Kim J. Masters MD

Dr. Kim Masters received his undergraduate degree in English from Princeton University and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his general psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the University of California in San Diego. Dr. Masters is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry and child psychiatry. He is a fellow of both the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American College of Physicians. He is also a member of the Association of Child Psychiatry and Psychology in Great Britain and the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Masters is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Health Professions at MUSC, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia since 2003. He is a representative of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to the Professional Training Advisory Committee (PTAC) of the Joint Commission since 2003. During the past two decades, Dr. Masters has presented more than 70 lectures on aggressive management, dual diagnosis, DSM IV, child abuse and autism, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Dr. Masters has 16 publications, two audio presentations and a book titled The Angry Child: Sleeping Giant or Paper Tiger. He was the senior author of “The Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Practice Parameter on the Prevention of Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Facilities with a Focus on Seclusion and Restraint” and is part of the team updating the parameters. He also writes a column for the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry News on seclusion and restraint prevention.