Jeremy Bennett MD will serve as Chief Resident for Psychiatry from
January 1 through June 30, 2013. As chief resident, he will be
responsible for training residents and medical students, organizing the
residents’ schedules and acting as a liaison between the residents and
the department.
Michael Schwartz MD, Director of Residency
Training, said that Dr. Bennett was selected “because he is an
outstanding teacher who is deeply committed to psychiatry. His
intellectual, clinical and organizational skills qualify him to be an
excellent chief resident.”
Dr. Bennett grew up in Danville PA on
the banks of the Susquehanna River. He received his undergraduate
degree from Lafayette College in Easton PA and his medical degree from
Temple University School of Medicine where he received an award for
excellence in behavioral science, behavioral medicine and clinical
psychiatry, and for outstanding clinical, academic and interpersonal
skills.
Dr. Bennett is a skilled debater with multiple
championships in intercollegiate debate tournaments on the national
circuit. He is a member of the hospital’s Institutional Ethics Committee
and served as a member of the Bioethics Review and Advisory Committee
of the Geisinger Health System while he was in medical school.
“The
focus that Dr. Parsey and Dr. Constantino have put on resident
education makes this an opportune time to be chief resident,” Dr.
Bennett said. “The department has always had a strong clinical program,
but with the greater emphasis on research in biological psychiatry, our
training will be even more complete. Having access to nationally
prominent scientists puts us a step ahead of the rest of the country.”
