Dr Gregory SaathoffClinician

Biography

Dr Gregory Saathoff is a forensic psychiatrist and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he is also the founding executive director of the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG). Since 1996 he has served as the FBI's Conflict Resolution Specialist and is the chief psychiatric consultant for the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units and Crisis Negotiation Unit. He completed his medical degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He has published widely in behavioural sciences and psychiatry, including on extremist violence, criminal poisoning, psychopharmacology, and psychological challenges related to bioterrorism. He is known for his expert witness work in high-profile criminal trials and for leading the UVA Health Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Program, recognised as a model for best practice by the American Hospital Association and FBI.

References

1. 1.Faculty – Critical Incident Analysis Group, University of Virginia School of Medicine — Establishes current role titles (Professor of Public Health Sciences and Emergency Medicine; Founding Executive Director of CIAG; FBI Conflict Resolution Specialist since 1996; chief psychiatric consultant to FBI Behavioral Analysis Units and Crisis Negotiation Unit)
2. 2.About CIAG – Critical Incident Analysis Group, University of Virginia School of Medicine — Establishes founding of CIAG, appointment as FBI Conflict Resolution Specialist, and chairing of the Amerithrax Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel from 2008
3. 3.UVA Experts Lead the Way in Behavioral Threat Assessment and Hospital Safety – UVA Emergency Medicine — Confirms current professorial title and recognition of UVA BTAM programme as AHA/FBI best-practice model in 2026
4. 4.Dr Gregory Saathoff MD – Doximity — Establishes medical education background (University of Missouri-Columbia MD; UVA residency), board certification, publication record, and FBI role since 1996
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Expertise

Cited on

• Mental health

Stated areas of expertise

• Forensic psychiatry
• Behavioural threat assessment
• Postpartum psychosis (expert witness)
• Extremist violence and bioterrorism
• Violence prevention in healthcare settings
• Critical incident analysis

Notable achievements

• Appointed by Chief Federal Judge Royce Lamberth in 2008 to chair the Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel on the Amerithrax case, described as the largest bioterrorism investigation in FBI history; the panel reported 2009–11. Source ↗
• Led the UVA Health Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Program, which was recognised as a model for best practices in a joint American Hospital Association and FBI publication in 2026. Source ↗
• Co-authored the 2026 AHA/FBI joint leadership guide 'Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management: Prevent and Protect' on preventing targeted violence in healthcare settings. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “Saathoff told the court that it was unusual that Clancy hadn't reported hearing voices before the killings and that the voices ceased afterwards.”

  forensic psychiatrist affiliated with the FBI and University of Virginia · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Expert witnesses challenge claim that Lindsay Clancy experienced psychosis ↗

• “Having no instructions as to how to do it, but being able to execute those decisions … that is surprising that she's able to accomplish all of this without any other kind of direction or plan.”

  FBI psychiatrist · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings ↗

Source references

1. Expert witnesses challenge claim that Lindsay Clancy experienced psychosistheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killingstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://med.virginia.edu/ciag/contact/
• Websitehttps://centric-research.co.uk/people/dr-gregory-saathoff

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