VIVIAN CHERN SHNAIDMAN, M.D. 10 Vreeland Drive, Suite 103, Skillman, NJ 08558 Vivian@Shnaidman.com 609-910-1715 Fax: 609-964-1700 JerseyForensicConsulting.com EDUCATION Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; New York State Program, M.D. Bryn Mawr College, Experimental Psychology, AB TRAINING Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship New York University Fellowship Program in Psychiatry and the Law Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Internship Long Island College Hospital, New York Psychiatry Residency State University of New York at Buffalo Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York LICENSURE New York and New Jersey BOARD CERTIFICATION American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Psychiatry and added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry EXPERIENCE Jersey Forensic Consulting, Skillman, NJ 2010 to Present
Clinical practice; primarily forensic psychiatric evaluations for both civil and criminal issues; contracts with the State of New Jersey, and University Behavioral Healthcare for sexually violent predator evaluations as well as fitness evaluations. Ann Klein Forensic Center, Special Treatment Unit, Kearny and Avenel, NJ. May 2004 to May 2007 Clinical Psychiatrist. Responsibilities included primary psychiatric evaluation and treatment for civilly committed sex offenders housed at the Special Treatment Unit Annex in Avenel, NJ; forensic evaluation of these residents for the court, for civil commitment status; and various related responsibilities, including participation in treatment teams, Treatment Progress Review Committee, and various other psychiatric functions. Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Avenel, New Jersey, October 1998 to March 2004 Psychiatric Consultant. First psychiatrist contracted in NJ for the purpose of compliance with the Sexually Violent Predator Act. Responsible for primary psychiatric treatment of approximately seventy incarcerated sex offenders in the New Jersey State Sex Offender Prison. Further responsibilities included evaluation, treatment, and recommendations for inmates in Restricted Activity Program (closed custody) including rounds and reports; participation with treatment team especially with input toward release disposition, and pre-release psychiatric evaluation and civil commitment certification for the courts. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey December 1996 to October 1998 Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Emergency Services. New Jersey Medical School/University Hospital, Newark, NJ. Responsible for diagnosis, immediate emergency treatment and disposition of all patients brought to PES, and supervision and teaching of residents and medical students. Rockland Psychiatric Center, New York, July 1995 to January 1996 Forensic Psychiatrist Responsible for all psychiatric legal evaluations and legal testimony for all inpatient units. Ward Psychiatrist In charge of a thirty bed chronic inpatient unit. Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), Bellevue Hospital Center, New York September 1994 to September 1995 Supervising Psychiatrist. Responsible for diagnosis, immediate emergency treatment and disposition of all patients brought to CPEP. Supervision and teaching of all residents and medical students. Forensic Mental Health Services of Erie County August 1993 to April 1994 Consultant Psychiatrist. Services were provided on an as-needed basis and included court-ordered mental evaluations and reports, prescribing medications, consultations at the Erie County Holding Center, Erie County Correctional Facility, and East Ferry Detention Center, consultation and evaluation of patients with attorneys, and expert witness at court proceedings. CMG Health, Buffalo, New York Regional Office August 1993 through April 1994
Associate Medical Director. Clinical responsibilities included psychiatric evaluation of new patients, psychopharmacological treatment modalities, crisis intervention, and brief therapy with selected individual patients, couples and families and admitting patients to hospital. Responsible for supervision and training of case managers, and general medical backup to case managers and non-md clinicians. Non-clinical responsibilities included quality assurance and development of guidelines. Jewish Family Services of Erie County, New York May 1993 to April 1994 Psychiatrist. Evaluation and medical management of outpatients, crisis intervention, and psychotherapy. Spectrum Human Services, South Buffalo Counseling Center, New York July 1992 to July 1993 Psychiatrist. Mental Health Clinic responsibilities included evaluation and medical management of outpatients: psychiatric consultant to non-m.d. therapists. Medical Consultant for Chemical Dependency Clinic, included medical management of Chemical Dependency Clinic, included Medical Management chemical dependency-related health issues, as well as psychiatric evaluation and identification and treatment of the dually-diagnosed patient. Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), Erie County Medical Center, NY July 1992 to June 1993 Supervising Psychiatrist. Responsible for diagnosis, immediate emergency treatment, and disposition of all patients brought to CPEP, and supervision and teaching of residents and students. National Neighborhood Counseling Center, Brooklyn, New York, January to June 1992 Psychiatrist. Pederson-Krag Continuing Day Treatment Center, St. James, New York. November 1991 to April 1992 Psychiatrist. LOCUM TENENS EXPERIENCE High Focus Centers, Freehold, NJ March 2012 to July 2012 Psychiatrist Overlook Hospital Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Summit, NJ November 2011 to February 2012 Psychiatrist Carrier Clinic, Belle Mead, NJ May 2007Attending Psychiatrist on inpatient unit Muhlenberg Hospital Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Plainfield, NJ September 2007 to November 2007
ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED TRAINING Academy Group, Inc. Violent Crime Behavior I; June 16-27, 2008 Academy Group, Inc. Violent Crime Behavior II; July 21-25, 2008 Specialized Training Services, Inc. Violence Risk and Threat Assessment; June 16-17, 2005 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES New Jersey Psychiatric Association, Central Area Trustee, 2015 - Present American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Fellow, 2009 to Present Program Chair for 2013 Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association, Fellow 1990 to Present American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1997 to Present New Jersey Psychiatric Association, Committee on Women, 1997 to 1999 New Jersey Psychiatric Association, Forensic Committee, 1996 to 1998. Served on the panel to generate guidelines for sexually violent predator civil commitment in NJ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 2007 to Present University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ 1996 to 1999 New York University 1994 to 1995 SUNY Buffalo 1992 to 1994 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Become Your Child s ADHD Expert and Advocate An Interactive Panel. Fusion Academy, Princeton NJ, October 14, 2015 Dead Man Talking: Psychiatric Evaluations on People Who Are No Longer Among the Living American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
February 22, 2014; Columbia University Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, September 5, 2014; Mercer County Estate Planning Council, October 7, 2015 Psychiatric Disability National Association of Social Security Claimants Representatives Annual Meeting; Washington D.C., May 18, 2013 The Predator Next Door: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex Offenders and Had Nobody to Ask (Full-day workshop). American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 23, 2013. The Predator Next Door PS/IS 187 Man., PTA meeting; April 26, 2012. Fatal Attractions: Women who have affairs with their inmate patients American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 24, 2011. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for Lawyers and the Courts (Paid full-day workshop) American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 21, 2011. The Psychopathic Mother American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 24, 2010. The Psychopathic Mother. Monash University Prato Meeting, Justice at Risk, October 2010. Psychiatric Evaluations for Immigration Cases American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. October 31, 2009; also presented at the 2012 American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 23, 2012. Why do Mothers Abuse and Neglect Their Children? A Four-Pronged Model for Conceptualization, Risk Assessment, and Treatment American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver Colorado. February 19, 2009. Also presented at Forensic Psychiatry Seminar 2010; Overlook Hospital Grand Rounds January 2012 A Crash Course in Forensic Psychiatry Mary Jacobs Library, Rocky Hill NJ. December 11, 2008 How to Use Your Forensic Psychiatrist The Division of Youth and Family Services Middlesex Central Local Office, Avenel, NJ. April 2, 2008 Psychopharmacological Interventions with Sex Offenders Grand Rounds, Ann Klein Forensic Center Special Treatment Unit, Kearny, NJ. February 22, 2006 Psychiatric Screening in the Community Grand Rounds, Ann Klein Forensic Center Special Treatment Unit, Kearny, NJ. December 15, 2005
Domestic Violence: The Unique role of the Psychiatrist. Treatment of Domestic Violence Perpetrators New Jersey Psychiatric Association, 23rd Annual Meeting, New Brunswick. New Jersey March 21, 1998 Enjoying Later Life Monroe Village, Jamesburg, New Jersey, February 26, 1997 An Overview of Forensic Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, September 24, 1996. The Current Status of Women in Psychiatry: The Roles We Play and the Problems We Face Grand Rounds, SUNY Buffalo, May 1994. PUBLICATIONS Shnaidman, Vivian Chern. (2016). FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: A LAWYER S GUIDE. Elsevier Academic Press: New York. Shnaidman, Vivian Chern. (June 5, 1998) STILL SEARCHING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. Early Career Psychiatrist Column, Psychiatric News. Shnaidman, Vivian Chern. (Vol. 20 No. 3, December 1995). ETHICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter. FICTION Chern, Vivian. (2001). HOMICIDAL INTENT. The first in a series of mystery/suspense novels featuring a New York City-based forensic psychiatrist. New York: Dell Books. ISBN 0-440-23720-3. Shnaidman, Vivian Chern. (2013). LOOSENING OF ASSOCIATIONS. Seattle: Amazon. ISBN-10: 1442182822-1; ISBN-13: 978-1442182820