Meet our Faculty
Azalia Martinez, MD
Program Director (PD)
Dr. Martinez is board certified in general and forensic psychiatry. She completed her medical degree and psychiatry residency at UT Health San Antonio; and attended forensic psychiatry fellowship training at the University of California, Davis.
- Criminal and civil forensic psychiatric evaluations
- Independent psychiatric examinations
- Physician’s Certificate of Medical Examination for Mental Illness (CME)
- Outpatient clinical psychiatric practice
- Interventional psychiatry private practice
- Medical education of students, residents, and fellows
- Program Director
- Supplemental Didactics
- Weekly Supervision of Active Cases
- Competency to stand trial – evaluation and restoration
- Criminal responsibility – evaluation and treatment
- Violence risk assessment
- Psychiatric injury and disability
- Independent psychiatric examinations
- Expert testimony and report writing
Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
Adjunct Professor
Private Forensic Psychiatry Practice
Dr. Arambula received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). He completed residency training in General Psychiatry at UTHCSA and fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center In Chicago. Dr. Arambula is Board Certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry. He also held gubernatorial appointments to the Texas Council on Offenders with Medical and Mental Disorders and the Texas Medical Board (as President) which provided him with many years of public service / experience in public policy.
- Outpatient General Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychiatry and Pharmacology
- Professional: Teaching at UTHSCSA
- Chairman of the Board – The Federation of Texas Psychiatry
- Discussion / supervision of civil cases in Forensic Psychiatry and Pharmacology
- Discussion / supervision of report writing
- Discussion / supervision of testimony (re: the fellow)
- Accompaniment to various trials in criminal, civil and probate courts
- Criminal court: Competencies, Criminal Responsibility, Capital Offenses / Sentencing
- Civil court: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
- Probate court: Testamentary Capacity, Guardianship
- Administrative court: Fitness for Duty
Vanessa Lyons, MD
Forensic Psychiatrist
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Lyons is a board-certified forensic and general psychiatrist in private forensic practice. She earned her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University, completed psychiatry residency at UT Health San Antonio, and completed forensic psychiatry fellowship training at Georgetown University. She is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Certified Physician Executive with extensive clinical, administrative, and teaching experience.
- Criminal and civil forensic psychiatric evaluations
- Competency and criminal-responsibility assessments
- Independent psychiatric examinations
- Record review and forensic consultation
- Deposition and trial testimony
- Telehealth-based clinical psychiatric practice
- Supervises forensic evaluations and case formulation
- Reviews residents’ and fellows’ forensic reports
- Teaches forensic interviewing and report writing
- Teaches forensic psychiatry resident didactics, including application to military law
- Provides deposition and testimony preparation
- Mentors residents and fellows in forensic practice development
- Competency to stand trial
- Criminal responsibility
- Psychiatric injury and disability
- Military forensic psychiatry
- Independent psychiatric examinations
- Expert testimony and report writing
Belinda Kelly, MD
Adjunct Professor
Military Forensic Psychiatry
Mary Lutz, MD
Adjunct Professor
San Antonio State Hospital (SASH)
Nikolas Kubista, MD
Adjunct Professor
Kerrville State Hospital (KSH)
Alvarado Bellido de Luna, JD
Lawyer
St. Mary’s School of Law
Patricia Espinoza
Program Coordinator
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John Wilson, MD
Assistant Program Director (APD)_
John Wilson, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at UT Health San Antonio. He completed psychiatry residency at UT Health San Antonio and forensic psychiatry fellowship training at the University of Maryland. He is board certified in general and forensic psychiatry and teaches medical students, residents, fellows, and law students.
- Treatment of patients in Jail-Based Competency Restoration Programs (JBCR)
- Court ordered evaluations for competency to stand trial
- Guardianship cases
- CMEs for Court Ordered Treatment and Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- Civil cases
- Asylum cases
- A supervisor of Court Ordered Evaluations (competency and guardianship)
- Supervisor for AOT civil exposure
- Elective for JBCR treatment
Guardianship Evaluations
Competency restoration
Criminal Evaluations
Chris Ticknor, MD
Adjunct Professor
Private Forensic Psychiatry Practice
Private practice rotation monthly
Discussion of Civil Forensic Practice
Parallel Case reports
Observation of Testimony and Deposition
Jason Schillerstrom, MD
General Psychiatry Program Director
Geriatric Psychiatrist_
Dr. Jason Schillerstrom is a certified geriatric psychiatrist. He earned his medical degree and completed his psychiatry residency and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at UT San Antonio. He has served on the faculty since 2005 and holds the rank of Professor with tenure. Dr. Schillerstrom serves the department at the Vice Chair for Education.
- Routine geriatric outpatient care
- Capacity assessments for guardianship hearings
- Expert witness for contested Wills and other legal/business documents
- Medical student, resident, and fellow supervisor
- Teach fellows the process of decision making capacity assessments as they pertain to guardianship
- Educate fellows on guardianship processes
- Decisional capacity assessments
- Contested Will medical record reviews
Brian Skop, MD
Adjunct Professor
Jail Psychiatric Services (BCADC)
Karen Conner, PhD
Forensic Psychologist
State Hospital Forensic Consultation (SASH)
Terrence Naus, PsyD
Teacher / Instructor
Bexar County Sheriff’s Department
Destiny Ramos
Program Coordinator
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