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Miriam Aponte,M.D. |
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Miriam Aponte, M.D.,
is an Assistant Professor at the Harris County Psychiatric
Center and has devoted her career to helping adolescent and adult psychiatric
patients, particularly in the areas of substance abuse and the study of
post-traumatic stress disorder.
Aponte received her undergraduate training at the University of Panama in Panama City (1971-73) and her medical degree from the University of Panamas medical school in 1977. Aponte served several internships in Panama, including at the Metropolitan Hospital Complex and the Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital in Colon City, Panama. She came to Houston in 1980 to serve a four-year residency in psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and was appointed Chief Resident at the Baylor Psychiatric Clinic during her final year of training. In 1985, Aponte completed a fellowship in community psychiatry at Baylor where she was assigned full-time at Northwest Mental Health Clinic of MHMRA. and was responsible for the care of chronic psychiatric patients. Aponte also served as medical director of a residential treatment center for adolescents and later as Medical Director of the General Adult Psychiatric Unit at West Oaks Hospital in Houston, where she was instrumental in the development and ongoing coordination of an intense program for post-traumatic stress disorders. She then served as a Staff Psychiatrist at the Warren State Hospital and was promoted to Psychiatrist Supervisor for the Admission Unit of the hospital in 1995. She joined the UT-Houston Medical School in 1996. Additionally, Aponte maintained a private practice for nearly a decade, providing general psychiatry care for adults and adolescents. Aponte is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, Houston Psychiatric Society, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians and the Harris County Medical Society. She also is a member of the Association of Women Psychiatrists, Greater Houston Council of Family Violence and Hispanic Physicians of Houston.
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