Liza H. Gold, MD

Full CV available on request

 

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1991)

Forensic Psychiatry, Subspecialty Certification (1999, recertified 2009)

 

Member, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Forensic Psychiatry Certification Examination Committee, 2008 – 2015

 

Licenses

• District of Columbia

• Virginia

• New Jersey

• New York

 

Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, April 2006 - present

Georgetown University School of Medicine 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 to present

• Associate Director, Program in Psychiatry and Law, 2001 - 2009

• 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

 

Professional Honors, Awards, or Recognitions

• 2011 Seymour Pollack Distinguished Achievement Award, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, for distinguished contributions to the teaching and educational functions of forensic psychiatry

• 2011 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, for outstanding contributions to the literature on forensic psychiatry, for Evaluating Mental Health Disability in the Workplace: Model, Process, and Analysis. Co-author Daniel W. Shuman, J.D. (Springer, 2009)

• 2006 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, 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)

• 2009 Washingtonian Magazine, Top Mental Health Professionals
  

• 2008 Washingtonian Magazine, Top Doctor
  

• 1997 Washington Psychiatric Foundation Community Service Award
  

• 1989 - 1990 Ginsberg Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
  

• 1986 Alex Rosen Award for Excellence in Medicine and the Humanities, New York University School of Medicine
  

• 1981 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholar, in recognition of academic achievement of highest distinction, Harvard/Radcliffe College
  

 

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1997

Elected Offices

• Vice President, 2011-2012

• Board of Governance Councilor, 2006-2009

 

Chairmanships

• Program Chair, 2006 Annual Meeting, October 25-29, 2006, Chicago, IL, 2005-2006

• Chair, Task Force on the Development of Disability Evaluations Guidelines, 2005-2007

 

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

• President, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2004-2008

• Councilor for Virginia, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, 2001-2003

• Member since 1997

 

American Psychiatric Association, 1986 - present

Membership Status

• Distinguished Fellow, 2006

• Fellow, 2003

 

Chairmanships

Chair, Committee of Tellers, 2003-2006

 

Committees

• Isaac Ray Award Committee, 2010-2013

• 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

Association of Women Psychiatrists, 1997 – present

Medical Society of Northern Virginia, 1992 - present

 

Public Service Activities

Commonwealth of Virginia, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform

Working Group on Health Privacy and the Civil Commitment Process, 2007 – 2008

 

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC Sesquicentennial Celebration, 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,

 

Journal Affiliations

• Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Associate Editor, 2009-2015

• Journal of Psychiatry and the Law, Professional Editorial Board, 2009-2011

• Psychiatric Annals, Editorial Review Board, 1999 - present

 

Peer Reviewer

• American Journal of Psychiatry

• Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

• Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Primary Psychiatry

• Behavioral Sciences and the Law

• CME LLC Psychiatric Congress Peer Reviewer

 

Experience Summary

2001 - present

Private Practice, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry, Arlington, VA, since 1992

 

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Consultant, John Howard Pavilion, 2008 - 2009

 

Virginia Hospital Center, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Staff, 2004 - present

 

Court Consultant

• Arlington County District and Circuit Courts, 2008 – present

• Fairfax County District and Circuit Courts, 2010 – present

• City of Alexandria 2009 - present

Arlington County Department of Mental Health Consultant, 2009 - 2010

 

1992 - 2000

Private Practice, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry, McLean, VA

 

Columbia HCA Reston Hospital, Reston, VA, Attending Psychiatrist, 1997-2000

 

Center for Posttraumatic Disorders Psychiatric Institute of Washington, DC,

• Medical Director, Day Center Program, 1996 - 1997

• Attending Psychiatrist, 1992 – 1997