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Joseph R. Simpson, MD, PhD
M.D. and
Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
B.A. magna cum laude in biology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Fellowship
in Forensic Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute of
Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science, Los Angeles, California, July
2005-June 2006
Chief
Resident, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (acute inpatient ward), West Los
Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, July 2004-June 2005
Internship
and Residency, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute/West Los Angeles VA Medical
Center, June 2001-June 2005
LICENSURE
California
Medical License No. A81057, issued November 2002, expires July 31st, 2012
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry Certificate No. 56947, 2007
American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry Certificate No.
1797, 2009
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine School
of Medicine, July 2009-present
Clinical
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, USC Keck School of Medicine, July
2006-present
Clinical
Instructor, Dept. of Psychiatry, USC Keck School of Medicine, July
2005-June 2006
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Attending
Psychiatrist, Mental Health Treatment Center, VA Long Beach, July
2006-January 2011. Performed initial intake evaluations, provided same-day
psychiatric urgent care, and admitted patients to inpatient unit when
indicated.
Attending
Psychiatrist, Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, VA Long Beach, January
2011- present. Responsible for 15-bed inpatient unit. Supervise nurse
practitioners, psychiatry residents, and geriatric medicine fellows in
delivery of inpatient care.
Court
Psychiatrist, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Department 95 (Mental
Health Branch), May 2007-August 2010
Los
Angeles County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel, 2007-present San
Bernardino County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel, 2007-2008 Orange
County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel, 2006-present
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship,
2005-2006
Conducted
psychiatric-legal evaluations for attorneys and judges in criminal,
juvenile and dependency law. Evaluated and treated in a jail setting mentally
disordered misdemeanor offenders found incompetent to stand trial.
Performed evaluations of sex offenders’ appropriateness for group therapy.
Conducted sex offender group therapy.
Program for Torture Victims,
2004-2005
PGY-IV
Elective Rotation. Provided outpatient diagnostic evaluations and
medication
management
for refugees who suffered torture in their home countries seeking asylum in
the United States.
Twin Towers Correctional
Facility, 2003-2004
PGY-III
Elective Rotation. Performed diagnostic evaluations, placement decisions
and
medication
management for male and female county jail inmates with mental illness.
California
State Prison at Corcoran, 2003-2004 Weekend patient care at a 75-bed
hospital (including a 25-bed psychiatric ward) and an outpatient
psychiatric clinic at a maximum-security prison.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Clinical
Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine,
July 2009- Present
Provide clinical supervision of second-year psychiatry residents in
emergency and urgent- care psychiatry. Lecture to second-year psychiatry
residents on forensic psychiatry and medico-legal issues and to first- and
second-year psychiatry residents on substance abuse.
Clinical
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California Keck School of
Medicine, July 2006-Present
Provide
lectures to forensic psychiatry fellows on firearms laws, on neuroimaging
and genetics in forensic psychiatry. Provide mentoring of forensic
psychiatry fellows.
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship,
July 2005-June 2006
Supervision
of PGY-I and II residents on civil commitment of patients, supervision of
PGY-III residents on forensic cases, and instructor for medical school
forensic psychiatry elective.
Chief
Residency, Psychiatric ICU, West LA VAMC, July 2004-June 2005?Delivered
weekly lectures to interns and second-year residents. Supervised inpatient
rounds regularly. Evaluated housestaff clinical performance.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Simpson
JR and Isacson O. Mitochondrial impairment reduces the threshold for in vivo
NMDA- mediated neuronal death in the striatum. Experimental Neurology 121:
57-64, 1993.
Drevets
WC, Price JL, Simpson JR Jr., Todd RD, Reich T, Vannier MW and Raichle ME.
Subgenual prefrontal cortex abnormalities in mood disorders. Nature 386: 824-7, 1997.
Simpson
JR Jr., Ongur D, Snyder AZ, Conturo TE, Ollinger JM, Akbudak E and Raichle
ME. The emotional modulation of cognitive processing: an fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 12 Supp.
