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Department of Internal Medicine

Doug Cort, Ph.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Cort is a general clinical, health psychologist whose main emphasis is on cardiac psychology. His clinical interests focus on stress reduction and health psychology. His research interests focus on personality variables and their relationship to illness.

Title:

 Psychologist

Specialty:

 Cardiology

Center/Program Affiliation:

 Coronary Heart Disease Reversal Program

Address:

 Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 2801
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

 (916) 734-8441

Education:

 Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Ph.D. 1988

Education:

 UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
B.A. 1972

Internships:

 Napa State Hospital
Napa, California
1987-1988

Professional Memberships:

 American Psychological Association
California Psychological Association
Society for Personality Assessment

Select Recent Publications:

Cort D, Greene R, Kappagoda CT. Utility of the MMPI-2 in predicting adherence to a cardiac lifestyle program. (In requested edit for the Journal of Personality Assessment).

Kappagoda CT, Ma A, Cort D, Paumer L, Lucas D, Vurns J, Amsterdam E. Cardiac event rate in a lifestyle modification program for patients with chronic coronary artery disease. Journal of Clinical Cardiology, 2006. (In Press)

Conte R, Cort D. Developing a pharmacology training program for psychology interns. California Psychologist, March/April 2005.

Cort D. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. Invited address to the faculty of psychiatry, Angora Psychiatric Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 13, 2004.

Cort D. The Role of Psychology in Managing Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Invited address to the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, February 5, 2004.

Cort D. Behavioral Issues in Heart Disease. Invited address to the Department of Cardiology, National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 3, 2004.

Cort D, Neuhaus E, Paumer L, Lucus K, Chester J, Kappagoda CT, Greene R. Psychological Assessment Predicts Adherence to a Heart Disease Reversal Program. Poster presented at The 5th International Heart Health Conference, Milan, Italy, June 13-16, 2004.

Cort D, Lucus K, Neuhaus E, Paumer L, Chester J, Burns, Schlund, Kappagoda CT. The Coronary Heart Disease Reversal Program at the UC Davis Medical Center. Poster presented at The 5th International Heart Health Conference, Milan, Italy, June 13-16, 2004.

Cort D. The Role of the Psychologist in a Preventive Cardiology Program. Invited address to the Annual Cardiology Association of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, March 27, 2002.

Cort D. The Identification and Treatment of Psychological Risk Factors in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Invited address to the Annual Cardiology Association of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, March 27, 2002.