Curriculum Vitae

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

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

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):

  • 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
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
      Councilor, 2006-2009
      President, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2004-2006
      Councilor for Virginia, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2001-2003

American Psychiatric Association, 1986 - present
      Distinguished Fellow, 2006
      Fellow, 2003

Washington Psychiatric Association, 1992 - present
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1997 - present

American Medical Association, 2002 - 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

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
       Program Chair, 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2005-2006
       Chair, Task Force on the Development of Guidelines for Disability Evaluations, 2005-2007

  • Education Committee, 2006-2010
  • Program Committee, 2005-2009
  • Suicidology Committee, 1999-2005
  • Gender Issues Committee, 1999-2005
  • Trauma and Stress Committee, 2003-2005

American Psychiatric Association

  • Council on Psychiatry and Law, 2007-2011
  • Committee on Judicial Action, 2002-2006
  • Committee of Tellers, 2002-2008
  • Chair, 2003-2006
  • Corresponding Committee on History and Library, 2002-2008

Academic Activities
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

Journal Affiliations
American Journal of Psychiatry, Peer Reviewer
Psychiatric Times, Advisory Committee for CME , 2000
Psychiatric Annals , Editorial Review Board, 1999
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Peer Reviewer
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peer Reviewer
Primary Psychiatry , Peer Reviewer
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Peer Reviewer

Experience Summary
2001 - present
Private Practice, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry, Arlington , VA
St. Elizabeths Hospital , Washington DC , Consultant/Medical Staff, 2007
Virginia Hospital Center , Department of Psychiatry, Medical Staff, 2004

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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