Lawrence Tucker MD - (888) 564-2700

Lawrence V. Tucker, M.D. is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Addiction Medicine, practicing in pharmacological management of all mental illness, SPECT imaging, as well as addictionology, & forensics.

Lawrence V. Tucker, M.D. is married and the father of 3 boys. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a diplomat of the American Board of Addiction Medicine, practicing in pharmacological management of psychiatric disorders including Attention Deficit Disorder, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Brain SPECT Imaging, as well as Substance Abuse Disorders and Process Addiction (Suboxone Outpatient Detox). He has also been involved in research involving traumatic brain injuries and Sports Psychiatry.
Dr. Tucker attended UCLA for his undergraduate degree, B.S. in Physiological Sciences. He then attended UCLA School of Medicine, for his Medical Degree, and stayed at UCLA for his internship and residency in Psychiatry and Neurology. In addition he completed one year in adolescent and child psychiatry.

Before Dr. Tucker attended UCLA, he served in the United States Marine Corps, Infantry. He was three combat actions, Grenada, Panama, and Desert Storm.

Dr. Tucker has worked extensively in the juvenile and adult justice system in Los Angeles and California’s state ran Regional Center. He has also worked in the community with trouble children in foster care and group homes, who struggled with addiction and/or mental illness. In addition he served as the Medical Director of an intensive outpatient program for adolescents and adults in a private hospital in the Los Angeles, South Bay area.

Dr. Tucker also has experience in the private sector and was the Medical Director of Windstone Behavioral Health, which provided behavioral health management for managed health care plans throughout greater Southern California.
child psychiatry

Dr. Tucker established the first Buprenorphine Clinic at Long Beach VA Medical Center, in CA. He was the Medical Director of the Substance Abuse program from 2007 – 2011.

Dr. Tucker’s training in and research in traumatic brain injuries and Sports Psychiatry led him to develop and interest into Single Photon Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging. He trained under Dr. Amen and was the Medical Director of an Amen affiliated SPECT imaging center, before establishing his own private clinic in Plano, Texas. He continues to work with Dr. Amen on an initiative to develop national protocols for head injuries and to further develop the research and utility of brain SPECT imaging.

In addition, Dr. Tucker has also served as an expert witness in numerous court cases, for the defense as well as for the prosecution. He has also been retained by counsel for consultation on cases requiring the need of a forensic psychiatrist.

His office is located at 5000 Legacy Drive, Suite 400, Plano Texas 75024

Call today to make an appointment: 888-972-2178

Honors and Awards include:

1998 Ann Bauman Memorial Scholarship
1998 Barry Gordy Foundation Scholarship
1999 Beckwith Memorial Scholarship
2000 Charles R. Drew Medical Society Scholarship
2000 National Health Institute Scholarship
2000 UCLA Medical Alumni Association Scholarship
2000 Nat R. Lazar Medical Scholarship
2000 Giannini Fellowship
2001 Honors in Neuroscience
2001 Stanley Foundation Fellowship
2013 Top Doctor in Texas Award, by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals
Organizations include:

Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate of American Board of Addiction Medicine
American Medical Association & Texas Medical Association
Collin County Medical Society
American Psychiatric Association & Texas Psychiatric Association
Texas Academy of Psychiatry
Texas Society Psychiatric Physicians
Federation of Texas Psychiatry
American Society of Addiction Medicine
International Society of Sports Psychiatry
Veteran of Foreign War

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