Hyla Cass, M.D. – Curriculum Vitae

Identifying Information: Born in Toronto, Canada  

Occupation: psychiatrist; integrative medical practitioner; author; speaker, consultant

Education: Pre-Medical and Medical Education: University of Toronto, School of Medicine, Canada

Internship: Los Angeles County-U.S.C. Medical Center

Residency Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, California: Adult, Child and Family Psychiatry

Board Certification:

• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Diplomate American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine

Attending Staff Physician: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (1980-92)

Professional Memberships:

1. Orthomolecular Health and Medicine Society (OHM)
2. American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM.org).

Board Member:

1. American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM.org) (past)
2. Board Member Emeritus and Past President, Nourish America, providing vitamins to underprivileged children and other at-risk populations

Advisory Board:

Taste for Life, Peterborough, Maine

Alliance for Addiction Solutions

Associate editor:  Total Health Magazine, St. George Utah

Contributing writer:

Bottom Line Health

Awards:

• 2001:  Safe Harbor award for outstanding contributions in alternative mental health
• 2010:  American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM.org)
• 2014:  The Legacy Service Award, Emord & Associates’ “Excellence in Integrative Medicine”
• 2015:  Induction into the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine’s (ISOM) Hall of Fame

Author:

• Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Cannabis 2018
• The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free (e-book) 2015
• 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health for Women (McGraw-Hill, 2005; Mind Publishing, 2011)
• Supplement Your Prescription (Basic Health, Nov 2007)
• User’s Guides to Herbs (Basic Health Publications, 2004), Ginkgo (2003), and Vitamin C (2003)
• Natural Highs (Penguin Putnam Avery, 2002)
• Kava: Nature’s Answer to Stress Anxiety and Insomnia (Prima, 1999)
• St. John’s Wort: Nature’s Blues Buster (Penguin Putnam Avery, 1998)

2019  Presentations

• May 6, 20: The Doctors TV Show CBS on “Boosting Brain Health”

• Feb 26-28: Guest speaker at Credible Behavioral Health 12th Annual Partner’s Conference in DC on

“Effective New Approaches to Addiction Treatment” and “Maintaining Your Health Long Term”

2018 Presentations

• Sept 7-9:  Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH), 9th annual conference in Dallas, TX : Psychiatric Uses of Cannabidiol (CBD).
• Sept 21-22:  CWB Expo in Anaheim, CA; “CBD for Mental and Emotional Health”
• Oct 18-21:  IPI Higher Practice Conference for Mental Health Professionals ,  Boulder CO, on “Using Supplements Including CBD for Complex Medication Tapers”

2017 Presentations

• April 28-May 1 Chicago, IL.  Spoke on Gut- Brain Connection at
  Walsh Research Institute, Mastering Brain Chemistry: Physician Education Workshop
• Oct 24:  Los Angeles, CA, Guest presenter at Fran Drescher’s Health Summit , on natural alternatives to prescription drugs for  mental health issues and addiction.
• Nov 2-5 Salt Lake City, Utah.  Instructor at Revitalizing the Addicted Brain, natural solutions for treating addiction, for professionals and the interested public.

2016 Presentations

• Jan 17th 10 AM EST (Sun), Radio Interview – Essentials of Healthy Living, WFED Radio, on The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free. Show archived here for future listening.

• June 11-13, Brisbane AU, International Congress on Natural Medicine, with a focus on natural approaches to psychiatry. Keynote address to introduce the topic, and an additional one on addiction. Click Here for details.

• Sept 20-Oct 2: Kansas City, MO. Revitalizing the Addicted Brain: Amino Acid Core Training Intensive for Health Professionals. Click here for more information.

• Oct 14-16 Toronto. IHS-CAN International Healthcare Symposium – Canada; presented  on Targeted Nutrients for the Brain.                        

2015 and earlier: Available on request

Licensure: State of California