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Melissa Harbit, MD
Current
Position
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University Roles
Director of Forensic Psychiatry
Assistant Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Course Director, 2nd year Medical Students
Education and Training
1989-1993 B.S. Psychology, The University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1993-1997 M.D. The University of Iowa College
of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
1997-2001 Resident in Psychiatry,
Washington University School of
Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St.
Louis, MO
2001-2002 Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry,
University of Rochester School of
Medicine, Rochester, NY
Major Awards
1989-1993 The University of Iowa College of
Liberal Arts Honors Program
1992 Psi Chi, National Psychology Honor
Society
2000-2001 Chief Resident in Psychiatry,
Washington University School of
Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St.
Louis, MO
2009 Excellence in Teaching Award
Washington University School of
Medicine Department of Psychiatry
2009 Best Doctors in America 2009-2010
Key Publications
Swallow M., Ciccone JR: Legal Digest. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 30(3): 447-456, 2002.
Swallow M., Yutzy, S.H., Dinwiddie, S.H., Forensic Issues. In Rubin, E.H., Zorumski, C.F. (Ed.) Washington University Adult Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO., Blackwell: 420-428, 2005
Dinwiddie, S.H., Swallow, M., Yutzy, S.H., Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Practice. In Rubin, E.H., Zorumski, C.F. (Ed.) Washington University Adult Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO., Blackwell: 429-537, 2005.