Program Director, Psychiatry, The Medical Center of Aurora
Dr. Westmoreland is an attending psychiatrist at The Medical Center of Aurora. She also practices forensic psychiatry in Denver, Colorado. She attended medical school at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and received her MBBCh (MD) in 1995. She completed a brain imaging research fellowship, a residency in internal medicine and psychiatry, and an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Iowa.
In July 2012, she graduated from the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Colorado. Dr. Westmoreland is board certified in general psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and forensic psychiatry. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), immediate past president of the Colorado Psychiatric Society (CPS), chair of the Colorado Physicians for Mental Health Political Action Committee, and a representative to the APA Assembly.
She is also on the council of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and Chair of the AAPL Suicidology Committee. Her interests include women’s mental health, ethical and legal challenges in managing patients with severe eating disorders, psychiatric evaluation and management of medically ill patients, and the intersection between psychiatry and the law.
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About Patricia Westmoreland, MD
Dr. Westmoreland is an attending psychiatrist at The Medical Center of Aurora. She also practices forensic psychiatry in Denver, Colorado. She attended medical school at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and received her MBBCh (MD) in 1995. She completed a brain imaging research fellowship, a residency in internal medicine and psychiatry, and an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Iowa.
In July 2012, she graduated from the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Colorado. Dr. Westmoreland is board certified in general psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and forensic psychiatry. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), immediate past president of the Colorado Psychiatric Society (CPS), chair of the Colorado Physicians for Mental Health Political Action Committee, and a representative to the APA Assembly.
She is also on the council of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and Chair of the AAPL Suicidology Committee. Her interests include women’s mental health, ethical and legal challenges in managing patients with severe eating disorders, psychiatric evaluation and management of medically ill patients, and the intersection between psychiatry and the law.
| Present | Program Director, Psychiatry, The Medical Center of Aurora, HCA Healthcare ‐ The Medical Center of Aurora | |
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| 2011 - 2012 | Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, University of Colorado | |
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| 2004 - 2006 | Fellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Iowa ‐ Hospitals and Clinics | |
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| 2000 - 2004 | Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa ‐ Hospitals and Clinics | |
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| 1999 - 2000 | Internship, Transitional Year, University of Iowa ‐ Hospitals and Clinics | |
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| 1995 | MD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
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