We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mikel Matto has been appointed at the Associate Program Director of the OHSU Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, with his appointment beginning on July 1st, 2026. He’s been an active contributor to the fellowship program since he joined OHSU and he has a clear vision and plan for further enhancements to the fellowship experience. The program is very happy to have him in this role. 

Dr. Matto graduated from medical school at the University of California Davis and completed his residency in psychiatry and fellowship in forensic psychiatry at University of California San Francisco (UCSF).  Prior to joining us at OHSU, Dr. Matto was on faculty at UCSF from 2016-2022 where he was Medical Director of the San Francisco VA Mental Health Same Day Clinic and PES.  During his time at UCSF, Dr. Matto worked with the death row population at San Quentin State Prison part-time, served as VA Site Director of the UCSF forensic fellowship, and was Associate Program Director for the UCSF general psychiatry residency.  His research and clinic interests focused on trauma, violence, and cross-cultural psychiatry.  For 12 years of his medical career, Dr. Matto was an officer in the Army Reserve Corps where he served as Division Psychiatrist and Chief of Mental Health for the California Army National Guard.

Dr. Matto is currently the Medical Director of both the OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program and the Torture Treatment Center of Oregon.  Clinically, he supervises psychology and psychiatry trainees and lectures on trauma-focused therapy and treatment programs and underserved and immigrant communities.  In addition to an active teaching schedule at OHSU, Dr. Matto remains a volunteer Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF and teaches and supervises forensic fellows on death penalty mitigation, trauma and TBI based cases, and asylum.  Dr. Matto is active leader in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) where he is Chair of the Committee for Human Rights and National Security and the Committee for Trauma and Stress.  He was also elected to serve on the APA Council for Psychiatry and Law.  Dr. Matto maintains a busy forensic practice where he focuses on cases related to human rights and testifies as an expert on these topics nationally.  He also has served as a consulting expert on cases related to immigrant trauma in Europe and conducts evaluations for torture and trauma on detainees in Guantanamo Bay.