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)
