I. Personal History:

VA Business Address:    

Rocky Mountain MIRECC

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

1700 North Wheeling Street, A2-354 

Aurora, CO 80045

Medicolegal Business Address:

Hal S. Wortzel, MD, LLC

4155 E. Jewell Avenue

Suite 225 #7

Denver, CO 80222

hsw@halwortzelmd.com

Additional Contact information:

email:       hal.wortzel@cuanschutz.edu

Phone:       303-596-8339

Citizenship: United States of America 

I. Education:

1. Undergraduate:         

Amherst College

Bachelor of Arts

Amherst, Massacusetts

1992-1996

2. Graduate:                 

New York University School of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

New York, New York

1997 – 2001

3. Post-Graduate

Internship:        

Orthopedic Surgery

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Lenox Hill Hospital  

New York, New York

2001 - 2002

Residency:        

Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM

Denver, Colorado

2002 – 2005

Chief Residency:        

Consultation-Liaison and Out-Patient Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM

Denver, Colorado

2004 – 2005

Fellowships:        

Forensic Psychiatry

Departments of Psychiatry, UC-SOM

Denver, Colorado

2005 – 2006

Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry

Depts. of Psychiatry and Neurology, UC-SOM

Denver, Colorado

2006 – 2008 

Fellowship in Advanced Psychiatry

VISN 19 MIRECC, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DVAMC)

Denver, Colorado

2006 – 2008 

III. Professional Positions:

A. Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM, 2008 - 2014

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, UCD-SOM, 2012 –2014

Instructor/Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM, 2005 – 2008

Adjunct Faculty, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 2013 - present

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UCD-SOM, 2013 – 2014 

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UCD-SOM, 2014 - June 2023

Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UCD-SOM, July 2023 – present

B. Clinical Appointments

Attending in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Hospital, 2005 – present

Staff Physician (Psychiatry), Mental Health Service, DVAMC, 2006 – present

Consulting Psychiatrist, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, 2006 – 2022

Consulting Psychiatrist, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, 2006 - 2012

C. Private Practice in Forensic Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Neurology

IV. Honors, Special Recognitions, and Awards:

2001 – Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine

2004 – Outstanding Performance Award – PRITE, Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM

2004 – Chief Resident, Consultation-Liaison and Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, UC-SOM

2007 – Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law

2008 – Level One Participant, Summer Research Institute on Suicide Prevention

2009 – Invited Participant, Practice Recommendations for Treatment of Veterans with Comorbid PTSD, mTBI and Pain Consensus Conference, Department of Veterans Affairs

2009 – Junior Trustee, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2010 – Treasurer, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2011 - Treasurer, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2012 - Junior Faculty Poster Session Winner

2012 - President Elect, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2012 – Michael K. Cooper Professorship in Neurocognitive Disease

2012 – Invited Participant & Key Content Expert, Use and Abuse of Neuroimaging in the Courtroom: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference in Ethical Issues in Neuroimaging, Emory University

2013 – Visiting Professor, Baylor Medical College, Department of Psychiatry

2013 – President, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2013 – Item Writer, Brain Injury Medicine Examination, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

2014 – Immediate Past-President, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2014 – Fellow, American Neuropsychiatric Association

2014 – Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2016 – Councilor, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

2018 – Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2018 – Outstanding Achievement Award, Colorado Psychiatric Society

2018 - Councilor, American Neuropsychiatric Association

2020 - Vice President - American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

2021 – Department of Veterans Affairs Service Award (15 years)

V. Memberships in Professional Societies:

Alpha Omega Alpha: 2001 – present

American Psychiatric Association: 2002 – present

Colorado Psychiatric Society: 2002 – present

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law: 2005 – present

American Neuropsychiatric Association: 2006 – present

American Medical Association: 2004 – present

American Academy of Forensic Sciences: 2009 - 2020

International Brain Injury Association: 2017 – present

VI. Committee Appointments:

Neuropsychiatry Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

∙ Member, 2007 - present

∙ Chair, 2013 - 2015

Suicide Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

∙ Member, 2010 - present

∙ Chair, 2016 - 2019

Legislative Committee, Colorado Psychiatric Society

∙ Member, 2008 - 2015

Disruptive Patient Committee, Denver Veterans Hospital

∙ Member, 2009 - 2013

Standards & Ethics Committee, American Neuropsychiatric Association: 

∙ Member, 2009 - present

∙ Vice Chair, 2010 - 2021

∙ Chair, 2021 - present

Executive Committee, Colorado Psychiatric Society:                                                        

∙ Junior Trustee, 2009 - 2010

∙ Treasurer, 2010 - 2012

∙ President Elect, 2012 - 2013

∙ President, 2013 - 2014

∙ Past-President, 2014 - 2015

Suicide RCA, Denver Veterans Hospital: Member, 2009 - 2013

Suicide Response Committee, Department of Psychiatry, UCD-SOM: Member, 2009 - 2012

Colorado Medical Society Medical Marijuana Committee       

∙ Colorado Psychiatric Society Representative, 2010 - 2012

Expert Consensus Committee: Identification and Treatment of TBI and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Symptoms among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Seeking Mental Health Services with the State of Colorado: 

∙ Member, 2011-2012 

∙ Results published: Olson-Madden, JH, Brenner LA, Matarazzo BB, Signoracci GM, Expert Consensus Collaborators: Identification and treatment of TBI and co-occurring psychiatric symptoms among OEF/OIF/OND veterans seeking mental health services within the State of Colorado: established consensus for best practices. Community Ment Health J 49(2): 220-29, 2013

Continuing Education Committee, Department of Psychiatry, UCD-SOM  

∙ Member, 2012 - 2014

Executive Council, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 

∙ Councilor, 2016 – 2018

∙  Vice President, 2020 - 2021

Traumatic Brain Injury Medical Treatment Guideline Task Force, Division of Worker’s Compensation, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment 

∙ Member, 2017 – 2018

Government Affairs Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 

∙ Member, 2018 – 2019

Executive Council, American Neuropsychiatric Association

∙ Councilor, 2018 – 2020

Guttmacher Award Committee, American Psychiatric Association/American Academy of Psychiatry and Law

∙ Member, 2018 – 2020

Grand Rounds Committee, Department of Psychiatry, UCD-SOM

         ∙ Member, 2020 – present

VII. Licensure and Certifications:

Licensure:             

State of Colorado, 2005 – present

Drug Enforcement Agency, 2005 – present

Certifications:        

Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry), 2007 – present

Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry, United Council for Neurological Subspecialties, 2009 - present

Forensic Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2009 – present                    

VIII. Review and Referee Work

A. Journal Manuscript Review Work

American Journal of Psychiatry

Psychological Medicine

Consciousness and Cognition

Journal of Affective Disorders

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

European Journal of Psychiatry

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Annals of Internal Medicine

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Advances in Therapy

Journal in Neurotrama

Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology

Journal of Neuroscience in Rural Practice

Neurology: Clinical Practice

Brain Impairment

BioMed Research International

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Biological Psychiatry

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Sports Medicine

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Neuroimage: Clinical

CNS Drugs

Epidemiologic Reviews

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

American Journal of Public Health

Public Health Reports

CNS Spectrums

Aging and Disease

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

BMJ

Concussion

British Journal of Guidance and Counseling

Bipolar Disorders

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Current Psychology

Frontiers in Neurology

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Psychiatry Research

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Journal

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Psychological Services

B. Editorial Work

Contributing Editor – Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 2013 - present

Editorial Board Member – Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2015 – present

Editorial Board Member – Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2017 – present

Editorial Advisory Board – Brain Injury Professional, 2018 – present 

Associate Editor – Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2019 - present

C. Grant Review Work

CRICC Pilot Grants Program, Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System’s Research Enhancement Award Program in Health Services Research

Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB), Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D), Veterans Health Administration Office of Research & Development

AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship, Alpha Omega Alpha

D. Other Review Work

Book Proposal Reviewer, Bentham Science Publishers

Book Proposal Reviewer, Wiley-Blackwell

IX. Scientific Presentations and Lectures:

A. Local

1.  Wortzel HS, Motes M, Miller R: Forensic Case Conference: “Truth or Consequences.” Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, January 11, 2006

2. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: “Is There a Role for SPECT Imaging in the Evaluation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injuries?” Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, March 19, 2008

3. Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Frey K, Arciniegas DB: Subtle Neurological Signs Predict the Severity of Subacute Posttraumatic Cognitive and Functional Impairments. Junior Faculty Poster Session, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, April 9, 2008

4. Kellermeyer G, Helmkamp C, Wortzel HS, Martinez R:  Robert D. Miller Memorial Lecture: “The Death Penalty and Forensic Psychiatry.”  Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, April 16, 2008

5. Wortzel HS: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  Invited Lecture, Improving Institutional and Correctional Mental Health, Colorado Springs, CO, April 21, 2008

6. Wortzel HS: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans. Chief Rounds, Department of Mental Health, Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver, CO, May 9, 2008

7. Wortzel HS: Neuroscience and the Law: Cerebral SPECT Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation.  Invited Lecture, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association 31st Annual Seminar, Vail, CO, August 16, 2008

8. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression, and Suicide.  Chief Rounds, Department of Mental Health, Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver, CO, September 4, 2008

