Stillwater, MN Psychiatrist Dr. Ivan Sletten Publications

Stillwater, MN Psychiatrist Dr. Ivan Sletten has authored more than 100 publications during his illustrious career.  Here is a shortened list of some of those publications:

1. Tuchman, H., Sletten, I.W., and Crumptom, C.W.: A clinical study of effects of intravenous reserpine (Serpasil) in hypertensive patients, AMER. HEART J., 48: 449-54, 1954
2. Koutsky, C.D. and Sletten, I.W.:  Chlordiazepoxide in alcohol withdrawal – intramuscular effects.  MINNESOTA MED.,  46: 354-7, 1963
3. Sletten, I.W., Fusaro, R.M., and Runge, W. J. :  A new topical spray agent to protect patients in chlorpromazine from sunlight, AMER.J. PSYCHIAT., 119: 991-2, 1963
4. Sletten, I.W., Nilsen, J.A., Young, R.C> and Anderson, J.T.: Blood lipids and behavior in mental hospital patients, PSYCHOSOM. MED  26: 261-6, 1964
5. Sletten, I.W. and Gershon, S.:  the premenstrual syndrome:  A discussion of it’s  pathophysiology and treatment with lithium ion, COMP. PSYCHIAT 7:197-206, 1966
6. Sletten, I.W., Pichardo, J. and Gershon, S. :  The effect of chlorpromazine on lithium excretion in psychiatric subjects, CURR. THER. RES., 8:441-6, 1966
7. Sletten, I. W., Mou, B., Cazenave, M. and Gershon, S.:  The effects of caloric restriction on behavior and body weight in psychiatric subjects on chlorpromazine, DIS. NERV. SYST.,  28:519-22, 1967
8. Sletten, I.W. Viamontes, G., Hughes, D.D. and Korol, B.:  Total fasting psychiatric subjects: Psychological, and physiological, and biochemical changes, CANAD. PSYCHIAT. ASSOC. J. , 12:553-8, 1967
9. Ulett, G.A. and Sletten, I.W. : A statewide electronic data processing system, HOSP. & COMMUNITY PSYCHIAT., 20(5) : 74-77, 1969
10. Sletten, I.W., Ulett. G.A., Altman, H. and Sundland, D.: The Missouri Standard System of psychiatry (SSOP): Computer generated diagnosis, ARCH. GEN. Psychiat., 23:73-9, 1970
11. Sletten, I.W. Altman, H., and Ulett, G.A.:  Routine diagnosis by computer, AMER. J. PSYCHIAT., 127(9):1147-52, 1971
12. Parwatikar, S., Brown, M., Stern, J., Ulett, G., & Sletten, I.W. :  Acupuncture, hypnosis and experimental pain:  Study with volunteers.  International Journal of Acupuncture and Electronic Therapeutics Research, 1977
13. Stern, J.A., Brown, M., Ulett, G.A., & Sletten, I.W.:  A comparison of hypnosis, acupuncture, morphine, valium aspirin and placebo in the management of experimentally induced pain.  The New York Academy of Sciences, 1977, 296, 175-193

Stillwater, MN Psychiatrist Ivan W. Sletten, Recognized for Excellence in Psychiatry

STILLWATER, MN, September 23, 2011 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Dr. Ivan W. Sletten, Psychiatrist, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in psychiatry.

With more than five decades of professional experience, Dr. Sletten has cultivated his expertise in bipolar disorder and psychoeducation. He operates a private psychiatry practice in Stillwater, Minn., where he specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Dr. Sletten meets, treats, and educates patients with various mental health issues.

In the mid-1950s, Dr. Sletten completed an internship and a residency at Minneapolis General Hospital. He is affiliated with FAPA and has received formal recognition from Health Grades, Inc. Dr. Sletten, who intends to continue working in the same capacity in the years to come, attributes his success to his education and fortunate opportunities.

Curriculum Vitae - Ivan W. Sletten, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Ivan W. Sletten, M.D.

