UMMS Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry
Psychiatric Faculty
Paul E. Noroian, MD
Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, UMMS
Chief of Psychiatry, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
Psychiatrist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital and UMass Memorial Medical Center
Interests: Civil commitment, prosecution of patients, court mandated treatment, history of psychiatry
Margarita Abi Zeid Daou, MD
Associate Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, UMMS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
Psychiatrist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Designated Forensic Psychiatrist
Interests: criminal responsibility, role of culture in forensic mental health evaluations, history of forensic psychiatry
Adeliza Olivero, MD
Designated Forensic Psychiatrist Cambridge District Court Clinic
Instructor in Psychiatry UMMS
Interests: Emergency Psychiatry, Court Clinic Mental Health Evaluations, Community Mental Health, Cultural Competence
James Feldman, MD, MPH
Attending Psychiatrist, Massachusetts Mental Health Center MI-PSB team (Mentally Ill with Problematic Sexual Behaviors)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, UMMS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Interests: treatment of chronically mentally ill patients with problematic sexual behaviors
Amam Z. Saleh, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
Facility Medical Director (FMD), Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Psychiatrist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Interests: Treatment of persons with severe and enduring violence and suicide risks, Interaction of persons with mental illness with law enforcement, Involuntary medication, and Commitment laws
Ivy E. Sohn, MD, JD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
DMH Child Area Psychiatrist, Northeast Area Office
Forensic Psychiatrist: UMMS Mobile Forensic Services Team, CPCS Mental Health Panel
Interests: Civil commitment, court mandated treatment, guardianship, expert witness in miscellaneous civil mental health cases, CRA's, juvenile mental health assessments
Kyle C. Walker, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, UMMS
Forensic Psychiatrist, Bridgewater State Hospital
Interests: Substance abuse treatment in forensic settings; medical competency and capacity; inpatient treatment of chronic psychotic disorders
Kenneth Appelbaum, MD
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry, UMMS
Interests: Forensic psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, adult psychiatry, dangerousness, competency, law & psychiatry
Daniel W. Comiskey, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, UMMS
Director of Psychiatry, Bridgewater State Hospital
Interests: Direct Patient Care; Hospital and Organizational Systems; Ethics
Psychology Faculty
Ira K. Packer, PhD
Director, Forensic Psychology Fellowship Training, UMMS
Director of Psychology and Forensic Service
Correctional Mental Health Program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
Interests: Violence risk assessment, prevalence of mental illness in the criminal justice system, evaluation and treatment of forensic clients
Danielle Audet Khanna, PsyD
Director, Suffolk County Juvenile Court Clinic
Certified Juvenile Court Clinician I & II
Affiliate Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine
Interests: Evaluation of Parenting Capacity, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice, Forensic Report Writing
Gina M. Vincent, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UMMS
Co-Director, Law & Psychiatry Program
Director of Translational Law & Psychiatry Research
Interests: Adolescent offenders, implementing risk assessment in juvenile justice, adolescent substance abuse, mental disorders in juvenile justice
Thomas Grisso, PhD
Professor Emeritus, UMMS
Interests: Adolescent Offenders; Law & Psychology; patients' competence to consent to treatment; forensic (criminal) mental health issues & evaluations; juvenile violence & mental disorder
Legal Faculty
Nathan Frommer, JD, LLM
Instructor in Psychiatry, UMass Medical School
Assistant General Counsel, Mass. Dept. of Mental Health
Senior Attorney, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, Worcester, MA
Darina A. Griffin, JD
Legal Counsel, Massachusetts State Police
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS
Interests: mental health law, criminal case law, constitutional issues