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Tami D. Benton, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Dr. Benton's research focuses primarily on pediatric mood and anxiety disorders, sickle cell disease and psychiatric conditions, HIV and psychiatric conditions, neuroimmunology and mood disorders, health services research, eating disorders, and ethnically diverse children.
Education and Training
BA, Oberlin College (Biology), 1981
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1989
Titles and Academic Titles
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Site Director, Lifespan Brain Institute, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Frederick H. Allen Endowed Chair in Child Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics, 1990-
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1992-
Association for Health Services Research, 1997-
American Psychiatric Association, 1997-
American Board of Psychiatry and 1999-
National Medical Association, 1999-
Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1999-
Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency, 2000-
Devereux Foundation, 2009-
American College of Psychiatrists, 2013-
Professional Awards
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Teaching Award, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2001
Harvard Leadership Development Program for Clinical Directors, 2003
Future Leaders in Psychiatry, ACNP, 2004
Blockley-Osler Clinical Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004
Department of Psychiatry-Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Teaching Award, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006
Elizabeth B. Weller Award for Teaching, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2008, 2012
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-Life Savers Community Impact Award, 2016
National Institutes of Health, Member, National Advisory Mental Health Council, 2017-