CURRICULUM VITAE November 2010 Haleh Ghanizadeh, M.D., M.P.H. EDUCATION Federal Correctional Institute 1995-1996 Butner, North Carolina Mental Health Division Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry SPECIAL TRAINING Duke University Medical Center 1994-1996 Durham, North Carolina Residency in Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco 1992-1993 Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute San Francisco, California Internship, Residency in Psychiatry University of Rochester 1988-1992 School of Medicine Rochester, New York M.D. Columbia University 1986-1988 New York, New York M.P.H., Health Administration Vassar College 1982-1986 Poughkeepsie, New York A.B., Cognitive Science Suicide Risk: Standards of Care in Assessment Sept. 2007 and Management. M. David Rudd, PhD., St. Francis Hospital Behavioral Health, Hartford, Connecticut Inter-Rater Reliability Training for the Hare February 2006 Psychopathy Checkilist Revised (PCL-R), Central New York Psychiatric Center, Utica, New York Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the October 2003 HCR-20. Kevin Douglass, LL.B., Ph.D. Central New York Psychiatric Center, Rockland, New York
Chronic PTSD: Effective Treatment. Edna Foa, Ph.D. May 2002 The Behavioral Technology Transfer Group, White Plains, New York Annual Behavioral Tech. Trainers Training Meeting Seattle, Washington 2002 - present Mastering the Key Connection. New York State April 2001 Office of Mental Health, Chief Medical Office, Trauma Unit, New York, New York Learning from Violence. The International April 2000 Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, Cambridge, Massachusetts Mastering the Key Connection. New York State April 2000 Office of Mental Health, Chief Medical Office, Trauma Unit, New York, New York Providing Mental Health Services within the February 1999 Criminal Justice System. New York State Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Forensic Services, Kingston, New York Playing the Psychiatric Odds: Can We Protect April 1999 the Public By Predicting Dangerousness? Pace University School of Law: The Health Law and Policy Program, Center for Continuing Education, Battered Women s Justice Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Division of Law and Psychiatry, White Plains, New York Forensic Psychiatry Review Course. American October 1998 Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, New Orleans, Louisiana International Society for the Improvement November 1997 and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Linehan Training Group, Miami, Florida Assessment of Violence Potential and the February 1996 Psychopathic Personality. Specialized Training Services, Charlotte, North Carolina Managing Suicidal and Mentally Ill Inmates. July 1995 Federal Bureau of Prisons, Durham, North Carolina
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workshop April, October on Patients with Borderline Personality 1995 Disorder. Two 5-day intensives by the Linehan Training Group,Providence, Rhode Island Disorders of the Self. March 1995 The Masterson Institute, San Francisco, California Mastering the Key Connection. New York State April 2000 Office of Mental Health, Chief Medical Office, Trauma Unit, New York, New York LICENSURE/BOARD CERTIFICATIONS State of Connecticut #041249 State of New York #210656, 1998-2007 State of California #AO5237, 1993-1999 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Recertified until December 31, 2019 Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry #46094 Board Certified in Forensic Psychiatry #982 PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD Private Practice 2003 - present Psychiatrist 2 2005-2006 Psychiatrist 3 2001-2004 NYS Office of Mental Health Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Bedford Hills, New York Clinical Director 2000-2001 Psychiatrist 2 NYS Office of Mental Health Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Bedford Hills, New York Attending Psychiatrist 1998-2000 Second Chance Program Borderline Personality Inpatient Unit Forensic Psychiatrist, Forensic Outreach Program, Westchester County Jail New York Presbyterian Hospital White Plains, New York
Unit Chief Attending Psychiatrist 1996-1998 Forensic Unit 7L San Francisco General Hospital University of California, San Francisco Department Of Psychiatry San Francisco, California On Call Psychiatrist 1994-1996 John Umstead Hospital Butner, North Carolina Psychiatrist 1993 Schuman Liles Clinic Oakland, California HONORS AND AWARDS New York State Regents Loan Repayment Award 2000-2001 Nominated for Jonas R. Rappeport Fellowship 1995 In Forensic Psychiatry American Association of University Women 1991 Selected Professions Fellowship National Institute of Health Summer Research Fellowship 1990 Rochester Academy of Medicine Obstetrics/Gynecology Section Award 1989 Graduate Research Assistantship 1987 Clement T. Clay Award for Academic Excellence 1986 American Heart Association Summer Scholar 1985 UNIVERSITY SERVICE Columbia/Cornell University Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 2001 - present Annual Lecturer for core curriculum, 1999 - present Correctional Psychiatry; 1999-2006 Dialectic Behavior Therapy 1999 - present On-site supervisor for fellows at Bedford Hills 2000-2006 Correctional Facility NYPH Department of Psychiatry, Westchester Division: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 1998 2000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University Mock Board Certification Examination May 1999 UCSF Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry 1996 1998 1998 Assault Task Force 1997-1998 Consultant on Impulsive and Violent Patients 1997-1998 Kuchichagualia and Crossroads Teams Community Focus Program Unit 7L Steering Committee 1996 - Residency Training Committee 1996-1998 Unit Chief Steering Committee 1996-1998 TEACHING Private Practice Training and Supervising Local Clinicians in DBT Trainer, Behavioral Tech, LLC 2008 - present 2002 present NYS OMH at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Director, RECONECT Program 2001-2003 Training and supervising team study of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and team s implementation of group skills training, individual therapy and treatment approach throughout facility; supervision of inpatient DBT team; training and supervision of Department of Corrections staff and inmate coaches. Supervision of Central New York Psychiatric Center s DBT team. On-site Clinical Supervisor for Columbia/Cornell 2000-2006 Forensic Psychiatry Fellows over areas including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy for severe personality disorders, group skills training and correctional psychiatry. Clinical Director Ongoing clinical assessment and 2000-2001 treatment of patients with staff, provision of in-service instruction, clinical supervision of staff, on site training to Department of Corrections. NYPH Department of Psychiatry, Westchester Division 1999
