Reena Kapoor MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Biographical Info

Dr. Kapoor is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Law&Psychiatry Division, where she performs criminal and civil forensic evaluations in the areas of violence risk assessment, sex offenders, insanity defenses, competence to stand trial, psychiatric disability, and trauma/PTSD. Prior to that, she completed her residency training in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Yale. Her interests include correctional psychiatry and the relationship between mental illness and problematic sexual behaviors. In addition, she maintains a strong commitment to the medical humanities, having published essays about her experiences as an early-career forensic psychiatrist and lectured to medical students on the portrayal of mental illness in the media. She is a 2003 graduate of the Honors Program in Medical Education, the accelerated M.D. program of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Education & Training

M.D.

Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Med (2003)

Psychiatry Resident

Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Chief Resident

Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Forensic Psychiatry Fellow

Yale University

Honors & Recognition

• Honors Program in Medical Education
  Northwestern University (1996)
• Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis
  Northwestern University (1999)
• International Health Fellowship
  Northwestern University (2000)
• APA/Lilly Chief Residents Executive Leadership Program
  American Psychiatric Association (2002)
• Yochelson Scholar
  Yale University (2008)

Professional Service

• peer review committee, Connecticut Mental Health Center (07/01/2009)
• Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law (07/01/2008)
• member, American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law (07/01/2007)
• member, Connecticut Psychiatric Society (07/01/2007)
• member, American Psychiatric Association (01/01/2007)