Overview
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Heather Paxton

Monroe

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Psychiatrist - Inpatient Unit Chief Transitional Age Youth

Yale University School Of Medicine/Yale Psychiatric Hospital
New Haven, CT
09.2016 - Current
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Provide unit leadership as part of a dyad with nurse manager, guiding unit policies, procedures, and boosting team morale. 
  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide inpatient clinical care to patients ranging in age from 16 to 30 suffering from a variety of acute and chronic mental health issues.

Inpatient Psychiatrist

Yale University School Of Medicine/Yale Psychiatric Hospital
New Haven, CT
01.2015 - 09.2016
  • provided inpatient clinical care as part of a multidisciplinary team to patients ranging in age from 15-25 treating all acute psychiatric disorders. 
  • provided education and training to early career psychiatric APRN. 

Staff Psychiatrist

Griffin Hospital
Derby, CT
10.2011 - 01.2015
  • Provided outpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric management for patients of all adult ages struggling with a wide range of mental health and substance abuse disorders. Experienced in both psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic approaches. 
  • Provided weekend and vacation coverage for inpatient psychiatric unit and psychiatrist supervision of Emergency Department evaluations.

Staff Psychiatrist - Outpatient Clinic

Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health
Middletown , CT
07.2009 - 10.2011
  • provided psychotherapy and medication management to patients of all backgrounds, ages and psychiatric difficulties
  • provided psychiatric screening for bariatric surgery clients as part of an interdisciplinary team assessing readiness for life change and surgery. 

Inpatient Psychiatrist

Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health
Middletown, CT
01.2009 - 07.2009
  • provided inpatient clinical care to patients of all backgrounds, ages and psychiatric ailments. 
  • provided on call coverage for ER psychiatric evaluations

Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry Yale University

Yale University School Of Medicine/ CMHC
New Haven, CT
07.2007 - 12.2008
  • Attending Psychiatrist at Connecticut Mental Health Center
  • provided psychiatric care for patient's with chronic mental illness as part of an interdisciplinary team focusing on treatments for psychotic and personality disorders. 

Timeline

Psychiatrist - Inpatient Unit Chief Transitional Age Youth

Yale University School Of Medicine/Yale Psychiatric Hospital
09.2016 - Current

Inpatient Psychiatrist

Yale University School Of Medicine/Yale Psychiatric Hospital
01.2015 - 09.2016

Staff Psychiatrist

Griffin Hospital
10.2011 - 01.2015

Staff Psychiatrist - Outpatient Clinic

Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health
07.2009 - 10.2011

Inpatient Psychiatrist

Middlesex Hospital Behavioral Health
01.2009 - 07.2009

Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry Yale University

Yale University School Of Medicine/ CMHC
07.2007 - 12.2008

Heather Paxton