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Patricia Junquera MD, FAPA

Psychiatry
Miami, Florida

Director of Multidisciplinary Education, Assoc. Professor at Florida International University. Board Certified Psychiatrist, certified correctional health professional, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Special Interests in Addiction Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Women's Mental Health

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Specialty Psychiatry
Industry Health Services
Organization Florida International University
Location Miami, Florida

About Patricia Junquera MD, FAPA

Served as Academic Director Out Patient Clinic at VAMC, served as Medical Director of Detox Unit JBHH, Served as Medical Director for Behavioral Health Miami Dade County Correctional Facilities Founding Program Director for Citrus Health Network, FIU, HWCOM Psychiatry and Residency Program. Currently serving as Director of Multidisciplinary Education, she provides psychiatric services at the FIU Health Faculty Group Practice on FIU’s main campus.

  • Education
  • Psychiatry

Career Accomplishments

  • Served as Academic Director Out Patient Clinic at VAMC, served as Medical Director of Detox Unit JBHH, Served as Medical Director for Behavioral Health Miami Dade County Correctional Faciliti

Professional Career

2007 – 2008

Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow

Miami, Florida, United States of America

2003 – 2007

Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami

Resident

Maimi, Florida, United States of America

Education & Training

M.D.

Education Level: M.D.

Institution: Universidad Autonoma de Ciencias Medicas de Centro America, Costa Rica

United States of America

Geriatric Psychiatry

Education Level: Fellowship

Institution: Jackson Memorial Hospital and Miami VA Health System

United States of America

Published Works

  • Rustad, J.K., Junquera, P., Chaves, L., and Eth, S. — 2010
    “Civil Commitment among Patients with Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Practical, Conceptual and Ethical Issues” Addictive Disorders and their Treatment.
  • Castellanos, D., Junquera, P. — 2013
    “Designer Drug Use and Abuse: Implications for Psychiatrists”. Psychiatric Times,
  • Reidy L.J., Junquera, P., Van Dijck K.R., Steele B.W. and Salloum I. — 2013
    “The Use of Synthetic Cathinones and Tryptamines in a Psychiatric Population”. Journal of Forensic Toxicology & Pharmacology.
  • Reidy, L.J., Junquera, P., Van Dijck, K., Steele, B.W., Nemeroff, C.B. — 2014
    Underestimation of substance abuse in psychiatric patients by conventional hospital screening.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychiatric Association
    Member, Fellow

Honors & Awards

  • FAPA- Fellow American Psychiatric Association
  • Business Leader, Miami, Special Care Award
  • Women Extaordinaire
  • Junior Teaching Award 2x
  • Senior Teaching Award, University of Miami
  • Latino Who's Who
  • Top Psychiatrist

Community Service

  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention — 2021
    Community Walk for Suicide awareness and prevention

Contact Patricia Junquera MD, FAPA

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

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PROFILE SUMMARY

Professional Summary

Director of Multidisciplinary Education, Assoc. Professor at Florida International University. Board Certified Psychiatrist, certified correctional health professional, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Special Interests in Addiction Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Women's Mental Health