Bio


Dr. Armontrout is the Program Director of the Stanford Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. He completed residency training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, followed by forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He is board certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine.

Before coming to Stanford Dr. Armontrout worked as a staff psychiatrist for the Palo Alto VA Healthcare System at the Trauma Recovery Program, a residential treatment program focusing on PTSD, other trauma-related disorders, and substance use disorders. For a portion of Dr. Armontrout's time with the VA he served as the Medical Director for the Trauma Recovery Program.

In addition to his forensic fellowship activities, Dr. Armontrout currently serves as an attending in the Stanford PTSD clinic and the dual diagnosis clinic.

Clinical Focus


  • Psychiatry
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Academic Appointments


  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professional Education


  • Board Certification: American Board of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2022)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry (2017)
  • Fellowship: UCSF Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program (2017) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2016)
  • Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Psychiatry Residency (2016) MA
  • Medical Education: University of Virgina School of Medicine (2012) VA