Fiona Fonseca

Fiona Diviya Fonseca is a board-certified American consultation-liaison psychiatrist. Notably, they have been awarded fellowships from organizations including the United States government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP), and the American Psychiatric Association (APA), who publish the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Specifically, they are an APA Diversity Leadership and SAMHSA fellow  and they were the winner of the 2023 ACLP Webb Fellowship Award  and the 2023 AAP Master Educator IDEA Fellowship Award.

LGBT Identity
Fonseca self-identifies as “LGBTQ+ non-binary person of color." They specifically use “non-binary/ agender and bisexual/ demisexual” identifiers and they/them/theirs pronouns. They have been included on the Randolph-Macon College page for Trans Day of Visibility 2024 and are a part of the 500 Queer Scientists visibility campaign.

Education
They received their Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University’s College of Education after graduation in 2016. Additionally, they received their medical degree as a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Ireland, Galway School of Medicine. They performed their residency in St. Mary Mercy Hospital, MI.

Career
Fonseca is an American-based Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellow. Currently, they are affiliated with the Mayo Clinic healthcare company in Rochester, MN. They are a registered member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and hold a registered US NPI number. They are certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychiatry.

They describe their professional interests as “particularly interested in reproductive and LGBTQIA+ psychiatry” and “committed to DEIA-related advocacy and physician well-being” with a “keen interest in psychotherapy.”

Research and Publications
Fonseca has works published with several academic journals focused around psychiatry and counseling, including the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry - Residents' Journal, the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, and The Alabama Counseling Association Journal.

Other works by them include articles written for Psychiatric News and the Psychiatric Times.

They have additionally co-authored the section “A Relapse-Prevention Intervention for LGBTQ Clients with Substance use Disorders: The C3PO” for the book Homework Assignments and Handouts for LGBTQ+ Clients.

Fonseca has also “moderated film discussion sessions for the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (AGLP) and presented at the APA Annual Meeting screening of the documentary.” They are attending the upcoming 2024 AGLP and APA annual meeting as a key speaker on the following panels; "A Structural Conceptualization of the Designer-Affirming Psychiatric Consultation: Letter-Writing and Beyond," "Kinky is not a diagnosis: What every Psychiatrist should know about sex and relationships," "Journeys in Advocacy: You Can Be What You Can See," and "Racial, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Microaggressions Experienced in Healthcare and Strategies to Overcome."

Awards and Accreditations
Fonseca was one of six recipients selected for the selective 2023 ACLP Webb Fellowship Award, awarded by the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. They served on the Medical Student Education Subcommittee after receiving the award.

They are also the current holder of the APA Diversity Leadership and SAMHSA Fellowship chair. For this position, Fonseca serves on the Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning. They attend APA board of trustee meetings and they work with the Council on Advocacy and Government Relations.

Additionally, they were one of two recipients to have been awarded the 2023 AAP Master Educator IDEA Fellowship Award. They have been acknowledged as a Mayo Clinic Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellow by the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

They have been named as the Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal (AJP-RJ) and are a listed author for the Psychiatric Times.