Dr. Andrius Baskys, MD is a psychiatry specialist in Riverside, CA and has been practicing for 21 years. He graduated from Macmaster U Med Ctr in 1997 and specializes in psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and more.
Riverside Psychiatric Med Grp
5887 Brockton Ave Ste A
Riverside, CA 92506
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Inland Empire Health Plan
- Medicare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Psychosis
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more than 44% of peers
Major Depressive Disorder
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more than 30% of peers
Anxiety
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more than 23% of peers
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Care Philosophy
This content was provided by Dr. Baskys "Dr. Baskys provides consultations to patients with memory disorders. He completed his Psychiatry residency training at the University of Toronto, Canada, clinical fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at McMaster University in Hamilton and research fellowship at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF.
For over a decade Dr. Baskys served as the Director of the Memory Clinic at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center. Throughout his career he taught and conducted research as a faculty member at the University of Toronto, University of California Irvine, UCLA and University of California Riverside School of Medicine, where he teaches today. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and invited speaker at universities and medical centers worldwide. Dr. Baskys published over 200 papers, presentations and reports and two textbooks on psychopharmacology.
The Memory Disorders Program of the Riverside Integrative Health Academy offers best medical knowledge that is available for dementia prevention and treatment today. Dr. Baskys strives to provide the highest quality, compassionate care and help patients to achieve their goal to be healthy again."
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3 Specialties
- Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Neuropsychiatry (Psychiatry)
1 Board Certifications
- PsychiatryAccredited by: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology*
21 Conditions Treated
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's Disease With Early-Onset
- Alzheimer's Disease With Late-Onset
- Alzheimer's Disease Without Neurofibrillary Tangles
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Binswanger's Dementia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Dementia
- Depressive Disorders
- Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Memory Disorders
- Memory Loss
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Psychosis
- Psychosis Due to Mental Illness
- Vascular Dementia
6 Procedures
- Medication Management
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pharmacogenetic Counseling
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychiatric Medication Therapy
- Psychotherapy Services
Background Check
0 Malpractice Claims
No malpractice history found for California.
0 Sanctions
No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
0 Board Actions
No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
Education
- Macmaster U Med CtrMedical School | Graduated 1997
- University Of TorontoMedical School | Graduated 1995
- Vilnius V Kapsukas State UniversityMedical School | Graduated 1975
- Clarke Inst Of PsychInternship Hospital | Completed
- University Of Toronto HospitalsResidency Hospital | Completed 1995
- McMaster University / Faculty Of Health SciencesFellowship Hospital | Completed 1997
- Toronto Western HospitalOther Education | Completed 1989
- University Of California At San FranciscoOther Education | Completed 1991
Awards & Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Healthgrades Honor Roll
- MD, PHD, VILNIAUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, 1975
Media & Publications
- Cheng F, Li X, Li Y, Wang C, Wang T, Liu G, Baskys A, Uéda K, Chan P, Yu S. a-Synuclein promotes clathrin-mediated NMDA receptor endocytosis and attenuates NMDA-induced dopaminergic cell death. J Neurochemistry, 119(4):815-825, 2011, 2011
- J. Koontz and A. Baskys. Effects of galantamine on working memory and global functioning in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. Am. J. Alzheimer’s Dis. Other Demen., 20(5):295-302, 2005, 2005
- Jackson-Siegal JM, Schneider LS, Baskys A, Haupt DW. Recognizing and responding to atypical antipsychotic side effects. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2004 Jul-Aug;5(4 Suppl):H7-10, 2004
- A. Baskys, I. Bayazitov, E. Zhu, L. Fang and R. Wang. Rab mediated endocytosis: Linking neurodegeneration, neuroprotection and synaptic plasticity? Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1122: 313–329, 2007, 2007
- A. Baskys. Integration of genomic information in development of pharmacological vascular dementia prevention and treatment strategies. J Alzheimers Dis. 42(0):S267-76, 2014, 2014
- Baskys A. Lewy body dementia: the litmus test for neuroleptic sensitivity and extrapyramidal symptoms. J Clin Psychiatry. 2004;65 Suppl 11:16-22., 2004
- A. Baskys and A. Hou. Vascular dementia: treatment approaches and perspectives. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2, 1-9, 2007, 2007
- A. Baskys. Regulating genetic tests: who owns the data? Science. 330 (6011):1626, 2010, 2010
- A. Baskys, J.-X. Cheng. Pharmacological prevention and treatment of vascular dementia: Approaches and perspectives. Exp. Gerontol., 47(11):887-891, 2012, 2012
Languages Spoken
- English
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