Kelly L. Cozza MD DLFAPA, FACLP

Summary

• Kelly L. Cozza, MD, DLFAPA, FACLP is a Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), the National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program, a senior faculty-clinician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and a scientist for the USU Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS). She serves as Vice Chair for the Department of Psychiatry, leading the undergraduate medical education division, and is the Director of Department of Psychiatry Faculty Development, Academic Appointments, and Promotions.
  Dr. Kelly Cozza received her medical degree from Creighton University and completed her psychiatric residency and Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), then assumed the role of Chief and Fellowship Director of the Walter Reed Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service. After her 10 year military service, she became the integrated Infectious Disease HIV psychiatrist in the Department of Medicine at Walter Reed and for the Department of Defense. She has more than 30 years of experience in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and medical education.
  Dr. Kelly Cozza has published and lectured extensively in the areas of psychopharmacology, HIV/AIDS, and medical education. She is a founding member and former co-chair of the World Psychiatric Association Workgroup for HIV and the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Special Interest Group (SIG) for HIV. Dr. Cozza is a senior peer mentor in the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP).
  Current areas of clinical and research interest include HIV, psychopharmacology, collaborative care of medically complicated patients, and psychiatric education for medical students and residents. She and her USU Medical Education Team have developed synchronous, asynchronous, tele-simulation, and tele-health medical educational materials that have a global audience and impact.