Barry W. Wall, M.D. is a clinical and forensic psychiatrist in Rhode Island. He completed his adult residency training at Brown University and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Massachusetts. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and is the Forensic Fellowship Program Director at Brown. As a clinical psychiatrist, he is a psychopharmacologist and conducts psychotherapy with most of his patients. As a forensic psychiatrist, he is Director of the Forensic Service of the Eleanor Slater Hospital, within the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals, helping lawyers and judges understand psychiatric issues in legal settings. He teaches medical students, psychiatry residents and fellows, and psychology masters and Ph.D. candidates. Dr. Wall is a Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a Past President of the Rhode Island Medical Society as well as the Rhode Island Psychiatric Society. He has published articles primarily relating to competence to stand trial, Intellectual Disability Disorder, and work-related disability.

Dr. Ugorji is a Clinical Instructor and the Assistant Program Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship within Brown University's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. He is Assistant Director of the Forensic Service at Eleanor Slater Hospital, where he conducts forensic evaluations and risk assessments within the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. Dr. Ugorji also provides supervision to forensic psychology interns from Roger Williams University, PhD psychology candidates from The University of Rhode Island, and is the liaison between the forensic psychiatry fellowship and The Roger Williams University School of Law.

Dr. Myers is a Professor and Chief of Forensic Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He also is the Medical Director for Newport Mental Health. Formerly, he was a Professor and Chief of the Divisions of Forensic Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of South Florida Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. He received his medical degree from Temple University. His training after a general psychiatry residency included fellowships in child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, and he is board-certified in all three of these specialties. Dr. Myers has been licensed to practice medicine in the state of Florida since 1984 and in Rhode Island since 2009.

He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and the book Juvenile Sexual Homicide. His primary research interests are in juvenile and adult homicide, sexual homicide, and malingering by homicide defendants. Additionally, he is the developer of the SADSEX-SH-R, a homicide crime scene rating scale that assesses for the presence of sexual sadism in offenders, and he is currently working on a structured professional judgment instrument for the assessment of criminal responsibility in homicide defendants.

Dr. Alesia Antoine received her bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from the University of Central Florida and her master’s degree in Aging and Neuroscience from the University of South Florida. Prior to medical school, she worked in biomedical research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, contributing to research in neuroscience, oncology, and genetics and co-authoring several peer-reviewed publications. She went on to receive her medical degree from Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Dr. Antoine completed her general adult psychiatry residency at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she served as chief resident during her fourth year. During residency, she served as chair of the Curriculum Planning Committee and was actively involved in medical education, teaching medical students about risk assessment and leading small-group sessions on refugee medicine. Upon completion of residency, she received the Keller Award for Most Outstanding Graduating Resident.

She is currently completing fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry. Her interest in forensic psychiatry developed through mentorship, exposure to carceral settings, and an appreciation for the depth and complexity of forensic report writing and psychiatric advocacy. She is particularly interested in the ways that psychiatric illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and systems of justice intersect, and in advocating for individuals who may be particularly vulnerable within legal and carceral systems. Her professional interests also include the relationship between mental health and the legal system and issues at the intersection of psychiatry, law, and justice.

Dr. Stephen Curtis earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Texas A&M University and his master’s degree in medical physiology from Case Western Reserve University. He received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and received the Theodore P. and Evelyn H. Chengelis Memorial Award, presented to the graduating medical student who demonstrated the highest level of academic achievement in psychiatry.

Dr. Curtis completed his general psychiatry residency at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he served as a chief resident during his fourth year.  During residency, he received the Excellence in Medical Student Didactic Education Award as well as the Dean’s Positive Champion of the Learning Environment Award in recognition of his contributions to medical education and the learning environment.  His interest in forensic psychiatry developed during his clinical rotation at the Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital, where he gained experience caring for patients involved in the forensic mental health system.  His professional interests include severe mental illness and the intersection of psychiatry and the law.

Dr. Elizabeth Forgey received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her general psychiatry residency at Tulane University, where she was actively involved in resident education and wellness initiatives and received the Resident Teacher Distinction for excellence in medical student education. She subsequently completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where she served as Chief Fellow.

Dr. Forgey’s academic work has included research and presentations in medical education, first-episode psychosis, bias reduction in medicine, capacity and informed consent, guardianship, and complex psychiatric presentations in children and adults. She has also written on the development of boys and mental health outcomes within the education system. Her clinical interests include the care of youth with complex behavioral needs, particularly those with neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disability, and the ways in which trauma, vulnerability, and systems of care intersect with psychiatric illness.