She is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Director of the Georgetown Center for Trauma and the Community, which seeks to develop low cost trauma interventions for public sector primary care settings. Her research focuses on partnering with primary care clinics that serve Latino immigrants to develop sustainable behavioral interventions to treat depression and anxiety disorders, including PTSD. Dr. Kaltman is the Co-Course Director of the first year medical school module, Physician Patient Communication. She also directs medical education-related projects related to how best to teach Motivational Interviewing to medical students and how to use technology to teach communication skills.