Education

M.D.: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 2002
Residency (Psychiatry): University of Vermont, 2006
Fellowship (Forensic Psychiatry): Charles E. Steinberg Fellow in Psychiatry and the Law, University of Rochester, 2007

Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry, 2008
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry, 2009

American Board of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine, 2021

Professional Interests

• Aerospace Psychiatry
• Occupational Psychiatry/Fitness for Duty
• Medical Malpractice
• Criminal Responsibility & Competence
• Civil Competencies (Testamentary Capacity, Guardianship, etc.)
• Psychiatric Autopsy
• Clinical Assessment for non-Treatment Purposes
• Organizational Leadership and Practice Assessments
• Medical Education

Clinical Practice

• Aerospace Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Schizophrenia and Psychosis
• ADHD
• General Adult Psychiatry

Dr. Peirson is accepting new patients at Wright State University Department of Psychiatry's Elizabeth Place location in Dayton.