9. Wortzel HS: Physician Aid in Dying: A Medical Perspective.  Hospital-Wide Ethics Rounds, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, January 27, 2009

10. Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Anderson CA, Adler L: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  Poster Presentation, Junior Faculty Poster Session, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, March 18, 2009

11. Hoffman T, Meng A, Wortzel HS, Gray T: Forensic Case Conference – Detection of Malingering in Forensic Evaluations.  Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, April 12, 2009

12. Wortzel HS: Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury. Chief Rounds, Department of Mental Health, Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver, CO, November 20, 2009

13. Wortzel HS:  Suicide Risk Assessment:Taking Care of You and Your Patients.  Spring Retreat, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Aurora, Colorado, March 10, 2010

14. Wortzel HS, Kraus MF, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Evaluation of the suitability of DTI for use in mild TBI litigation. Poster Presentation, VA Research Day, Denver Veterans Hospital, Denver, CO, April 27, 2010

15. Wortzel HS:  Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression, & Domestic Violence.  Invited Lecture, Domestic Violence Research & Action Coalition and Jefferson County District Attorney’s Family Violence Unit, Special Presentation, Golden, CO, June 18, 2010

16. Vandenburg R, Martinez R, Wortzel HS, Pierce CA:  Neurobehavioral Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Cerebral SPECT Imaging.  Invited presentation, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association CLE Event, Denver, CO, December 2, 2010

17. Wortzel H, Bulman B, Signoracci G, Olson-Madden J, Alexander P: Suicide Prevention Training. Boulder Mental Health, Boulder, Colorado, May 5, 2011

18. Kane JL, Martinez R, Metzner J, Wortzel H: Sentencing, Psychiatry, and Judicial Discretion: A View from the Federal Bench. Invited panelist, Robert D. Miller Memorial Lecture, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, May 11, 2011

19. Wortzel H, Martinez R: A Case of Murder:  The Place of Neuroimaging in Criminal Proceedings. Forensic case conference, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, May 25, 2011

20. Wortzel H: Disrobing and Epilepsy. Behavior Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Conference, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, July 6, 2011

21. Wortzel H: Suicide Prevention Week 2011: TBI, PTSD, and Self-Directed Violence. Invited presentation, Grand Junction, Colorado, September 6, 2011

22. Wortzel H: Neuroimaging for Forensic Psychologists. Special Issues in Forensic Assessment, Denver CARES, Denver, Colorado, September 23, 2011

23. Wortzel H: Returning Veterans in Crisis: TBI, PTSD, & Suicide. Crisis Intervention Training for Tele-communicators, Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, Pueblo, Colorado, October 13, 2011

24. Martinez R, Wortzel H, Fukutaki K, Kellermeyer G: Forensic Case Conference – “A Case of Insanity in the Shadow of Columbine." Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, November 30, 2011

25. Wortzel HS: Veterans Health Administration Overview. Train the Trainer Workshop. Denver, CO, March 6, 2012

26. Wortzel HS, Blatchford P, Conner L, Adler LA, Binswanger IA: Risk of Death for Veterans on Release from Prison. Junior Faculty Poster Session, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, March 14, 2012

27. Martinez R, Wortzel HS: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Education Curriculum: What Happens Once a Plea of NGRI Is Entered. Task Force For the Continuing Study of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness Who Are Involved in the Criminal Justice System, Denver, CO, March 15, 2012

28. Wortzel HS, Westmoreland P, Martinez R, Gray BT: Introduction to Forensic Psychiatry in Criminal Courts. Invited presentation, El Paso County District Attorney's Office Training Event, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 30, 2012

29. Martinez R, Wortzel H, Fukutaki K: “A Case of Insanity: In the Shadow of Columbine." Cutting Edge Issues in Psychiatry, Colorado Psychiatric Society Annual Spring Meeting, Denver, CO, April 14, 2012

30. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Current State of the Science, Diagnostic Challenges, and Best Clinical Practices. Vet Center Western Mountain/4A Regional Training, Denver, CO, July 25, 2012

31. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Result of Military Service – Assessment and Referral. Caring for Our Military Service Members – An Integrated Approach, AHEC Center: San Luis Valley, Alamosa, CO, September 6, 2012

32. Wortzel HS: Neuroscience & the Law 2012: Neuroimaging and TBI. Invited presentation, Colorado Neuropsychological Society Annual Fall Dinner, Denver, CO, September 13, 2012

33. Brenner LA, Wortzel HS: Suicide, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: The State of the Science and Current Controversies. Invited Presentation, Behavior Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Conference, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, October 3, 2012

34. Wortzel HS, Signoracci GM: Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment and Treatment Approaches for Mental Health Clinicians. Invited Presentation, Boulder Mental Health, Boulder, Colorado, October 16, 2012

35. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury in Correctional Settings: Assessment Essentials. Invited Presentation, Denver Sherriff’s Office, Denver County Jail, Denver, CO, December 14, 2012

36. Wortzel H: Traumatic Brain Injury – Essentials for Mental Health Professionals. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, January 9, 2013

37. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Invited presentation, Mental Health Service, Denver Veterans Hospital, Denver, CO, July 24, 2013

38. Wortzel HS: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Approach to TBI and PTSD. Invited presentation, Adams County Justice Center and Adams County Court for Veterans, Brighton, CO, January 14, 2014

39. Lonnquist E, Coons D, Andersen E, Saliman S, Wortzel HS: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Neurological Disorders. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, February 12, 2014

40. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury Essentials – 2014 Update. Invited presentation, Co-occurring TBI and Mental Health Symptoms, VISN 19 MIRECC and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, September 3, 2014

41. Wortzel HS: Uses and Abuses of Neuroimaging in Brain Injury Litigation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, May 13, 2015

42. Wortzel HS: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – Should we be Worried? Adult Neuropsychology Seminar Series, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, May 13, 2015

43. Wortzel HS: Should we be Worried?  CTE and mTBI. Bi-Monthly Concussion Program Lecture Series, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, February 17, 2016

44. Wortzel HS: TBI & PTSD for Criminal Justice Professionals. TBI Conference, Brain Injury Alliance, Colorado Judicial Branch, State Court Administrator’s Office, Office of Behavioral Health, and Traumatic Brain Injury Program, Denver, CO, August 25, 2016

45. Wortzel HS, Matarazzo BB: Achieving Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, September 28, 2016

 46. Wortzel HS: Medicolegal Applications of Advanced Neuroimaging – Lessons from History. Grand Rounds, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO February 22, 2017

47. Arciniegas DB, Filley C, Miller B, Wortzel HS: Ask the Experts Panel Discussion – Clinical and Medicolegal Aspects and Management Issues. Panelist, Michael K. Cooper Neuropsychiatry Conference – Frontotemporal Dementia, University of Colorado Departments of  Neurology & Psychiatry, Aurora, CO, September 8, 2017

48. Bentz D, Ritvo J, Wortzel HS, Spitz M: CeDAR Case Conference – Left Hemisphere Partial Complex Seizures, New-Onset Mania and Neurocognitive Impairment in a 64-Year Old Woman with Alcohol Use Disorder. Discussant, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, November 29, 2017

49. Wortzel HS: Science v. Hysteria – Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Mild TBI. Adult Neuropsychology Seminar Series, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, June 13, 2018

50. Wortzel HS: Neuroimaging and the Law – A Brief Historical Perspective. Neuroscience and the Law, 1st in the Neuroscience sans Frontiers Series, Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, September 14, 2018

51. Wortzel HS: FTD and the Law. Michael K. Cooper Neuropsychiatry Conference – Frontotemporal Dementia, University of Colorado Departments of  Neurology & Psychiatry, Aurora, CO, September 22, 2018

52. McGarity S, Wortzel HS: VA RISK ID and the New CPGs. Invited presentation, VISN 19 Pain Conference, VA, Denver, CO, September 9, 2019

 53. Wortzel HS: Current State of Knowledge – CTE. VISN 19 Virtual Polytrauma Conference, VA, Aurora, CO, September 21, 2020

54. Wortzel HS: Forensic Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury. (Virtual) Annual Fall Training – TBI, Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Denver, CO, October 2, 2020

55. Wortzel H, Villarreal EJ: Welfare Checks and Therapeutic Risk Management. Mental Health Service Grand Rounds, Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center, VA, February 16, 2021

56. Wortzel H, Barnes S: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Potentially Violent Patient. Mental Health Service Grand Rounds, Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center, VA, March 23, 2021

57. Wortzel H, Harvey M, Gerard G, Machan C, Gass C, Matarazzo B: Never Worry Alone – The Impact of a Consultation Program for Providers of Veterans at Risk for Suicide. 2nd Annual Partnerships for Veteran & Military Health, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, April 23, 2022

58. Matarazzo BB, Harvey M, Gerard GR, Clark K, Lawson C, Wortzel HS: Serving Providers who Serve Veterans: The Impact of a Consultation Program for Providers of Veterans at Risk for Suicide. Poster Presentation, Increasing Awareness of Suicide Among Women Veterans: Coming Together to Make a Difference, Rocky Mountain MIRECC and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, June 27, 2022