Outpatient Department Supervision of outpatient evaluations by psychiatry residents and psychology interns. UCSF Department of Psychiatry at 1996-1998 San Francisco General Hospital Forensic Unit Chief Ongoing clinical assessment and treatment of patients with unit staff and provision of in-service instruction. Medical Student Supervisor under Psychiatry 110 1996 3 rd year clerkship Resident Supervisor Clinical supervision in an inpatient 1996-1998 setting involving patient interview, assessment, treatment planning and interventions. Provided jail tours and orientation to all SFGH psychiatry first-year residents and selected faculty. PUBLIC SERVICE Training to Ridgefield High School and Middle School Counselors, Managing Crisis Behaviors. 2009 - present Presenter, Understanding and Treating Cutting 2007-2008 Behaviors Lectures to Ridgefield High School Guidance Counselors, Ridgefield, CT. Trainer, Behavioral Technology Training Group A public service organization of teachers, researchers, program administrators, and scientific advisors dedicated to supporting communities of mental health professionals who care for people with complex and severe behavioral disorders. 2002 present Consultation to Jail Psychiatric Services, 1996-1998 City and County of San Francisco, California RESEARCH New York State Office of Mental Health, 2001-2003 Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Bedford Hills, New York Principal Investigator for a pilot study comparing Dialectical Behavior Skills Group to treatment as usual
for chronically suicidal and/or aggressive female inmates with borderline personality disorder, in a maximum-security prison. Women Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Center 1995-1996 Veterans Administration Medical Center Durham, North Carolina. Research team member for a pilot study comparing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to treatment as usual for women veterans with borderline personality disorder. Federal Correctional Institution 1995-1996 Butner, North Carolina. Preliminary retrospective analysis of risk factors in assessment of potential for future violence. G.H. Sergievsky Center 1987-1988 Columbia University, New York. Supervised interviewers and maintained consistent internal coding for a genetic epidemiology study on epilepsy. PUBLICATIONS Ghanizadeh, H. Femininity as disease: The roles of medicine and science in Britain and the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center (1991), 2(1): 31-36. PRESENTATIONS AND SYMPOSIA Presenter, Wilton Community Breakfast. Wilton, CT May 2011 Wilton Youth Council, Wilton Public Schools and Wilton Youth Root Causes of Addictive Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Social and Emotional Learning. Trainer, Wilton Public Schools: Wilton, CT. Dialectical March 2011 Behavior therapy in a Nutshell: Skills Groups with Adolescents and Families. Behavioral Tech LLC. Lead trainer, with Adam Payne, Ph.D., Behavioral October 2010 Tech, LLC. New Canaan, CT Dialectical Behavior March 2011 Intensive Training Course, Part I and 2 Lead trainer with Trainer with Christine Foertch, Ph.D., March 2010 Behavioral Tech, LLC. New Canaan, CT. Coping with Chaos: Treating Multiple Severe Disorders with Dialectical Behavior Therapy.. Trainer/Consultant for Program Implementation, April and Dec.
with Michele Galietta, Ph.D. and Brad Beach, 2010 Behavioral Tech, LLC. Albany, NY. New York State Office Of Children and Family Services, Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Intensive Training Course. Part I and II Symposium Speaker, New Hope for Healing and October 2009 Recovery: Treating Substance Use and Addiction in Adolescents and Young Adults, Caron Treatment Centers, HVCASA, WCSU, and Insight Counseling, Danbury, CT. Using DBT as a Primary Treatment for Clients with Substance Abuse and Addictions: An Overview. Presenter, Grand Rounds, CPC Behavioral Health Care, October 2008 Red Bank, NJ. Applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy Approaches in Psychiatric Practice. Co-Presenter with Michele Galietta, Ph.D, and Helen Best, October 2008 M.Ed. National Conference on Correctional Health Care Chicago, IL. Use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Combat Self-Abuse and Violence. Co-Trainer with Michele Galietta, Ph.D., Behavioral Tech, June 2008 LLC, Fort Wayne, IN. Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy on the Front Lines: Adaptions of DBT for Clinical Staff in Mental Health Programs. Two Day Training. Co-Trainer with Christine Foertch, Ph.D., Behavioral Tech, May 2008 LLC, White Plains, NY. DBT Intenive Training Course" Ten day Training Co-Trainer with Michele Galietta, Ph.D., Behavioral Tech, March 2008 LLC. Phoenix, AZ. Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy on the Front Lines: Adaptions of DBT for Clinical Staff in Mental Health Programs. Two day training. Co-Trainer with Brad Beach, Behavioral Tech, LLC. August 2007 Omaha, NA. Coping with Chaos: Treating Multiple Severe with Dialectical Behavior Therapy plus Using DBT on the Front Lines. Three day training. Co-Trainer with Jennifer Sayrs, Ph.D., Behavioral Tech, November 2006 LLC. Santa Cruz, CA, Two-Day Skills Training. Co-Trainer with Michele Galietta, Ph.D., Behavioral September 2006 Tech, LLC. Federal Bureau of Prisons, Springfield, MI Two-Day Intensive and Consultation.
