Robert D. Forsten

About Robert D. Forsten

Commissioned in 1990 from Gannon University ROTC and completed doctorate in medicine in 1994 from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Completed internship and residency training in Psychiatry in 1998 and Fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in at Tripler Army Medical Center. Previous assignments include 1st Cavalry Division Psychiatrist, Ft. Hood Chief of Outpatient Psychiatry, Darnall Army Community Hospital, Ft. Hood, 20••••03; Chief of Behavioral Health, 21st Combat Support Hospital, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 20••••04; Medical Director, Intensive Outpatient Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Site Director, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Residency Program and Associate Program Director for the National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency Training Program, 20••••07; Command Psychiatrist, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, 20••••12 with deployment to Afghanistan in support of 7th Special Forces Group. Commander, 121st Combat Support Hospital and the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital, Seoul, Korea 20••••14. Deputy Surgeon, US Army Pacific 20••••15, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA 20••••16. Additionally, since 2004, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland and since a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with re-certification in 2010 and 2020. Commander, 62nd Medical Brigade, 20••••18, and First Corps Surgeon 20••••19, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Prior to retiring from the Army, served as an outpatient Psychiatrist, Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, 20••••20. Since 2020, he has served with the Veteran\'s Administration and is most recently serving as a consultant with the D.C. WRIISC team.

Experience

1. Senior Clinician and Psychiatry Consultant, Wriisc (War Related Illness and Injury Study Center)

   U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

   Nov 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   The War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) is a national program dedicated to Veterans’ post-deployment health concerns and unique health care needs. We develop and provide post-deployment health expertise to Veterans and their health care providers through clinical care, research, education, and risk communication. As a tertiary care center, we partner with referring providers and their health care teams to support the care of Veterans. The WRIISC is part of VA’s newly designated Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME) formerly Post Deployment Health Services (PDHS). The VA is uniquely qualified to care for Veterans with health concerns related to potentially toxic exposures.

Education

• University of New England

  Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

  1990 — 1994

• Gannon University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Biology

  1986 — 1990

• U.S. Army War College

  Master’s Degree, Military Strategic Studies

  2015 — 2016

Skills

• Military Operations
• Government
• Force Protection
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Military Training
• Military Experience
• Emergency Management
• Security Clearance
• Counterinsurgency
• Afghanistan
• Command
• Top Secret
• Military
• Army
• Weapons Handling
• Weapons
• Special Operations
• Emergency Medicine
• Operational Planning
• Interagency Coordination
• Intelligence Analysis
• Leadership
• Dod
• National Security