John Chaves
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education
BS
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
BA (English Literature)
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
M.D.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2015.
BS
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
BA (English Literature)
University of Pittsburgh, 2010.
M.D.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Capital Consortium, 2015-2016.
Resident in Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Capital Consortium, 2016-2019.
Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2023-2024.
Permanent linkIntern in Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Capital Consortium, 2015-2016.
Resident in Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Capital Consortium, 2016-2019.
Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2023-2024.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Consult-Liaison PsychiatryForensic Psychiatry
Sports Psychiatry
Addiction Medicine
Description of Other Expertise
Fitness for Duty EvaluationsForensic evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Guardianship Evaluations
Selected Publications
Rosenthal Z, Lad K, Li R, Chaves J, Hosseini G, Cristancho M, Palmer C.: Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient with SCN2A-Variant Catatonia Is Associated With Postictal Spreading Depolarization. Journal of ECT 2026.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.
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.