Howard Zonana, MD
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Biography
When Howard Zonana, MD, first became interested in forensic psychiatry, there was little connection between law and psychiatry in the City of New Haven, the State of Connecticut, or the Yale campus. In the mid-1970's, Dr. Zonana joined up with Marc Rubenstein and Lansing Crane, who were trying to create a forensic psychiatry program. They created the Yale Law and Psychiatry Division.
The Division is part of the Yale School of Medicine Psychiatry Department and Connecticut Mental Health Center. It is made up of four sections – forensic services, the New Haven Court Clinic, the Jail Diversion Program and research and scholarship. The staff includes licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and social workers as well as a training program in Forensic Psychiatry with funding for four fellows chosen annually through a competitive selection process. The work focuses on evaluations for the courts in civil and criminal matters, e.g. competency, criminal responsibility, pre-sentence evaluations, psychic harm.
Dr. Zonana also chaired the YNHH Bioethics Committee for over 15 years and remains a member of the Committee. He also has an Adjunct Appt at Yale Law School and consults to Clinics there, such as the Immigration, Veterans, and Criminal Clinics where law students under supervision, represent clients. He also works with the American Psychiatric Assn. on the Council of Psychiatry and the Law and Judicial Action Committee.
Education & Training
- CandidateWestern New England Institute of Psychoanalysis (1971)
- Assistant ProfessorYale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (1968)
- Chief ResidentDay Hospital (1966)
- Psychiatry ResidencyHarvard at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston Massachusetts (1966)
- InternshipAlbert Einstein College of Medicine- Jacobi Hospital NYC, NY (1963)
- MDJohns Hopkins University (1962)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (1969)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Isaac Ray Award | APA-AAPL | 2012 |
Golden Apple Award | The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2006 |
Connecticut Psychiatric Society Service Award | Connecticut Psychiatric Society | 2004 |
Special Presidential Commendation | American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2003 |
The Outstanding Educator Award, Tri-State Chapter | American Academy Of Psychiatry and the Law | 2000 |
Seymour Pollack Award | The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 2000 |
Honorary Masters of Arts | Yale Corporation | 1993 |
Silver Apple | American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law | 1993 |
Outstanding Service Award | American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law | 1991 |
Outstanding Faculty, Psychiatric Residents Association Teaching Award | Yale University School of Medicine | 1990 |
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Citation of Merit | 1984 | |
Fellow | American Psychiatric Association | 1976 |
Henry Strong Denison Scholar | Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine | 1961 |
Phi Kappa Phi | Syracuse University | 1958 |
Magna Cum Laude | Syracuse University | 1958 |
Phi Beta Kappa | Syracuse University | 1957 |