Insights from Dr. Jeffrey L. Metzner - Psychiatrist on Colorado theater shooting case of James Holmes
Dr. Metzner will share insights from his life and career with the campus community with special emphasis on correctional psychiatry. Dr. Metzner served as the psychiatrist on Colorado theater shooting case of James Holmes, ruling him sane and fit to stand trial. Holmes was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the death of 12 and the wounding of 70.
Jeffrey L. Metzner received his B.S. in Zoology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1972 and an M.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1975. He completed his psychiatric residency at the University of Colorado’s Department of Psychiatry during 1979. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado, where he is also Associate Director of the forensic fellowship program.
Dr. Metzner has written extensively on the psychiatric care of prison populations. He has provided consultation to judges, special masters, monitors, state departments of corrections, city and county jails, U.S. Department of Justice, the National Prison Project, and others involved in the field of correctional psychiatry in over 40 states.
Reception immediately following with light refreshments.
Sponsored by the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.