Dr. Halavonich was born and raised in Northern Alabama. She received her
undergraduate education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she
completed pre-medicine coursework and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Psychology. She maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout college and was
the top graduating senior in her class in 1996. She attended medical school at the
University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, and at the completion of
her senior year of medical school was honored with the Award for Excellence in
Pediatrics and the Award for Excellence in Psychiatry. After graduating from medical
school in 2001, she moved to Charleston, South Carolina to begin residency
training in General Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
She completed her residency in 2005 and subsequently engaged in a fellowship in
Forensic Psychiatry, also at MUSC. At the conclusion of her fellowship in 2006, she
became an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the MUSC
Institute of Psychiatry. For the next two years, she served at the Associate
Fellowship Director of Forensic Psychiatry, and for the 2007-2008 academic year
she served as the Director of the Department of Forensic Psychiatry. In July 2008,
she transitioned from MUSC to Lowcountry Forensic Psychiatry, where she is
currently practicing.
Dr. Halavonich obtained board certification in Psychiatry in May 2006 and board
certification in Forensic Psychiatry in April 2007. Her forensic experience includes
the performance of evaluations pertaining to both civil and criminal legal issues
including the following:
Dr. Halavonich has been qualified as an expert in General Sessions, Family,
Common Pleas, Probate and Federal Courts.
undergraduate education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she
completed pre-medicine coursework and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Psychology. She maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout college and was
the top graduating senior in her class in 1996. She attended medical school at the
University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, and at the completion of
her senior year of medical school was honored with the Award for Excellence in
Pediatrics and the Award for Excellence in Psychiatry. After graduating from medical
school in 2001, she moved to Charleston, South Carolina to begin residency
training in General Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
She completed her residency in 2005 and subsequently engaged in a fellowship in
Forensic Psychiatry, also at MUSC. At the conclusion of her fellowship in 2006, she
became an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the MUSC
Institute of Psychiatry. For the next two years, she served at the Associate
Fellowship Director of Forensic Psychiatry, and for the 2007-2008 academic year
she served as the Director of the Department of Forensic Psychiatry. In July 2008,
she transitioned from MUSC to Lowcountry Forensic Psychiatry, where she is
currently practicing.
Dr. Halavonich obtained board certification in Psychiatry in May 2006 and board
certification in Forensic Psychiatry in April 2007. Her forensic experience includes
the performance of evaluations pertaining to both civil and criminal legal issues
including the following:
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Criminal Responsibility/Capacity to Conform
- Death Penalty Mitigation
- Competency to be Executed
- Violence Risk Assessment
- South Carolina's Sexually Violent Predator Statute
- Conservatorships and Guardianships
- Testamentary Capacity
- Standard of Care
- Emotional Harm/Disability
- Fitness for Duty
Dr. Halavonich has been qualified as an expert in General Sessions, Family,
Common Pleas, Probate and Federal Courts.
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