Kenneth Sakauye, M.D. received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Dr. Sakauye is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSU Medical School in New Orleans and serves as Director of Geriatric Psychiatry there. He was honored to serve the American Psychiatric Association as Chair of the Council on Aging, Chair of its Task Force on Minority Elderly and Committee on Minority Elderly. He is listed among the Best Doctors in America , and Best Doctors in the South and Southwest . He is also on the Advisory Board for Balanced Care Corporation, one of the largest assisted living corporations in the United States.
Academic focus remains education and clinical research.
Recent funding has been received for a caregiver training project through Poydras Home, and a clinical trials. Effort is being made to obtain funding through the Louisiana Health Care Review in improving recognition and treatment of depression in nursing homes. Singular Publishing Co., San Diego, 1995. American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington D.C., 1994. A Joint Project from the APA Council on Aging Committee on Minority Elderly and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry .