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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.

Co-Director, Ethics and Policy Core

Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY A.B. 1972 Biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA M.D. 1976 Medicine
Massachusetts Mental Health Center, MA Resident 1977-80 Psychiatry
Harvard Law School, Boston, MA Special Student 1979-80 Law
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Special Student 1983-84 Public Health

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1977-1980     Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1980-1984   Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Law,
Pittsburgh, PA
1984   Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Law, University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Law,
Pittsburgh, PA
1984   Director, Law and Psychiatry Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
1984-1985   Director, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA
1985   Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1985-2005   A.F. Zeleznik Professor of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
1985-2005   Director, Program in Psychiatry and Law, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
1988-1989   Visiting Interdisciplinary Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
1992-2005   Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,MA
1996-97   Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA
2006-present   Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law, and Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law and Ethics, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1983     Manfred S. Guttmacher Award of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) for the outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry (awarded for Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law)
1990   Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence
1993   Saleem Shah Memorial Award of the State Mental Health Forensic Directors Association for contributions to forensic mental health services
1996   Manfred S. Guttmacher Award of APA and AAPL for outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry (awarded for Almost A Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change)
1997   Edward J. Strecker, M.D., Award of the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and Jefferson Medical College for outstanding contributions in the field of clinical psychiatry.
2000   Manfred S. Guttmacher Award of APA and AAPL for the outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry (awarded for Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals)
2000   Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
2001   C. Charles Burlingame Award of the Institute of Living for major contributions to the field of psychiatry
2001   Seymour Pollack Award of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law for distinguished contributions to the field of forensic psychiatry
2002   Manfred S. Guttmacher Award of APA and AAPL for the outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry (awarded for Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence)
2002   Phillippe Pinel Award of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health for outstanding contributions to scholarship, pedagogy, and leadership in the field of law and mental health

 

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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.

Co-Director, Ethics and Policy Core

Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry

Tel: 212-543-4184

appelba@
pi.cpmc.columbia.edu


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