After completing a combined psychology and biology degree at Yale University, Dr. Kozel pursued an M.D. degree from the University of Virginia. Due to a military obligation, his internship was completed at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB Tx and he served as a flight surgeon at Dyess AFB, Tx and Maxwell AFB, Al. Still very interested in pursing a clinical and research career in psychiatry, Dr. Kozel moved to the Medical University of South Carolina where he completed a psychiatric residency, a neuroimaging and brain stimulation fellowship, a masters of science in clinical research, and a VA special fellowship in psychiatric research/neuroscience at the Ralph H. Johnson VA. Dr. Kozel stayed on as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Kozel moved to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in July 2005 where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and is working on functional MRI and brain stimulation projects relating to mood disorders and the detection of deception.
