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Sarah J. Polfliet, M.D.
Education
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2006 - 2007
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Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
Specialized training in civil & criminal forensic psychiatric cases including patient evaluations, report writing, forensic consultations, &
expert testimony
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2002 - 2006 |
Resident, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, San Francisco
Chief Resident of Intensive Services, Junior Attending Physician 2005-2006
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1998 - 2002 |
M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
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1993 - 1998
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B.S., Physiology, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Licensure
2003 California Medical License and DEA
2006 Qualified Medical Examiner
2008 Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2009 SAMHSA and DEA Certified Buprenorphine Provider
Honors and Awards
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2006 |
The Edwin Alston Award (for distinguished achievement by a physician in the integration of all aspects of psychiatry practice) at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF
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2006
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Who's Who of American Women 26th Edition, Published Winter 2006
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2005 - 2006
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Chief Resident of Intensive Services at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF
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2004 - 2006
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American Psychiatric Association/Bristol-Meyers Squibb Fellowship
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2003 |
Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence
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2002 |
AOA Graduate from the University of Virginia, School of Medicine
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2002 |
American Medical Women's Association,
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement
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1998 - 2002
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Dean's List of University of Virginia, School of Medicine
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1999 - 2000
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Pathology Honors, University of Virginia, School of Medicine
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1999 - 2000
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Bowman's Scholarship Fund Award
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1993 - 1998
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Dean's List of University of California, Santa Barbara
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Research Skills
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December 2006 -
June 2007 |
University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry and the Law Program. Forensic research project on a national analysis of medical licensure application questions on mental illness and substance use.
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April 2005 -
June 2006 |
University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry Department Co-investigator for research project evaluating training of psychiatry residents about neuroleptic medications with an objective of further improving resident didactics.
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June 1999 - September 1999
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University of Virginia Psychiatry Department, Research Assistant, Research with Donna Dhen, M.D., M.P.H. on rural suicide outreach programs in Virginia, composed suicide outreach survey format, preformed meta-analysis of data and assessment of demand for tele-psychiatry. |
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Publications
A National Analysis of Medical Licensure Applications. Published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 36, Number 3, 2008.
Application of the Standards for Diminished Mental Capacity or for the Acceptance-of-Responsibility in Sentencing Mentally Ill Persons. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Journal, Volume 35, Number 2, 2007.
Complementary Treatments in Psychiatry: Herbs and Supplements. Newsletter for the Association of Women Psychiatrists, pages 4-7, Winter 2005.
Employment
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2010 - present |
Staff Psychiatrist at St. Francis Medical Hospital. Attending Psychiatrist for acute, inpatient psychiatric patients.
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2007 - 2009 |
Staff Psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital. Staff Psychiatrist for forensic psychiatric patients in a state psychiatric hospital.
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2007 - present |
Center for Occupational Psychiatry. Staff Psychiatrist for forensic psychiatric cases including workers' compensation, malpractice, and discrimination.
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2006 - present |
Private Practice, San Francisco, CA. Forensic psychiatry consultation.
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2006 - present
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Private Practice, San Francisco, CA. General adult psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
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2006 - 2007
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University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Forensic Fellow, Psychiatry and the Law Program.
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2003 - 2006
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Schuman-Liles Community Psychiatry Clinic, Oakland, CA. Physician for psychiatry outpatient medication management in community clinic.
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2002 - 2006 |
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Chief Resident of Intensive Services and Junior Attending Physician.
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Preferred Organization Membership
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2009 - present American Medical Association (AMA)
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2007 - present Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS)
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2006 - present American Association for Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
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2004 - present Association of Women Psychiatrists |
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2002 - present American Psychiatric Association (APA)
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2002 - present University of Virginia School of Medicine Alumni Association
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2002 - 2004 Bristol-Meyers Squibb Fellow for the APA |
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1998 - 2002 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Honor Medical Society, University of Virginia |
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1998 - present University of California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association
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Conference Presentations
Utilizing Federal Rule 35 of Civil Procedure. Presentation for the U.S. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, April 2010.
Legal, Ethical and Boundary Issues in therapeutic relationships with Cluster B Patients. Presentation for the Oregon Psychiatric association Annual Meeting, Ashland, OR, Sept 2009.
Police First Responders: The role of mental illness in suicide by cop. Presentation at the Public Agency Risk Manager Association (PARMA), Anaheim, CA, Feb 2008.
National Analysis of Medical Licensure Applications. Presented at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Conference, Miami, FL, 2007.
Correctional Psychiatry: Therapy with Patients on Death Row. Presented at the Northern California Psychiatric Society, Lake Tahoe, CA, April 2007.
Mothers Who Kill: The history, etiology and legislation of infanticide. Senior resident presentation at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2005.
Eating Disorders and Pregnancy. Presented at the Northern California Psychiatry Services Conference, Napa, CA, April 2005.
Complementary Treatments in Psychiatry: Herbs and Supplements. Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Conference, San Diego, CA, October 2005.
The Matrix of the Mind: A psychodynamic formulation of a man with psychosis. Presented for Grand Rounds at San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 2002.
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