LICENSURE & EDUCATION

Active Medical Licenses                                                                     

  • D.C. Board of Medicine (since 2015)

  • Virginia Medical Board (since 2011)

  • Maryland Board of Physicians

  • Medical Board of California

  • Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure

 

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2008), recertification 2018

  • Forensic Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2017)

 

Education

  • July 2015 - July 2016, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC

  • August 2002 – August 2006, Psychiatry Residency, Cleveland    Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH

  • July 2004 – June 2005, Chief Resident Psychiatry, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH

  • January 2000 – November 2000, PGY1 Psychiatry Residency, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

  • July 1992 – January 1998, MBBS (Medical School), Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab, India

 

EXPERIENCE & MEMBERSHIPS

Current Appointments

  • November 2012 – current, Private Practice in Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry, Fairfax County and Alexandria, VA  April 2018- current,

  • Corrections Psychiatrist with Wellpath , part-time

 

Previous Appointments

  • June 2018- September 2018, Corrections Tele psychiatrist in Henrico County, VA

  • January 2017- May 2018, Forensic Psychiatrist, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church, VA

  • July 2016- January 2017, Attending Psychiatrist, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C

  • January 2015 – June 2015, Attending Psychiatrist, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA. (Admitting privileges until October 2017)           

  • March 2014 - January 2015, Medical Director, Inova Psychiatric Assessment Center, Inova Hospital, Falls Church VA (Admitting privileges until January 2018)

  • July 2012 - March 2014, Medical Director, Partial Hospitalization Program, Inova Healthcare, Fairfax, VA 

  • February 2011-July 2012, Attending Psychiatrist, Valley Health Medical Center, Winchester, VA

  • October 2006- January 2012, Attending Psychiatrist, Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare (State of Ohio), Northfield OH 44067 

  • January 1998 - December 1999, Private Practice, General Practitioner, Chandigarh, India

 

Academic experience

  • September 2016- current, Teaching Faculty, Residency and Forensic Fellowship Programs, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C

  • September 2016- May 2018, Teaching Faculty, George Washington Medical School, Washington, D.C

  • January 2009 – January 2012, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Toledo School of Medicine, Toledo, OH

  • November 2008 – January 2012, Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

  • May 2001 - February 2002, Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, OH

 

Active Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL)

  • American Psychiatric Association

  • Washington Psychiatric Society

 

Professional Committee Memberships

  • Ethics Committee at American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL)

  • Human Rights and National Security Committee at AAPL

  • Private Practice Committee at AAPL

  • International Relations Committee at AAPL( Chairperson 2018- present)

 

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Invited Presentations

  • May 2018 (upcoming): American Psychiatric Association(APA), Annual Meeting

       Workshop: Are We There Yet? Feminism, Gender Disparities and Why It Matters

  • February 2018: Grand Rounds, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute

       Transgender Individuals in Treatment 

  • October 2017: American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL), Annual Meeting

       Workshop on Physician Assault: Will I Be Harmed at Work Today?

  • July 2017: International Association of Law and Mental Health, Prague, Czech   Republic

       Panel Discussion: A Discussion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual (LGBT) Inmates and Minorities in             the  Corrections' system

  • December 2016: International Association of Law and Mental Health, Asia Chapter, Bengaluru, India

       Presentation: Death Penalty, Mental Illness and Competence to be Executed

  • October 2016: American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL) Annual Meeting

       Panel Discussion. Negative Online Reviews: Ethical Considerations

  •  October 2016: American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL) Annual Meeting

       Scientific Paper. Maternal Fetal Conflict: A Feminist Ethics Perspective

  • October 2016: American Association of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL) Annual Meeting

       Poster presentation. Closing the Revolving Door: Characteristics of High Utilizers in an Urban Psychiatric ER          

        

Publications

  • Sidhu N, Candilis P. “Feminism, Feminist Ethics, and Forensics: A Guide for Practitioners.” In   Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice, E. Griffith (ed), Columbia University Press, March 2018

  • Sidhu N, Srinivasaraghavan A. “Lessons from International Travel.” In American Academy of Psychiatry and Law Newsletter, January 2018

  • Sidhu N, Patel S, Parekh R. “A Young Male with Anxiety: The Interplay of Cultural and Social Factors and Their Impact on Treatment.” In FOCUS: April 2017

  • Candilis P, Sidhu N. “Ethics.” in Primer of Mental Health Practice and the Law, R Schouten (ed), Oxford University Press, April 2017

  • Candilis P, Sidhu N. “Ethics at the Women’s March.” In American Academy of Psychiatry and Law Newsletter, May 2017

  • Sidhu N, Srinivasraghavan J. “Ethics and Medical Practice: Why Psychiatry is Unique.” In Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Supplement, December 2017

  • Sidhu N. “Faces of AAPL. Susan Hatters-Friedman” In American Academy of Psychiatry and Law Newsletter, May 2016