Dr. James E. Bellard, MD, IPE
NC Forensic Psychiatrist IME Doctor

• Duties include providing oversight of professional, financial and business activities for a group of 12 psychiatric practitioners and mental health professionals as well as supervision of office manager and clerical staff

February 2006 to Current
Member

• North Carolina Industrial Commission Liaison Committee

August 1998 to Current
Physician Consultant

• Sexually Violent Predator Determination Panel for the North Carolina Department of Corrections

March 1993 to Current
Private Practice of General and Forensic Psychiatry
Partner in Raleigh Psychiatric Associates

• Current professional activities include outpatient psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy as well as civil and criminal forensic evaluations.

March 1993 to Sept. 2001
Staff Psychiatrist, Raleigh Community Hospital

• Duties included inpatient evaluation and treatment, electroconvulsive therapy, and consultation psychiatry.

July 1991 to Aug. 1994
Staff Psychiatrist, Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, N.C.

• Duties included performing forensic psychiatric evaluations on individuals with federal charges and providing psychiatric care for mentally ill inmates.

July 1991 to Aug. 1994
Faculty Member of FCI - Butner Forensic Psychiatric Fellowship.

• Duties included providing supervision of residents and fellows from Duke and UNC Schools of Medicine and giving lectures on Forensic Psychiatry topics.

January 1989 to June 1991
Psychiatric Consultant, Memorial Hospital Center for Pastoral Care, Cumberland, MD

• Duties included providing diagnostic evaluations and pharmacotherapy for adults and children on an outpatient basis.

February 1990 to June 1991
Clinical Director, Thomas B. Finan Center, Cumberland, MD

• Duties included responsibility for all clinical functions of the Finan Center, a 120-bed state hospital serving Western Maryland as well as supervision of the Directors of Nursing, Social Work, Rehabilitation Services, Pharmacy, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Medical Records. Liaison with Community Agencies, HCFA, JCAHO, and State Governmental bodies were also involved.

September 1988 to May 1991
Staff Psychiatrist, Thomas B. Finan Center, Cumberland, MD

• Duties included inpatient care for 35 acute and chronically ill psychiatric patients in a small state hospital.

January 1986 to Aug. 1988
Founder and Medical Director, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Louisburg, NC.

• Duties in this position included development of policies and procedures, liaison with hospital staff, supervision of medical, social work and nursing staffs, after-hours coverage and provision of direct services to a predominantly chronic population on a short-term rural general hospital unit.

July 1985 to Aug. 1988
Medical Director, Warren County Medical Center, Warrenton NC and Franklin County Mental Health Center, Louisburg, NC

• Duties in these positions included supervision of medical and social work personnel, policy review, quality assurance, liaison with other community agencies and provision of acute and chronic services to a caseload in excess of 700 patients.