Toi Blakley Harris, M.D.

Dr. Harris is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and a member of the Texana MHMR Medical Executive Committee, having served as its Chairperson in 2003.  She served as a CTA Fellow through 2005.

 Dr. Harris earned a B.A. in Biology and a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Missouri Kansas City.  She completed both her Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residencies at Baylor College of Medicine.  As part of her residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, she clinically assessed and treated at-risk children and their families at The ChildTrauma Academy.

Dr. Harris has also served as a committee member of APA National Committee of Family Violence and Sexual Abuse, as a member of the editorial review board for the Jefferson Journal, as a member of the APA National Committee of Residents and Fellows and as a Texas Medical Association Resident Delegate.

She has published articles with Dr. Bruce Perry and has received awards from both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association which include: a 1995 APA Mead Johnson Fellowship Award, 1995 AMA Glaxo Achievement Award, a 1994 AMA Burroughs-Wellcome Leadership Award and a 1993 APA/CMHS Fellowship.  Dr. Harris enjoys presenting to groups about the neurobiology of PTSD and treatment options within a community mental health center.