Specialties
Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
The forensic psychiatry faculty consists of four full-time psychiatrists with added qualifications in forensic psychiatry and five volunteer clinical faculty with added qualifications in forensic psychiatry.
Division chief and forensic psychiatry residency training director
Charles L. Scott, M.D. is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry and chief of the division of Psychiatry and the Law. Dr. Scott is board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He completed his forensic psychiatry fellowship training at Case Western Reserve University with Dr. Phillip Resnick. Dr. Scott serves as a national board review course instructor for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law's Annual Forensic Psychiatry Board Review Course. Dr. Scott has published articles and book chapters on both adult and juvenile dangerousness. Dr. Scott has also served as a forensic consultant to the National Football League (NFL) and evaluated potential presidential assassins.
Forensic psychiatry faculty
Barbara E. McDermott, Ph.D. is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry. She completed her graduate training at the University of Cincinnati. She serves as the instructor for the Forensic Psychiatry Research and Psychological Assessment Seminar. She is Director of UC Davis/Napa Clinical Demonstration and Research Unit. Dr. McDermott has an extensive background in consultation to state government systems on Forensic Mental Health Issues. Her current interests and research involve risk assessments of violent offenders and factors related to success of forensic patients on conditional release status.
Cameron Quanbeck, M.D. is an assistant clinical professor. He is board certified in general psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Quanbeck completed his fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the UC Davis School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Dr. Quanbeck is actively involved in forensic psychiatry research related to inpatient hospital aggression.
Matthew Soulier, M.D.Volunteer clinical faculty
The forensic psychiatry division has numerous volunteer clinical forensic psychiatrists. In addition, two forensic psychologists and three attorneys are involved in the forensic didactic seminars and supervision of residents at clinical training sites.