About Us: Our History

In 2008, Brett Shurman, M.D decided to form ISISrecovery to address a clear need for in-home, life-skills oriented, rehabilitative services. While running a successful private practice in Los Angeles, Dr. Shurman found that his clients often left hospitals and residential treatment programs (rehabs) stabilized and filled with hope, but without a good step-down, transitional program. In-patient programs were good, but did not mimic the challenges that clients faced in their own homes. Clients often left facilities having learned bad behaviors from other patients at the facilities. Some clients were not suitable for or willing to go to residential treatment facilities. Dr. Shurman partnered with Carol Langone, LCSW and Wei-I Wang to provide a new model of treatment to address this need.

Brett Shurman, M.D.—Medical Director

Dr. Brett Shurman is a board-certified adult psychiatrist trained at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute. He received his medical degree with the University of Pennsylvania and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University in psychology. At the end of his residency, Dr. Shurman pursued both fellowships in research and psychopharmcology. Dr. Shurman was a NIMH-NRSA post-doctoral research fellow and a NARSAD Young Investigator conducting research in schizophrenia and the pre-frontal cortex. His psychopharmacology fellowship specialized in mood disorders. Since 2000, Dr. Shurman has had a prestigious full-time private practice specializing in psychopharmacology, mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, dual diagnosis and substance abuse, and individual, group and family therapy. He has privileges at Aurora Las Encinas Hospital and is licensed to prescribe Suboxone (buprenorphine) for opioid dependence. He is renown in the field as both a psychopharmacologist and psychotherapist.

Carol Langone, LCSW—Clinical Director

Carol Langone MSW, LCSW was born and raised in New York, attaining her BS in Psychology at Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania before moving to California in the late 1980s. After receiving her Masters in Social Work at San Diego State University, she spent a total of 15 years working in several Southern California hospitals, including 8 years at the University of Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, where she worked in the Department of Psychiatry.   Additionally, Carol Langone has spent several years working at the Los Angeles County Jail while working for the Department of Mental Health.  She most recently was in charge of a 38-bed social rehabilitation residential facility where her duties included rehabilitating patients with the goal of returning to their homes and communities.  Her expertise includes crisis intervention and mental health assessment.  She serves on various boards including the OC Mental Health Board and the Expert Witness Panel of the Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Wei-I Wang, Ph.D.—Business Manager

Wei-I Wang received her B.A. from the University of Chicago in public policy and a Ph.D. from UCLA in political science. She continued a career in research, working in the fields of market research and educational research for community colleges. Most recently, she has managed Dr. Shurman’s private psychiatric practice and has extensive experience on the business side of the mental health profession.