Co-Trainer with Michele Galietta, Ph.D., Training for June 2006 Department of Corrections (2 day) and Clinical Staff (4 day) for Male Intensive Treatment Unit, Rikers Island, NY Presenter, Grand Rounds, University of Rochester School February 2006 Of Medicine, Rochester, NY. Difficult to-treat and More-Easily Avoided: Women with Mental Illness at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Presenter, First Annual Dinner for the Laboratory of February 2006 Interpersonal Violence and Victimization. Rochester, NY. Emotional Dysregulation, Trauma and Criminal Behavior Behavior. Co-Trainer with Christine Foertsch, Ph.D., Behavioral April 2005, Tech, LLC, Bronx, NY. DBT Intensive Training Course. November 2005 Ten Day training. Co-Trainer with Cedar Koons, M.S.W., Behavioral Tech, March 2005, LLC, Fairfax County, VA DBT Intensive Training Course. September 2005 Ten day training. Co-Trainer with Shari Manning, Ph.D., Behavioral Tec, July 2004, LLC, Columbia County, SC. DBT Intensive Training February 2005 Course. Ten day training Co-Trainer with Christine Foertsch, Ph.D., Behavioral November 2002 Technology Transfer Group, White Plains, NY. Skills Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Presenter in Clinical Roundtable, 35 th Association for November 2001 the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forensic Applications of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Validating and Problem-Solving With the Hard-to-Love. Co-Trainer with Andre Ivanoff, M.S.W, Ph.D. November 2000 Central New York Psychiatric Center, Utica, New York. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for In-patients with Forensic Adaptations. Two-day training. Presenter, Central New York Psychiatric Center, May 1999 Utica, New York. Assessment of and Intervention with Complex Violent Inmates in a Correctional Setting. Presenter, Clinical Symposium, American Academy November 1998
of Behavior Therapy, 32 nd Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. Modified Dialectical Behavior Therapy for a Violent Inmate in Perpetual Seclusion. Presenter, San Francisco General Hospital Assault March 1998 Task Force, San Francisco, California. Assessment and Intervention with Violent Patients in the Inpatient Psychiatric Setting Panel Discussant, Citywide Case Management November 1997 Program, San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California. Countertransference Towards Violence Patients. Grand Rounds Presenter, San Francisco General September 1997 Hospital Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Presenter, San Francisco General August 1997 Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Two Day Intensive Conference. Presenter, Jail Psychiatric Services February 1997 San Francisco, California. Principles of Behavior Therapy for Violent and Self-Injurious Inmates. Presenter, Federal Correctional Institution February 1996 Butner, North Carolina. Dialectical Behavior Therapy For Borderline Personality Disorder. Presenter, Canandaigua Veterans Administration November 1990 Medical Center, Canandaigua, New York. A Population at Risk: Children in Foster Care. CONSULTATIONS New York State Office of Children and Family Services Albany, New York. Statewide training and implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Secure and Nonsecure Juvenile Settings Maine Correctional Facility, Portland, Maine with Correctional Medical Services. Assessment, Training and Implementation of treatment directed towards Eating Disordered behaviors. 2010 - present 2010 - present
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center of Southern Connecticut 2009 - present Orange County Jail, Goshen, New York 2008-2010 Rikers Island, CIty and County of New York, New York 2005-2006 Developed Intensive Residential Treatment Unit and Programming for Aggressive and Self-Injuring Male Inmates and supervised clinical team Private Practice 2003 present Central New York Psychiatric Center, Utica, New York 1999 2006 San Francisco County Jail, San Francisco, California 1996 1998 FORENSIC EVALUATIONS NY State Assigned Counsel Plan Expert Witness 2003 - present Assessments: Assessment of Violence Risk and Evaluation of Mental Jan 2007-2010 Status for NY State Female Clemency Applicant Assessment of Violence Potential for 14 year-old male January 2004 Wilton, Connecticut Expert Witness Evaluations: Defense: NGRI for Murder 2 Charge/Neonaticide, July 2003-2010 Brooklyn, New York Prosecution: Negligence Involving Death of Infant November 2004 Hartford, Connecticut