2: 157-170, 2000.
Simpson
JR Jr., Snyder AZ, Gusnard DA and Raichle ME. Emotion-induced changes in
human medialprefrontalcortex:I.Duringcognitivetaskperformance. ProceedingsoftheNational Academy of Sciences 98:
683-687, 2001.
Simpson
JR Jr., Drevets WC, Snyder AZ, Gusnard DA and Raichle ME. Emotion-induced
changes in human medial prefrontal cortex: II During anticipatory anxiety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:
688-693, 2001.
Simpson
JR Jr., Thompson CR and Beckson M. Impact of orally disintegrating
olanzapine on use of intramuscular antipsychotics, seclusion and restraint
in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 26: 333-335, 2006.
Simpson
JR. Issues related to possession of firearms by individuals with mental
illness: An overview using California as an example. Journal of Psychiatric Practice; 13:109-114,
2007.
Simpson
JR. California Mental Health Firearm Laws: A Brief Summary. California Psychiatrist; 22:8,
15-16, 2007.
Simpson
JR. Bad Risk An Overview of Laws Prohibiting Possession of Firearms by
Individuals with a History of Mental Illness Treatment. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
the Law, 35:330-338, 2007.
Simpson
JR and Sharma KK. Mental Health Weapons Prohibition: Demographic and
Psychiatric Factors in Petitions for Relief. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53:971-974, 2008.
Simpson
JR. Functional MRI lie detection: Too good to be true? Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
the Law, 36:491-498, 2008.
Simpson
JR and Beckson M. Methamphetamine in Criminal Court. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Newsletter, 34:17-18, 2009.
Simpson
JR and Farhadi P. California’s Mentally Disordered Offender Law. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Newsletter, in press.
Simpson
JR, Editor. Neuroimaging in
Forensic Psychiatry: From the Clinic to the Courtroom. Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Firearms
and the Mentally Ill: Demographics and Psychiatric Characteristics of
Individuals Petitioning for Early Relief from Firearms Prohibition,” Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 23rd, 2007
“The
Psycho-Legal Implications of Brain Trauma: A Case of Episodic Dyscontrol
and Central Brain Tumor”, by A.M. Weisman and J.R. Simpson, Annual Meeting
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 24th, 2007
“Overview
of Mental Health Firearms Laws,” Meeting of the Southern California Chapter
of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, June 23rd, 2007
“fMRI
Lie Detection: Too good to be true?” Annual Meeting of the American Academy
of Psychiatry and the Law, October 18th, 2007
“Functional
MRI in Lie Detection: Reality or Fantasy?” Meeting of the Southern
California Chapter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
January 19th, 2008
“Overview
of Mental Health Firearms Prohibitions,” Annual Meeting of the American
College of Forensic Psychiatry, April 6th, 2008
“Methamphetamine,
Psychosis and Violence in Criminal Forensic Psychiatry,” by M. Beckson, D.
Kan and J.R. Simpson, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry
and the Law, October 24th, 2008
“Veterans’
Issues in Forensic Mental Health,” Meeting of the Southern California
Chapter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, June 4th, 2011
ACTIVITIES
Councilor,
Southern California Psychiatric Society (APA District Branch), April
2010-present Member, Ethics Committee, VA Long Beach Healthcare System,
2009-present
Member, Suicide Prevention Committee, VA Long Beach Healthcare
System, 2008-present Member, Forensic Neuropsychiatry Committee, American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law(AAPL),
2011-present Member, Criminal Behavior Committee, AAPL, 2008-present
Member,
Psychopharmacology Committee, AAPL, 2008-present Member, Addiction
Psychiatry Committee, AAPL, 2006-2011
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2004-present American Psychiatric
Association, 2001-present California Psychiatric Association, 2001-present
Southern California Psychiatric Society (APA District Branch), 2001-present
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