Theresa Miskimen
Theresa M. Miskimen Rivera is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist who is the chair and medical director of the psychiatric department at the Hunterdon Medical Center. She is the president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association.
Life
[edit]Miskimen Rivera earned a B.S. in biological sciences from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1986.[1] She received a M.D. from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1990.[1] In 1994, she completed a psychiatric residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.[1] She conducted a health services research institute fellowship through the Association of American Medical Colleges in 1998.[1]
Miskimen Rivera is the medical director and chair of the psychiatry department at the Hunterdon Medical Center.[2] She is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.[3] In 2024, she was selected as the president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Theresa M. Miskimen Rivera, M.D." American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ a b Brown, Catherine F. (2024-04-01). "Miskimen Rivera Chosen APA's Next President-Elect". Psychiatric News. 59 (04). doi:10.1176/appi.pn.2024.04.4.14. ISSN 0033-2704.
- ^ "Rutgers Health Professor Chosen as President-Elect of American Psychiatric Association". www.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Gantz, Sarah (2024-04-08). "Rutgers professor Theresa Miskimen tapped to lead national psychiatric association". Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-05-19.