Education
2015-Present Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program; New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, California 2013-2015 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship; University of California, Los Angeles/Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
2009-2013 Adult Psychiatry Residency, University of California, Los Angeles/Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
2004-2009 M.D., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
2002-2004 B.A. magna cum laude in Biological Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge
Research
2014-2015 Principle Investigator, RASH-BD: Risk Taking and Self-Harm in Bipolar Disorder
2012-2015 Principle Investigator, Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder in Mentalization Based Therapy
2007-2008 Guest Researcher, HHMI Research Scholar, Pediatric Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health: “A Developmental fMRI Study of Cognitive Flexibility.”
2005 Medical Student Summer Research Fellow, UCSF Memory and Aging Center: “Extinction Learning in Humans: Role of the Right Orbitofrontal Cortex.”
2002-2003 Honors Thesis Research, Harvard Medical School, Cell Biology Department: “The Effect of Small Molecule Mitosis Inhibitors TAME and R7 on Cdc20 and Cdh1 Binding to the APC.”
2001 Summer Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute: “Identification of Novel Gene Amplification Sites in Breast Cancer by High-Throughput CGH Microarray.”
Work Experience
2015-present Staff Psychiatrist, Psychological Care and Healing Center; Los Angeles, CA 2011-present Staff Psychiatrist, Ventura County Medical Center, Hillmont inpatient psychiatric unit; Ventura, CA
2011-2012 Staff Psychiatrist, Cornerstone Mental Health Clinic for the chronically homeless; Van Nuys, CA
2011-2012 Staff Psychiatrist, Transitions Day Treatment Intensive Program for adolescents and young adults; Van Nuys, CA
2012-2013 Chief of the UCLA Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publications/Abstracts/Posters
1. Hall JM, Flint AC. Neurological picture. “Hand knob” infarction. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry Apr;79(4): 406 (2008). Cited in PubMed: PMID: 18344393.
2. Hoefer J, Allison SC, Schauer GF, Neuhaus JM, Hall JM, Dang JN, Weiner MW, Miller BL, Rosen, HJ. Fear conditioning in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease. Brain 131(6): 1646 (2008). Cited in PubMed: PMID 18492729.
3. Thomas LA, Hall JM, Skup M, Jenkins SE, Pine DS, Leibenluft, E. A developmental neuroimaging investigation of the change paradigm. Developmental Science 14(1): 148-161 (2001).
4. Hall JM, Hilivaki C. CGH Microarray. Poster presented at NIH Poster Day, Washington, DC. August 2001.
5. Hall JM, Miller BL, Rosen HJ. Fear conditioning. Poster presented at UCSF Student Research Day, San Francisco, CA. November 2005.
6. Hall JM, Thomas LA, Skup M, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. The development of Cognitive Flexibility: an fMRI study. Poster presented at Research Scholars Meeting, Bethesda, MD.
August 2008.
7. Hall JM. “Only Human: Anatomy in Art.” Gallery Art Show. Medical Humanities Concentration Final Project. University of California, San Francisco, CA. May 2009.
Organizations
2013-2016 American Association of Adolescent and Child Psychiatrists 2009-2016 American Medical Association member
2008-2016 American Psychiatric Association member
2009-2016 Southern California American Psychiatric Association member
2011 “Tavistock” Experiential Group Dynamics Conference: Balancing Authority and Power
in Fast-Changing Social and Natural Dynamics
2010-2012 Resident Process Group Liaison
Honors
2014 AACAP Educational Outreach Award
2011 UCLA Shirley Hatos Award for outstanding essay in psychiatry, “It's Complicated: The impact of social networks on public mental health.”
2006 Associated Students of UCSF Red Carpet Award for outstanding service to the student body, the UCSF campus, and the wider SF Bay Area Community for mental health project
2007-2008 Howard Hughes Research Medical Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2005 UCSF Dean's Summer Research Fellowship
2005 San Francisco Homeless Men’s Clinic Summer Research Fellowship
2007 National Novel Writing Month Winner
2003 Harvard Research Summer Fellowship
2002 John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Merit
2001 NIH Summer Research Fellowship Recipient
2001 Howard Hughes Fellowship Recipient
2001 Howard Hughes Research Scholar
2000 National Presidential Scholar
2000 National Merit Scholar
Selected Leadership and Community Activities
2012-2013 Chief, Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic
2012-2013 Director, Classic Psychiatry Literature Journal club
2012-2013 Resident Educator, Resident Psychotherapy Interview Lecture & Video Series
2006 Hygiene Education Project Leader, Head Start Kindergarten Class, Mission District, San Francisco
2004-2005 Volunteer & Men's Support Group Director, UCSF Homeless Healthcare Clinic
2004-2005 Author, Support Group Coordinator, Syllabus and Homeless Resource Guide
2004-2005 Director, UCSF Integrative Medicine Conference
2004-2005 President, UCSF Mental Health Advocacy Group
2004-2005 Director, UCSF Psychiatry Interest Group
2002-2004 Chilton House Hospice Volunteer and Student Volunteer Director; Cambridge, MA
2002 Nurse's Assistant, Native American Hospital; Rapid City, South Dakota
2002-2003 Banquet Fundraiser Coordinator, Women in Science at Harvard Radcliffe, Biomedical
Information Research Drive
2000-2001 Creator and Director, Cancer Prevention Week, Georgetown University
2001 NREMT-B (Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician), Georgetown Emergency Medical Rescue Service Program
Licensure
2015 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, certified 2013 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry, certified
2011-Present Physician and Surgeon, License No. A114290, State of California
2011-Present DEA License, State of California