Robert I. Simon, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He is Chairman elect of the Department of Psychiatry at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland and maintains a private practice in Potomac, Maryland. 

Dr. Simon is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry and is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry. He is President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the professional organization of forensic psychiatrists, 2005-2006.

Dr. Simon has received the following awards:

Dr. Simon is the author and editor of more than 20 books, 46 book chapters and 80 articles in the fields of clinical and forensic psychiatry. His most recent publications include the American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry (American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 2004) and Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Guidelines for Clinically Based Risk Management (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2004). Dr. Simon is also coeditor of the American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management, 2006.