~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Layla Soliman, MD, is board-certified in general and forensic Psychiatry and is a clinical assistant professor at Advocate Health/Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She completed medical school at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo (2005), followed by a psychiatry residency and forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

Soliman moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2017 to join Atrium Health (now Advocate), where she works primarily as an adult inpatient psychiatrist. Additionally, she has led quality improvement projects related to risk assessment/mitigation. Her experiences as a forensic psychiatrist have made her passionate about proactive, therapeutic risk mitigation. This especially extends to partnering with patients and families to reduce the risk of firearm injuries.