59. Wortzel HS, Villarreal E: Welfare Checks for Suicide Risk Management. Invited presentation, BUMED (Navy Bureau of Medicine) USNR/USMCR Psychological Health Outreach Program Annual Training, Denver, CO, August 23, 2022

60. Wortzel HS: Other-Directed Violence – Assessment and Management. Invited presentation, BUMED (Navy Bureau of Medicine) USNR/USMCR Psychological Health Outreach Program Annual Training, Denver, CO, August 23, 2022

B. National

1.  Wortzel HS, Oster TJ, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Evaluation of the suitability of SPECT imaging for use in mild TBI litigation. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 18th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, February 18, 2007

2. Wortzel HS, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Oster T, Arciniegas DB: Forensic Applications of Cerebral Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in MTBI. Platform Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2007 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, October 18, 2007

3. Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Frey K, Arciniegas DB: Subtle Neurological Signs Predict the Severity of Subacute Posttraumatic Cognitive and Functional Impairments. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 19th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, March 3, 2008

4. Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Anderson CA, Adler L: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  Poster Presentation, Transformation of VA Mental Health Services, Washington D.C., July 22, 2008

5. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury. Physician's Course on PTSD, Family Violence, and Sexual Assault, United States Army, San Antonio, TX, September 8, 2008

6. Wortzel HS:  Topics in Forensic Neuropsychiatry: Amnesia and Crime.  Platform Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2008 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 24, 2008

7. Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Anderson CA, Adler L:  Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  Platform Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2008 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 25, 2008

8. Wortzel HS: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  MIRECC V6 PD Mental Health National Video-Teleconference, Veterans Administration, Denver, CO, February 13, 2009

9. Wortzel HS:  Neuroscience and the Law: Forensic Applications of Cerebral Single Photon Computed Tomography in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.  Platform Presentation, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2009 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, February 20, 2009

10. Wortzel HS, Schaffer B:  Justice-Involved Veterans: Research and Clinical Aspects.  Platform Presentation, Meeting the Diverse Mental Health Needs of Veterans: Implementing the Uniform Services Handbook, Veterans Health Administration, Baltimore, MD, July 21, 2009

11. Wortzel HS:  Uses and Misuses of Functional Neuroimaging. Forensic Neuropsychiatry Committee Workshop, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 30, 2009

12. Wortzel HS, Kellermeyer G, Martinez R, Blume JH:  Death Penalty, Competency, & Mitigating Evidence: Suicide by Court?  Panel Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 31, 2009

13. Wortzel HS, Kraus MF, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Evaluation of the suitability of DTI for use in mild TBI litigation. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, March 19, 2010

14. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Suicide Among Returning OEF/OIF Veterans.  Invited Lecture, Suicide from the Inside Out: Implications for the Management of Suicidal Behavior in the Military and the VA, Baltimore Veterans Hospital, Baltimore, MD, May 13, 2010

15. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury and Aggression.  Invited Lecture, National Association of Drug Court Professional 16th Annual Training Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 3, 2010

16. Gibson C, Wortzel HS:  Interpersonal Deficits:  Irritability, Anger, Other Personal Issues, and Social Roles.  A Team Approach to Veterans with Co-Morbid Conditions Conference, Special Module Breakout Sessions, Orlando, FL, June 22-24, 2010

17. Wortzel HS, Deblasio R, Earle A, Ott M:  Developing a Veterans Justice Outreach Network.  4th Annual VA Mental Health Conference: Implementing a Public Health Model for Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Veterans, Workshop, Baltimore, MD, July 28, 2010

18. Wortzel HS, Alexander P:  Safety Planning for Veterans with Brain Injury.  4th Annual VA Mental Health Conference: Implementing a Public Health Model for Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Veterans, Workshop, Baltimore, MD, July 28, 2010

19. Wortzel HS:  Facilitating Recovery in Those with Traumatic Brain Injury.  Continuing the Transformation: Mental Health Residential and Rehabilitation Treatment Programs, Breakout Session, Baltimore, MD, August 12, 2010 

20. Wortzel HS: Forensic Applications of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Status. Platform Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2010 Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 21, 2010

21.  Wortzel HS:  Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Cognition.  Review of Clinical Neuroscience for Forensic Psychiatry Course,  American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2010 Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 22, 2010

22.  Wortzel HS:  “Look what my meds made me do…” A Case of Alleged Mefloquine-Induced Criminal Behavior.  Neurotoxin Exposure in Forensic Assessment Workshop, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2010 Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 23, 2010

23.  Wortzel HS:  Risk of TBI, PTSD & Suicide in OEF/OIF Veterans.  Invited Lecture, Building Community: Recognition, Response, Resilience - Brain Injury Association of Ohio 29th Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, November 1, 2010

24. Wortzel H: The Neuropsychiatry of TBI, PTSD, and Aggression. Invited presentation, Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals 12th Annual Conference, East Lansing, MI, February 1, 2011

25. Fox RN, Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury and Meditation.  Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 22th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, March 24, 2011

26. Wortzel H: Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression and Self-Directed Violence. Platform presentation, Fourth Annual Traumatic Brain Injury & Suicide Prevention Conference, Denver, CO, September 9, 2011

27. Wortzel H: TBI and Aggression: Forensic Neuropsychiatric Evaluation.  Forensic Neuropsychiatry Committee Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2011 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 29, 2011

28. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Neurotrophic or Neurotoxic: A Potential Role for Lithium Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptomatology Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 23th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 24, 2012

29. Wortzel HS: Risk of Death for Veterans on Release from Prison. Platform Presentation, Annual DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2012

30. Wortzel HS: Risk of Death for Veterans on Release from Prison. Platform Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2012 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 25, 2012

31.Martinez R, Fukutaki K, Jensen S, Wortzel HS: A Case of Insanity: A School Shooting in the Shadow of Columbine. Panel Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2012 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 26, 2012

32. Wortzel HS: Forensic Psychiatric Issues in Combat-Related TBI and PTSD: Neuropsychiatric Approach to Psychological and Biomechanical Trauma.  Panel Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2012 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 28, 2012

33. Matarazzo BB, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning in Homeless Veterans. National Teleconference, Grant and Per Diem Program Training, Veterans Administration, Denver, CO, November 1, 2012

34. Wortzel HS: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Approach to TBI, Aggression, & Suicide. Invited presentation, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Medical College, Houston, TX, January 16, 2013

35. Belanger H, Wortzel HS: TBI: Cognitive Rehabilitation, Assessment and Drug Therapy. HSR&D Cyberseminars, Timely Topics of Interest, Veterans Health Administration Denver, CO, April 15, 2013

36. Homaifar B, Wortzel HS: PTSD/Suicide: Conceptualization and Assessment. VA PTSD Consultation Series, Veterans Health Administration Denver, CO, April 16, 2013

37. Wortzel HS: A Historical Perspective on Advanced Neuroimaging in Clinics and Courts. Invited presentation, Pre-conference Workshop on Advanced Neuroimaging, North American Brain Injury Society 11th Annual Conference on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA, September 18, 2013

38. Wortzel HS: Neuroimaging and TBI – Unintended Consequences. Invited panel presentation, Neuroimaging Panel, North American Brain Injury Society 11th Annual Conference on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA, September 20, 2013

39. Wortzel HS, Kobel HR, Guillory L: Ethics and Risk Management of Suicidal Patients – Balancing Autonomy, Non-maleficence, and Beneficence. SCMIRECC CBOC Mental Health Rounds, National Web Conference, Veterans Health Administration, Denver, CO, January 8, 2014

40. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: A Heuristic for the Clinical Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury and Aggression. . Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 25th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 18, 2014

41. Wortzel HS, Homaifar B, Matarazzo BB, Silverman M: A Model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Platform Presentation, 167th Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association, New York, New York, May 7, 2014

42. Walker AT, Lipton ML, Bigler ED, Zimmerman RD, Niogi S, and Wortzel HS: ASNR Special Session on Traumatic Brain Injury: Is DTI Ready for Prime Time?  Invited Panelist, 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 19, 2014

43. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: The DSM-5 Approach to Evaluating Traumatic Brain Injury. Invited presentation, HSR&D Cyberseminars, Veterans Health Administration, Denver, CO, September 4, 2014

44. Wortzel HS, Brenner L, Granacher R, Silverman M: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicide – Forensic Neuropsychiatry and Suicidology Committees. Panel Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2014 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 25, 2014

45. Wortzel HS: Contextual Clinical and Forensic Applications of Neurodiagnostics in Mild TBI. Invited presentation, Brain Injury Summit – A Meeting of the Minds, Craig Hospital Brain Injury Summit, Vail, Colorado, January 12, 2015

46. Wortzel HS: Forensic Neuropsychiatric Approaches to TBI, Aggression and Suicide. Invited presentation, Brain Injury Summit – A Meeting of the Minds, Craig Hospital Brain Injury Summit, Vail, Colorado, January 12, 2015

47. Wortzel HS: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – Scientific Evidence and Clinical Implications. Invited presentation, Brain Injury Summit – A Meeting of the Minds, Craig Hospital Brain Injury Summit, Vail, Colorado, January 14, 2015

48. Nazem S, Billera DM, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management. Panel Presentation, 2015 VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference, Dallas, Texas, January 27, 2015

