Jill Abram

Dr. Jill Abram is a distinguished board-certified psychiatrist from Indiana who has devoted 38 years to child and adolescent psychiatry. Throughout her extensive career, she has focused on healing and restoring communities, families, and individuals, working collaboratively with other health professionals to maintain the highest standards of psychiatric care. Her vast professional and academic experiences have equipped her with a comprehensive skill set in mental health care, making her a profound influence in her field.

Her career has been marked by her deep commitment to those in need. She began her journey as a psychiatrist with the Homeless Mobile Team at the Midtown Mental Center in Indianapolis, where she worked from 1988 to 1990. She then served the Child Team for Mental Health in Anderson, Indiana, for six years until 1996. Following this, she entered private practice in Fishers, Indiana, while also fulfilling her role at Pleasant Run Children's Home, a historic orphanage in Indianapolis.

She continued her private practice in Anderson for nearly seven years, during which she also served as the adolescent psychiatrist at both the Northeast Juvenile Correctional Facility and Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility. In addition, she contributed her expertise as the psychiatric consulting physician at Fortville Christian Youth Home.

Her career further included:

• Roles in private practice in Indianapolis.

• Working as a psychiatrist at the Counseling Center Christian Theological Seminary.

• The Family Counseling Center.

She was a consulting adolescent psychiatrist at Richmond State Hospital and collaborated with the Medical Staff Community Hospitals of Indianapolis.

Dr. Abram also served as a consultant at the Boys and Girls Home of Alaska and was part of the medical staff at North Star Hospital in Anchorage. She played a crucial role in initiating psychiatric telemedicine services through the Four County Counseling Center, serving communities in Peru, Kokomo, and Logansport, Indiana.

Her notable engagements included consulting with the Department of Mental Health to develop a coordinated care system with the Department of Education and the Department of Families and Children. She also consulted with the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center and participated in both the Conscience Development Research and Study Group and a Trauma and Dissociation study group.

Academically, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hanover College with a B.A. in Chemistry and minors in Biology and Psychology. She pursued her medical education at Indiana University School of Medicine, including a year of research. Her commitment to academia was recognized with the Golden Apple Award in 1990, awarded by medical students for her outstanding contribution to medical education.

Before retiring, Dr. Jill Abram was licensed in Indiana and Alaska and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has been an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since June 1991. Her career is a testament to her unwavering dedication to advancing mental health care and education.