Hisla Bates, M.D. Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric/Adult Psychiatrist

Contact this Expert Witness

  • Additional States: California
  • Company: Expedient Medicolegal Services
  • Phone: 855-855-0525
  • Fax: 855-329-0525
  • Website: expedientmedicolegal.com/

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychiatry

Keywords/Search Terms:

Inpatient Treatment, Standard of Care, Risk Assessment, PTSD, Mood Disorders, Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Competency, Traumatic Injury, Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Attachment Disorders, Conduct Disorders

Education:

B.F.A., Parsons School of Design; M.D., University at Buffalo School of Medicine

Years in Practice:

25

Additional Information

Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020. She is board certified in both Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry, and the Expressive and Creative Arts working with children and adults. Dr. Bates is also the Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate, an illustrator, printmaker, speaker and author. She hosts the podcast, Healer Heal Yourself, Reduce Burnout, Discover Your Creativity While You Heal Others that explores the intersection of art, creativity and medicine. She is one of the authors in Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration and is working on her memoir and several children’s books. She is licensed to practice in both New York and California.