49. Wortzel HS, Matarazzo B, Homaifar B: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Neuropsychiatric Patient. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 26th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 27, 2015

50. Wortzel HS, Tsiouris AJ, Filippi CG: Abuse Realized – Examples of Neuroimaging Abuses in Brain Injury Litigation. Poster Presentation, American Neuropsychiatric Association 26th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 27, 2015

51. Wortzel HS: Neuroscience & the Law 2915 – Advanced Neuroimaging and Brain Injury Litigation. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, May 28, 2015

52. Wortzel HS, Granacher R, Allen T, Holzer J: TBI Update – International Collaboration on mTBI and DSM-5. Panel Presentation, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2015 Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 25, 2015

53. Wortzel HS: The Use of Neuroimaging in Forensic Cases - Fact Verses Fiction. Invited presentation, 17th Chester B. Scrignar Lecture, Forensic Psychiatry Symposium, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2016

54. Nazem S, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient, Preconference Workshop, 29th Annual AAS/AFSP/TAPS, Phoenix, AZ, April 26, 2017

55. Matarazzo BB, Nazem S, Cannizzaro K, Monsebroten T, Wortzel HS: Supporting Our Community of Providers through the VA National Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program. Panel presentation, 2017 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference, Denver, CO, August 3, 2017

56. Lish D, Matarazzo B, Nazem S, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Workshop, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2017 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 28, 2017

57. Holliday R, Wortzel HS: PTSD and Suicide – Conceptualization and Assessment. MIRECC Presents 2018 Series, VISN 20, VA, cyber seminar, November 15, 2017

58. Nazem S, Gerard G, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient (TRMSP). Preconference Workshop, 51th Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 18, 2018

59. Poindexter EK, Nazem S, Barnes S, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Management – What to do when there are Symptom and Performance Validity Concerns. Panel presentation, 51th Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Washington D.C., April 20, 2018

60. Monteith L, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with Veterans who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma. Military Sexual Trauma Teleconference Training Series, Military Sexual Trauma Support Team, VA, September 6, 2018 (Part 1), October 4, 2018 (Part 2)

61. Wortzel HS, Joiner T, Galynker II, Simpson S, Silverman MM: A Suicide Specific Diagnosis? Platform Presentation, 2019 Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 19, 2019

62. Matarazzo BB, Cannizzaro K, Gerard G, Harvey M, Lawson WC, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program – From VA Providers to Community Provider Expansion. Platform Presentation, 2019 VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference, Nashville, TN, September 29, 2019

63. Allen T, Datta V, Fozdar M, Wortzel HS, Holzer J: Forensic Assessment of Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder. Workshop, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2019 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 26, 2019

64. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Grand Rounds, Ohio State University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Columbus, OH, January 8, 2020

65. Holliday R, Wortzel HS: PTSD/Suicide – Conceptualization and Assessment. VISN 20 VA-ECHO Suicide Prevention Series, VA, cyber seminar, February 13, 2020

66. Wortzel H, Matarazzo BB: Why Suicide Risk Assessment Matters. Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program Lecture Webinar Series, Rocky Mountain MIRECC, VA, cyber seminar, April 8, 2020

67. Wortzel H, Matarazzo BB: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. 2020 APA on Demand, American Psychiatric Association, recorded May 14, 2020

68. Wortzel H, Villarreal EJ: Welfare Checks and Therapeutic Risk Management. Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program Lecture Webinar Series, Rocky Mountain MIRECC, VA, cyber seminar, October 14, 2020

69. Wortzel H: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Invited (cyber)presentation, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center’s Mental Health Service, Charleston, South Carolina, December 1, 2020

70. Wortzel H, McGarity S: Suicide Risk Management and the Nuts and Bolts of VA Risk ID Assessment. Invited presentation, SARRTP Safety Stand Down, Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ, December 2, 2020

71. Wortzel H: Suicide Risk Stratification and Documentation. Invited presentation, VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline Webinar Series, cyber seminar, December 15, 2020

72. Wortzel H, Nazem S: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Invited presentation, Georgia Psychological Association, Zoom Webinar, May 21, 2021

73. Matarazzo BB, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Management – Contending with the Dynamics of Risk. Invited presentation, MyVA Access MH Call, VA, cyber seminar, July 12, 2021

74. Wortzel HS, Harvey M, Higgins E: Suicide Prevention – Supporting Providers who Support High Risk Veterans Through Evidence-Based Approaches. Invited cyber-presentation, Mental Health Grand Rounds, Indianapolis VA, July 15, 2021

75. Wortzel HS, Higgins E: Suicide Risk Assessment. Invited cyber-presentation, VA Scholars Program in Emergency Medicine Addiction Medicine, September 7, 2021

76. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Grand Rounds Webinar, Mental Health Service, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington D.C., September 9, 2021

77. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Grand Rounds Webinar, Mental Health Service, VA North Texas Health Care System,  September 16, 2021

78. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Grand Rounds Webinar, Mental Health Service, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, September 21, 2021

79. Harvey H, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management – Chain Analysis, Safety Planning, Lethal Means Safety and Consultation. Invited cyber-presentation, Los Angeles County of Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 2021

80. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Invited cyber-presentation, Zero Suicide Learning Collaborative, Minnesota Department of Health, November 16, 2021

81. Wortzel HS: Community Living Center National Call - Suicide Risk Assessment and Management. Invited cyber-presentation, VA Health Care System, February 2, 2022

82. Wortzel HS, McGarity S: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Potentially Violent Patient. Platform Presentation, 2022 Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 23, 2022

83. Wortzel HS: Lithium for Suicide: A Therapeutic Risk Management-Informed Approach. Invited cyber-presentation, CPG for Suicide Prevention Webinar Series, VA Health Care System, August 23, 2022

84. Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Documentation. Invited cyber-presentation, BHIP Therapist Grand Rounds, Amarillo VA Healthcare System, September 8, 2022

85. Villarreal E, Wortzel HS: Welfare Checks and Therapeutic Risk Management. Invited cyber-presentation, Salt Lake City VA and Blue Star Families of Utah, September 14, 2022

86. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management for Suicide Prevention. Invited cyber-presentation, State Veterans’ Homes Monthly Educational Series, VA Healthcare System, September 15, 2022

87. Higgins E, Wortzel HS: Notifications and Common Privacy Concerns. Cyber-presentation, Postvention Community of Practice Call, Rocky Mountain MIRECC, VA Healthcare System, April 18, 2023

88. Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management with PTSD – Suicide Risk Assessment and Stratification. Invited cyber-presentation, PTSD Consultation Program Monthly Lecture Series, National Center for PTSD, VA Healthcare System, April 19, 2023

89. Wortzel HS: Behavioral Dyscontrol After TBI. Invited cyber-presentation, Mild TBI Diagnosis and Management Strategies, VA HSR&D Cyberseminars, VA Healthcare System, April 25, 2023

C. International

1. Wortzel H: Forensic Applications and Single-Subject Use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Status.  Invited presentation, XXXIInd International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, July 22, 2011

2. Wortzel HS: Suicide among Justice-Involved Veterans. Invited presentation, XIIth International Conference of Forensic Mental Health Services, Miami, FL, April 22, 2012

3. Wortzel HS: Neuropsychiatric Validity Assessment of Claimed Behavioral Impairment Following Brain Insult. Invited presentation for Pre-Congress Workshop,11th World Congress on Brain Injury, International Brain Injury Association, The Hague, Netherlands, March 2, 2016

4. Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression, and Suicide: A Heuristic for Clinical and Medicolegal Assessment. Platform presentation, 11th World Congress on Brain Injury, International Brain Injury Association, The Hague, Netherlands, March 5, 2016

5. Wortzel HS, Matarazzo BB, Borges, LM: Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide. Sydney Psychiatry Training Network Webinar Series, Westmead, Australia, March 15, 2021

6. Arciniegas DB, Gurin L, Wortzel HS, McAllister T: TBI and Aggression – A Neuropsychiatric Approach to Evaluation and Management. Platform presentation, 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, International Brain Injury Association, Dublin, Ireland, March 30, 2023

X. Teaching Activities

A. Administrative Teaching Positions

Director, MIRECC Psychiatric Fellowship, 2008 – present

Associate Director, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, 2012 – present

Faculty, Program in Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, UCD-SOM, 2007 – present

Core Faculty, Neurobehavior Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, UCD-SOM, 2008 - present

B. Didactic Teaching Activities  

Summer Program in Gross Anatomy, Medical and Dental Students, NYU-SOM

∙ Lecturer and Laboratory Instructor, 1998

 IDPT 6001 Nervous System, UC-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2007 – 2020

Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience Course, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, UC-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2008 – present

∙ Co-Director, 2009 - 2011

∙ Director, 2012 - 2022

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Seminar Series, Program in Forensic Psychiatry, UC-SOM 

∙ Lecturer, 2008 – present

 Forensic Psychiatry Course, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, UC-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2008 – 2009

 Psychiatry and the Law, Sturm Law School, Denver University

∙ Guest Lecturer, 2010 - 2020

Psychology Intern Seminar Series - Denver Veterans Hospital

∙ Lecturer, 2011 - present

Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Seminar Series - UCD-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2012 - 2014

