Topaz Sampson-Mills, MD

Certified in adult and forensic psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Topaz Sampson-Mills, MD, is a staff psychiatrist on Menninger's Bridge Residential Treatment Program for adults and is a lead evaluator for our Fitness for Duty Assessments. Dr. Sampson-Mills is also an assistant professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. 

 

Dr. Sampson-Mills's peer-reviewed article about managing suicidal adolescents was published in the journal Adolescent Psychiatry, while her peer-reviewed article about materialized oppression in inpatient psychiatric units was published in the American Journal of Bioethics. Her presentation topics include depression, anxiety, postpartum depression and stress related to the Black community.

 

She is the recipient of the 2024 Charles Dike Scholarship, awarded by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the 2019 Eugen Kahn Award for Excellence, which was presented by the Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.

 

Dr. Sampson-Mills is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians and Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc.

 

She earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Science at Spelman College and her medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. She completed her Psychiatry residency at Baylor College of Medicine and her Forensic Psychiatry fellowship at State University of New York - Upstate Medical University.

 

In her spare time, Dr. Sampson-Mills enjoys traveling, connecting with friends and spending quality time with her family.