El Paso, TX - Deborah L. Dallam, MD, FAPA, is being
recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Distinguished Physician for her work
as a Supervisory and Geriatric Psychiatrist and in acknowledgment of her work
in the El Paso VA Health Care System.
With 39 years in the Medical field, Dr. Deborah L. Dallam
has dedicated her Psychiatry career to treating veterans and geriatric
patients.
Dr. Dallam started her college education with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Pre-Med Biology, graduating cum laude from Spellman College. She next attended
Meharry Medical College and graduated as a Legacy Graduate with her Medical
degree in 1982. Dr. Dallam then completed a residency in general psychiatry
from 1982-1987, and had Fellowships in both Community Psychiatry and Geriatric
Psychiatry, all at the University of Maryland - Institute of Psychiatry and
Human Behavior. Dr. Dallam is board-certified in Psychiatry and Geriatric
Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. The American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) is a nonprofit corporation founded to
uphold the standards of psychiatry and neurology.
Dr. Dallam is the Owner of a private practice in Silver Spring, MD. She is also
affiliated with MedStar Montgomery Medical Center. Through her work in the El
Paso VA Health Care System, Dr. Dallam treats veterans and geriatric patients.
She also oversees the hospice and palliative care units.
Many of her patients have neuropsychiatric disorders or behavioral
manifestations of degenerative brain diseases like dementia, Parkinson’s
disease, and ALS. Dr. Dallam is familiar with the normal signs of aging versus
the psychiatric effects of physical illness, biological causes, or psychosocial
aspects of psychiatric disturbances in older patients.
Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Dallam also teaches students as a Clinical
Associate Professor. She also works as the Co-Director of the Geriatric
Psychiatry Fellowship Program for Texas Tech University. She is the co-author
of a paper entitled Trauma Reenactments in Aging Veterans with Dementia.
She remains associated with the Black Psychiatrists of America and the National
Medical Association. Dr. Dallam is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association. She is involved with her community as a member of the NAACP and
the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Awarded for her work, Dr. Dallam earned a scholarship in family medicine while
at Meharry Medical College. She was later the recipient of the Raphael
Hernandez Award upon graduation from Meharry Medical College. Dr. Dallam has
also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Department of Psychiatry
at Texas Tech University.
In her spare time, Dr. Dallam loves gardening and landscape design.
Dr. Dallam would like to dedicate this honorable recognition In Loving Memory
of her parents, Ruth and Lloyd Albert Dallam, MD, and her cousin Judy Banks,
MD; and to her mentors, Elijah Saunders, MD, and Harold Jordan, MD.
For more information, visit https://www.elpaso.va.gov/.