Behavioral Neurology Seminar, Neurology Residency Training Program - UCD-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2013 - 2020

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Seminar Series, Annual TBI Curriculum - UCD-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2014 - 2015

Advanced Suicide Risk Assessment, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, UCD-SOM

∙ Lecturer, 2019 – 2022

∙ Co-Director, 2019 – 2022

C. Online /Web-Based Teaching Courses

Increase Your Suicide Prevention Skills with Older Veterans: Veterans Health Administration Employ Education System, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2011

Introduction to PTSD and Suicide: Conceptualization and Assessment. Veterans Health Administration, National Center for PTSD, 2017 (http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/continuing_ed/suicide_ptsd_assessment.asp)

D. Education Conferences

4th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide Prevention Conference: Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression and Self-Directed Violence. Denver, Colorado, September 9, 2011  ∙  Programming co-chair, faculty, and presenter

2012 Department of Defense/Veterans Administration Annual Suicide Prevention Conference: Back to Basics: Enhancing the Well-Being of our Service Members, Veterans and their Families. Washington DC, June 21-22, 2012  ∙  Planning committee member

Contemporary Issues in Forensic Psychology, American Academy of Forensic Psychology Continuing Education Programs, Forensic Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, November 8, 2013  ∙  Faculty, presenter

2015 VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference: One Connection, One Conversation, One Small Act – It Matters. Dallas, TX, January 27-29, 2015  ∙  Planning committee member, presenter

2017 DoD/VA Suicide3 Prevention Conference: #Be There – It Takes a Community. Denver, CO, August 1-3, 2017  ∙  Planning committee member, presenter

Michael K. Cooper Neuropsychiatry Conference – Frontotemporal Dementia. Aurora, CO, September 8, 2017   ∙  Programming co-chair, presenter

14th Annual Conference - North American Brain Injury Society, Houston, Texas, March 14-17, 2018 ∙ Scientific Program Committee member

Michael K. Cooper Neuropsychiatry Conference – Frontotemporal Dementia. Aurora, CO, September 22, 2018  ∙ Programming committee member, presenter

Training on Assessment of PTSD and Suicide Risk Management in Veterans, Online Trainings, March 23-24, 2021, May 12-13, 2021, August 5-6, 2021 (https://deploymentpsych.org/TAPTSDSRMV) ∙ Faculty, presenter

E. Fellows, Residents, and Students Individually Supervised (Chronological)

Brenda Czaban, MD 

∙ PGY-IV in Psychiatry (UC-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2008 – June 2009

Peter Wagner, MD 

∙ MIRECC Neuropsychiatry Fellow, VISN 19 MIRECC Psychiatry Fellowship and UC-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2009 – June 2011

Kim Conger, MD 

∙ PGY-IV in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2009 – June 2010

Roger Fox, MD 

∙  PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2010 – December 2010

Hygia Park, MD 

∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, January 2011 – March 2011

Eryn Lonnquiest, MD 

∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2012 - June 2013; MIRECC Physician Fellow, VISN 19 MIRECC Fellowship, August 2013 – July 2014

Mycroft Smith, MD 

∙  PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2013 - December 2013

Jonathan Thiele, MD 

        ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, January 2014 – June 2014

Akos Mersich, MD 

        ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2014 - December 2014

Matthew Prok, MD 

        ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, January 2015 - June 2015

Michael Persenaire, MD 

        ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2015 - June 2016

Samantha Holden, MD 

        ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, January 2016 - July 2016

Brice McConnell, MD 

        ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2016 - December 2016

Helena Winston, MD 

        ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2017 – October 2017

Justin Persson, MD 

         ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2017 – December 2017

Ian Wheat, MD 

        ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, October 2017 – December 2017

James Bateman, MD 

        ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, January 2018 - June 2018

Lela Ross, MD 

        ∙ PGY-IV in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, March 2018 - June 2018

Heather Murray, MD 

         ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, July 2018 – December 2018

Chris James, MD 

         ∙ PGY-III in Psychiatry (UCD-SOM), Neuropsychiatry Elective, January 2019 – June 2019

Jacob Mrozewski, MD

         ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2019 – October 2019

Isaiah Kletenik, MD

          ∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, October 2019 – January 2020

 Tara Carlisle, MD

∙ UCD-SOM Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, July 2020 – June 2021

F. Other Mentoring/Teaching in the Community

Boots to Suits Program, University of Colorado 

        ∙ Mentorship for student Veteran 2013 

XI. Research Support

Colorado Research to Improve Coordination (CRICC) Pilot Grant Program, Veteran Status and the Risk of Death Following Release from Prison

Principal Investigator: Hal S. Wortzel, MD

Study Period: 11/01/09-10/31/10

This project explores the death rate among veterans released from Washington State prisons, including deaths by suicide, homicide, drug overdose, and cardiovascular death, and investigates if service connection offers and protective effect. 

Time: 10%

CDMRP, Department of Defense, PT075168:  A Double Blind Trial of Divalproex Sodium for Affective Lability and Alcohol Use Following Traumatic Brain Injury  

Principal Investigator:  Thomas P. Beresford, MD                                        

This study investigates Divalproex Sodium’s ability to relieve the mood and anxiety symptoms that lead to or sustain heavy alcohol use in a specific group of AA/D persons: those with a history of moderate to severe TBI who have come to use ethanol heavily and chronically in the setting of affective discomfort. 

Study period: 9/15/08-9/14/2012 

Role: Co-Investigator

Time:  5%

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Military                                           

Operational Medicine Research Program

Blister Packaging Medication to Increase Treatment Adherence and Clinical Response: Impact on Suicide-related Morbidity and Mortality

Principal Investigator:   Peter Gutierrez, PhD

This study will examine blister packaging medications to increase adherence and decrease suicidality.

Study period:  9/29/2009-9/28/2013

Role: Co-Investigator

Time:  5%

USAMARMC/USA MED RESEARCH MAT CMD

Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to Promote Stress Resilience in those with Co-Occurring Mild TBI and PTSD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:   Theresa D. Hernandez, Ph.D.

Study period:  02/01/2012-01/31/2014  

Role:  Medical Monitor   

Time: In Kind

Military Suicide Research Consortium

Window to Hope – Evaluating a Psychological Treatment for Hopelessness among Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Lisa Brenner

Study period: 01/2011-12/2013

Role:  Medical Monitor  

Time: In Kind

Department of Veterans Affairs CCTA #0001

Rivastigmine Patch in Veterans with Cognitive Impairment Following TBI

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Olga Brawman-Mintzer

Study period: 01/01/2013-08/31/2017

Role:  Medical Monitor/Executive Committee

Time: In Kind

Colorado Department of Public Health

Treating PTSD with Marijuana: Clinical and Functional Outcomes

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Marcel Bonn-Miller

The major goal of this project is to determine if marijuana improves symptoms and/or psychosocial functioning in veteran and nonveteran Colorado residents with PTSD.

Study period: 09/01/2015-09/01/2018

Role: Co-PI

VA Cooperative Studies Program

Lithium for the Prevention of Recurrent Suicide Attempts

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Ira Katz

The major goal of this project is to determine if lithium is effective in reducing suicide attempts among veterans with major depression or bipolar disorder.

Study period: 10/01/2015-09/01/2019

Role: Lead Site Investigator (Oct 2015-June 2017), Study Clinician (Oct 2015-2019)

XII. Bibliography

A. Publications in Refereed Journals – published or in press

1.  Sahin S, Rao B, Kopf AW, Lee E, Rigel DS, Nossa R, Rahman IJ, Wortzel H, Marghoob AA, Bart RS: Predicting Ten-year Survival of Patients with Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: Corroboration of a Prognostic Model. Cancer 80(8):1426-31, 1997  

2.  Wortzel HS, Metzner J:  Clark v. Arizona: Diminishing the Right of Mentally Ill Individuals to a Full and Fair Defense. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 34(4):545-548, 2006

3.  Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Treatment of Pathologic Laughing and Crying. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 9(5): 371-80, 2007

4.  Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Martinez R, Filley CM, Anderson CA:  Crisis in the Treatment of Incompetent to Proceed to Trial: Harbinger of a Systemic Illness. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 35: 357-63, 2007

5. Oster TJ, Anderson CA, Filley CM, Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Quetiapine for Mania due to Traumatic Brain Injury. CNS Spectrums 12(10): 764-769, 2007

6. Wortzel HS, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Oster TJ, Arciniegas DB: Forensic Applications of Cerebral Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 36(3):310-22, 2008

7. Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Pathological Laughing and Crying: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment. CNS Drugs 22(7):531-545, 2008

8. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB:  Amnesia and Crime:  A Neuropsychiatric Response.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 36(2):218-23, 2008

9. Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Frey K, Arciniegas DB: Subtle Neurological Signs Predict the Severity of Subacute Cognitive and Functional Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 21(4):463-66, 2009

10. Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Anderson CA, Adler L: Suicide Among Incarcerated Veterans.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 37(1):82-91, 2009

11. Binswanger IA, Wortzel HS: Letter to the Editor - Treatment for Individuals With HIV/AIDS Following Release From Prison.  JAMA 302(2):147, 2009

