Reef Karim

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Reef Karim
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Born
Arif Karim

Education Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Alma mater Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Career
Show House of Clues, Broken Minds
Station Court TV
Country United States
Website reefkarim.com

Reef Karim is a television personality, international speaker, author, and osteopathic physician. [1] [2] He is best known as the host of the Court TV television show House of Clues , the host of the Discovery Fit & Health television show Broken Minds, [3] a recurring guest expert on the television show Outrageous Acts of Psych , from Discovery Science, [4] and the comedic host, writer and producer of Karim Madness.

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Karim has appeared on Oprah , [5] Dr. Oz , Dr. Phil , The Today Show , Chelsea Lately , and regularly appears on CNN as a medical and psychiatric commentator. He has written articles for the Huffington Post , Oprah.com, and Fox.com. [6] [7] He has also had minor roles in television shows like Lost Transmissions (2019) and Veep (2017).

In 2004, Karim was named one of "The Sexiest Men Alive" by People magazine. [8]

Early life

Karim earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [9] In 1996, he graduated cum laude with a D.O. from University of Health Sciences (now Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences). [2] He subsequently completed a joint internship in internal medicine/psychiatry/neurology, a residency in psychiatry, and a fellowship in addiction medicine, all at UCLA. [2] [9] Karim also completed the professional program in television and feature film writing at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Medical career

Karim is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience [10] and Senior Attending Physician at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He is also the founder and medical director of The Control Center, an integrated outpatient addiction treatment center in Beverly Hills, California. [11]

Media

Karim is a well known guest expert, actor and writer in the media. He has co-authored a dating book titled Why Does he do that? Why does she do that?. [12] He is a contributor for the Huffington Post, and his work has been profiled in Forbes and the Christian Science Monitor . [13] [14]

As an actor, Karim played the lead in the Indie movie Flavors, with supporting roles in Lost Transmissions (2019) (with Simon Pegg), Laurel Canyon (2002) (with Christian Bale), Veep (2017) (with Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Lords of Dogtown (2005) (with Heath Ledger), Claire's Cambodia and appeared in The Breakup Girl (2015), Fit to Be Tied (2014), Posey (2012), Goodbye My Friend (2011), The Whisperers (2009), Night of Henna (2005), Russians in the City of Angels (2003), and Flavors (2004). He has also hosted multiple television shows, including Outrageous Acts of Psych , Broken Minds and House of Clues . Karim has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show , The Dr. Oz Show , Dr. Phil , Hollywood Today , ABC World News Tonight , Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° .

On May 26, 2012, Karim was a guest panelist at Psychology In Action and UCLA's "Psychology On The Big Screen," for his work as psychiatric consultant on the films Thirteen, The Bourne Identity, and the television shows Private Practice and Alias . [15]

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2002 Laurel Canyon ER Doctor
2003 Flavors Kartik
2005Night of HennaBaboo
2005 Lords of Dogtown Dr. Angelo Gamboa
2009The WhisperersRajat Gulati
2010Adios Mi Amigo/Goodbye My FriendRahul
2012PoseyBollywood dancer
2014Fit To Be TiedJohn
2015The Breakup GirlDr. Kareem
2019 Lost Transmissions Dr. Klopek

TV Roles

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000 Days of Our Lives Phillipe1 Episode
Episode #1.8762
2003Russians in the City of AngelsOmar Santini2 Episodes
Proshchanie
Srok
2004House of CluesHimself13 Episodes
2004-2005 Extreme Makeover Himself3 Episodes
Becky & Stacy
Heather & Kristi
Lachele & Marcelo
2007-2009 Larry King Live SelfMultiple Episodes
2007-2009 Private Practice Medical Consultant30 Episodes
2009-2010 Anderson Cooper 360 Self3 Episodes
2010 E! Investigates: Addicted to Pills Self1 Episode
2010 The Daily 10 Self1 Episode
2010 Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell Self1 Episode
2010 E! True Hollywood Story Self1 Episodes
2010 Good Morning America Self1 Episodes
2010 Pretty Wild Himself – Addiction Specialist1 Episode
And So It Is
2010 The Early Show Self3 Episodes
2011 Dateline NBC Self1 Episode
2011 Charlie Sheen: On the Brink Self1 Episode
2008-2011 Showbiz Tonight SelfMultiple Episodes
2010-2011 The Joy Behar Show SelfMultiple Episodes
2012Dr. PhilSelf2 Episodes
2012Broken MindsHost2 Episodes
2012TodaySelfMultiple Episodes
2013ABC Evening NewsSelf2 Episodes
2013TakePart LiveSelf2 Episodes
2014The Dr. OZ ShowSelfMultiple Episodes
2014Hollywood TodaySelfMultiple Episodes
2015Karim MadnessHost2 Episodes
2015Outrageous Acts Of PsychSelf12 Episodes
2017 Veep Dr. Sengupta1 Episode

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