Reef Karim

Karim earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://reefkarim.com/dr-reef-karim-medical-cv/|last=Karim|first=Reef|date=|website=|access-date=July 22, 2017}} In 1996, he graduated cum laude with a D.O. from University of Health Sciences (now Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences). He subsequently completed a joint internship in internal medicine/psychiatry/neurology, a residency in psychiatry, and a fellowship in addiction medicine, all at UCLA. Karim also completed the professional program in television and feature film writing at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Karim is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience{{cite web |url=http://www.uclahealth.org/Workfiles/media-reports/102909-media-report.pdf |title=UCLA Health Sciences Media Report |author= |year=2009 |publisher=UCLA Health |accessdate=28 March 2013}} {{Dead link|date=July 2017}} and Senior Attending Physician at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He is also the founder and medical director of The Control Center, an integrated outpatient addiction treatment center in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.emfp.org/MainMenuCategory/Events/Program-Agenda-2012-MFP-Intensive-Winter-Institute-UCLA-.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704010703/http://www.emfp.org/MainMenuCategory/Events/Program-Agenda-2012-MFP-Intensive-Winter-Institute-UCLA-.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2013|title=Addictions and Mental Illness: Scientific Innovations and Human Responses|year=2012|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing|author=The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association|accessdate=28 March 2013}}

Karim is a well known guest expert, actor and writer in the media. He has co-authored a dating book titled Why Does he do that? Why does she do that?.{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/69125972/News/KTLA-Dr-Reef-Karim |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411144537/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/69125972/News/KTLA-Dr-Reef-Karim |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=KTLA-Dr. Reef Karim |author= |year=2012 |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |accessdate=28 March 2013}} He is a contributor for the Huffington Post, and his work has been profiled in Forbes and the Christian Science Monitor.{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0725/Colorado-shooting-How-Americans-deal-with-media-driven-events |title=Colorado shooting: How Americans deal with media-driven events|first=Gloria|last=Goodale |year=2012 |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor |accessdate=29 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/07/03/money-may-make-you-mean-but-can-you-buy-a-heart/|title=Rich People Are Mean, But Does It Pay To Be Nice?|year=2012|work=Forbes.com|first=Alice G.|last=Walton|accessdate=29 March 2013}}

As an actor, Karim played the lead in the Indie movie Flavors, with supporting roles in Lost Transmissions (2019) (with Simon Pegg), Laurel Canyon (2002) (with Christian Bale), Veep (2017) (with Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Lords of Dogtown (2005) (with Heath Ledger), Claire's Cambodia and appeared in The Breakup Girl(2015), Fit to Be Tied (2014), Posey (2012), Goodbye My Friend (2011), The Whisperers (2009), Night of Henna (2005), Russians in the City of Angels (2003), and Flavors (2004). He has also hosted multiple television shows, including Outrageous Acts of Psych, Broken Minds and House of Clues. Karim has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Phil, Hollywood Today, ABC World News Tonight, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360°.

On May 26, 2012, Karim was a guest panelist at Psychology In Action and UCLA's "Psychology On The Big Screen," for his work as psychiatric consultant on the films Thirteen, The Bourne Identity, and the television shows Private Practice and Alias.{{cite web|url=http://www.psychologyinaction.org/events/psychology-on-the-big-screen/|title=Psychology On The Big Screen|year=2012|publisher=Psychology In Action|accessdate=21 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132711/http://www.psychologyinaction.org/events/psychology-on-the-big-screen/|archivedate=6 October 2014}}

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• [http://www.doctorreef.com/ Dr. Karim Home Page]
• [http://www.reefmadness.com/ Karim Madness Home Page]
• [http://www.thecontrolcenter.com/ The Control Center]
• [http://wwwlittleboybigsuit.com/ Little Boy Big Suit Home Page]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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