12. Wortzel HS, Gutierrez PM, Homaifar BY, Breshears RE, Harwood JE: Surrogate Endpoints in Suicide Research. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviors 40(5):500-05, 2010

13. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Combat Veterans and the Death Penalty: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Perspective.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 38(3):407-414, 2010

14. Arciniegas DB, Frey KL, Newman J, Wortzel HS:  Evaluation and Management of Posttraumatic Cognitive Impairments.  Psychiatric Annals 40(11):540-552, 2010

15. Wortzel HS, Strom LA, Anderson CA, Maa EH, Spitz M: Disrobing Associated with Epileptic Seizures and Forensic Implications. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(2):550-52, 2012

16. Wagner PJ, Wortzel HS, Frey KL, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB:  Clock Drawing Performance Predicts Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury.   Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 23(4):449-53, 2011

17. Wortzel HS, Kraus MF, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 39(4):511-523, 2011

18. Wortzel HS, Blatchford P, Conner L, Adler LE, Binswanger IA: Risk of Death for Veterans on Release from Prison. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (in press)

19. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB, Anderson CA, Vanderploeg RD, Brenner LA: A Phase I Study of Low-Pressure Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Blast-Induced Post-Concussion Syndrome and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Neuropsychiatric Perspective. Journal of Neurotrauma Journal of Neurotrauma 29(14):2421-2424, 2012

20. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Treatment of Post-Traumatic Cognitive Impairments. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. Current Treatment Options in Neurology 14(5):493-508, 2012

21. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury, Aggression, and Suicide. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 41(2):274-86, 2013

22. Matarazzo BB, Wortzel HS, Dorsey Holliman BA, Brenner LA: Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Co-Morbid Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review. Brain Impairment 14:42-50, 2013

23. Wortzel HS: The DSM-5 and Forensic Psychiatry. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 19(3): 238-241, 2013

24. Brenner LA, Hoffberg AS, Shura RD, Bahraini N, Wortzel HS: Interventions for Mood-Related Issues Post Traumatic Brain Injury: Novel Treatments and Ongoing Limitations of Current Research. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep 1:143-150, 2013

25. Wortzel HS, Matarazzo B, Homaifar B: A Model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 19(4): 323-326, 2013

26. Wortzel HS, Brenner LA, Arciniegas DB: Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Perspective. Behavioral Sciences & the Law 31(6): 721-38, 2013

27. Homaifar B, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient: Augmenting Clinical Suicide Risk Assessment with Structured Instruments. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 19(5):406-409, 2013

28. Wortzel HS, Shura RD, Brenner LA: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicide: A Systematic Review. BioMed Research International (in press)

29. Wortzel HS, Tsiouris AJ, Filippi CG: The Potential for Medicolegal Abuse: Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury. American Journal of Bioethics – Neuroscience (in press)

30. Wortzel HS, Homaifar B, Matarazzo B, Brenner LA: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient: Stratifying Risk in Terms of Severity and Temporality. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 20(1): 63-67, 2014

31. Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS: Emotional and Behavioral Dyscontrol After Traumatic Brain Injury. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 37(1): 31-53, 2014

32. Matarazzo BB, Homaifar BY, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient: Safety Planning. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 20(3):220-224, 2014

33. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: The DSM-5 Approach to the Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury and its Neuropsychiatric Sequelae. NeuroRehabiitation 34(4):613-23, 2014

34. Lonnquist EA, Anderson CA, Wortzel HS: Providing Neurologic Care in Correctional Systems and State Mental Hospitals. Neurology: Clinical Practice 10-1212, 2015

35. Shura RD, Taber KH, Brenner LA, Wortzel HS: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Traumatic Brain Injury – Bridging Pathology, Function, and Prognosis. Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports, published online April 14, 2015

36. Petrik ML, Billera M, Kaplan Y, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Balancing Patient Care and Confidentiality – Considerations in Obtaining Collateral Information. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 21 (3):220-24, 2015

37. Richards P, Wortzel HS: Avoiding Dual Agency in Clinical and Medicolegal Practice. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 21(5):370-73, 2015

38. Wortzel HS, Granacher RP: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Update: Forensic Neuropsychiatric Implications. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 43(4):499-505, 2015

39. Vasile M, Hamalian G, Wortzel HS: New Guidelines for Forensic Assessment. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 22(2):124-127, 2016

40. Gutierrez PM, Wortzel HS, Forster JE, Leitner RA, Hostetter TA, Brenner LA: Blister Packaging Medication Increases Treatment Adherence for Psychiatric Patients. Journal of Psychiatric Practice 23(5):320-327, 2017

41.Wortzel HS, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB: Why Suicide Risk Assessment Still Matters. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 23(6):436-440, 2017

42. Holliday R, Monteith LL, Wortzel HS: Understanding, Assessing, and Conceptualizing Suicide Risk in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Federal Practitioner 35(4):24-27, 2018

43. Wortzel HS, Nazem S, Matarazzo BB, Bahraini NH, Silverman M: The Potential Perils of a Suicide-Specific Diagnosis. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 24(5):354-358, 2018

44. Borges LM, Nazem S, Matarazzo B, Barnes S, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management: Chain Analysis. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 25(1):46-53, 2019

45. Beresford T, Schmidt B, Ronan PJ, Thumm B, Temple B, Wortzel HS, Weitzenkamp D, Emrick C, Kelly J, Arciniegas DB: A Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Randomized Trial of Divalproex Sodium for Primary Affective Lability and Secondary Alcohol Use One Year or More After Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 11 Mar 2022 https://doi-org.proxy.hsl.ucdenver.edu/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19070159

46. Stanley IH, Simpson S, Wortzel HS, Joiner TE: Documenting Suicide Risk Assessments and Proportionate Clinical Actions to Improve Patient Safety and Mitigate Legal Risk. Behavioral Science and the Law 2019:1-9, https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2409

47. Nazem S, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Management – Tips for Improving Care and Outcomes. Psychiatric Times, 36(1):20-21, 2019

48. Holliday R, Wortzel HS, Matarazzo B: Words Matter - The Language of Suicide. Psychiatric Times, 35(12):8-9, 2018

49. Murray H, Wortzel HS: Psychiatric Advance Directives – Origins, Benefits, Challenges, and Future. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 25(4):303-307, 2019

50. Wortzel HS, Barnes SM, Allen M, Cannizzaro KA, Villarreal EJ, Matarazzo B: Welfare Checks for Suicide Risk Management – Risks and Benefits. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 25(5):379-382, 2019 

51. Wortzel HS, Barnes SM, Allen M, Cannizzaro KA, Villarreal EJ, Matarazzo B: Welfare Checks and Therapeutic Risk Management. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 25(6):470-474, 2019 

52. Belanger HG, Wortzel HS, Vanderploeg RD, Cooper DB: A Model for Intervening with Patients who are Concerned about Developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 34(6):1105-1123, 2020

53. Bonn-Miller MO, Brunstetter M, Simonian A, Loflin MJ, Vandrey KA, Wortzel HS: Treating PTSD with Cannabis: Clinical and Functional Outcomes. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 9 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1089/can.2020.0056

54. Nazem S, Pao C, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management and Suicide Postvention. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 26(3):235-240, 2020

55. Matarazzo BB, Brenner LA, Wortzel HS, Bahraini NH: Balancing Scientific Evidence, Clinical Expertise, and Patient Values and Expectations through VHA’s Suicide Risk Identification Strategy. Psychiatric Services 12 Aug 2020, https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000109 

56. Wortzel HS, Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, McGarity S, Clark K, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB: Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence – Clinical Risk Assessment. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 26(4):313-319, 2020

57. Wortzel HS, Clark K, Barnes SM, Borges LM, McGarity S, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB: Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence – Augmenting Clinical Risk Assessment with Structured Instruments. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 26(5):405-410, 2020

58. Wortzel HS, Clark K, Gerard G,Barnes SM, Borges LM, McGarity S, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB: Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence – Stratifying Risk and Characterizing Violence. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 26(6);503–509, 2020

59. Brenner LA, Forster JE, Stearns-Yoder KS, Stamper CE, Hoisngton AJ, Brostow DP, Mealer M, Wortzel HS, Postalache TT, Lowry, CA: Evaluation of an Immunomodulatory Probiotic Intervention for Veterans with Co-occurring Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Neurology, 20 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.01015

60. Desai A, Holliday R, Borges LM, Blue-Howells J, Clark S, Stimmel M, Wortzel HS: Facillitating Successful Reentry Among Justice-Involved Veterans: The Role of Veteran and Offender Identity. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 27(1);52-60, 2021

61. Brawman-Mintzer O, Tang XC, Bizien M, Harvey PD, Horner MD, Arciniegas DB, Raskind M, Johnson-Greene L, Martineau RJ, Hamner M, Rodriguez-Suarez M, Jorge RE, McGarity S, Wortzel HS,  Wei Y, Sindowski T, Mintzer J, Kindy AZ, Donovan K, Reda D: Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch Treatment for Moderate to Severe Cognitive Impairment in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (RiVET Study): A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Neurotrauma 2021 Jan 29. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7146. Online ahead of print.

62. Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, Gerard G, McGarity S, Clark K, Matarazzo BB, Bahraini NH, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence – Chain Analysis of Other-Directed Violent Ideation and Behavior. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 27(3);203-211, 2021

63. McGarity S, Stacy S, Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, Gerard G, Clark K, Matarazzo BB, Bahraini NH, Wortzel HS: Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence – Safety Planning for Other-Directed Violence. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 27(4);296-304, 2021

64. Simonetti JA, Wortzel HS, Matarazzo BB: Therapeutic Risk Management and Firearm-related Lethal Means Safety. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 27(6);456-465, 2021

65. Berman AL, Silverman MM, Wortzel HS, McIntosh, JL: Suicide and Life Insurance. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 28(1);54-61, 2022

66. Wortzel HS: Advanced Neuroimaging and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation, Revisited. Editorial, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 50;336-341, 2022

67. Morales TI, Stearns-Yoder KA, Hoffberg AS, Khan TK, Wortzel HS, Brenner LA: Interactions of Glutamate and Gamma Amino Butyric Acid with the Insulin-like growth factor system in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Cardiovascular Accidents (CVA or stroke): A Systematic Review. Heliyon March 1, 2022, available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09037.

68. Wortzel HS, Simonetti JA, Ryan AT, Matarazzo BB: Firearm Injury Prevention and Extreme Risk Protection Orders. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice 28(3);240-243, 2022

69. Holliday R, Desai A, Clem MA, Wortzel HS: Forensic Mental Health Assessment as a Critical Intercept for Enhancing Mental Health Care. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 28(5):396-403, 2022

70. Wortzel HS, Simonetti JA, Oslin DW, Hermes E, Matarazzo BB: Lithium Use for Suicide Prevention, Revisited. Law and Psychiatry Column, Journal of Psychiatric, 29(1);51-57, 2023 

B. Book Chapters

1. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Cognitive Impairment and Rehabilitation in Textbook of Geriatric Neuropsychiatry, Third Edition.  Edited by Coffey CE, Cummings JL.  Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2011, 331-52   

2. Wortzel HS, Trestman RL: Forensic Neuropsychiatry in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry.  Edited by Arciniegas DB, Anderson CA, Filley CM.  Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 406-414

3. Lamar M. Wortzel HS, Libon DJ, Wambach DM, Price CC, Kumar A: Dementia in Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry. Edited by Simpson J. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, 67-80

4. Gutierrez PM, Brenner LA, Wortzel HS, Harwood JE, Leitner R, Rings J, Bartlett S: Blister Packaging Medication to Increase Treatment Adherence and Clinical Response: Impact on Suicide-related Morbidity and Morality in in Frontiers in Suicide Prevention and Research. Edited by Lavigne J and Kemp J.  Edited by Lavigne J.  NOVA Publishers, Chapter 4, 2012

5. Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS, Frey KL: Rehabilitation And Pharmacotherapy of Cognitive Impairments in Forensic Neuropsychiatry in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry.  Edited by Arciniegas DB, Anderson CA, Filley CM.  Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 511-542

6. Kellermeyer GF, Wortzel HS: Suicide and Prisons in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Edited by Bruinsma G, Weisburd D. Springer, 2013, 5083-5094

7. Tannahill G, Simpson J, Lamar M, Wambach DM, and Wortzel HS: Neuroimaging and Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry in Textbook of Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry. Edited by Holzer J, Kohn R, Ellison J, Recupero P. Oxford University Press, 2018, 41-47.

8. Wortzel HS, Brenner LA, Silver JM: Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury in Textbook of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, 6th Edition. Edited by Yudofsky SC, Hales RE, Arciniegas DB. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (in press)

9. Wortzel HS, Silver JM: Behavioral Dyscontrol in Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd Edition. Edited by Silver JM, McAllister TW, Arciniegas DB. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 2019, 395-412

10. McGarity S, Wortzel HS, Dieujuste N, Brenner LA: Neuropsychiatric Sequelae in Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury. Edited  by Eapen BC, Cifu DX. Elsivier, 2018, 123-132 

11. Wortzel HS, Arcinieigas DB: Behavioral Dyscontrol in Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd Edition. Edited by Silver JM, McAllister TW, Arciniegas DB. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 2019, 247-268

12. Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS: Emotional Dyscontrol in Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd Edition. Edited by Silver JM, McAllister TW, Arciniegas DB. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2019, 347-360

13. Holliday R, Monteith LL, Nazem S, Wortzel HS: Depressive Disorders in Textbook of Suicide Risk Assessment and Management, 3rd Edition, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2020, 83-94 

14. Otis J, Wortzel HS: Emotional Dyscontrol in Brain Injury Medicine. Edited by Eapen BC, Cifu DX. Elsevier, 2021, 247-251

15. McGarity S, Bahraini NH, Wortzel HS: Behavioral Dyscontrol in Brain Injury Medicine. Edited by Eapen BC, Cifu DX. Elsevier, 2021, 272-276 

16. Bahraini NH, McGarity S, Wortzel HS: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in Brain Injury Medicine. Edited by Eapen BC, Cifu DX. Elsevier, 2021, 262-267 

17. Wortzel HS, Brenner LA: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Syndromes in Brain Injury Medcine, Third Edition. Edited by Zasler ND, Zafonte RD, Arciniegas. Demos Medical Publishing, 2022, 970-980

18. Wortzel HS: Frontotemporal Dementia in Representing People with Dementia: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers. Edited by Kelley E. ABA Publications, 2022, 85-96 

19. Danzig A, Wortzel HS: Suicide Risk Assessment and Management in Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition. Edited by Wasser T. Springer (in progress)

C.  Non-Refereed Articles, Letters, and Book Reviews

1.  Wortzel HS:  The Abridged M’Naghten Standard and the Consideration of Mental-Disorder Evidence in Relation to Mens Rea. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 34(3): 425-427, 2006

2. Wortzel HS: The Right to Refuse Treatment. Psychiatric Times 23(14): 30, 2006

3. Wortzel HS: Book Review of Guide to Neuropsychiatric Therapeutics. Psychiatric Times 24(9): 44, 2007

4. Wortzel HS: Book Review of Forensic Ethics and the Expert Witness. Psychiatric Times 24(13): 12, 2007

5. Wortzel HS: Book Review of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. American Journal of Psychiatry 165: 267-268, 2008

6. Helmkamp C, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Competence to Plead Guilty and Seek the Death Penalty.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 36(3):409-11, 2008

7. Kellermeyer G, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Mitigating Evidence in a Death penalty Case.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 36(3):411-13, 2008

8. Wortzel HS:  Book Review of Textbook of Violence Assessment and Management.  Psychiatric Times 23(6):30, 2009

9. Hoffman TR, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Admissibility of Demeanor Evidence from a Police Interrogation Videotape.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 37(3):408-10, 2009

10. Meng A, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Limitations of Attorney Work Product and Physician-Patient Privilege.   Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 37(3):410-12, 2009

11. Homaifar BY, Wortzel HS: VISN 19 MIRECC: Consulting with Providers to Help Understand and Decrease Veteran Suicidality.  Joint CoE/MIRECC Newsletter: Circum-Locutions 2(2), 2009

12.  Foote A, Wortzel HS, Martinez R:  Competency to Waive Post-Conviction Review for a Death Sentence.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 38(3):425-427, 2010

13. Boyer J, Wortzel HS, Martinez R:  Ineffective Counsel in a Death Penalty Case. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 38(3):427-429, 2010

14. Thurman MT, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Mental Health Evaluation/Counseling As a Special Condition of Supervised Release. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 39 (3), 432-434, 2011

15. Maxey JJ, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Duty to Warn/Protect Decision in US 10th Circuit Court Of Appeals. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 39 (3), 430-432, 2011

16. Brar LG, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Mandatory Admission of Guilty in Sex Offender Programs. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 40(3), 433-435, 2012

17. Wheeler A, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Required Sex Offender Treatment and Due Process Rights. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 40(3), 433-435, 2012

18. Westmoreland P, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Federal District Court’s Ordering Multiple Competency Examinations. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 40(3), 433-435, 2012

19. Wortzel HS: Book Review of Clinical Manual of Nueropsychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry (in press)

20. Wortzel HA: Suicide Risk Assessment: Augmenting Clinical Skills with Structured Instruments. AAPL Newsletter 38(1), 19, 2013

21. Lugo-Sanchez W, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Appropriate Use of Extreme Emotional Distress Defense. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 41(3):461-463, 2013

22. Chang M, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: Protecting the Rights of Defendants in Cases Where the Question of Competency Has Been Raised. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 41(3): 463-465, 2013

23. Wortzel HS: President’s Message. A Piece of Our Mind – Quarterly Newsletter by the Colorado Psychiatric Society 39(2): 1-2, 2013

24. Wortzel HS: A Historical Perspective on Advanced Neuroimaging in Clinics and Courts. Brain Injury Professional 10(3): 18-23, 2013

25. Wortzel HS: President’s Message. A Piece of Our Mind – Quarterly Newsletter by the Colorado Psychiatric Society 39(3): 1-2, 2013

26. Wortzel HS: President’s Message: Suicide in Colorado. A Piece of Our Mind – Quarterly Newsletter by the Colorado Psychiatric Society 39(4): 1-2, 2013

