Dr. Karen Hochman serves as medical director of the Substance Abuse Evaluation, Stabilization and Placement Program at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Atlanta. She also serves as assistant professor in the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Hochman earned her medical degree at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of Manitoba Hospitals and the University of Toronto, followed by a clinical fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a master of public health from Emory University in Atlanta. Having practiced medicine in both the U.S. and Canada, Dr. Hochman is a strong supporter of a single-payer national health program and serves as co-chair of PNHP’s Georgia chapter.