Work Experiences / Areas of Interest

Completed Psychiatric Residency in 2007 from University of Washington Spokane Advanced Clinician Tract. Finished forensic Psychiatry fellowship at the University of California-San Francisco in 2008. Specific research in benzodiazepines and dependence, and murder-suicide. Medical Director of Behavioral Health for the State of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare from July 2008 until April 2010.

I primarily work in the prison doing direct patient care with the severe and persistently mentally ill. But I also supervise the other psychiatric providers in the prison system across the state. I have been working in the prison system for 15 years now.

Current Clinical Work

I am currently working with Correctional Medical Services to develop their behavioral health system and treat inmates with mental illness in prisons across Idaho. I have a special interest in maximum security offenders and the severely and persistently mentally ill. I also work in a variety of correctional settings including the county jail and juvenile detention. I have a side job doing medical/legal evaluations and occasionally do some TMS.

Education:

  • Forensic Psychiatry – 2008 – University of California, San Francisco
  • Psychiatry Residency – 2007 – University of Washington, Seattle
  • M.D. – 2003 – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • B.S. – 1999 – Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City