27. Wortzel HS: President’s Message: A Balanced Approach to Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. A Piece of Our Mind – Quarterly Newsletter by the Colorado Psychiatric Society 40(1): 2-3, 2014

28. Wortzel HS: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Should We Be Worried? Psychiatric Times, Special Report – Neuropsychiatry: 12-17, April 2014

29. Thiele J, Wortzel HS, Martinez R: The Diagnosis of Mental Illness and the Determination of a Sex Offender’s Eligibility for Civil Commitment. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 42(3): 391-394. 2014

30. Hudenko W, Homaifar B, Wortzel HS: The Relationship Between PTSD and Suicide. National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs, online publication available at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/co-occurring/ptsd-suicide.asp

31. Wortzel HS: Book Review of Psychiatric Expert Testimony – Emerging Applications. American Journal of Psychiatry 172(9): 915-16, 2015

32. Nazem S, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Optimizing Collaboration and Achieving Standard of Care: A Model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. AAPL Newsletter 41(3): 25-28, 2016

33. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Current Quandaries in Suicide Risk Assessment. AAPL Newsletter Newsletter 42(3): 21, 2017

34. Nesbit A, Wortzel HS: Correctional Officer Suicide – An Overlooked Problem. AAPL Newsletter 43(2):19-27, 2018 

35. Simpson J, Wortzel HS, Nguyen B, Simon B, Hall R, Kaye N: A Forensic Roundtable. AAPL Newsletter 47(3):22-23, 2022

D. Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

1.  Wortzel HS, Oster TJ, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Evaluation of the suitability of SPECT imaging for use in mild TBI litigation. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 19:216, 2007

2.  Oster TJ, Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Filley CM, Arciniegas DB: Quetiapine for early posttraumatic mania. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 19:214, 2007

3.  Spitz M, Anderson CA, Wortzel HS, Maa EH, Strom LS: Disrobing in Epilepsy. Epilepsia 48(S6): 17, 2007

4. Wortzel HS, Anderson CA, Frey K, Arciniegas DB: Subtle Neurological Signs Predict the Severity of Subacute Posttraumatic Cognitive and Functional Impairments in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 20:232–234, 2008

5. Wortzel HS, Kraus MF, Filley CM, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB: Evaluation of the Suitability of Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Use in Mild TBI Litigation, in Abstracts Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.  Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 22:243-246, 2010 (available online at http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/22/2/dc1)

6.  Wagner P, Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: The Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry of Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide, in Abstracts Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.  Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 22:243-246, 2010

7. Arciniegas DB, Frey FL, Wortzel HS, Wagner PJ, Jody Newman J, Anderson CA:  Mini-Mental State Examination and Frontal Assessment Battery Scores Predict Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury.  2011 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 23:A1-A32, 2011

8. Wortzel HS, Wagner PJ, Frey FL, Anderson CA, Arciniegas DB:  Clock Drawing Performance Predicts Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury. 2011 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 23:A1-A32, 2011

9. Fox RN, Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS: Traumatic Brain Injury and Meditation. 2011 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 23:A1-A32, 2011

10. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: Neurotrophic or Neurotoxic: A Potential Role for Lithium Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptomatology Following Traumatic Brain Injury. 2012 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 24(2): 22-23, 2012

11. Shura RD, Wortzel HS, Brenner LA: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicide:  Current State of the Evidence. 2013 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 25(2), 2013

12. Lonnquist EA, Wortzel HS: Conversion Disorder in a US Veteran. 2013 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 25(2), 2013, http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org

13. Wortzel HS, Arciniegas DB: A Heuristic for the Clinical Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury and Aggression. 2014 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 26(2): published online May 2014

14. Lonnquist EA, Coons C, Wortzel HS: Inpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder in Two U.S. Veterans. 2014 ANPA Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 26(2): published online May 2014

15. Wortzel HS, Matarazzo B, Homaifar B: Therapeutic Risk Management of the Neuropsychiatric Patient. Abstract Presentation at the 26th Annual Meeting of ANPA. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 27(2): e179-e203, 2015

16. Wortzel HS, Tsiouris AJ, Filippi CG: Abuse Realized – Examples of Neuroimaging Abuses in Brain Injury Litigation. Abstract Presentation at the 26th Annual Meeting of ANPA. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 27(2): e179-e203, 2015

17. Poindexter EK, Monteith L, Nazem S, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS: Symptom Validity – Implications for Suicide Risk Assessment and Management. Abstract Presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of ANPA. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 29(3):e1-e32, 2017, online at http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16110299

18. Winston H, Persson J, McConnell B, Holden S, and Wortzel HS: A Case of Late Emerging Sexually Inappropriate Behavior After Acquired Brain Injury.  Abstract presentation at the 29th Annual Meeting of ANPA. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 30(3):e1-e37, 2018, online at https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17100225

19. Brunstetter M, Simonian A, Kurth M, Vandrey R, Wortzel HS, Bonn-Miller MO: Longitudinal Evaluation of PTSD Symptoms as a Function of Cannabis Use Status. Abstract presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, online at https://cpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/abstracts_2018_Edited.pdf

20. Matarazzo BB, Harvey M, Gerard GR, Cannizzaro K, Lawson WC, and Wortzel HS: Serving Providers who Serve Veterans – The Impact of a Consultation Program for Poviders of Veterans at Risk for Suicide.  Abstract presentation at the 31th Annual Meeting of ANPA. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, online at https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19100220    

 E. Media Appearances 

1. "Experts say amnesia is plausible claim in as many as 70% of accused killers' cases.”  Printed interview, New York Daily News, September 15, 2010, available at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/09/15/2010-09-15_some_even_say_they_cant_recall_how_to_ride_a_bike.html

2. Osterweil, N. “Aggression may follow moderate to severe TBI.” Summary of and quotation of Wortzel HS presentation at the 2011 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. In Internal Medicine New Digital Network, November 18, 2011

3. Levin A: “Research Hones in on Relationship Between Suicide, Combat Exposure.” Summary and quotation of Wortzel HS presentation at 2012 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference, Psychiatric News, 47(15), p24b-25, August 3, 2012, available at: http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1284646

4. Davis K, Maass D: “Suicide in the Cell.” Printed interview, San Diego City Beat, April 24, 2013

5. Grissom B: “Considering the Toll of War in a Death Penalty Debate.” Quotation of Wortzel HS publication (Combat Veterans and the Death Penalty: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Perspective), The Texas Tribune, December 27, 2013, available at: http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/27/considering-toll-war-death-penalty-debate

6. Flynn DJ: “NFL Retirees Contest $765M Settlement; Doctors Challenge Assumptions of the Challenge.” Quotation of Wortzel HS publication (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Should We Be Worried?), Breitbart, May 6, 2014, available at: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/05/06/NFL-Players-Challenge-Settlement

7. Levin A "Suicide, Chronic Encephalopathy Link Questioned." Summary and quotation of Wortzel HS presentation at 2014 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. In Psychiatric News, December 2014, available at: http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2014.12a12

8. “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Has the Worry Outpaced the Science?” Summary, interview and quotation based upon Wortzel HS publication (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Traumatic Brain Injury – Bridging Pathology, Function, and Prognosis), VA Research Currents, Office of Research & Development, May 7, 2015, available at: http://www.research.va.gov/currents/spring2015/spring2015-20.cfm

9. Adelson E: “Setting the Record Straight on CTE.” Interview and quotation of Wortzel HS based upon publications on CTE and mTBI, Yahoo Sports, June 6, 2017, available at: https://sports.yahoo.com/setting-record-straight-cte-140859578.html

10. “A Chat with our Experts – Seeking New Ways to Alert Physicians to Veteran Suicide Risk.” Interview of Wortzel HS, VA Research Quarterly Update, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Fall 2018, available at: https://www.research.va.gov/pubs/varqu/fall2018/Seeking-new-ways-to-alert-physicians-to-Veteran-suicide-risk.cfm

11. Moran M: “Surge in Suicide Prompts Call for Diagnostic Category.” Interview and quotation of Wortzel HS. In  Psychiatric News, September, 19, 2019, available at: https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.9b5

12. Wortzel HS (Guest), McGarity S (Guest Host), Sorensen D (Producer), Hoffberg AS (Producer), Warden R (Producer), Bahraini N (Editor), Brenner LA (Editor). (2021 Dec 5). Episode 131: An Observational Study of Cannabis and PTSD. Rocky Mountain MIRECC Short Takes on Suicide Prevention [audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://denvermirecc.libsyn.com/an-observational-study-of-cannabis-and-ptsd

13. Wortzel HS (Guest), Kelley E (Host). November 11, 2022: Veterans in the Criminal Justice System – Rosources and Support for Those Suffering from FTD, PTSD, and TBI. Mental Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System [audio podcast]. Available at: https://wavve.link/QdSYdGStQ/episodes

14. Shaw G: “Dementia and Suicide Risk: Early-Onset Patients, New Diagnoses, and Those with Psychiatric Illness Most at Risk.” Interview and quotation of Wortzel HS. In Neurology Today, November 17, 2022, available at: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2022/11170/Dementia_and_Suicide_Risk__Early_Onset_Patients,.1.aspx

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