Curriculum Vitae

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1991)
Forensic Psychiatry, Subspecialty Certification (1999)

Member, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
      Forensic Psychiatry Certification Examination Committee

Academic Appointments
Clinical Professor of Psychiarty, April 2006 - present
Georgetown University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
      Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, 2003 - April 2006
      Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 1998 - 2003

Course Director, Writing in Forensic Psychiatry, 2009
      Associate Director, Program in Psychiatry and Law, 2001 to present
      Course Director, Gender Issues in Psychiatry, 2003 - 2005

Postgraduate Medical Training
Boston University Psychiatry Residency Training Program, 1986 - 1990
      Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
      University Hospital, Boston, MA
            Chief Resident in Psychiatry, 1989
      Edith Norse Rogers Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, MA
      Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA, Transitional Intern 1986 - 1987  
             Ginsberg Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, 1989 - 1990  

Medical Education
New York University School of Medicine, M.D., 1986

  • Alex Rosen Award for Excellence in Medicine and the Humanities, 1986  

Graduate Education
University of Cambridge, Master of Philosophy in the History of Medicine, 1983  

Undergraduate Education
Harvard/Radcliffe College, magna cum laude, B.A., 1981

  • Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholar, in recognition of academic achievement of highest distinction, 1980-1981  

Certification
Licenses (active):

  • New York (2010)
  • Commonwealth of Virginia (1991)
  • District of Columbia (renewed 2004)
  • National Board of Medical Examiners (1987)

Licenses (past):

  • District of Columbia (1992 - 1997)
  • New Hampshire (1988 - 1992)
  • Massachusetts (1986 - 1992)  

Awards
 Washingtonian Magazine, Top Mental Health Professionals, 2009
Washingtonian Magazine , Top Doctor, 2008

Manfred S. Guttmacher Award 2006, American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, for outstanding contributions to the literature on forensic psychiatry, for Sexual Harassment: Psychiatric Assessment in Employment Litigation (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 2004)

Washington Psychiatric Foundation Community Service Award, 1997  

Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1997
 Elected Offices

Board of Governance Councilor, 2006-2009

Chairmanships

  • Program Chair, 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2005-2006
  • Chair, Task Force on the Development of Guidelines for Disability Evaluations, 2005-2007

Committees

  • AAPL Newsletter Editor Search Committee, 2008
  • Nominating Committee, 2006-2008
  • Education Committee, 2006-2009
  • Program Committee, 2005-2009
  • Trauma and Stress Committee, 2003-2008
  • Suicidology Committee, 1999-2008
  • Gender Issues Committee, 1999-2009

Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1997

President, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2004-2008
Councilor for Virginia, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2001-2003

American Psychiatric Association, 1986 - present

Membership Status

  • Distinguished Fellow, 2006
  • Fellow, 2003

Chairmanships
        Chair, Committee of Tellers, 2003-2006

Committees

  • Council on Psychiatry and Law, 2007-2010
  • Committee on Judicial Action, 2002-2006
  • Committee of Tellers, 2002-2008
  • Corresponding Committee on History and Library, 2002-2008

Washington Psychiatric Association, 1992 - present
American Medical Association, 2002 - present
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1997 - present
Association of Women Psychiatrists, 1997 - present
Fairfax County Medical Society, 1992 – present

Committee Memberships
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
       Forensic Psychiatry Certification Examination Committee, 2008 – 2011

 

Public Service Activities  
       Commonwealth of Virginia, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
       Working Group on Health Privacy and the Civil Commitment Process, 2007 - 2008

Academic Activities
 CME LLC Psychiatric Congress Peer Reviewer, 2006-2008

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Program Chair for the 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 25-29, 2006

St. Elizabeths Hospital Sesquicentennial Celebration, 2004 -2005

  • Chair, Educational Symposium Committee
  • Program Director, Educational Symposium: “The Role of the Public Psychiatric Hospital in the 21st Century” May 5 and May 6, 2005, Washington Convention Center, Washington , DC

Psychiatric Times, Advisory Committee for CME, 2000

Journal Affiliations
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
        Associate Editor, 2009-2011
Journal of Psychiatry and the Law , Professional Editorial Board, 2009 - present
Psychiatric Annals , Editorial Review Board, 1999 - present

Peer Reviewer

American Journal of Psychiatry
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Primary Psychiatry
Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Experience Summary
2001 - present
Private Practice, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry, Arlington, VA, since 1992
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Consultant, John Howard Pavilion, 2008 - present
Virginia Hospital Center, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Staff, 2004
Court Consultant, Arlington County and Alexandria Courts, 2008 – present
Arlington County Department of Mental Health Consultant, 2009 - present

1992 - 2000
Private Practice, Clinical and forensic psychiatry, McLean , VA
Columbia HCA Reston Hospital, Reston, VA, Attending Psychiatrist, 1997-2000
Psychiatric Institute of Washington , DC , Medical Director, Day Center Program, Center for Posttraumatic Disorders, 1996 - 1997
Psychiatric Institute of Washington , DC , Attending Psychiatrist, Center for Posttraumatic Disorders,1992 - 1997

1986 - 1992
Psychiatric Institute of Catholic Medical Center , Manchester , NH , Associate Medical Director, 1991 - 1992
Nashua Brookside Hospital, Nashua, NH, Attending Psychiatrist, 1991 - 1992
Nashua Memorial Hospital, Nashua, NH, Attending Psychiatrist, 1991 - 1992
Psychiatric Institute of Malden Hospital, Malden, MA, Assistant Clinical Director, 1990 - 1991
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston , MA , 1990 - 1991
Hampstead Hospital, Hampstead, NH, Attending Psychiatrist, 1989 - 1991
Charles River Hospital , Wellesley , MA , Attending Psychiatrist, 1988 - 1990

 

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