Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Erika M. Rajo, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Louisiana, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), Director of the Trauma Recovery Clinic at University Medical Center, New Orleans (UMCNO), and Co-Director of the Spirit of Charity Trauma Center Psychiatry Research Unit. Dr. Rajo earned a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, MD then assisted with various projects in the Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Unit at Johns Hopkins University before heading cross country to Pepperdine University in Southern California, where she earned a Doctor of Psychology degree in Clinical Psychology. She then returned home to New Orleans, completing both her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at LSUHSC. Throughout her training, Dr. Rajo alternated between working with children and adults with a focus on trauma, health psychology, and integrated care. In her current role as the Trauma Psychologist at UMCNO, Dr. Rajo utilizes her expertise in the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma to coordinate the Trauma Recovery Team’s provision of inpatient/outpatient clinical services and related research studies, all of which aim to help patients and their loved ones cope with the psychological sequelae of traumatic injury. In addition to the treatment of PTSD following traumatic injury, Dr. Rajo’s clinical and research interests include multicultural issues in mental health treatment, clinical supervision, and increasing access to treatment for underserved populations.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, November 12, 2021
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM US Eastern Time