Dr. Nicole R. Johnson is the Director for the Office of Forensic Services for the DC Department of Behavioral Health. The Office of Forensic Services provides complex and diverse mental health services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. This office includes forensic inpatient services through Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Jail and Prison Re-Entry programs, Competency to Stand Trial Restoration and Evaluations, Court ordered evaluations, oversight for civilly committed individuals and Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity Acquitee monitoring and treatment.
Dr. Johnson is a Board certified general and forensic psychiatrist who worked at Saint Elizabeths Hospital as a forensic psychiatrist prior to accepting the position as the Director of the Office of Forensic Services. Prior to accepting the position at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, she served as the Forensic Coordinator for the Bronx Psychiatric Center. In this position, she managed the daily forensic activities of the hospital, participated in the ethics committee and taught medical students, psychiatry residents and forensic psychiatry fellows.
Dr. Johnson is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed her general psychiatry residency at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan. She completed her forensic fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. She currently serves on the Education Committee for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and recently published a peer reviewed article in the World Journal of Psychiatry on Outpatient Competency Restoration.