John Chaves, M.D.

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education:
BA (English Literature)
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
BS
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
M.D.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2015.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
Addiction Medicine Applications of CL Psychiatry

Description of Other Expertise

Forensic Psychiatry
Fitness for Duty Evaluations
Forensic evaluations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Guardianship Evaluations

Selected Publications

John Chaves, John Northrop: Statutory Allowance of Certain Incriminating Testimony by Expert Witnesses in Wyoming. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 52(2): 250-252, June 2024.

Horowitz, L., Snyder, D., Bridge, J., He, J., Harrington, c., Cai, J., Claassen, C., Salhany,J., Dao, T., Chaves, J.F., Jobes, D., Boudreaux, E., Pao, E.: Validation of the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) for Adult Medical Inpatients. Psychosomatics 60: 713-22, November-December 2020.

Chaves, J.F., and Rohul, A.: Advocacy for Military Personnel. The Psychiatrist's Guide to Advocacy. Kennedy, K., Vance, M., Wiechers, I. (eds.). American Psychiatric Publishing, April 2020.

Gray, K.J., Chaves J.F.: Saint Elizabeth’s Repeats as 2nd WPS CLM Mind Games Champs! Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter 5(1), Winter 2019.

Chaves, J.F., Gray, K.J.: Leading as Psychiatrists during Anxious Times. Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter 5(3), Summer 2019.

Chaves, J.F., Gray, K.J.: Reflecting on Career, Leadership, and Mentorship (CLM): Fellowship, Sponsorship, and Innovation. Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Newsletter 5(2), Spring 2019.

Chaves, J. F.: Book Review, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics By Richard H. Thaler. Psychiatry 79(3): 320-23, 2016.

Talsma, A.D., Chaves, J.F., LaMonaca, A., Wieczorek, E.D., Palladino, M.J.: Genome-wide screen for modifiers of Na+/K+ ATPase alleles identifies critical neural loci. Molecular Brain 7(89), December 2014.

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