David Holladay, MD
Education:
1984
1979
1975
University of Kansas Medical School, MD
University of Kansas Undergraduate School, BS
Eudora High School, Eudora, KS- salutatorian
Postgraduate Education:
1987 to 1989
Completed Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Oregon
Health Sciences University of Portland, OR. Worked as Chief Resident during final
year. This program provided experiences in consultation in a variety of settings—
including school, inpatient, day treatment, and juvenile justice.
Direct care
experience occurred in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, including work
at Oregon State Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Treatment Program. Contact with
Eating Disorder clients occurred during final year of fellowship. Moonlighting
experience at Oregon State Hospital.
1984 to 1987
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of
Psychiatry.
This program had a biopsychosocial focus with family therapy,
emergency psychiatry, psychodynamic therapy, and psychopharmacology as areas
of emphasis. I worked as Assistant Chief Resident during my third year. I was
chief author and editor for a small department survival manual for incoming
psychiatric residents.
Board Certification:
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Board Certified in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry—#3461
Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry with the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology—#35172
Medical Licensure:
Oregon license # MD156792
Professional Society Relationships:
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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-active member
American Psychiatric Association member-active member
Alaska Psychiatric Association, Ethics Chair 2006-2010
Professional Experience:
2014 to present
Psychiatrist at the Children’s Program
2012 to 2014
Psychiatrist at Albertina Kerr’s Subacute Program
2002 to 2012
Holladay and Associates, LLC–Palmer
Private practice and provision of psychiatric services to: (1) MatSu Youth Facility, State of Alaska juvenile detention facility, (2)
Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center, and (3) Family
Centered Services of Alaska
2009
Psychiatric Consultant, McLaughlin Youth Facility–Anchorage, AK
2000-2002
Medical Director, Good Samaritan Counseling Center–Palmer, AK
1996-2000
Medical Director, Charter North Counseling Center–Palmer, AK
1993-2004
Provision of psychiatric services to the State of Alaska
Department of Corrections
1991-1996
Medical Director, LifeQuest (CMHC)–Wasilla, AK
1990-1991
Consultations to Fahrenkamp Center in Fairbanks and
Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage
1989-1991
Medical Director, Children’s Unit at Charter North Hospital–
Anchorage, Alaska (now NorthStar Hospital)
1989-1990
Langdon Clinic
Community Involvement & Early Work History:
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Counselor for Palmer, Alaska Rotary Club exchange students 2010-2011
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Past board member of the Palmer Museum of History and Art, 2006-2008
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Past vice president of Friends of Mat-Su (FoMS), a private nonprofit community
organization, approximately 1999 to 2000
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President of Lazy Mountain Community Council, 1996-1998
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Past chairperson of Program Committee Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Alaska
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College work positions included work on a college ‘grounds crew’, as an office
manager at a furniture store, and in a child development center
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Achieved rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America, 1975
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High school work positions as a janitor, farm hand, and hospital dishwasher
Brief Personal Statement:
My primary motivation in pursuing psychiatry as a career is to assist individuals and
families in developing the skills necessary to grow and build healthy lives. I see
myself as both a pragmatist and an idealist with a diversity of interests within and
outside the field of psychiatry. I tend to see people as basically doing the best they
can. Throughout the bulk of my professional career, I have seen very young
children, people in the last chapters of their life, and all ages in between. This
opportunity to experience the breadth of the human experience over the past
twenty years has been honored work for which I am grateful. My clients have
taught me many important life lessons. I have grown immeasurably as a person.