Christie A. Cline MD, MBA

Dr. Cline is the former Medical Director for the Behavioral Health Services Division of the New Mexico Department of Health and served as the medical/psychiatric lead for the indigent safety net system for seriously mentally people, the homeless, and victims of acute trauma, and for the public substance treatment system for the state between 1999 and 2003. One of her roles was to oversee the death reviews for “special populations”, which included individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, as well as traumatic brain injuries and other cognitive impairments, the majority of whom had experiences of trauma. She developed a systemic quality improvement framework with the outcome of reducing the death rate for individuals with these complex needs.