PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1976 – 1979 - President, South Jersey Psychiatric Association
1978 - 1979 - Chairman, Psychiatric Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
1979 – 1981 - Executive Committee, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
1973 - 1982 - Numerous Committees of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association as member and chairman
1977 - 1979 - Secretary, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
1979 - 1980 - Executive Committee, Camden County Medical Society
1979 - 1981 - Vice President for Internal Affairs, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
1981 - 1982 - President Elect, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
1982 - 1983 - President, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
1988 - Present - Member of The American Society of Addiction Medicine
1988 - Present - Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality 

CHRONOLOGY : 

1955 - 1959 - B.A. in Chemistry, College of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1959 - 1963 - M.D., Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1963 - 1964 - Internship, Kings County Hospital, Seattle, Washington

1964 - 1965 - Residency in General Practice, Mountain View General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington

1965 –1966 -  Attending, Student Health Service, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1966 - 1968 - United States Navy - General Medical Officer
1968 – 1971 - Residency in Psychiatry, Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 – 1977 - Special Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 - 1987 - Private Practice of Psychiatry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
1983 - 1984 - Attending, The New Jersey Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Vroom Building, Trenton, New Jersey
1987 - 1989 - Florida Psychiatric Associates, Winter Park, Florida
1989 – 1995 - Private Practice Altamonte Springs, Florida
2000 – 2002 - Behavioral Health, Winter Haven Hospital
1971 - Present - Private Practice of Addiction Medicine in Addiction Units (The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital and      Florida Hospital) and in general hospital units (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Cooper Hospital, Camden, New Jersey) 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS : 

1988 – 1995 - Consulting, Winter Park Memorial Hospital, Winter Park, Florida
1987 – 1995 - Attending Physician, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Altamonte Springs and Apopka
1971 – 1987-  Attending, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center,  Camden, New Jersey
1986 – 1987-  Chief of Psychiatry, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey

1971 - 1987 - Attending, Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1973 - 1980 - Attending, Cooper Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey
1977 - 1979 - Acting Chief of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey
1975 - 1987 - Consultant, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
1980 - 1982 - Consultant, The Forensic Hospital of the State of New Jersey, Vroom Building, Trenton, New Jersey
1981 - 1985 - Consultant, St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center,  Lawrenceville, New Jersey

1986 - 1987 - Consultant, North Princeton Developmental Center, Skillman, New Jersey
1995 - 2000 - Attending, Baton Rouge Medical Center, Baton Rouge. Louisiana
1995 - 2000 - Meadow Wood Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

MEDIA APPEARANCES:

1988 to 1995 - Various appearances on various topics on local television news programs, Orlando, Florida 

PUBLICATIONS: 1977-1993

1977 - 1979 - Editor of the Newsletter, New Jersey Psychiatric Association
1979 - Medical-Legal Digest for New Jersey Psychiatrists, New Jersey Psychiatric Association, Chapter 16 –Civil Rights of     Mental Patients
1992 - November - Letter to the Editor concerning costly delays in the Workers'  Compensation System 
1987 - The New Jersey Trial Lawyer, Fall Issue –Psychic Trauma Secondary to the Death of a Child
1991 - The New Jersey Trial Lawyer, March Issue –Stress Management for Executives
1993 - Newsletter of the Florida Association of Self-Insured 

PUBLICATIONS: SINCE 1997 

1997 - July - Book Review of Karch, "The Pathology of Drug Abuse." Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 42, #4. 
1997 - April - Book Review of Hickley, "Goodbye My Little Ones" AAAP Newsletter, Volume XII, #2, 
1997 - September - Book Review of Sederer, "Outcomes Assessment in Clinical Practice, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 42, #5. 
1998 -  Book Review of Elyn and Behnke, Jekyll and Trial, (Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law), American Journal of Medical Quality, Volume 12,  #1, Spring
1998 - November - Book review of Blane, Brunner, and Wilkinson, "Health and Social  Organization" JAMA 
1998 - National Institute on Drug Abuse
1999 - January - Book review of Wetherington, Cora Lee and Roman, Aeele B., Newsletter of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2001 - A Textbook of Forensic Addiction Psychiatry and Medicine. Erlich, Lawrence B., M.D., Charles C. Thomas, LDT. Springfield, Illinois
2004- April- JAMA Book review, Principals and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, edited by Richard D. Rosner, Oxford University Press 

PRESENTATIONS :

2001 - July 11-15, Employment Law Trial Skills, Stetson University College of Law, Office of Continuing Legal Education,
2001 - November 23, Certification of Instructor Approval, Florida Department of Insurance, #1076333/CE011
2002 - April 8 - 10, Florida Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Meeting, lecture on Forensic Addiction Medicine
2002 - June 14, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Lectures on the use of pain practitioners in trial law
2002 - July 7, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Course on Forensic Addiction Medicine, Lecture on Dr. Erlich's book