VA Dr. Timothy Fjordbak Remembered For What He Did For Veterans

Look at all the reporters and cameras! Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they paid this much attention to a VA psychologist who could tell the difference between PTSD and TBI? Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they actually spent some time on all the people working for the VA throughout the entire nation doing the best they can for veterans? Guess it is just a lot easier for them to pay attention when it is too late. Lord only knows what possessed the veteran to shoot him or what he went through.

Doctor killed at El Paso VA remembered as being committed to veterans' mental wellbeing
El Paso Times
By Aaron Martinez
POSTED: 01/07/2015

El Paso FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist, center, speaks during a news conference Wednesday. (photos by VICTOR CALZADA — EL PASO TIMES)

The doctor shot and killed Tuesday at the El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System clinic was described as a great psychologist who was committed to helping veterans.

Timothy Fjordbak, 63, left a successful private psychology practice after the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, to focus on helping returning soldiers, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist.

Fjordbak was a mental and behavioral health psychologist at the VA clinic.

He had 33 years experience as a psychologist and was licensed to practice in Florida, Georgia and New Mexico, according to medical records.

He earned a doctoral degree of psychology from the University of Denver. Fjordbak had a practice in Macon, Ga., where he specialized in neuropsychology, clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology, according to medical records.

Fjordbak left a lasting impact on his patients, said Michael Rushton, a U.S. Air Force veteran who was treated by Fjordbak in late November.

"His main thing was that he could differentiate between symptoms of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and traumatic brain injury," said Rushton, who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury about a year ago and was also being treated for PTSD. "It was a five-hour appointment and it was a very comprehensive series of tests. He was amazing and an excellent guy."
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