Dr. Jamie Lee Cichon, MD
Board-certified psychiatrist · TBI subspecialty (ABPN #227) · PTSD expert · Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Jamie Lee Cichon is the owner and proprietor of Just Live Clean, LLC, a Las Vegas medical-legal psychiatry practice. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry (2015) and subspecialty board-certified in Brain Injury Medicine (2022, certificate #227) — one of only two board-certified TBI psychiatrists practicing in Nevada. She has recognized expertise in PTSD, including specialty training in multiple trauma-based therapies (WET, CPT, EMDR, Brainspotting).
Her medical-legal practice focuses on Independent Medical Examinations (IME), Defense Medical Evaluations (DME), neuropsychiatric examinations for head-injury and concussion cases (combining EEG Brainview, cognitive testing with comparative performance norms for age and condition, and clinical psychiatric evaluation), spinal cord stimulator psychological clearance, Rule 35 court-ordered psychiatric examinations, expert witness reports and testimony, and chart review. She serves attorneys, workers’ compensation adjusters and case managers, referring physicians, and the courts directly.
Dr. Cichon also maintains an active clinical practice as Psychiatric Program Director and TBI Consultant at Encompass Health Valley View. She is fluent in Spanish.
Trial and deposition experience
Dr. Cichon has been retained as an expert witness in approximately 30 matters since 2022, providing deposition and trial testimony in:
- Nevada state courts — Eighth Judicial District (Clark County)
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Division — contested case proceedings
She has been retained by both plaintiff and defense, and works as a contractor for IME West on TBI/PTSD cases for defense firms in CA and NV. Recent representative engagements include matters involving:
- Las Vegas Metro Police (NV federal — Greenstone)
- Clark County School District (NV federal — Anderson et al.)
- Las Vegas Paving Corporation (NV state, defense — Schmidt)
- Eldorado Resorts (NV state — Higuera)
- Walmart Inc. (NV state — Antonio)
- Sono Bello (NV state — Webb)
- Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Division (multiple matters since 2023)
- Multiple TBI/PTSD defense matters via IME West
A complete list of trial experience and depositions is available on request via the contact form.
Speaking engagements
- Nevada Workers’ Compensation Conference — “The Human Connection: the growing impact of PTSD on worker’s compensation” (presenter)
- Wyoming Workers’ Compensation — “PTSD and Services” (Nov 1–2, 2022)
Television appearances
- COX Communications Round Table — “PTSD and Suicidality” (Sept 2022)
- Channel 8 KLAS TV — “Desperation and Kidnapping” (consulting)
- Channel 13 Morning Blend — “TMS and New Treatments at Montevista”
- Channel 8 KLAS — “Dealing with school shootings: a guide for parents”
Board certifications & specialty credentials
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — Psychiatry (Sept 2015; MOC completed 2017)
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — Brain Injury Medicine subspecialty (2022, certificate #227)
- American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), 6th Edition (2022)
- AAEME certified (2022; renewed 2024); AAEME stress module; AAEME 5th Edition Guides
- NIRSAT 86% — Nevada Impairment Rating Panel
- CCST (evergreen)
- Certified trauma specialist
Active medical licensure
- Nevada — license #17046 (since 2017; with Nevada DEA FC 4256295); on the Nevada Panel of Treating Physicians and Chiropractors
- California — license #196699 (since 2024)
- Utah — (since 2017; with Utah DEA #10376858-8905)
- Arizona — license #66616 (since 2022)
- Wyoming — license #14893A (since 2022)
Specialized training (trauma & brain injury)
- WET — Written Exposure Therapy
- CPT — Cognitive Processing Therapy
- EMDR — step-by-step plus; skills for trauma, complex trauma, anxiety, and practical modifications
- Brainspotting
- EEG Brainview interpretation
- Comparative cognitive performance norms (age, psychiatric condition, TBI)
- TMS (Neurostar, MagVenture); ECT (Emory)
Education
- 2007–2011 — University of Nevada School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
- 2001–2005 — Washington University in St. Louis, BS Biochemistry; BA Spanish
Post-graduate training
- 2012–2015 — Jackson Memorial Health System / Miami VAMC / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency
- 2011–2012 — Maricopa Integrated Health System, surgery internship
Current professional roles
2021 – present — Owner and proprietor, Just Live Clean, LLC. Outpatient psychopharmacology and therapy services for TBI, PTSD, and workers’ compensation cases. Independent Medical Examinations, neuropsychiatric evaluations, and expert work for the Nevada Division of Industrial Relations and private personal-injury firms (UT, NV, WY). Impairment ratings and PPD certified in Nevada (2022). Contractor for IME West on TBI/PTSD cases for defense firms in CA and NV.
2023 – present — Psychiatric Program Director and TBI Consultant, Encompass Health Valley View.
2023 – present — Consulting psychiatrist, Tri-State Medical Legal — Wyoming workers’ compensation evaluations.
Prior clinical experience (selected)
Inpatient and outpatient coverage across Las Vegas behavioral health facilities (2018–2024), including Montevista (closed Dec 2019), Desert Springs (geropsychiatric, closed Feb 2023), Harmon Hospital (adult, addiction medicine, perinatal psychiatry, 2018–2019), Reno Behavioral Health (telepsychiatry), Summerlin / Centennial Hills / Spring Valley hospital consults via Valley Health System (2019–Jan 2023). LTAC and rehab brain-injury / psychiatry consults at Horizon Specialty Hospital (MLK and Henderson, until 2022). Northern Nevada State Veterans Home (Parkinson’s, TBI, psychiatric evaluations and capacity, Dec 2022 – July 2023). Skilled nursing and assisted living: North Las Vegas Cares Center (2019–2025), Oakmont ALF (until May 2023), and others. Outpatient clinic and TMS at Desert Regional Center / Roseman family medicine residency (2017–2024).
2017 – 2018 — Telepsychiatry with Strive Behavioral Health and TMS (Provo, UT); Mountainview and St. Mark’s UT psychiatrist (telepsychiatry) with VMS; Salt Lake County jail outpatient clinic / evaluations with INSIGHT telemedicine; Solutions Recovery, LLC (American Addiction Centers).
2015 – 2017 — Appalachian Psychiatric Services (West Virginia). Inpatient privileges at Raleigh General Hospital and Beckley ARH; FMRS Community Mental Health Center; outpatient clinic.
Academic appointments
- 2020 – present — Roseman Family Medicine Residency, Assistant Professor
- 2020 – 2022 — Charles R. Drew Nurse Practitioner Training, Associate Professor
- 2015 — West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- 2015 — LMU-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- 2006–2007 — Washington University School of Medicine, post-graduate researcher (Infectious Disease)
Professional associations
- BIAA — Brain Injury Association of America
- ABIME — American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
- Nevada Psychiatric Association (NPA)
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- Evergreen (trauma specialty)
Awards & recognition
- William J. Harrington International Student Education Program — best resident presentation
- SEPD grant, International Congress on Dual Pathology: Addictions and Mental Disorders, Barcelona (2013) — abstract and poster presented
Languages
Fluent in English and Spanish (degree-credentialed; functional native).