Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center announced its appointment of Simha Ravven, MD as Chief Medical Officer following a competitive national search. In this role, Dr. Ravven will direct psychiatric and clinical care services for the agency to ensure the delivery of high quality medical, nursing, and clinical care. Dr. Ravven succeeds current Chief Medical Officer Sandra Steingard, MD who has been with the agency for 25 years and has been a leader and a scholar in her field. Dr. Steingard has led many agency and statewide initiatives to ensure the best possible medical oversight and clinical care for those served by the agency. Known for her relational, compassionate approach in working with people and their families, Dr. Steingard will retire later in 2020. She will closely support Dr. Ravven’s transition to Howard Center.
Dr. Ravven comes to Howard Center from the Brattleboro Retreat where she has served as Senior Medical Director and as Interim Chief Medical Officer. Additionally, she is clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine; president-elect of the Vermont Medical Society; chair of the Vermont Associations for Hospitals and Health Services-Psychiatric Medical Directors Group; member of the Vermont Department of Mental Health Ten Year Planning Think Tank; member of the Vermont Board of Medical Practice Medical Marijuana Review Board; associate editor, Harvard Review of Psychiatry; and serves on the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Human Rights and National Security Committee. She holds ABPN (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) Certifications in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Ravven will begin as Howard Center’s Chief Medical Officer on September 1, 2020.
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