Office Manager Receptionist
Resume:
Shawn L. Willson M.D.
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208
Skills
I have been a Psychiatrist for 25 years. I consider myself a clinician first and a professor second. I have trained at some of the biggest hospitals in the country. This includes Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s in Boston. As well as Grady Memorial in Atlanta. I have been a consultant for some of the biggest hospitals in Kansas City. This includes Saint Joseph, Menorah, Overland Park, Centerpoint and Research. I managed Delirium, Dementia, Catatonia, Psychosis, Substance Dependence with intoxication and detoxification. While doing my hospital work I have always continued my private practice where I treated Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia and Substance Dependence
I have been on faculty at Harvard, Dartmouth and Colorado University where I taught Psychiatric Diagnosis with pharmacologic and therapeutic treatments plans. In my private practice I also mentored Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants from all over the country including Yale University. Professional experience
July 2004 - present
Forensic Practice
From the time I was working in Portland, Maine until now I have practiced as a Forensic Psychiatrist. I started my career out by evaluating individuals for Competency to stand trial doing over thirty evaluations a year. As I became more recognized in the field I started evaluating individuals for Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Sentencing. The charges being Robbery, Assault, Homicide and more.
I have been an Expert Witness in over ten homicides. I was considered an expert on the Psychopath using Robert Hare’s Psychopathic Checklist for sentencing determination.
October 2019 - December of 2021
Private Practice
Asheville, North Carolina
I had a practice of approximately two hundred patients. I evaluated and treated Bipolar, Depression, Substance Dependence, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, Dementia, Delirium and Personality Disorders. October 2018 - October 2019
Medical Director
Asheville, North Carolina
I was Medical Director of two substance abuse recovery clinics owned by the Behavioral Health Group (BHG). The primary focus was on patients with Opioid Dependence, as we were licensed for Methadone and Suboxone. I assessed every new patient, as well as follow ups when needed. I made decisions regarding the dosing of Methadone and Suboxone. I also saw patients that were dependent on other substances such as Methamphetamines, Kratom, Cocaine, Benzodiazepines, Tobacco and Marijuana.
I was responsible for over five hundred patients, as well as, the sixteen counselors and six nurses. I ran a weekly treatment planning meeting where we had discussions about the most difficult patients, status of current patients, terminations and discharges.
The difficult patients included pregnant patients on Methadone and Lithium, Schizophrenic patients with hallucinations, Depression, Anxiety and other co-occurring disorders interfering with their ability to recover. July 2011-October 2018
Private Practice
Prairie Village, Kansas
I started the Purple Door Clinic in July of 2011 where I supervised three therapists, three Nurse Practitioners, an office manager and receptionist. I managed patients with Substance Dependence, Delirium, Dementia, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, Personality and other disorders. A significant number of patients were referred by other doctors and therapists. I collaborated with them on a comprehensive treatment plan that included medications, therapy, and recovery.
In 2018 I closed the Purple Door and moved to North Carolina to be closer to my daughter, at Emory, who was struggling with a severe Eating Disorder. At the closing of the Purple Door we were treating over eight hundred patients.
July 2008-July 2011
I was one of five Psychiatrists in Midwest Psychiatric Associates. We covered eight different hospitals where we treated all Psychiatric Disorders including Delirium, Detox, Dementia, Catatonia, Psychosis and others. At the same time I had a clinical private practice.
Faculty
July 1995-July 1996 Harvard University
July 1997-July 1998 Colorado University
January 2000-July 2002 Dartmouth College
Education
July 1986-July 1990 University of Missouri Kansas City(UMKC) Medical School
July 1990-July 1992 Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Georgia University
Atlanta, Georgia
July 1992-July 1995 Psychiatry Residency at Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
July 1995-July 1996 Fellowship in Consultation at Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts
July 1997-July 1998 Fellowship in Addiction at Colorado University Denver, Colorado
July 2000-July 2001 Fellowship in Forensics at Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire
Honors
2016 Doctor of the year at Saint Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri 1995 Chief Resident Harvard University
1994 Chief Resident at Emory University
1989 Honors in Family Practice UMKC
1989 Honors in Obstetrics and Gynecology UMKC
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