CURRICULUM VITAE

Qualifications

Solo Practice of Psychiatry - Specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of Post- traumatic Stress Disorder 1989 - current
Director, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training - VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry 2020 - current
President, Virginia Psychoanalytic Society 2014 - 2016
President-elect, Virginia Psychoanalytic Society 2012 -2014
Director, Psychotherapy Training - VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry 2011 - current
Medical Back-up and Supervision of Psychologists and other Mental Health Professionals 1989 - current
Associate Professor – Teaching psychiatric residents in specialty areas of Diagnostic Interviewing, Mental Status Exam, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Object Relations, Human Psychological Development, Group Therapy 2009 - current
Expert - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2009 - present

Presentations

Pro-Bono Conferences Effects of Domestic Violence on Children 1999
American Bar Association Conference on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2001
Psychopharmacology School of Psychology and Social Work VCU 2000 -2002
NIMH Consultant - Medical Communication and Research 2005
American College of Forensic Psychiatry ‘How to Begin a Forensic Practice’ October 2006
Virginia Psychoanalytic Society ‘The Woman Who Dreamed of Dracula' Sexual Trauma in a Young Child January 2006
American College of Forensic Psychiatry ‘PTSD or NOT? Iatrogenically-induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder’ March 2009
Medical College of Virginia Grand Rounds ‘PTSD or NOT? Iatrogenically-induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder’ October 2009
American College of Forensic Psychiatry ‘How to Deal with Difficult Retaining Attorneys April 2010
American College of Forensic Psychiatry ‘Appearing before the Board of Medicine’ March 2011
Richmond Psychiatric Society ‘The Use of Psychosis as a Defense’ October 2012
Medical College of Virginia Grand Rounds - 'Newest Trends in Medicine - Can Psychiatry Lead the Leading Edge?' March 2012
Psychiatric Society of Virginia - ‘The Woman Who Dreamed of Dracula' The Relevance of Psychotherapy Today March 2013
Alaska Northern Insurance - 'Trade Secrets from an IME Psychiatrist' Sept 2013
Alaska Mutual Insurance - 'Trade Secrets from an IME Psychiatrist' Sept 2013
Liberty Mutual Insurance - 'Trade Secrets from an IME Psychiatrist' Sept 2013
SEAK 35th Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference ‘PTSD within the Workplace: Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis’ Chicago, Illinois June 2015
Richmond Psychiatric Society ‘Psychodynamic Principals in the Treatment of Trauma’ April 2017
Strafford Publications CLE Webinar ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims in Auto Accident Cases’ October 2017
Virginia Psychoanalytic Society `Technique of Psychodynamic Principles in the Training of Resident Psychiatrists’ February 2018
Psychiatric Society of Virginia Spring Meeting `Psychodynamic Developmental Theories and Stages and How They May Guide Formulation of Treatment’ Mar 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Grand Rounds ‘A Missing Piece – a History of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychopathy’ 3 November 2018
Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute Grand Rounds ‘A Missing Piece – a History of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychopathy’ March 2019
Worker’s Compensation Seminar McCandlish Holton Law ‘PTSD - Diagnosis and Treatment’ 10/14/2020
MCV Department of Psychiatry ‘The Woman Who Dreamed of Dracula - Sexual Trauma in a Young Child. April 2021

Employment

01/2020 - Present Director, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry
09/2011 - 01/2020 Director, Psychotherapy Training VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry
03/2010- present Human Psychological Development Seminar VCU/MCV
07/2005- present Co-Chairman Clinical Faculty Committee VCU/MCV
07/2005- present Residency Education Training Committee VCU/MCV
09/2004 – 06/07 Consultant to Judge Kim O’Donnell’s Family Drug Treatment Court
07/2004 - present Group Therapist for Resident Trainees VCU/MCV
02/2004 - present Physician for Human Rights, Pro-Bono adjunct
08/2000 - -06/03 Clinic Psychiatrist and Supervisor University Counseling Services VCU Richmond, Virginia
07/1997-present Associate Professor VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry
07/1991 -present Group Therapy Resident Training VCU/MCV Department of Psychiatry
07/1989 - present Solo Practice Psychiatry Keyhill Sheorn, M.D.
07/1989 - 07/1991 Group Therapy University Counseling Services VCU
10/1985 - 10/1991 Physician to the American Weight Loss Clinics with primary 4 focus on medical management of patients with Eating Disorders
05/1979 - 08/1980 Trauma ER Coordinator, Operating Room Technician - Emory Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia
05/1978 - 08/1981 Surgical Technician/Trauma Technician Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina
08/1974 - 05/1978 Mental Health Technician South Carolina State Hospital Forensic Unit Columbia, South Carolina

Professional Awards

Favored Teacher Award Resident Body Award VCU/MCV 2016
Nicest. Person. Ever. Residents' Award VCU/MCV 2015
Distinguished Teacher Award for Innovative Teaching VCU/MCV 2015
Joel J. Silverman, MD Award for Excellence in Medical Education 2014
Favorite Teacher Resident Award VCU/MCV 2012
Most Effective Resident Supervisor VCU/MCV 2004
Most Effective Group Therapy Supervisor VCU/MCV 2004
Most Effective Leader Diagnostic Interview Seminar VCU/MCV 2004
Most Effective Lecturer Psychoanalytic Seminar VCU/MCV 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Richmond Psychiatric Society
Virginia Psychoanalytic Society - President 2014 - 2016
Psychiatric Society of Virginia
American Association of Directors of Psychotherapy Training
American College of Forensic Examiners
America Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
American College of Forensic Psychiatry

Education

07/1988 - 06/1998 Object Relations Theory Study Group
09/1987 - 05/1989 Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training, Washington School of Psychiatry, Georgetown, D.C.
07/1985 - 06/1989 Residency Training Psychiatry, MCV Hospitals, Richmond, VA
08/1981 - 06/1985 Doctor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina