Roth joins UCSF faculty as attending psychiatrist and behavioral health medical director for San Francisco jails

Staff reports
 

Forensic psychiatrist Loren Roth, MD, has joined the UC San Francisco Department of Psychiatry faculty as a health sciences clinical associate professor, effective March 1, 2018. In addition to her duties as an attending psychiatrist, she will also serve as the medical director for the City and County of San Francisco's Jail Behavioral Health Services.

Roth received her medical degree from Tufts University, then completed her residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Since 2009, she has worked as an attending psychiatrist in the forensic psychiatry inpatient service at New York's Bellevue Hospital Center. For the past six years, she has also served as a unit chief in charge of a 29-bed acute care unit. In addition to her supervisory duties, Roth also treated the severely mentally ill population of Rikers Island and other facilities operated by the New York City Department of Corrections.
 


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