Reena Kapoor, MD

Dr. Kapoor is Director of the Law & Psychiatry Division, where her clinical work and scholarship focus on the intersection of mental illness, violence, and the criminal justice system. She has expertise in the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of violent and justice-involved individuals in a variety of treatment settings (e.g., prisons, jails, forensic hospitals, and the community). In addition, she serves as a Program Director for the Yale forensic psychiatry fellowship, teaching and supervising fellows in one of the country's largest training programs for forensic psychiatrists. Dr. Kapoor has lectured internationally and holds leadership positions in several professional organizations. She is chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on Judicial Action, Vice President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and a past president of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, Association of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships, and International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. Prior to joining the Law & Psychiatry faculty, Dr. Kapoor completed residency training in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Yale, and medical school at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.