Current research projects include lawyers' understanding and attitudes towards mental illness and mentally ill defendants and probate judges' views of civil commitment.
Biographical Profile
College
School of Medicine
Department
Neuropsychiatry
Tenure Status
Non-Tenure Track
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
Graduates
Institutional Focus Areas
Social Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Forensic Psychiatry, Mentally ill defendants, Lawyer understanding of mentla illness
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
1992 - 1993
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
Columbia, South Carolina
Fellowship
Forensic Psychiatry
1988 - 1992
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
Columbia, South Carolina
Residency
Psychiatry
1988
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, South Carolina
MD
Medicine
1984
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
BM
Music-Piano Pedagogy
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
2008
Membership
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2008 - 2009
Professional Activity
Immediate Past President, South Carolina Psychiatric Association
2009
Professional Activity
Councilor, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
2009 - 2010
Professional Activity
Representative, South Carolina Psychiatric Association
2018
Professional Activity
President - He will preside over and deliver the presidential address at the academy's annual meeting in Baltimore next year.
American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
Chief of Outpatient Forensic Services, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2002
Award
Teacher of the Year Nominee, General Psychiatry Residency Program, University of South Carolina
2003
Award
Teacher of the Year Award, General Psychiatry Residency Program, University of South Carolina
2005
Award
Teacher of the Year Nominee, General Psychiatry Residency Program, University of South Carolina
2007
Award
Best Doctor's in America
2014
Award
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s (AAPL) Outstanding Service Award
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
2016
Award
Seymour Pollack Award
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
Award
Stephen L. Von Riesen Lecturer of Merit Award, National College of District Attorneys
Award
Recipient of the Annual Award for Most Outstanding Teacher in a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago, Illinois
Award
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Award
Alpha Omega Alpha- Faculty Inductee
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Award
Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP), Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
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