Richard C. Blanks, JD, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Title: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Director, Forensic Psychiatry Service
Call for Appointment: (202) 741-2888
Medical Education:  The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Internship:  Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance
Residency:  Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance
Fellowship:  Harvard Medical School; University of Massachusetts Medical School
Board Certification:  Psychiatry
Clinical Interests:  Forensic Psychiatry, Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Patients

Profile:
Richard C. Blanks, JD, MD currently serves as the Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Service of the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates.  Dr. Blanks graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Campbell University School of Law.  In 2002, Dr. Blanks graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where he received the prestigious Jerry Weiner Award as the most outstanding graduate of the medical school planning a career in psychiatry.

Dr. Blanks completed his internship and residency at the Harvard Medical School affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance.  Dr. Blanks completed a fellowship in Medical Ethics at the Harvard Medical School and a fellowship in Psychiatry and Law at the University of Massachusetts.  He is a board-certified psychiatrist who maintains an active law and medical license in the District of Columbia.