Dr. Michael Norko

Biography

Michael Norko received his bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1979, followed by an MD from SUNY – Upstate Medical Center in 1983. He trained in psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital Medical Center in New York from 1983 to 1997 and completed a certificate program in mental health administration at New School for Social Research in 1987. He finished a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at Yale University in 1988 and has been a member of the faculty of the Law and Psychiatry Division at Yale's Connecticut Mental Health Center. Norko has over 17 years of experience at Whiting Forensic Hospital, serving in various leadership roles such as unit chief and medical director. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has held several positions in the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. Norko has published extensively on topics concerning psychiatry and law, with a specific interest in dangerousness and risk assessment in psychiatric practice. He also teaches courses related to the intersection of religion, spirituality, and psychiatry at Yale.

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