UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Richard Cockerill, MD
Richard Cockerill, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Specialties
- Psychiatry
Locations
- Tinley Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Richard Cockerill, MD, MBE, specializes in forensic psychiatry, with extensive experience in a range of criminal and civil matters, including insanity, diminished capacity, competency to stand trial, malpractice, torts and disability. Dr. Cockerill also has special training in biomedical ethics, focusing on the ethical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence in forensic psychiatric assessment.
As part of his commitment to his patients, Dr. Cockerill is honored to serve as attending psychiatrist at the Competency Restoration Unit at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital, the only program of its kind in the state. This program accepts psychiatric inmates found unfit to stand trial and are too ill to be managed in a county jail setting. These patients come from counties all over the state of Illinois to receive care at Ingalls Memorial.
In addition to his dedication to patient care, Dr. Cockerill is also invested in using clinical research to improve psychiatry care for his patients. His work has been published in a number of highly respected, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Focus, Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Proceedings and the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. His expertise has also been highlighted in national meetings where Dr. Cockerill’s presentations have gained media attention, including in the popular periodicals MedPage Today and Real Simple. He also serves as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases.
Dr. Cockerill is passionate about teaching and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows, developing forensic psychiatry rotations and offering learning opportunities for the new generation of psychiatrists. Beyond teaching on the wards and clinics, he also frequently gives didactic instruction to learners, including in his role as Ethics Course Director for the general psychiatry program.
As part of his commitment to his patients, Dr. Cockerill is honored to serve as attending psychiatrist at the Competency Restoration Unit at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital, the only program of its kind in the state. This program accepts psychiatric inmates found unfit to stand trial and are too ill to be managed in a county jail setting. These patients come from counties all over the state of Illinois to receive care at Ingalls Memorial.
In addition to his dedication to patient care, Dr. Cockerill is also invested in using clinical research to improve psychiatry care for his patients. His work has been published in a number of highly respected, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Focus, Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Proceedings and the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. His expertise has also been highlighted in national meetings where Dr. Cockerill’s presentations have gained media attention, including in the popular periodicals MedPage Today and Real Simple. He also serves as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases.
Dr. Cockerill is passionate about teaching and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows, developing forensic psychiatry rotations and offering learning opportunities for the new generation of psychiatrists. Beyond teaching on the wards and clinics, he also frequently gives didactic instruction to learners, including in his role as Ethics Course Director for the general psychiatry program.
Specialties
Board Certifications
- Psychiatry
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Mayo Medical School
Internship
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Residency
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Fellowship
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.