August 12, 2011

14791 60^th St N, Suite 8

Stillwater, MN 55082

651-351-9356 (c)

651-430-1746 (office)

651-351-1405 (fax)

MEDICAL LICENSES:

·         Minnesota 1955 to present

·         Wisconsin 1994 to present

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1997-Present

·         Practicing at private practice Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

o    Associated with NuView Psychological Servcies 2007-2010

·         6-8 hours per week River Falls Medical Clinic psychiatric consultant as an integral part of their clinic staff

1994-1997

·         16 hours per week as contract staff psychiatrist with Minnesota HMOs (Health Partners 1994-1995 & Allina 1996-1997)

·         8-12 hours per week Minneapolis Veterans Administration doing compensation and pension evaluations as well as on-call duties as a staff psychiatrist

·         6-8 hours per week River Falls Medical Clinic psychiatric consultant as an integral part of their clinic staff

·         4-6 hours per week as contract psychiatric consultant to St. Croix Psychological clinic, River Falls, Wisconsin

·         4-6 hours per month psychiatric consultations as an employee of Human Services, Inc., Washington County, with responsibility to cover psychiatric consultations in the Washing County jail (1996-1997)

·         Starting private practice 1997

1994 – 1997     

·         Following my December 1993 surgery for cancer, I decided to sell my practice and return to Minnesota and Wisconsin to be close to family and long time friends where I grew up

1976-1993        

·         A large successful private practice of psychiatry in St. Louis, Missouri

·         Selected peers to be a member of the Honored Medical Staff at Christian Hospital Northeast/Northwest, one of the biggest hospital programs in the St. Louis metropolitan area

·         Clinical Professor of Psyhiatry, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri (1977-1992)

1973-1976

·         Director of Missouri Institute of Psychiatry

·         Professor University of Missouri Medical School

1963-1973

·         Continuous full time academic appointment at Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, University of Missouri Medical School – research associate to full professor

1961-1962

·         Medical Director, Hasting State Hospital, Hastings, Minnesota (800 beds)

1960-1961

·         Full time instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School

1958-1960             

·         Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Army, Chief, Mental Hygiene Consultation Service, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Maryland

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

1951-1954             Pre-medical Education, University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science, with honors in Medical Science)

1951-1955            University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical School

1954-1955         Minneapolis General Hospital, Rotating Internship

1955-1958         Residency in Psychiatry

                        Minneapolis General Hospital

Inpatient Adult, Child and outpatient Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School with twelve credits in psychology and statistics in the University of Minnesota Graduate School

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 9, 1929 Chetek, Wisconsin

CERTIFICATION:

1961                 American board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Certificate #7086

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

1968-1973         Chief, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Statewide Automated Standard System of Psychiatry

1964-1972         Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, (12 new residents per year)

ADDITIONAL CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS:

1978-1985         Psychiatric Research Consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital, St Louis, Missouri

1959-1960         Clinical Research Section, Army chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland (LSD Research)

AWARDS:

2010                 NAMI Award for Minnesota Board of Directors

2007                 American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

2003                 American Psychiatric Association for Physician Social Responsibility

1975                 Member, Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans

1975                 Member, International Who’s Who in Community Service

1975                 Member, Bicentennial Edition of Outstanding Americans

1974                 Member, Who’s Who in Missouri

1974                 Who’s Who in Midwest

1971                 Member, Personalities of the West and Midwest

1958-1960         Citation from Commanding General, Aberdeen Proving Ground, for services as Chief of Mental Hygiene Consultation Service

1951                 Sigma Sigma, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Freshman Honor Society

1948                 Phi Eta Sigma, University of Wisconsin, Freshman Honor Society

MEMBERSHIPS

·         Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

·         Minnesota Psychiatric Association

·         Life Member, American Medical Informatics Association (Former Charter Member of the Society of Computer Medicine)

·         American Society Clinical Psychopharmacology

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

·         Former Member, American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Automation

·         President, Eastern Missouri Psychiatric Society (District Branch of the APA)

·         Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1972

·         President, Missouri Psychiatric Association, 1974-1975

·         Secretary Treasurer, Missouri Academy of Psychiatry, 1973-1974 and 1975-1976

·         Member, American Psychiatry Association Task Force on the Problem Oriented Medical Record, 1974

·         In collaboration with Dr. Robert Spitzer (and the American Psychiatric Association DSM II Task Force), organized an international conference on classification in psychiatry, at Missouri Institute of Psychiatry in St. Louis, June 976; participants from Europe, Canada, and all part of the USA.  Classification was discussed with a focus on DSM III.

HEALTH

Energy level and general health are good at 82 years of age. No evidence of carcinoma.

MALPRACTICE

            I have never had a malpractice suit.

PUBLICATIONS

During my academic career, I published 106 articles in referred journals. These publications primarily concern psychopharmacology and clinical computer applications regarding automated diagnosis and prediction of treatment response and methods to collect clinical information.

GOALS

To practice as health allows.