of research interest include: Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Panic Disorder, Pediatric and Adult ADHD and Bipolar Disorder.

Dr. Hassman’s many publications include his book Alternative Treatments for Common Conditions, Copyright © 2000 by Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. Dr. Hassman has presented many scientific posters at conferences and meetings worldwide and lectures extensively on these and related topics.