O’Connor Professional Group Webinar – Collegial Conversations with Diana Clark – Navigating Medically Supervised Weight Loss
In this week’s Collegial Conversations, Diana’s guest is Dr. Jon Stevens, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist with 15 years of experience in inpatient and outpatient settings. Today he talks with Diana about weight, societal stigmas, new medical interventions, and the psychological impact weight loss has on patients.
BIO
Dr. Jon Stevens is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist with 15 years of experience in both inpatient hospitals and outpatient settings. Dr. Stevens is triple board-certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, and obesity medicine. He is a recognized leader in personalized mental health care and is highly skilled in medication management.
Patients appreciate Dr. Stevens for his accessibility and blending of the art and science of psychiatric care. He treats children and adults with mood disorders (depression, bipolar), behavioral problems related to autism spectrum and other developmental disorders, ADHD, anxiety, psychotic disorders, complex addiction cases, OCD, and obesity. His clinical interests include improving the outcomes of psychiatric care through genetic testing, understanding the pharmacokinetics of ADHD medications, and managing the metabolic burdens of psychiatric medications.
Dr. Stevens is the author of numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on psychopharmacology and regularly provides community education via his media appearances and interviews. Dr. Stevens is the founder of Psych Insight, a concierge private practice based in Houston, Texas. He is the Medical Director of Family First Adolescent Services, a leading provider of adolescent residential treatment for substance use and mental health disorders in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Recent former leadership positions include Chief of Outpatient Services, Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Menninger Clinic, and Associate Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Stevens is an active father of three school-aged children. In his free time, he enjoys family recreation, travel, and reading books on philosophy and sociology.
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