Dr. Karin Neufeld is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine in Canada. After completing a residency and fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Masters of Public Health degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, she joined the medical school faculty where she is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Neufeld has held a number of clinical and leadership positions in the department and is currently the Clinical Director of the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Inpatient Behavioral Health Consultation Team. Her primary area of academic and clinical interest is in improving delirium prevention and treatment strategies within the acute inpatient setting, with particular focus on the critically ill and older aged postoperative populations. She is the Chair of the Johns Hopkins Delirium Consortium, and Past President and Board Member of the American Delirium Society.