Emergency Department Board Certified

Victoria M. Dreisbach, DO, DFAPA

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Milford, CT 06460-7952

Tel: Cell 203-***-****

Tel: Home 203-***-****

Email: ad5snl@r.postjobfree.com

(updated 1/1/24)

EMPLOYMENT

August, 2003 to Principal Psychiatrist

August, 2023 Whiting Forensic Hospital

(Effective 5/1/2018, Whiting Forensic Hospital separated

From CT Valley Hospital, Whiting Forensic Division as a s freestanding hospital per legislative decree.)

Middletown, CT

Forensic psychiatrist with 24-hour responsibility on in-

patient and community reintegration treatment unit.

Responsibilities: Admissions, treatment, gradual de-institutionalization and discharge of adult patients acquitted not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) for crimes committed while mentally ill and referred by criminal courts; treatment of civilly committed patients; or treatment of people with psychiatric illness and a history of violent behavior unable to be safely managed in other hospitals or correctional facilities in CT..

-Provided periodic testimony before Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) about treatment and progress of NGRI acquittees.

-Submitted 6-month reports to PSRB summarizing care and risk assessments.

-Petitioned and testified in Probate Court for civil commitment; annual review of civil commitments; petitioning court for appointment of conservators for patients deemed dangerous to self/others /gravely disabled or who were incapable of providing informed consent for psychiatric medications.

May 2010 to Psychiatrist

December, 2010 VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

COMPENSATION AND PENSION

West Haven, CT

Out-patient service-connected disability evaluations and re-evaluations of military veterans.

EMPLOYMENT (continued)

April, 2002 to Psychiatric Officer of the Day

June, 2007 VA CONNECICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

West Haven, CT

Evening, holiday, and weekend shifts.

Responsibilities: Psychiatric Emergency Department (ED);

in-patient consultations on medical units as requested, and

in-patient psychiatric unit.

January, 2001 to Psychiatric Officer of the Day

October, 2003 WATERBURY HOSPITAL

Waterbury, CT

Responsibilities: Admissions; Emergency Department, psychiatric in-patient and consultation as requested on medical units.

January, 2004 to Psychiatric Officer of the Day

August, 2023 and CT VALLEY HOSPITAL, WHITING FORENSIC DIVISION &

August, 2000 to WHITING FORENSIC HOSPITAL

September, 2002 Middletown, CT

Responsibilities: Admissions and in-patient psychiatric coverage.

September, 2000 to Psychiatric Officer of the Day

October, 2003 ELMCREST HOSPITAL

Portland, CT

Responsibilities: Admissions and in-patient psychiatric coverage.

August, 2000 to Psychiatrist

June, 2003 BRIDGES HEALTHCARE

Milford, CT

Responsibilities: Out-patient psychiatric and substance use treatment. Intake evaluations and medication checks.

August, 1988 to Emergency Department Registered Nurse, per diem

May, 1990 JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Miami, FL

July, 1979 to Per diem Nurse; Registered Nurse; Asst. Nurse Manager;

April, 1997 Nurse Manager

MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

Miami Beach, FL

PROFESSIONAL 2000—present: Physician. Connecticut

LICENSURE

SPECIALTY AND American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

BOARD Forensic Psychiatry (2005)

CERTIFICATION Psychiatry (2003)

American Psychiatric Association

Distinguished Fellow (2011)

Fellow (2008)

POST GRADUATE Forensic Psychiatry Fellow

TRAINING (7/2002—6/2003)

YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

New Haven, CT

Psychiatry Resident

(7/1998—6//2002)

YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

New Haven, CT

Internal Medicine Resident/Osteopathic Rotating Intern

(7/1997—6//1998)

MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER

Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

(8/1993—5/1997)

Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, cum laude,

(1/1980—12/1983)

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

PROFESSIONAL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

MEMBERSHIPS American Psychiatric Association

International Academy of Law and Mental Health

American Medical Association

HONORS AND CT Psychiatric Society Award for Distinguished Service, 2009

AWARDS American Psychiatric Association (APA) William Sorum

Assembly Member-in-Training Award, 2002

Disaster Psychiatry Fellowship, APA Annual Meeting, 2002

American Psychiatric Association/Aventis Travel Fellowship for

Women Resident Leaders in Psychiatry, 2002

Disaster Psychiatry Fellowship, APA Annual Meeting, 2001

HONORS AND Yale Psychiatry Residents’ Association Outstanding

AWARDS Resident Award, 2000

(continued) Clinical Service Award, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1997

