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Sarah J. Polfliet, M.D.

Sarah J. Polfliet, M.D.

Education

2006 - 2007

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
 

2002 - 2006

Resident, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, San Francisco
Chief Resident of Intensive Services, Junior Attending Physician 2005-2006
 

1998 - 2002

M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
 

1993 - 1998

B.S., Physiology, University of California, Santa Barbara 



Licensure

2003  California Medical License and DEA

2006  Qualified Medical Examiner

2006 Passed Part I Psychiatry Boards

2007 Eligible for Part II Psychiatry Boards

Honors and Awards

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
 
2006
Who's Who of American Women 26th Edition, Published Winter 2006
 

2005 - 2006

Chief Resident of Intensive Services at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF
 

2004 - 2006

American Psychiatric Association/Bristol-Meyers Squibb Fellowship
 

2003

Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence
 

2002

AOA Graduate from the University of Virginia, School of Medicine
 
2002
American Medical Women's Association,
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement
 
1998 - 2002 
Dean's List of University of Virginia, School of Medicine
 
1999 - 2000
Pathology Honors, University of Virginia, School of Medicine
 
1999 - 2000
Bowman's Scholarship Fund Award
 
1993 - 1998
Dean's List of University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Skills

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.
 
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.
 

June 1999 - September 1999

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. 


Publications

A National Analysis of Medical Licensure Applications. Accepted for publication in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, March 2007.

Application of the Standards for Diminished Mental Capacity or for the Acceptance-of-Responsibility in Sentencing Mentally Ill Persons. Accepted to the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Journal, 2007.

Neuroleptic Awareness of Psychiatry Residents. Submission to Academic Psychiatry anticipated June 2006.

Complementary Treatments in Psychiatry: Herbs and Supplements. Newsletter for the Association of Women Psychiatrists, pages 4-7, Winter 2005.

Employment

2007 - present
Staff Psychiatrist for forensic psychiatric patients in a state psychiatric hospital, Napa State Hospital 
 
2007 - present
Staff psychiatrist for forensic psychiatric cases including workers' compensation, malpractice, and discrimination,
Center for Occupational Psychiatry
 
2007 - present
Staff Psychiatrist for inpatient psychiatric forensic and non-forensic divisions, Napa State Hospital
 

2006 - present

Private Practice, San Francisco, CA
General adult psychotherapy and psychopharmacology
 

2006 - 2007

University of California, San Francisco
Forensic Fellow, Psychiatry and the Law Program
 

2003 - 2006

Schuman Liles Community Psychiatry Clinic, Oakland, CA
Physician for psychiatry outpatient medication management clinic
 

2002 - 2006

University of California, San Francisco
Chief Resident of Intensive Services and Junior Attending Physician

Volunteer Services

2003 - 2006

Medical Youth Society, Speaker
Assistance and instruction of high school students on medical training and preparation.
 

2002 - 2006

Raphael House, Member of Gala Committee, San Francisco, CA
Organization of fundraising events, childcare and administration of supplies for Raphael House for battered women and children.
 
August 2001 -
May 2002
University of Virginia School of Medicine,
Medical Student Selection Committee
Selection committee member and interviewer of medical student applicants to the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
 
August 1999 -
May 2002
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Magic Circle member
Organization of fundraising events, counselor and childcare for protective shelters of battered women and children.

Organizational Membership
2006 - present      American Association for Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
2004 - present      Association of Women Psychiatrists
2002 - present      American Psychiatric Association (APA)
2002 - present      Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS)
2002 - 2006          Raphael House Board of Gala Committee

2002 - 2004          APA Member & Bristol-Meyer Squibb Fellow

2002 - present      University of Virginial School of Medicine Alumni Association
1998 - 2002          AOA, University of Virginia School of Medicine
1998 - present      University of California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association
 

Conference Presentations

National Analysis of Medical Literature Applications. Presentation accepted for the annual American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 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. Presentation anticipated at the APA/IPS Conference, San Diego, CA, October 2005. 
 
The Matrix of the Mind: A psychodynamic formulation of a man with psychosis. Presentation at San Francisco General Hospital Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA, 2002. 










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