Joshua Morganstein, MD

Dr. Joshua C. Morganstein is Associate Professor and Assistant Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Assistant Director at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) in the Uniformed Services University and Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. He is Chair of the Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster and Distinguished Fellow at the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Morganstein received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University and completed combined training in Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the National Capital Consortium in Washington, DC. Dr. Morganstein leads the Disaster Mental Health and Public Health education and consultation services at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. In this capacity he has been an invited speaker and consultant for national organizations and federal interagency partners. Dr. Morganstein authored numerous articles, chapters, and technical reports on the mental health impact of various disaster events. Dr. Morganstein has studied the effects of stress and trauma in organizational settings, including military drone intelligence community, 2013 mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, and presently work with the United States National Guard following COVID-19 and civil unrest.