Disaster Psychiatry Fellowship, APA Annual Meeting, 1997

PROFESSIONAL Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

ACTIVITIES WHITING FORENSIC HOSPITAL, 2019—2023

President, Medical Staff

WHITING FORENSIC HOSPITAL, 2021—2023

Member, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff

WHITING FORENSIC HOSPITAL, 2018—2022

Member, Ethics Committee

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW,

2016—2019

President, Total Medical Staff

CT VALLEY HOSPITAL, 2015—2016

President-Elect, Total Medical Staff

CT VALLEY HOSPITAL, 2014—2015

Member, Geriatrics Committee

AMERICANACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW,

2012—2014

Chair, Physicians’ Health Committee

CT VALLEY HOSPITAL, 2010—2013

Member, Ethics Committee

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW,

2008—2014 and 2005—2006

State Representative to the Assembly

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2007—2013

Member, Ethics Committee

CONNECTICUT PSYCHATRIC SOCIETY, 2007—2013

Member, Council of Psychiatry and the Law

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, 2007—2011

PROFESSIONAL Member, Executive Committee of Medical Staff,

ACTIVITIES 2005--2006

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President

CT PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY, 2005—2006

President-Elect

CT PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY, 2004—2005

Clinical Assistant Professor

YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,

LAW AND PSYCHIATRY DIVISION,

2004—2018 and 2020—2022

Early Career Psychiatry Representative and

Deputy Representative

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, AREA I,

May, 2003—May, 2007

Co-authored Action Papers at 2007 Assembly to remove stigmatizing language in Federal gun control legislation referring to people subject to mental health adjudications as “mental defectives,” which led to a 2010 Position Statement by the American Psychiatric Association denouncing stigmatizing language in gun control legislation.

President, Yale Psychiatric Residents’ Association

2001—2002

Chair, Committee on Residents, CT Psychiatric Society

1998--2001

Voting member of CT Psychiatric Society Executive Committee. Coordinated annual lecture series for psychiatry residents from Yale University and University of CT.

Co-Chair, Disaster Planning Subcommittee

SOUTH FLORIDA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY

1997

RESEARCH, You Don’t Want to Leave? Regret, Re-traumatization and

PUBLICATIONS AND Hopelessness as Barriers to Discharge

PRESENTATIONS Panel Organizer and Lecturer

34th International Congress on Law and Mental Health,

Lyon, France. July, 2022.

RESEARCH, Dreisbach, V. Professor Michael Perlin: Power, Greed and

PUBLICATIONS AND the Corruptible Seed: Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Death

PRESEBNTATIONS Penalty. Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and

(continued) the Law, 39:1; 8, 2015.

Panelist. You Don’t Want to Leave? Regret, Re-Traumatization,

and Hopelessness as Barriers to Discharge. 24th Annual

Conference of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. Recovering from Violence: Victims, Perpetrators,

and Communities. New Haven, CT. March, 2015.

Sanchez-Jaquez, C., Dreisbach, V. Not Mentally Ill, Not

Dangerous…and Not Discharged? Journal of the American

Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 42:2, 260-262, 2014.

The “Grey Zone:” Effective Forensic Evaluation and Treatment

of the Geriatric Patient. 33rd International Congress of Law and

Mental Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July, 2013.

Bonetti, J., Dreisbach, V. Ready or Not? Expert Testimony in

Competency Proceedings. Journal of the American Academy of

Psychiatry and the Law, 41:1, 123-125, 2013.

Dreisbach, V. Helen Mayberg, MD: The Brain on Trial.

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,

36:1, 9, 2011.

Grand Rounds. A Case Study of Psychopathy.

Whing Forensic Division, CT Valley Hospital, April, 2010.

Panelist. Psychiatry and the Law. Annual Meeting of the Criminal

Law, Public Interest Law, Dispute Resolution, and Medicine and

the Law Societies, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden,

CT, December, 2009.

Dreisbach, V. Police Interrogations and False Confessions—

Richard Leo, JD, PhD. Newsletter of the American Academy of

Psychiatry and the Law 34:1, 8, 2009.

Norko, M., Dreisbach, V. Concerns Related to Federal Gun

Gun Control Legislation. Journal of the American Academy of

Psychiatry and the Law 36:2, 269-270, 2008.

Panelist. Tail Wags Dog: Government Bureaucrats Dictate

Standard of Care. 30th International Congress of Law and Mental

Health, Padua, Italy, June, 2007.

RESEARCH, Panelist. Involuntary Medications in Hostage Crises?

PUBLICATIONS, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting,

AND PRESENTATIONS Montreal, Canada, October, 2005.

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Panelist. Pearls and Pitfalls: Getting Started. Early Career

Development Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and

the Law Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, October, 2005.

Panelist. The Involuntary (Surreptitious) Use of Psychiatric

Medications in Law Enforcement Emergencies—Yes, No or

Maybe? 29th International Congress on Law and Mental Health,

Paris, France, July, 2005.

Dreisbach, V. PTSD in Fire and Rescue Personnel. Journal of the

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 31:1, 120-123,

2003.

Dreisbach, V. Forensic Evaluations at the Time of Arrest. Journal

of the Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 30:1, 178-182, 2002.

Lutwick, L, Dreisbach, V. Gather Ye Pustules While Ye May.

Infections in Medicine. 15:8. 518-520, 1998.

COMMUNITY Big Sister

SERVICE Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southwest Connecticut

2004—2005.

Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Instructor. American Heart Association. 1984—1998.

Miami “Mega City” Special Olympics Volunteer

Assisted with physical examinations for participants. 1995.

Camillus Healthcare Concern Volunteer

Provided healthcare for Miami homeless. 1994—1995.

Rape Treatment Center Volunteer

Jackson Memorial Hospital. 1992—1993.

Field Hospital Emergency Nurse, Hurricane Andrew

American Red Cross Disaster Services

Miami, FL, August, 1992.

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