Rodrigo Escalona
M.D.

escalona@unm.edu

Chief of Psychiatry and Co-Director of BHCL
NM VA Health Care System
Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chairman for VA Affairs
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Board Certifications

General Psychiatry

Education

Residency:   Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC
Internship:   Duke University, Durham, NC
Residency:   Psychiatry, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
M.D.:   University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile

Areas of Special Interest

Neurobiology and psychopharmacology of mood disorders and traumatic
stress; resident and medical student education