Tara Patterson M.D.

Tara Patterson, MD, currently serves as a psychiatrist at Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center since September 2021. Prior experience includes roles as a psychiatrist at the Maryland Department of Health from September 2019 to September 2021 and as an addiction psychiatrist at Baltimore Crisis Response Inc from July 2014 to August 2021, where responsibilities included medical director of detoxification services. Previously, Patterson worked as a psychiatrist at Chase Brexton Health Services from September 2007 to August 2014, providing psychiatric evaluations and treatment in a diverse community health setting. Other notable positions include psychiatrist at Central State Hospital, assistant professor of psychiatry and fellow in addiction psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and resident in psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Education culminated in an MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a BA in Psychobiology from New York University.