Alejandro (Alex) Kopelowicz, M.D.

Dr. Alex Kopelowicz is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine and Medical Director of the San Fernando Mental Health Center (SFMHC), a community mental health center operated by the Department of Mental Health of Los Angeles County. 

Dr. Kopelowicz has been a frequent lecturer on biobehavioral treatment and psychiatric rehabilitation techniques.  He has written a number of articles and book chapters on these subjects.  He has spoken to Alliance for the Mentally Ill groups at the local, state and national levels.

Dr. Kopelowicz has been the recipient of several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, including a five-year project that focuses on culturally adapting the family psychoeducation approach for a Mexican-American population.  Dr. Kopelowicz has also received research grants from Janssen Pharmaceutica, Eli Lilly, Solvay, Novartis, and DuPont Merck.  He has also received a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) to study the neurocognitive correlates of recovery from schizophrenia.

Dr. Kopelowicz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and immigrated with his family to New York City at a young age.  However, he remains fluent in Spanish, which has been enormously helpful in his work at SFMHC.  He graduated Haverford College with a B.A. in Psychology, and went on to receive his medical education at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey.  He completed his psychiatric residency at the UCLA/San Fernando Valley program.  He is married and he and his wife have three children.